1. -Fernando Bonaventura
Team Dynamics
“Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
-Fernando Bonaventura

2. What does it mean to be a team?

3. A team is a collection of individuals who are committed to working together to achieve a common goal.
A team lifts and elevates the performance of an individual to heights never before achieved

4. TEAM:
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More

5. Diversity Each team is made up of people with different:
skills and talents
Strengths and weakness
To work effectively each member must contribute to the progress of completing the goal.

6. The 7 Needs of a Team
Common Goals- Without a goal or a mission there is no need for the team to exist.
Leadership- “the art and science of influencing or directing people to accomplish the assigned mission” Teams need people to move the team towards its goals.
Involvement of All Members- The main idea of teamwork is to harness each individuals strengths..

7. The 7 Needs of a Team
Good Morale - Positive experience for all involved. When the team succeeds morale is high.
Open Communications- The ability to talk amongst each other. 
Mutual Respect- Don’t play favorites, honor your commitment to the team, and respect the dignity of your people.
Fair ways to resolve conflict- Conflicts are bound to arise due to the diversity of the team.. Its your job to solve the conflict with fairness and professionalism.

8. Team Life Cycle What does it take to transform people into a unified team?
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
-Henry Ford

9. Team Life Cycle 1) Forming
Chaos
Confusion
Difference of opinion
No leader
Uncertainty

10. Team Life Cycle 2) Storming
Begins to take shape
Personalities begin to show
Assert personal needs and goals
Conflict
Lack of trust

11. Team Life Cycle 3) Norming
Leader’s standards gain acceptance
Team sets its own standards
Start to feel more secure
More committed to mission

12. Team Life Cycle 4) Performing
Team at its best
Entirely focused on the goal
Fine tune the ability to work together

13. Pitfalls of a Team
Unwieldly- having trouble reaching a consensus and coordinating plans
Stifle Originalism- teams pressure individuals to conform, to please others at all cost so they fit in
Free Riders- people who receive the fruits of the teams labor without putting in any work
Group Think- when members agree unanimously in spite of facts pointing to a different conclusion
Lack of Accountability- leaders need to communicate standards and make clear how the team members will be held accountable

14. Questions?