team building presentation

1. TEAM BUILDING

2. Program Objectives
 Understand the team concept.
 Open lines of communication as a foundation.
 Sharpen communication techniques and skills.
 Learn techniques for building a better team.

3.  Understand your style and role as a
team leader.
Sharpen your team’s goal setting,
Program Objectives
 motivation and output/performance.
 Understand team members and team dynamics.
 Practice, discuss, and problem solve.

4. A Challenge
Please write a One Sentence
Definition of
TEAM BUILDING.

5. What Is A Team?
Ac c o rding to We bs te r's Ninth
Edition:
“A team is a number of persons
associated together in work or
activity: as a group on one side
(as in football or debate).”
In othe r words , whe n one pe rs on ca nnot a ccomplis h
a job a lone a nd s e ve ra l individua ls mus t coope ra te
to fulfill a mis s ion, you ne e d ate a m. The be tte r the
coope ratio n, communication, and coo
rdinatio n
a mong te a m me mbe rs , the more e ffic ie nt the te a

6. Common Need
The overriding need of
all people working for
the same organization:
to make
the organization
profitable.

7. Conceptions of “Team”
The Athletic Perspective:
Here, “team” connotes winning and losing.
In an athletic arena, winning is the
ultimate goal.
The Power of Two:
Here, “team”implies partnership. This
includes both business and personal
partnerships such as marriage.

8. Conceptions of “Team”
Circumstantial:
Here, “team” simply means any
group in the same place at the
same time. For example, in this
context a company in general or
all the managers in an
organization could be considered
a team.

9. Conceptions of “Team”
The Community Approach:
Here, a “team” is a group of individuals that share,
collaborate, and assist one another. The group usually
includes about 20 individuals. Members look to their peers
for support. This type of team leads to workplace success!

10. Why Teams Work
Teams initiate change.
Often those at the top of the organization
are challenged by what changes are
necessary within an organization. Teams
provide a valuable source of feedback.

11. Why Teams Work
Teams are natural problem solving
devices.
A team setting opens up new
communication lines. Because of the
necessity of commun- ication within a team,
members encounter problems and challenges
in early stages and are able to head them off
with greater efficiency and success.

12. Why Teams Work
Teams are collections of the
organization’s best assets.
Each team member has specific
talents. By combining individuals
in team fashion, all of these
talents are joined to work toward
a common goal.