If between friends and partners

we were geese...
Ah!
 The next season,
when you see the geese migrating,
going to a warmer place,
to sort the winter...
Pay attention that they fly in a “V” formation
Maybe you will be interested in knowing
Why they do it this way...
By flying in a “V” formation....
 The whole flock increases
the flight efficiency by 71%

Compared to just one bird flying alone

It has been learned that as each bird flaps its wings,

it creates uplift for the bird immediately following.
 Lesson 1:
Sharing the same direction
and working as a team, get
us to the destination quicker
and easier.
By helping ourselves, the
accomplishments are
greater!.
When a goose leaves the
formation..
He feels the resistance of the air and the
difficulties of flying alone....
Then, he quickly comes back to the formatio
to take advantage of the the flock’s power
in front of him ..
 Lesson 2:

By staying in tune and united

beside those who
are going in the same direction,
the effort will be less.

It will be easier and pleasing to

reach the goals,

Everyone will be inclined to accept

and give help.
When the leader goose gets tired of flying...
... He goes to the end of the “V” formation.
While another goose takes the lead.
 Lesson 3:

To share the leadership,

There must be mutual respect

between us
all the time...

Sharing the hardest problems

and tasks..

Gathering our abilities and

combining our faculties,
talents and resources….
The geese flying on a “V” formation, they hon
to encourage to the ones in the front.

In that way, they keep the same speed.

 Lesson 4:

When there is courage and encouragemen

the progress is greater..

A timely word of encouragement,

always motivates, helps and strengthens.
It produces the best of benefits...
When a goose gets sick, is injured
or gets tired ,
And he must leave
the formation...
 Other geese leave the formation too,
and they fly with him to help him out
and protect him.
They remain with him
until he dies
or he is able to fly again.
They reach their bevy
or they just make another “V” formation
 Lesson 5:

Let’s stay
beside each other
no matter what the differences.

Specially in times of difficulty

and great challenges..
 If we bond together and
support each other..
If we make true the spirit of
teamwork..
Regardless of our differences,
we can rise to meet our
challenge.

If we understand the real

value of friendship..

If we are aware of the feeling

of sharing..

LIFE WILL BE EASIER

AND THE PASSING OF YEARS
MORE FULFILLING ..
 "IT IS INDEED A REWARD,
A CHALLENGE AND  
A PRIVILEGE  TO BE
A CONTRIBUTING  MEMBER OF A TEAM"
Teamwork and Team Building

R.V.S.Rao
 Three Types of Workgroups
•Task forces
–Temporary groups that are assigned projects (and
deadlines)
•Crews
–Short terms groups composed of specialized personnel
assembled in modular fashion from a larger pool
–Members fill “slots” until their shift or assigned time is
up
•Teams
–Work groups whose “lifetime” spans many projects
and is typically open ended
–Strong need to become cohesive and require tools for
communication, coordination and conflict resolution
–“Team building exercises” are most often focused on
the member network at this level
Why “dream draft picks” fail to
make
•
corporate dream teams
Can’t work as part of a team
• Poor people skills
• Poor coordination skills
• Poor communication skills
• Inability to learn and flex
• Don’t carry their weight
• Lack of dedication to the corporate team
• Negative attitude
• Won’t learn from teammates
• Personality conflicts
• selfishness
 TEAMS
• Together
• Each
• Accomplishes
• More
• Success
 Definitions of Teamwork
A team is a group of two or more individuals, which is
very cohesive, works unitedly, and its members
perfectly understand each others’ contribution and
their own contribution for successful completion of the
team’s goals

Team work is a collective activity of a group of two or

more individuals who are totally committed to the
team’s goals, and who collaborated with each other
resulting in coordinated and united effort which is
essential for the successful completion of a given task.
 Definitions of Teamwork

“Teamwork is the process whereby a

group of people pool their resources
and skills to work together and achieve
a common goal”
Past And Present Patterns Of Research
Past Pattern Present Patters
• Individual research. • Group research.
• Personal resources. • Public funds.
• Highly committed • Researchers who need to
researchers. be motivated.
• Results are mostly • Organised and planned
inventions - flashes of the research.
genius. • Accelerated tempo of
• Results are slow to come investigation.
and unpredictable. • Organizational.
• Private labs.
 Commercial Team Structure
CORE TEAM TASKS
Team Leader Design project
Software Design data
Supremo collection
instruments
Core member
solely dedicated Set up initial
to project project in
software
TASKS
Initial coding
Combining data frame and
collection and initial division of team
coding work
Monitor quality
Merging team
work
Academic Team Structure
TASKS
SENIOR TEAM
MEMBERS Design project
Professor/Senior Design data
Lecturer collection
instruments
Data collection
JUNIOR TEAM MEMBERS
Set up initial
Research Fellows
project in
Research Assistants software
Initial coding
frame and
division of team
work
Coding
Monitor quality
 Pre-requisites of Teamwork
• Group must have a charter or reason to work together.

• Members of the group must be inter-dependant.

• Group members must be committed to the idea that

working together leads to better performance than
working alone.

• Group as a whole must be accountable, not individual

members.
 Team Building Blocks
• Clarity of objectives and Goals
• Openness and willingness to confront issues
• Degree of support and trust in operation
• Level of cooperation and conflict
• Working methods and decision making procedures
• Appropriateness of leadership style(s) applied
• Regular Review
• Opportunities for individual development
• Soundness of inter-group / departmental
relationships
 Eight Characteristics
of High Performance Teams
• A clear, elevating goal
• A results-driven structure
• Competent team members
• Unified commitment
• Collaborative climate
• Standards of excellence
• External support and recognition
• Principled leadership
 Strategies - teams
• Choose teammates carefully
– Personality as well as skill
• Make working agreements explicit and early
– Examples: goals, authorship
• Build team reflexivity into processes
– Allocate time
– Regular meetings / communication
– “Exercises”
• Accept contextual nature of teamwork.
 In A Good Team

• Each person shoulders a different part of the

whole job, with each having 100 per cent
responsibility for success of the whole.

• Work is done by a number of associates, all

subordinating their personal prominence to the
success of the whole.
 Three Most Important Characteristics
of Good Team Work

• Unity of direction : resulting from thorough

understanding of the total task, one’s own role and
others role in it.

• Cooperation : resulting from common point of

view about, and commitment to the total task.

• Subordination of personal prominence : resulting

from commitment to the success of the total task.
 TRUST
Trusting behaviour consists of actions that
(b) increase one’s vulnerability,
(c) to another whose behaviour is not under one’s
control,
(d) in a situation in which the penalty one suffers if
the other abuses that vulnerability is greater than
the benefit one gains if the other does not abuse
that vulnerability
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
 Six Factors That Distinguish Effective
Team Members

• Experience
• Problem solving ability.
• Openness.
• Supportiveness.
• Action orientation (personal initiative).
• Positive personal style.
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
 CONNECT Model for Team
Relationship

• Commit to the relationship

• Optimize safety.
• Narrow to one issue.
• Neutralize defensiveness.
• Explain and echo.
• Change one behaviour each.
• Track it.
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
Five Steps to Effective Problem Solving
• Identify the problem.
• Create a collaborative setting.
Surface any assumptions and biases
Agree on principles for discussion
• Identify and analyze the issues.
• Identify possible solutions.
• Resolve the single question.
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
Characteristics of Effective Team Leader
• Focuses on the goal.
• Ensures a collaborative climate.
• Builds confidence.
• Demonstrates sufficient technical know
how.
• Sets priorities.
• Manages performance.
Five Dynamics of Teamwork and Collaboration
 Three Dimensions of Organization
Environment
• Management practices that set direction, align
effort and deliver results.
• Structure and processes that ensure that the
best decisions are made as quickly as possible
by the right people.
• Systems that provide useful information and
drive behaviour toward desired results.
 THE DESIRABLE CLIMATE
• Relaxed, comfortable, and informal
• Task is well understood and accepted by members
• The members listen well to each other
• Lot of task-relevant discussion takes place
• People express both their feelings and ideas
• Conflicts and disagreements centre around ideas and
methods, not people
• Decisions are usually based on consensus
• When actions are decided upon, clear assignments
are made and accepted by the members
 Symptoms Of
Ineffective Team Work
1. Grumbling and retaliation
2. Evidence of unhealthy competition,
conflicts, and hostility
3. Ineffective staff meetings
4. Poor relationship between research
manager and his team members
 Symptoms Of
Ineffective Team Work
5.Absence of individuals’ growth and
development
6.Confusion about assignments, and unclear
roles and relationships
7.Lack of trust and open relationships among
team members
8.Absence of strong motivation to
communicate and to receive
communications relevant to the group’s task
Some Causes of Ineffective Team Work

Lack of understanding of the total task

Lack of concern for others’ problems
Lack of proper plan
Lack of trust, openness
Lack of confidence in others; Capability
Fear that others may misuse the resource
 Some Causes of
Ineffective Team Work

Possessiveness
Ego problems
Misunderstandings
Fear of losing control over the resource
Genuine difficulty, inconvenience
Operational problems
Inadequacy of the resources
 Role Clarification Model of
Team Building
Planning Meeting design
Time commitment Presentation of goals
Location Laying of ground rules
Resource personnel Job understanding
Programme design Concerns
Pre work: Defining Goals Change
Own job Conclusion
Others job
Expectation from self
Expectation from others
 Qualitative team work
• Desirable results •Issues
– Time savings through –“Overhead” of
division of labor team
– Broader possibilities management
– Richer analysis
–Personal/profess
– Improved validity
ional conflicts
– Increased productivity
– Emotional support
–Contextual
issues
–External
pressures
–Increasing
requirement for
conscious
management