Team Building and Goal Setting

12 C’s of Team Building By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com Guide Clear Expectations: Do team members understand why the team was created? Context: Does the team understand where its work fits in the total context of the School’s Mission? Commitment: Do team members want to participate on the team? Competence: Does the team feel that it has the appropriate people participating? Charter: Has the team defined and communicated its goals; its anticipated outcomes and contributions; its timelines; and how it will measure both the outcomes of its work and the process the team followed to accomplish their task? Control: Does the team have enough freedom and empowerment to feel the ownership necessary to accomplish its charter?

12 C’s Cont. Collaboration: Are team members working together effectively interpersonally? Communication: Do team members communicate clearly and honestly with each other? Creative Innovation: Is the group really interested in change? Consequences: Do team members feel responsible and accountable for team achievements? Coordination: Are teams coordinated by a central leadership team that assists the groups to obtain what they need for success? Cultural Change: Does the group recognize that the team-based, collaborative, empowering, enabling organizational culture of the future is different than the traditional, hierarchical culture?

Icebreaker Examples Find 10 things in common: Divide group into pairs or smaller groups of 3 and tell them that their assignment is to find ten things they have in common, with every other person in the group, that have nothing to do with work. (I tell people no body parts (we all have legs; we all have arms) and no clothing (we all wear shoes, we all wear pants). This helps the group explore shared interests more broadly. Tell the groups that one person must take notes and be ready to read their list to the whole group upon completion of the assignment. Spirit Read: Pick an educational quote (or any applicable quote). One person starts the read and others read theirs as their quote “fit”. No additional comments as the quotes are read. What are you doing? Sitting in a circle, one person starts by saying what unusual thing they have been asked to do as part of their job. The person next to them acts that out while saying what they had to do. Continues around circle Structures: Select a photograph of a structure that represents _____________(ex: your leadership style). Go around circle and share.