Teamwork

Starter Complete your interpersonal/social skills unit page. Answer the unit question and list the 5 facts.

Teamwork Tab UQ: What do you think is the most important are in teamwork? Explain why. UA: F: A: C: T: S:

Teamwork Teamwork is a combined effort on the part of a group of people working together to achieve the same goal. Teamwork is built on three parts: Vision, trust and communication. The first step to team building is to create a vision for the team. What is the team’s purpose and how will the team reach its goals? All team members need to be able to trust in one another. Trust requires that all teammates are honest and use communication to share information and ideas openly. This leads us to the final part: Communication.

Good communication allows teammates to achieve more together than they could ever have achieved separately The Teamwork Skills program will take a more detailed look at the three parts—vision, trust and communication—we will also examine the following skill areas: 1. Respecting Others 2. Active Listening 3. Demonstrating Reliability 4. Participating 5. Communicating 6. Solving Problems

Is it helpful to be respectful of others on your team? Explain why? Starter Is it helpful to be respectful of others on your team? Explain why?

Agenda Copy slides 8-10 Video Clips from notes Complete Activities 1 & 3 Students who were absent yesterday (Monday) need to complete vocabulary terms for Teamwork.

Respecting Others Respect is critical in order for any team to be successful. The difference between a successful team and a failing team comes down to whether or not the teammates get along with one another. So how does one show respect for teammates at work? Think about how you would like to be treated and try to treat everyone that way. Here are five tips for respecting your teammates at work: Show your support Encourage participation Give positive feedback Be honest Listen before you speak

Active Listening One of the most important parts about working in a team is active listening. In order for a team to work well, team members need to listen to one another. Active listening involves you with the person who is speaking. When you actively listen, you are engaged with the other person, and really listening to what is being said. So then what does it mean to actively listen? Here are five tips for active listening: 1. Focus on the person speaking 2. Pay attention to both verbal and nonverbal communication 3. Repeat what is being said in your own mind 4. Ask for clarification 5. Repeat what was said in your own words to make sure that you understood

Demonstrating Reliability To demonstrate or show reliability means to show people that they can depend on you. A team needs to be able to rely or count on all members of the team to do their parts. The major benefit of having teammates is that you can achieve more as a team than you can individually. However, this only happens if each teammate demonstrates or shows reliability. Here are five tips for showing reliability within your team: Show Commitment Meet Deadlines Be On Time Be Consistent Follow Through

List 2 tips that help in active listening. Starter List 2 tips that help in active listening.

Agenda Copy slides 13-16 Complete Activities 5 & 7 If you haven’t completed vocabulary I need to see it by Friday, along with any missing activities from this week. I will begin checking notebooks tomorrow (12-6-18).

Working as an Active Participant Every team is only as strong as its weakest member. All it takes is one weak member to bring the entire group down. Sometimes a silent group member can be just as harmful to the group as a negative group member. Someone who fails to participate is not only failing to add value, but is taking the place of someone else who could add value to the group. Here are five tips for working as an active part of your team: Come prepared Help teammates in need Share openly Volunteer Be a leader

Communication Communication is how we share our ideas, knowledge and information. It’s important that the lines of communication are open in order for a group to work well together. Information needs to be shared among group members so that everyone is on the same page and knows what is happening. Being a good communicator is what helps you to make a sale, persuade other people to change their minds or give someone instructions on how to do a task. Without good communication skills, none of these tasks are possible. Here are five tips for good communication: Be persuasive or able to get others to understand your idea Give good reasons for your thoughts and ideas Question respectfully Express yourself clearly and directly Be honest

Problem Solving Problem solving is the ability to work through problems by using critical thinking skills to arrive at a solution. In the workplace, you will face new problems every day. Sometimes you’ll be expected to solve these problems on your own, other times you will work with a team to solve the problem. Sometimes a team is created just for the purpose of solving a specific problem. Problem solving as a team gives you a better chance of coming up with the best solution or result. The process to solve a problem is always the same: Find the problem Define the problem Describe the problem Diagnose the problem Test the diagnosis

Conclusion In order for any team to be successful in meeting their goals, everyone must cooperate with the other group members. Without cooperation, individuals would all put their own goals and needs ahead of the groups. Unless you make a good effort to cooperate, you’ll never know the benefits of working with your group. Take your position within the group seriously. Focus on cooperating with your teammates in order to achieve all of the benefits that come with working in a team.