TEAM BUILDING
United we stand, Divided we fall.
T Together
E Empowering each other to
A Achieve
M More
When will a group become a
team?
• Its members work as a team
• They share a common goal
• They have different backgrounds
• Face situations where values may conflict
• Choose from among various alternatives
to achieve their goals
• Perform complex tasks requiring high
degree of interdependence / co operation
• Must perform at an extraordinarily high
level in order to achieve their goals
BASIC CONCERNS PEOPLE BRING
TO THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
• Acceptance Concerns: trust
formation, acceptance of self &
others, anxiety⭣, confidence⭡
• Data Concerns: Communication
of perceptions, feelings, ideas to
team members; Social norms &
how they should be expressed
BASIC CONCERNS PEOPLE BRING
TO THE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
• Goal Formation Concerns: re
Goal setting, Problem solving,
Decision Making, Resolving
different motivations. Goals can
be: Productivity, Fun, Creativity,
Learning, Growing
• Content Concerns: Regulation,
co-ordination, and sequencing of
team activities
Stages of Team Formation
1 Orientation: Membership &
Acceptance
2 Building Trust
3 Goal / Role clarification:
clarify mission, assign tasks to each
member
4 Commitment:
Core question – “How?”, “Which
way?”, dividing responsibilities
5 Implementation:
“Who will do what, and when and
where?”
The common Goal of an
Organization
• Fulfill the needs of the
customer
• In a timely and,
• Satisfactory manner
Try breaking up the following tasks
1 A guest in a hotel room picks up a phone
to order a meal
2 A bank customer approaches his bank to
receive cash against his check
3 Training department invites nominations
for a training program
How can I become a better team
member?
1 Keep the broader picture in mind rather
than getting absorbed in ‘my’ ‘own’ task
2 My efforts should add value to the team
3 My goal not achieved if team goal is not
4 Use resources just sufficient to complete
my part of the team task
5 ‘Sail on’, rather than ‘pass on’
6 Create cooperative, friendly climate in
team
Stories
• Dying old man and bundle of sticks
• Synergy through teams 1+1 >> 2
• What can we learn from little ants?
• From honeybees?
• From the birds flying in a formation?
THE MAGIC OF SYNERGY
• Normally, 1+1=2.
• But, sometimes when we work as a TEAM,
1+1 may become 11, 111, or even 1111!
In fact, there is no limit.
• That is called SYNERGY;
• It is SYNCHRONISED ENERGY.
• It has a MULITIPLIER EFFECT.
• It grows in GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION, or
even EXPONENTIAL
