1. How to Build a Team: Using Vision, Commitment, and Trust
Amanda Cummings, Kelly McCrary

2. Realize what Teamwork can do for You
The moment you start doing anything at all with another person, you’ve established a team
Productive teamwork moves you toward challenge, through change, with more confidence
Working well on any team
generates energy and enthusiasm
for life

3. Don’t be Quick to Judge Skills
You can be a part of a team even if you think you don’t have the “skills”
When choosing a team or evaluating a team realize different people bring different skills

4. Vision What will it look like when we get there?
Vision means being able to excite the team with large, desired outcomes (goals)
Project a goal that has value to the team
A goal must contain:
challenge
appeal to personal pride
An opportunity to make a difference
Picture Success!

5. Commitment Can be a dangerous and misunderstood concept
Pre-commitment process will help overcome commitment obstacles
Eliminate pressure to commit
Define expectations and success will soar

6. Trust Trust means more confidence in team leadership and vision
When trust prevails, team members are more willing to go through a difficult process
Leadership commitment to vision
List the unknowns
Assess worst case scenarios
Research the unknowns

7. Inclusion Getting others to commit to the team effort
Small groups that facilitate through give and take
Communicate the vision, the commitment, and elicit and address people’s doubts
Leaders will achieve inclusion by:
Non-assumptive question,
good listening
directed response

8. Nextel Inclusion & Diversity
A sense of creativity and innovation that generates a unique connection between the workplace and the marketplace.

9. Finalize your Plan
Establish a balanced strategy for reaching the committed vision
Once you set the groundwork teammates will be enthusiastic and cooperative
Use team consensus to make decisions as opposed to issuing orders
Diverse views can help or hurt a
team
Communicate, communicate,
communicate!

10. Sources www.learningcenter.net
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results –Andrew Carnegie