Youth Organization is a collection of teams composed of young people.

The
success of a youth organization depends on the ability of the teams within it to work
together to attain the commonly held objectives.
Factors contributing to team development and effectiveness:
1. Shared goals and objectives The team must state its goals and
objectives. The goals must express a general understanding of the role of the
team in the total organization.
2. Utilization of resources The team must use effectively all resources at its
disposal. This means establishing an environment that allows individual
resources to be used, maximizing the use of team members requires full
participation and self-regulation.
3. Trust and conflict resolution The ability to openly recognize conflict and
seek to resolve it through discussion is critical to the teams success.
4. Shared leadership Individuals will not function as a team if they are
brought together simply to rubber stamp decisions made by the teams
formal leaders of others not in the team. The development and cohesion of a
team occur only if there is a feeling of shared leadership among all team
members.
The following aspects are necessary for building a better team:
1. Teamwork reflects camaraderie
2. Teamwork reflects unity
3. Teamwork divides the effort and multiplies the success
Characteristics of Effective Team Leaders
1. Communicate
2. Open, honest, fair
3. Make decisions with inputs from
others
4. Act consistently
5. Give the team members the
information they need to do
their jobs
6. Set goals and emphasize
7. Keep focused through follow up
8. Listen to feedback and ask
questions
9. Show loyalty to the
organization, the team, and
team members
10.Create an atmosphere of growth
11.Have wide visibility
12.Give praise and recognition
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13.Criticize constructively and

address problems
14.Develop plans
15.Share their mission and goals
16.Display tolerance and flexibility
17.Demonstrate assertiveness
18.Exhibit a willingness to change
19.Treat team members with
respect
20.Make themselves available and
accessible
21.Want to take charge
22.Accept ownership for tem
decisions
23.Set guidelines for the
appropriate treatment of team
members with one another
24.Represent the team and lead a
good fight when appropriate

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Dictators versus Facilitators

29.DICTATORS

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1. Hoard or monopolize decisions
2. Make decisions alone or restrict
them to an elite group
3. View truth and wisdom as their
domains since they are the
leaders
4. Surprise their workers with
edicts from above
5. Guard their own interest
6. Take things for themselves

30.FACILITATORS
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1. Push decisions down the line
2. Involve others, as much as
possible, in key decisions and
give people space to make those
decisions
3. View truth and wisdom as being
accessible to everyone
throughout the organization
4. Let those responsible decide how
the jobs will be done
5. Serve everyones interest by
developing people
6. Give to the organization

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Characteristics of Effective Team Members

1. Support the team leader

2. Help the team leader to
succeed
3. Ensure that all viewpoints are
explored
4. Express opinions, both for and
against
5. Compliment the team leader on
team efforts
6. Provide open, honest, and
accurate information
7. Support, protect, and defend
both the team and the team
leader
8. Act in a positive and
constructive manner
9. Provide appropriate feedback
10.Understand personal and team
roles
11.Bring problems to the team
(upwards feedback)
12.Accept ownership for team
decisions

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13.Recognize that they individually

serve as a team leader
14.Balance appropriate levels of
participation
15.Participate voluntarily
16.Maintain confidentiality
17.Show loyalty to the
organization, the team leader,
and the team
18.View criticism as an opportunity
to learn
19.State problems, along with
alternative solutions/options
20.Give praise and recognition
when warranted
21.Operate within the parameters
of team rules
22.Confront the team leader when
his/her behavior does not help
the team
23.Share ideas freely and
enthusiastically
24.Encourage others to express
their ideas fully

25.Ask one another for opinions

and listen to them
26.Criticize ideas, not people
27.Avoid disruptive behavior such
as side conversations and inside
jokes

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28.Avoid defensiveness when

fellow team members disagree
with their ideas
29.Attend meetings regularly and
promptly.