1. Panel Discussion Jane M. Carey Arizona State University West
Working in Teams
Panel Discussion
Jane M. Carey
Arizona State University West

2. Essential Skills for Team Members
A good team member:
Respects diversity of perspective
Communicates
Facilitates (and does not obstruct)
Listens
Has expertise or knows where to find it
Cooperates
Understands that team success is personal success and that team failure is personal failure
Accomplishes assigned tasks

3. Essential Roles for Team Members
Leadership
Organizing
Innovating
Developing
Producing
Promoting
Advising
Inspecting
Maintaining
Linking (Margerison & McCaan, 2001)

4. Linking Skills for Team Members
Interface Management
Active Listening
Communication
Participative Decision Making
Problem Solving and Counseling
Team Relationship Management

5. Factors for Team Success
Work Allocation
Team Development
Quality Standards
Objectives Setting Process
Delegation and responsibility
Use of Project Management Tools

6. Essential Elements of Successful Teams (Bodwell, 1999)
Has a shared vision
Is time oriented
Communicates
Operates in a zone of concern (beyond the comfort zone, but not in the terror zone)
Reviews quality
Involves everyone
Is Self-directed
Celebrates success

7. Teams are a fact of work life
A good team is synergistic
(performs better than all individual team members working independently)