TEAM BUILDING HELPING TO DEVELOP A TEAM ROLES OF LEADERS MOTIVATION OF TEAM MEMBERS

Helping to Develop a Team and ROLES OF LEADERS

A. Help people to: Learn Grow Develop their abilities as they Work together successfully on common task(s).

B. Being Effective Group Leaders Involve the Following:

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role

B. Effective Group Leaders Involves the Following: 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time:

2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: thinking through problems, issues, and potential solution detailed preparation use one's own intelligence, gifts and insights in preparation and role

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: 3. Raise up the team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers

3. Raise up team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers Equip and empower go together – one without other is truncated experience, ultimately frustrating

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: 3. Raise up team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers 4. Act as catalyst and facilitator, as helper and director, not dictator.

B. Effective Group Leaders 4. Act as catalyst and facilitator, as helper and director, not dictator. 5. Are knowledgeable of small group dynamics/processes

B. Effective Group Leaders 5. Are knowledgeable of small group dynamics/processes 6. Act as servant of group not master

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A. Help people to: Learn Grow Develop their abilities as they Work together successfully on common task(s).

B. Effective Group Leaders Involves the Following:

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role

B. Effective Group Leaders Involves the Following: 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time:

2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: thinking through problems, issues, and potential solution detailed preparation use one's own intelligence, gifts and insights in preparation and role

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: 3. Raise up the team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers

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3. Raise up team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers Equip and empower go together – one without other is truncated experience, ultimately frustrating

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: 3. Raise up team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers 4. Act as catalyst and facilitator, as helper and director, not dictator.

B. Effective Group Leaders 5. Are knowledgeable of small group dynamics/processes 6. Act as servant of group not master

B. Effective Group Leaders 5. Are knowledgeable of small group dynamics/processes 6. Act as servant of group not master 7. Share leadership easily and willingly among group members, making use of initiative and experiences of each

B. Effective Group Leaders 8. Know the goals for the group if it is assigned tasks from someone outside of group

B. Effective Group Leaders 8. Know the goals for the group if it is assigned tasks from someone outside of group 9. Aid the group to formulate its own goals

B. Effective Group Leaders 8. Know the goals for the group if it is assigned tasks from someone outside of group 9. Aid the group to formulate its own goals 10. Aid the group to own the goals and to determine the tasks associated with its goals

B. Effective Group Leaders 11. Sensitive to group and to each individual within it

B. Effective Group Leaders 11. Sensitive to group and to each individual within it 12. Reaffirm each member, helping each to perceive him/herself as valuable and as having a worthwhile role to play

B. Effective Group Leaders 13. Look for compensating factors in each group member – sees value in each person

B. Effective Group Leaders 13. Look for compensating factors in each group member – sees value in each person 14. Work for feelings of equality among members

B. Effective Group Leaders 13. Look for compensating factors in each group member – sees value in each person 14. Work for feelings of equality among members 15. Ask for input to accomplish tasks

B. Effective Group Leaders 15. Ask for input from each team member to accomplish tasks 16. Listen sensitively and carefully to each and is able to restate ideas of others concisely and accurately

B. Effective Group Leaders 16. Listen sensitively and carefully to each and is able to restate ideas of others concisely and accurately 17. Moderate all sides of issue and helps group to integrate ideas for common goal

B. Effective Group Leaders 17. Moderate all sides of issue and helps group to integrate ideas for common goal 18. Seek consensus rather than a vote

B. Effective Group Leaders 18. Seek consensus rather than a vote 19. Facilitate problem solving: >ask provocative questions >provide or suggests resources >encourage all to speak >redirect questions to group >alleviate blocks and/or tension >help to sift different viewpoints

19. Facilitate problem solving: >avoid dominating discussion >avoid one person dominating discussion >maintain permissive atmosphere for interaction—all ideas welcomed >keep discussion moving, to the point

19. Facilitate problem solving: >control irrelevant questions and comments by focusing on goal >offer summaries of discussions, issues, progress, etc. as means of moving ahead >clarify various options

19. Facilitate problem solving: >facilitate listing of solutions to tasks and means to achieve goal >aid group to accept own responsibilities

B. Effective Group Leaders 19. Facilitate problem solving 20. Facilitate closure to tasks and goal WHO will DO WHAT by WHEN with WHAT DEGREE OF SUCCESS?

Effective Group Leaders 21. Are not afraid to ask group to stop discussions and to pray for guidance!

B. Effective Group Leaders 22. Raise up team who will raise up other teams Help team to build a new team of leaders:

Help team to build a new team of leaders: >not team members as team, >nor followers of team leader, but team members . . . >who lead others into being teams >who in turn can lead others to be a team.

B. Effective Group Leaders 22. Raise up team who will raise up other teams 23. Celebrate accomplishments, achievements, milestones/kilometer markers.

IN SUMMARY:

B. Effective Group Leaders 1. Enter thoughtfully into one's role 2. Carefully prepare ahead of time: 3. Raise up team – equipped, empowered, doers and not just talkers 4. Act as catalyst and facilitator, as helper and director, not dictator.

B. Effective Group Leaders 5. Are knowledgeable of small group dynamics/processes 6. Act as servant of group not master 7. Share leadership easily and willingly among group members, making use of initiative and experiences of each

B. Effective Group Leaders 8. Know the goals for the group if it is assigned tasks from someone outside of group 9. Aid the group to formulate its own goals 10. Aid the group to own the goals and to determine the tasks associated with its goals

B. Effective Group Leaders 11. Sensitive to group and to each individual within it 12. Reaffirm each member, helping each to perceive him/herself as valuable and as having a worthwhile role to play

B. Effective Group Leaders 13. Look for compensating factors in each group member – sees value in each person 14. Work for feelings of equality among members 15. Ask for input to accomplish tasks

B. Effective Group Leaders 16. Listen sensitively and carefully to each and is able to restate ideas of others concisely and accurately 17. Moderate all sides of issue and helps group to integrate ideas for common goal

B. Effective Group Leaders 18. Seek consensus rather than a vote 19. Facilitate problem solving 20. Facilitate closure to tasks and goal 21. Not afraid to ask group to stop discussions and to pray for guidance!

B. Effective Group Leaders 22. Raise up team who will raise up other teams 23. Celebrate accomplishments, achievements, milestones/kilometer markers.

BUILDING A TEAM

BUILDING A TEAM 1. Building a team is a process; it takes time to build a team

BUILDING A TEAM 1. Building a team is a process; it takes time to build a team 2. Requires a primary commitment of all involved to the basic philosophical values that govern the organization

BUILDING A TEAM 3. Requires commitment & actions from the team “builder” to help: equip, empower, and send team members to do the work

BUILDING A TEAM 4. Requires commitment from the team members to: Each other, Values of the team, Learn, Do, Be

BUILDING A TEAM 5. Requires shared vision: we agree on where we are going; Vision, Mission, Purpose, Outcomes/Goals are clear enough for all to commit to it (although not necessarily all people know how to achieve the goal at the beginning)

BUILDING A TEAM 6. Requires shared vocation: called to work together to accomplish the common vision under the shared values and beliefs.

BUILDING A TEAM 7. Requires building trust – Open sharing, i.e., community, mutual responsibilities to each other, organization, and tasks. Trust is based on character:

Trust is based on character: people of integrity, love, sincerity, respect, seeing potential in each other and potential to accomplish task

Building Trust True community must exist among team members Team members know each other, have high regard for each other, are in community with each other Pray for each other

8. Plan together, which involves following: to get to know each other – relate to each other first as human beings, then focus on task

Plan together help all to focus on common values and vision, i.e. develop vocation: where going how get there what resources needed what are the issues, problems, needs, concerns outcomes desired and hoped for

Plan together problem solve together using various techniques associated with problem solving, for example: brainstorm

Plan together 9. Keep vision in front of people – “flag bearers” 10. Get started and build and keep momentum going: don’t become lazy as leader nor as team 11. Sacrifice

MOTIVATION MOTIVATING MEMBERS OF A TEAM A COMMITTEE A GROUP

Psychological Motivation Ways to help a person become motivated psychologically: Share One's self with other [use empathy, cross-cultural skills] Set example Become a significant other and recognize this fact [use empathy, cross-cultural skills]

Evaluate with Team or Committee the accomplishment of previous task(s). Ask them how effectively they accomplished the task(s). Give praise when task(s) is/are well done. Give constructive suggestions when there is need for improvement

Motivation Encourage: Selective praising of worthy deeds, attitudes, etc. Stimulate: "prodding" Pre-requisites: others respect you others accept your prodding

Motivate by Association: Help other to see similarities between present motivation state and a new experience to which present motivation can transfer

Facilitation: Help a person accomplish and become successful in an experience with knowledge, skills

2. Motivating people to work on a Team or Committee. Team or Committee responsibility is an important task.

Challenge Challenge Team or Committee members with the task: Why is the task important? What difficulties will there be to overcome? What rewards do you foresee?

Share the RESPONSIBILITY (doing of it) Share AUTHORITY (decisions of it).

Help Team or Committee to think of job as “OURS" not "mine" nor "yours."

Give the details of the task(s) in detail. Let Team or Committee know what has to be done.

Let Team or Committee set its own goals, what they want to accomplish. Ask them how they will know when they have achieved their goal.

Express confidence in the Team or Committee and the individuals' abilities to get the task(s) done well (assuming you can do this honestly).

Be enthusiastic yourself about the job. Be a prepared leader yourself: Come with a few ideas to begin discussion.

Come with paper and pencils to let Team or Committee write down ideas. Use proper small group techniques

Celebrate each successful major decision and accomplishment, and any other reasons for celebrations, e.g., birthdays, special holidays, etc.

Building a functioning Team is worth the hard work and effort to accomplish the common task.

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