1. Personal Effectiveness Skills Induction Unit 2 - 2.4a

2. Today’s Session  We will focus on how groups are formed and the different type of groups you may be faced with during your WBQ studies.  We will look at working in a group and how to develop an effective team.  We will look at how group work extends your inter-personal skills and will help you identify what these skills are.

3. Achieve task Individual needs Build team  Defining the task  Making a plan  Allocating work and resources  Controlling quality and tempo of work  Checking performance against plan  Adjusting plan  Attending to personal problems/issues  Valuing individuals  Recognising and using individual abilities  Training/helping the individual  Setting standards  Maintaining discipline  Building team spirit  Encouraging, motivating, giving sense of purpose  Appointing roles  Ensuring communication within the group Adair (1986)

4. Ground rules  Ground rules are vital if you want to establish an effective working group.  Ground rules will be the basis for a strong working relationship based on: trust, honesty and an awareness of the expectations of each other.  As a team develop about 4 or 5 ground rules.

5. Get to know yourself and your team