1. Teams and Communication
Teams are a powerful collective element used to achieve a particular goal or business target.
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2. Teamwork Team Player People working together cooperatively in a group.
People who behave within the requirements of group norms.
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3. Life Cycle of a Team Forming  Storming Norming Performing Adjourning
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4. Team Building
Process of establishing and developing collaboration and trust between team members.
Strategies:
Interactive exercises
Team assessments
Group discussions.
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5. Team Building Elements
Select participants
Establish goals
Balance skill sets
Allocate roles
Harmonise personality types
Train to work together
Support the team
Make effective use of resources
Communicate with leaders
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6. Skills for Effective Teams
Listening
Questioning
Persuading
Respecting
Helping
Sharing
Participating
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7. Formal Groups Informal Groups
Work groups established by organisation to complete specific tasks:
Technical team
Sales team.
Informal Groups
Groups formed around friends and common interests to meet a social need:
Sporting group.
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8. Interdependent Teams
Members get to know other team members socially and professionally.
Develop trust in each other.
Conquer challenges together.
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9. Independent Teams Benefit from intellectual, job-related training.
Improve efficiency by identifying what is required in that team for everyone to enhance performance.
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10. Virtual Teams
Members joined together electronically, with little in-person contact.
Made possible with technology tools and Internet.
Benefits:
Ideas contributions.
Work loads can be distributed.
Build a competitive edge.
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11. Project Teams Used for defined period of time.
Used for a specific purpose.
Based on common function.
Employees from different work areas.
Benefits:
Can track the project.
Easy to create team focus.
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12. Cross Functional Teams
Group working toward a common goal.
Employees with different functional expertise.
eg. people from finance, marketing.
Function as self-directed teams:
Respond to objectives.
Consensus decision making.
Lead by a manager/team leader.
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