Developing variations of team building activities creates new lessons and areas for group development, plus keeps team building facilitators fresh and continually improving our own game and process. Here is a variation of the Cycle Time Puzzle Activity.
The method can be thought of as “how” to work gets done. Method is often overlooked or seen as touchy-feely and is where the majority of team based projects fail. The necessity of defining and determining the methods that will be used will catapult team based projects into a rapid growth phase.
For the method to work a focus on facilitative preventions, determining possible problems and ensuring that quality tools are utilized.
Recently I was sent an email from a past client, asking me for some advice, team building activities and programmatic ideas about developing programs for change within an organization. Below is the gist of my response; This person hired me to facilitate a 3 day workshop on Instituting a Successful Change. The follow-up reported the … Continued
Decision making is necessary in every role; the value in one’s role comes from the decisions made. Learning to make effective decisions includes: time span for manager and employee, when to delegate decision making, and the use of several decision methods.
As teams develop and improve their performance over time a s-curve pattern emerges. In this video Michael Cardus shares the S-Curve for Team Development and references it to developing high performance teams.
The objectives for this project include;
Team members to have a common language of team development and leadership
Team members to see how personal accountability and team accountability fit into the organizational and project mission, values, and purpose.
Develop skill sets in 1. Effective behaviors of team membership 2. How to develop teams and team goals 3. How to lead those who are in charge of teams.
Team Building program design for 120+ people. Program time 3 hours (note all the experiential design elements were NOT completed in the time frame).
Facilitation and team development
I am a fan using mouse traps for a variety of team building and training initiatives. Where the value of team building becomes evident is in the processing and internalizing of what was learned. Utilizing an active reviewing method (as opposed to a passive process which is question & answer) aids people in creating brain based connection from the team building activity to their work, lives, community, etc…
People show up and learn from experience. They will be involved in team building activities, reflection, and task-focused simulations. Before, During, and after each of these activities the experiential learning cycle will be examined and each person and the group will determine what was learned and how to apply it.
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