1. How Do You Know When You Really Have A Team ?
NCDB Presentation
Welcome/Int

2. Teamwork isn’t Rocket Science…
It’s a LOT harder!!!

3. Lessons from the Geese

4. Essentials for Team Work
Shared…
NEEDS
VALUES
GOALS
OWNERSHIP
EXPERTISE
LEADERSHIP
CULTURE

5. Most Common Reasons Why Teams Often Fail
Primary reasons are:
lack of clear goals
poorly defined roles
ineffective communication processes
ineffective meeting processes

6. GOALS
Goals are: Clear Measurable Attainable and Include timelines

7. Roles and Responsibilities
Team …
Leader
Facilitator
Note taker
Timekeeper
Rudder
Member

9. Process: Running a good meeting
#1 Be organized
#2 Encourage Participation
#3 Resolve Issues
#4 Summarize and Wrap-up

10. #1. Be organized Know the goal of the meeting
Make sure members know their roles
Use an agenda
Set timelines in advance

11. #2. Encourage Participation
Ask questions
Test for understanding
Bring in the quiet members
Minimize the monopolizers

13. Sample Ground Rules Don’t attack
Don’t interrupt when another is speaking
No side chats during the meeting including signing
All cell phones on vibrate
Phone calls are taken outside the meeting area
Don’t monopolize the discussion
All views are valid – even if we disagree
Respect each other’s feelings

14. #3. Resolve Issues Strive for consensus Work on problems and issues
Develop an action plan
Everyone gets a task

16. Consensus Issues
There are many different shades of yes and many different shades of no that are usually not revealed to the group.
Lukewarm support for a proposal may well predict later difficulties in implementation.
Mild disagreement may be a cause for outstanding concern that the proposal will fail upon implementation.
Tom Justice, the Complete Guide to Facilitation

17. #4. Summarize and Wrap-up
Make sure every agenda item was discussed
Review action plan
Make sure everyone knows next steps
Set date for the next meeting

18. Have…
clear goals
defined roles
effective communication processes
effective meeting processes