Mike rants about the necessity of letting group know that they are going to be involved in a team building and / or leadership program. For the greatest value of the company, employee, management and facilitator time the following is requisite;
Appreciation of other departments and individuals to determine strengths of self and team members.
Use of tonal abilities and emotional intelligences when communicating to others
Effective steps when involved in collaborative projects within departments
Effective steps when involved in collaborative projects between departments
Completing the program with action lists and items that the people and departments can use to begin to implement the learning and ideas gained from the program.
Here are some photos and memories of my time with Fulton-Montgomery Community College. This is an amazing place located Near the Adirondack Park of New York State – between Syracuse NY and Albany NY.
I was invited to the college by their Student Government Executive Board to facilitate communication and trust building discussions with the team.
The staff now had clear and distinct goals and tasks to be completed within time frames, allowing for great work and customer service. Sales had increased by 8% in the 3-month period.
This makes team building work – creating a shared context of language to open a dialog. Leading to life situations; leading to personal experiences; leading to shared context setting; leading to successes and continued learning.
Teamwork Cards
The Teambuilding Games Kit That Fits In Your Pocket.
Use this unique set of 30 laminated multi-use cards to lead 25 fun, engaging, and thought provoking teamwork activities.
Individuals on teams when involved in challenges are really close to the problem and taking a Plan:Do:Check:ACT (PDCA) break will create clarity and teach a model of action steps and solutions finding in real-time examples.
Here is how the model works;
The focus is not on the staff…the focus is on systems, management and improvement; You can replace everyone in the team and the same problems will repeat themselves; Unless we examine the systems to determine what is driving these behaviors.
That comes from Top Management and determining solutions.
…it has been a day of learning, asking questions, rumbling in my chair, holding back on my comments and wanting to re-frame everything into an organizational development method like; determining extant from written organizational system and asking what behaviors are coming from those systems.
Below are some of the latest success stories from teams I have had the privilege to serve.