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Striking Statistic
A Human Resources Planning
Society study of 100 Fortune-500 companies with teams found that 80% of
their respondents had trouble evaluating the team's work.
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Click
here�for team building activities on-line or to request a free "Team
Effectiveness Inventory" tool. �
Timely Tip
For a team to be effective, it
needs to develop in four key areas:� communication, organization,
problem solving, and teamwork.�� Communication is a multitude of
skills including listening, giving feedback, and conflict management.���
Organization means having a purpose or mission, goals and objectives, as
well as developing management skills for meetings, time, and projects.�
Problem Solving involves training in techniques and tools for idea
generation, decision-making, processes and procedures, and quality control.��
However, all these skills require that a team first develop through teaching
methods or projects that build teamwork.� Teamwork attributes include
cooperation, mutual respect and trust, as well as involvement and
commitment.
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Computer Clue
Teams can use spreadsheet
software to track measurable progress towards goals, provide graphs to
management, and track their progress as a team.�� Word processing
software may be used to create standard forms or checklists and document
processes and procedures.�
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Click here for detailed PC hints on-line.
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Group
Gathering
Sometimes when you have a
gathering of people, you want them to sit with new people rather than with
whom they always work or socialize.� Here is a little mixer I came up
with for training sessions I did where the department managers wanted their
people to meet others in the department besides their immediate work group.�
I call it �Luck of the Draw� and it only requires a regular deck of playing
cards and making some signs.� Here is the setup and rounds for mixing
it up with up to 30 people.
Set-up:
1)�
For 30 people, put 6 people each at 5 tables.� On each table, place a sign
that has the following card deck suits:� Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, Spades,
and Royals.� If planning to mix up the group more after a break or midway,
then also number the signs 1-5.�
2)�
Take only the amount of each suit out of the card deck needed per seat at a
table.� �For 6 seats per table, take out 6 numbered hearts, clubs, diamonds,
and spades.� Then take any 6 jacks, queens, or kings from the deck for the 5th
table called Royals.�� Then make multiple hands of cards with one from each
suit.� If the group will be large.
Rounds:
1)�
As people come through the door, have them draw a card from the ones in the
greeter�s hand.� Then have them sit at the table that matches the suit on
their card.�
2)�
If another mix of people is desired sometime during the session or event,�
then have each person at each table call off a number� by going clockwise
around the table( and clockwise to the next table) 1 through 5.� For 6
people per table, have the first 5 number as 1-5, then the 6th
starts over at 1 with the next table being 2-5, then starting the numbering
over again before moving to next table, and so-on until everyone has a
number.� Then each person and their things move to the numbered table
matching their called number.
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Quick Quote
"When a team outgrows
individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a
reality."
- Joe Paterno
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�Team� Building
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Offering Team building sessions of
1-hour each in various cities throughout June and July 2004.
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These sessions provide activities
that emphasize a necessary characteristic or skill related to team building.
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Session topics are:
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Cooperation
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Trust
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Problem Solving�
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Communication
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Cities include:
Carrollton
� (972)-466-9815
� Tuesday Evenings
� (6/8, 6/22, 7/13, 7/27)
� 7:30pm-8:30pm
Irving
� (972)-910-0702
� Saturday Afternoons
� (6/12, 6/26, 7/10, 7/24)
� 2:00pm-3:00pm
Lewisville
� (971)-219-5061
� Thursday Evenings
� (6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1)
� 7:00pm-8:00pm
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details about these sessions, see the scheduled session dates, view city addresses, find
facilitator data, or to register
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click here.
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For more information
on how these topics�
may help you or your organization,
call Shirley at
214-457-5736. |
