B-CaP - 0007 Week 5 – Class 8 - Monday

Agenda Bad News Email – thoughts HBR articles Introduction of Internal Memo Charter and team work for the week Team member interviews Looking Ahead

Bad News Email Much better writing!!!! Read the assignment and prompt carefully Still some passive language, extra words, wordiness A few logic mistakes, vague statements (be specific) Very few grammatic errors! Page 57 of text about using space

HBR Articles (done by 4:00) The Hidden Benefits of Keeping Teams in Tact Five reasons familiar teams perform better than non- familiar teams Three steps to build familiar teams Two potential detractors How Diversity Can Drive Innovation Two types of diversity Two-Dimensional diversity Six behaviors to grow acquired diversity Two Types of Diversity Training That Really Works

Internal Memo Assignment Synthesize the main points from the HBR articles Write a 1.5 – 2.0 page internal memo to your team members (MEMO FORMAT) Use Headers to highlight main “take-away messages” you want your teammates to know Focus on concepts derived from article and why they are important for your team performance Due: Friday, February 22, 5:00 p.m. in ICON DROP BOX – PDF Format

Team Work This Week WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY NIGHT – Before midnight In-class – Team Introductions/Presentation Team Name Membership Overview of your charter agreement WEDNESDAY NIGHT – Before midnight Blog Post – Team Introduction and Charter

Team Charter - Ideas Ground rules for good membership Meetings: frequency, location, times, attendance expectations, absence notifications Decision-making protocol: how will you do this, and how will you manage disagreements/ties? Individual roles (leadership, minutes, writing, editing, proofing) who is responsible for what? Communication protocol before, during and after meetings: who, what, how etc…? Accountability and enforcement? Goals for the Team How will you agree to make changes to the charter? Special Team Attributes: Name, Moto, Song, Bird, Flag, Dance, Movie, Food etc…

Interview Article Interview Article

Interviews (begin by 4:10) Activity: You will interview your new team members to learn more about how they fit in your organization Write down three interview questions you think will help you learn more about your team members. The first interviewee has the earliest birthdate in the calendar year (so January 1, would be the first person to interview, December 31 would be the last) The person to the interviewee’s RIGHT will lead the first series of questions. Each team member asks one question for their team member to answer Once the interviewee has answered one question from each team member… that interviewee leads the next round of interview questions for another team member…. And so on until all team members have led an interview, and also have been interviewed.

Debrief How’d it go? What went well? What was difficult? Any really hard questions? Any really good answers? What would you do differently?

Looking Ahead READINGS: Chapter 7 and HBR Articles Wednesday Ted Talk on Presenting Team Presentations and Introductions Blog Post – Team Introduction/Charter – By Midnight Monday – Article Discussions Next Friday – Internal Memo Due