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TEAM BUILDING
APAMSA Leadership Development Module
Team Building
Relations-Oriented Behaviors
Identify
common interests and team values to unify team
members
Incorporate
symbols, ceremonies, and rituals to develop
social cohesiveness
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Relations-Oriented Behaviors
Leadership Challenge (23)
Team
Building
Cohesiveness
and cooperation are two common goals of
team building
Describe
your approach to Team Building and briefly
explain how your methods increased team cohesiveness,
mutual cooperation, and team identification
Team Building
Guidelines For Team Building
Common interests and
values
Ceremonies and rituals
Symbols
Social interaction
Publicize activities
Process analysis
Alignment sessions
Incentives for
cooperation
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 71-72)
Team Building
Common Interests & Values
Group
identity is dependent upon shared goals and
strategies to attain them
Appeal
to team members for their cooperation by
emphasizing mutual interests and values
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Ceremonies & Rituals
Make
group identity special with ceremonies and
rituals that emphasize team values
Initiation
rituals for new members, and
celebration rituals for departing members
Ceremonies
can celebrate special achievements
or anniversaries
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Symbols
Create a symbol for group identity
Symbols can be a team name, color, slogan, logo,
insignia, or emblem
Display symbols on business letters, flyers, banners,
clothing
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Social Interaction
Build
cohesiveness among team members with
pleasant social interaction
Host
periodic social activities like dinners, lunches,
picnics, barbeques
Go
on team outings to sports events or concerts,
go camping or hiking
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Publicize Activities
Tell people about group plans, activities, and
achievements
Explain the importance of these plans, activities and
achievements relative to team objectives
Communicate a sense of excitement, fun and zest in all
that is being done
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Process Analysis
Hold
frank discussion of interpersonal relationships
and group interactions
Consider
how people are communicating, working
together, making decisions, and resolving conflicts
Discuss
strengths in work relations and ways to
improve any weak points
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Alignment Sessions
Negative
stereotypes are common with diverse
team members with varied opinions
Increase
mutual understanding by holding
alignment sessions
Sessions
involve each member answering several
personal career questions
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Alignment Sessions
Questions
may ask about your values, concerns,
and personal objectives
How
do you want to be remembered?
What is most often misunderstood about you?
What type of work is most satisfying?
What type of work is most frustrating?
How would you like to change your role?
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Alignment Sessions
Each
person will be given time to answer these
questions to help others understand them and be
appreciated
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Team Building
Incentives For Participation
Provide incentives for mutual cooperation
Incentives that reward group performance encourage
cooperation
Whereas incentives that reward individual performance encourage
competition
Offer rewards for high team performance to value team
service
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338)
Relations-Oriented Behaviors
Summary
Team
Building
Cohesiveness and cooperation are two common goals of team building
Identify common interests and team values to unify team members
Utilize the Guidelines for Team Building to increase cohesiveness,
mutual cooperation, and team identification
Relations-Oriented Behaviors
Next Topic…
Encouraging
Participation
Our next module discusses guidelines for assessing the need for
participation and encouraging others to participate
Relations-Oriented Behaviors
Sources
G.
Yukl, Leadership In Organizations, New Jersey:
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 334-338
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