When your supervisor assigns you to be on a team to implement a new project does your heart begin to pound, do you feel a sense of dread wash over you? If so, this session is for you! Learn how to be a better team player in your library, on a committee, in sports, or as a family! Face your insecurities, eliminate unhealthy competitiveness, improve your communication skills, and overcome your fear of change.

1. Playing Nice in the Sandbox of
Life: Working on a Team

2. @#?$*!%

3. If Teamwork skills are gained by
simply being on teams,
then we should all be experts!

4. Types of Teams
Circle of
Families
Friends
Sport Clubs
Groups
Professional Work
Associations Groups

5. Definition
Teams are groups of people placed together to
use the strengths and talents of each person to
solve problems or reach a goal.
Therefore, a team is only successful if
everyone participates.

6. What’s in a Name?
Foster a True Sense of Team Spirit

7. Three Main Ingredients
Interpersonal Skills
Decision-Making Skills
Team Management

8. Interpersonal Skills

9. Take Responsibility

10. Barriers to Success
Personal Insecurity

11. Barriers to Success
Noncommunication

12. Barriers to Success
Afraid to Change

13. Barriers to Success
Unhealthy Competitiveness

14. Interpersonal Skills
Functional
Conflict Dysfunctional
Conflict

15. Interaction Styles
Avoiders
Compromisers TRUE Accommodators
COLLABORATION
Competers

16. Idea Kill
It won’t work
We’re not ready for that
It isn’t practical
It’s already been done
That’s just plain stupid!

17. LCS System
is for likes
is for concerns
is for suggestions

18. Groupthink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS7P-eo-COo

19. Decision Making Skills
Wait Think Try Resolution
• Identify • Think • Choosing • Has the
the about a solution Problem
problem solutions and Been
• Brain- trying it Solved?
storming out.

20. Consensus

21. Gilligan’s Island

22. Take Me To Your Leader!
Facilitator and Driving Force
Cheerleader for the Team
Engage Team Members
Keep Team Organized and On-Task
Meeting Deadlines

23. Team Members

24. Team Inventory
Strength Weakness
Decision Making Motivating others
Analytic Patience
Creative Short Attention Span
Meeting Deadlines
Evaluation
Multi-tasking
Budgeting

25. Your Inventory
Strength Weakness

26. Great Traits of Effective Teams

27. Great Traits of Effective Teams

28. Great Traits of Effective Teams

29. Great Traits of Effective Teams