Teamwork Skills Drop the Ball Elements of Team

Teamwork Skills

Drop the Ball

Elements of Team Work • Reliable • Cooperative • Effective Communicator • Flexible • Active Listener • Committed • Participates • Problem Solver • Shares Openly • Respectful

T Together E Everyone A Achieves M More

Team Development Formal Informal

Team Building Stages • Forming • Norming • Storming • Performing

1. Was your team type formal or informal? 2. At the start of the activity were you excited or anxious? 3. What “storms” did your team have? Were you able to handle any conflicts effectively? 4. At what point in the process did you start feeling comfortable and start to make progress towards the goal? 5. Were you able to reach the goal and finish the assignment? 6. Now that the activity is complete, do you feel like you gained insight into the team process?

Barriers • Poor leadership • Goals are unclear • Recommendations are ignored • Not taken seriously • Lack of focus • Waste of time • Lack of follow through • Domination • Hidden agendas • Lack of preparation

“You get as much out of something as you put into it. ”

References • Team Building Issues and Alternatives by William G. Dyer, Addison Wesley Publishing • Mastering Soft Skills for the Workplace by United States Department of Labor retrieved from www. dol. gov/odep/topics/youth/softskills • Demonstrate Your Value through Collaboration! Teamwork & Motivation by Ann Cross and Martha Lanaghen, JIST Publishing