Team Building has to be connected to the team and how it accomplishes its work. Below is an example of a team building program design / agenda and outcomes. This was prepared for a full day of Team Building with follow-up coaching and consulting with management and some team members.
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The Current Method / Better Way Matrix is a team tool that can stretch peoples minds and assumptions to Enable Innovation and create a comfort level that allows for breakthrough ideas to happen.
Making team building stick is what people on the team want to see happen and you can make it happen with some discussion, planning and follow-up.
Team-Building has to be integrated into the existing team structure, culture and goals + objectives of your company. People must see the connection between the team building activity and their work.
The minute you think that no-one has any great ideas or believe that you have to be the hero is when you are blind to your own negative reinforcement of people.
Great team building activities have the lessons built into them, and when properly framed the team just sees and gets the connection, without much prompting.
Objectives:
– Develop a shared understanding of the companies future and goals extended 2 to 5 years.
– Skilled-Knowledge in prioritization and time management of manager’s specific areas of business and work.
– Team Development, Strengthening the team using the ‘7 Steps to High Performance Teams’
– Identification of where the team currently is, and defined steps to move to high performance.
Pre-Animate focuses the team on what is needed for accomplishing the goals and objectives. At the beginning of the project, the hopes and concerns are high. Creating a space for team members to discuss what success will look like, how to get there and creating a deliberate plan to capture what went right, the team purposefully shares knowledge and skills when it can be best used – AT THE START.
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