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GALLERY WALK PLEASE SILENTLY VIEW THE CARTOONS ON THE WALL BEFORE TAKING YOUR SEAT. “WHY COLLABORATIVE

HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS/COLLABORATION GLISI LEADERSHIP SUMMIT BRENDA JONES AND TRAVONNIE MACKEY

OBJECTIVES • I CAN explain the criteria and process for Collaborative Learning Teams. • I CAN analyze the level of collaboration within my team and identify next steps. • I CAN apply new strategies for building Collaborative Learning Teams.

CRITERIA OF A TEAM 1. Manageability—Small number of people (3 -12) 2. Unity—Share common goals, winning means the team goal is reached, not the individual goals 3. Mutual accountability—Common rewards/responsibilities for achievement 4. Interdependence–Set aside individual needs for the greater good of the team

TEAM VIDEO WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN TEAMMATES? WHAT MAKES THIS A HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAM?

TEAM SIMULATION

Now, think about your team back at school. Assess yourself. 5 DYSFUNCTIONS OF A TEAM BY PATRICK LENCIONI

“For a team to establish real trust, team members, beginning with the leader, must be willing to take risks without a guarantee of success. They will have to be vulnerable without knowing whether that vulnerability will be respected and reciprocated. ” -Patrick Lencioni

PERSONAL HISTORIES EXERCISE 1. Where did you grow up? 2. How many kids were in your family? 3. What was the most difficult or important challenge of your childhood?

MYERS BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR 1. Share your type. 2. How did your individual types manifest in the cup challenge? 3. How does your personal type manifest in your school based team?

“For a team to master conflict, the team leader must avoid interrupting a disagreement too soon. ” -Patrick Lencioni

WHAT’S YOUR CONFLICT HANDL STYLE? The Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) (Problem Solving) 1. Quick write – What professional experiences have influenced your ability to engage in unfiltered debate? Now share.

WHAT’S YOUR CONFLICT HANDL STYLE? The Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) (Problem Solving) 2. Discuss: How did it manifest in the cup challenge? How does it manifest with your school team?

WHAT’S YOUR CONFLICT HANDL STYLE? The Thomas Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) (Problem Solving) Norms provide healthy expectations for conflict.

“To truly achieve commitment, the leader must make a clear decision, even if it turns out to be the wrong one. ” -Patrick Lencioni

LESSONS FROM JERRY & GEORGE WHAT DID YOU NOTICE ABOUT HOW THE CONFLICT PLAYED OUT?

2 WAYS TO ACHIEVE COMMITMENT Commitment Clarification Cascading Communication

Sometimes strong leaders naturally create an accountability vacuum within the team, leaving themselves as the only source of discipline. -Patrick Lencioni

THREE WAYS TO EMBRACE ACCOUNTABILITY Lightening Rod Spend the first few minutes of a meeting with a whip around of what everyone is working on. If a teammate is dominating the time, address them – that gives us practice in holding each other accountable. Goal Check Begin meetings revisiting data about the ONE goal your team is working towards. Ask, “What needs to stop, start and continue for us to keep making progress towards our goal? ” Glow & Grow For each teammate, share the chief contributor and distractor to team progress. The leader always goes first and models vulnerability without defensiveness. End by sharing the one thing each person plans to work on.

GLOW & GROW PROTOCOL 1 min. Think – about each teammate. What is his/her biggest contributor and distractor to our team’s success? 4 min. Share – no defensive response allowed, comments like “I hear you, ” and “I can see that” are welcomed. (1 min person) 1 min. Think – what ONE THING do I pledge to work on to make my team more successful? 2 min. Share – what each teammate will work on

Only by ensuring that the people on your team are committed to collective results ahead of their own needs, and by keeping them focused on those results, can you avoid the kind of individualization that breaks teams apart. -Patrick Lencioni

Look at this list of 8 goals. Pick one that is the most important. Rank the others. Be ready justify. Ego Career Developme nt Team Results Money My Department

REFLECTION – TEXT POLL Stop, Start, Continue: on the text poll, share one thing you want to stop doing as a result of today’s learning, one thing you want to start doing and one thing you’ve been doing well and need to continue.