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Effective Team Building Strategies

The document discusses team building and effective teams. It defines a team and explains the stages of team building: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. It also discusses reasons for team building like improving communication and motivation. Barriers to team building include unclear objectives and excessive team size. Different types of teams are described like functional, problem-solving, and virtual teams. Components for creating effective teams include work design, team composition, context, and process. Skills for developing effective teams are also outlined.

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51 views13 pages

Effective Team Building Strategies

The document discusses team building and effective teams. It defines a team and explains the stages of team building: forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. It also discusses reasons for team building like improving communication and motivation. Barriers to team building include unclear objectives and excessive team size. Different types of teams are described like functional, problem-solving, and virtual teams. Components for creating effective teams include work design, team composition, context, and process. Skills for developing effective teams are also outlined.

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TEAM BUILDING

Team Definition

“A small number of people with


complementary skills who are committed to a
common purpose, performance goals, and
approach for which they hold themselves
mutually accountable.”
Why Team Building?

 Improving communication
 Making the workplace more enjoyable
 Motivating a team
 Getting to know each other
 Getting everyone "onto the same page", including
goal setting
 Improving team productivity
 Helping participants to learn more about
themselves (strengths and weaknesses)
Team Building Stages

Forming

Storming

Norming

Performing

Adjourning
Barriers to Team Building

 Credibility of the project leader

 Unclear project objectives

 Changing goals and priorities

 Ability of the members

 Confusion about roles and responsibilities

 Performance appraisals that fail to recognize

teamwork
 Excessive team size (Optimum size 7 – 25)
Types of Work Teams

 Functional Team

 Problem Solving Team

 Self Managed Work Teams

 Cross Functional Teams

 Virtual Teams
Virtual Teams - Definition

Teams of people who primarily


interact electronically and who may
meet face-to-face occasionally

 Reasons for forming virtual teams:


◦ Global organizations
◦ Organization-wide projects
◦ 24-hr work on projects
COMPONENTS FOR CREATING
EFFECTIVE TEAMS
Effective Teams

 Work Design
- Freedom & autonomy of members
- Different skills
- To enhance motivation among members

 Composition of The Team


- Capabilities & Personality of members
- Select the right persons
- Suitable team size
Effective Teams

 Context
- Availability of sufficient resources
- Structure of work load & leadership
- A good performance appraisal & reward system

 Process
- Common goal to match mission
- Specific goals for team members
- Healthy conflict interaction
HOW TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE
TEAM BUILDING SKILLS?
Develop Team Building Skills

 Always try to cooperate

 Never take it personally

 Concentrate on welfare of the task

 Communicate efficiently

 Recognize your challenges

 Join in team building activities


THANK YOU

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