Team Bonding and
Reorganization

Challenges of Workforce
Reduction
 Organization and
Department
Structure
 Bond the team
 Future Direction

Background
PositivePsychology =
Strengths and Talents
Weaknesses vs
Strengths

Knowledge
Appreciative Inquiry
Dr David Copper
Strength Based Management
Gallup and Marcus Buckingham
Asset Based Thinking
Han Wasiak

Contents
 Sharing by Leader
 Know Your Team
 SUCCESSES
 Break
 STRENGTHS
 LUNCH
 Departmental Strengths &
Desired Development
 Future Possibilities

Objectives
 Sharing by Leaders – Hopes, challenges &
expectations
 Bonding team members – sharing of
successes, appreciation, strengths & future
development
 New Organization Structure

Ground Rules
 Focus on the Issue, not on the person
 One person talks at a time
 Be Positive
 Maintain confidentiality
 Listen for Understanding
 Write Clearly

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more than weaknesses
rather than problems
What can be done
instead of what can’t be done

Sharing by Leader
 Hopes
 Challenges
 Expectation

Know Your Team
 15 Minutes
 Ask as many team members as possible

Know Your Team
 Name
 Hobbies (2)
 Birthplace
 Food (2)
 Fruit (2)
 Drink (2)

Success

Successes
Name:
Personal Success
1.
2.
Department/Division Success
1.
2.

Successes
- Individual successes at work (2
items)
A4 Size
- Departmental successes (2 items) –
Group Work
A4 Size

Appreciation of Strengths

Peter Drucker…an interview we did with
him on his book “The Next Society”
“The task of leadership
is to create an
alignment of strengths,
making our
weaknesses
irrelevant”.

Appreciation
 Please write down your appreciation of the
strengths of your team members
 Choose two of the strengths

Your Strengths
Pillar of Strengths
 A4 Size
 Circle the paper
 Write 2-3 strengths of the
persons – examples
 Paste
 Sharing by individuals

Team Motivation Programs
 Coffee Crunch
 Outdoor activities etc

Department Strength and Development

Dept Strengths & Development
Self Evaluation of
Your Division
2 Strengths of your
department
2 Areas you wish the
department to develop

Flip Chart
 Division:
 Strengths:
1.
2.
 Development:
1.
2.

Future Possibilities

Future Possibilities
 Three to four persons in a team
 Discuss the future possibilities of
a. To be
b. To achieve (Higher output 20%)
 Present to the Group

Values:- Behaviours

To Achieve
 Organization
People
Business

Reorganization

Proposal New Structure
 4 in a team (different division)
 Present the new structure
(strengths, dev, vision, mission,
successes and future possibilities)
with NAME and POSITION
 Limit to three layers
 20 minutes discussion
 20 minutes to key into laptop
(optional)

Reflection & Summary
1. Good
2. Better
3. New