1. The document provides instructions and questions for an activity involving team roles and communication. Participants are asked to complete tasks based on their assigned team role from the Team Dimensions Profile. 2. Questions prompt reflection on communication styles used in the activity, effectiveness of idea generation and implementation based on roles, and how well roles aligned with individual preferences. 3. The goal is to better understand team dynamics, communication, and how roles contribute to success through an interactive group exercise.

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2. Welcome! Talk, Eat, Drink, Sit, Stand Please answer as many questions as you wish Be prepared to begin at 8:10 You will need a copy of your Team Dimensions Report , something to write on , something to write with My name is Mike Christine (my wife) made the bread – Cinnamon Swirl Bread www.create-learning.com

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4. Detailed Data Discovery Within the next 20 minutes your objective is to; Introduce self to team Accumulate team data you may choose any area or multiple areas to tabulate and illustrate team data Compile and translate data into information your team will present to others Develop a consensus of 1 team goal for our time together Add 1 more ground rule, if necessary www.create-learning.com

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6. Personal Responsibility Other-Directed Self-Directed Authority Belief Autonomous “I have to” “I Choose to” Comply Rebel Thinking Agree Disagree Resent Resist Feeling Accept Consequences I’m Not Responsible Attitude I Am Responsible Like a Get Behavior Victim Revenge Accountable Ayers, Keith E. Engagement is Not Enough . Charleston, South Carolina: Advantage, 2006. 38-49. www.create-learning.com

7. Hard Skill vs. Soft Skill Write down 5 soft skills you possess (feel free to use you TDP for inspiration), and 5 hard skills you possess (feel free to use your TDP for inspiration) , don’t let anyone else see what you are writing. www.create-learning.com

8. Hard Skill Soft Skill Write down 5 soft skills you possess, and 5 hard skills you possess, don’t let anyone else see what you are writing. Guidelines: Each person takes a turn at guessing one of the words that each of the other player(s) wrote. You are rewarded one point for each correct guess. www.create-learning.com

9. What commonalities were shared? What differences were shared? How was soft skills defined? Hard skills? What did you learn about yourself? What did you learn about each other? What will you tell your friends, significant other, family, etc… about your shared experience? How may we apply these skills to our relationship? www.create-learning.com

10. List 5 soft skills that are useful to you. www.create-learning.com

11. List 5 hard skills that are most useful to you. www.create-learning.com

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14. Groups vs. Teams How are the knives ( hard skills ) & marshmallows ( soft skills) before construction like a group, and the same knives ( hard skills) & marshmallows ( soft skills ) after construction like a team? www.create-learning.com

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16. Individually vs. Cooperatively What were the differences between working alone on the first round and working together on this second round? www.create-learning.com

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19. Great team dynamics include – which if any apply to your team effort; Identify a leader Establish roles & responsibilities + discuss what each person ‘brings to the table’ Establish a set of goals & objectives Establish an agenda for managing time to complete the task/meeting Establish a method to determine how they will reach agreement Establish ground rules for their meetings Proper & timely use of quality tools Maladaptive behaviors are properly dealt with immediately and have consequences Ability to get started on task/project quickly www.create-learning.com

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21. TDP Role assignments & ACTION! While remaining in your assigned TDP Role (Creator -> Advancer -> Refiner -> Executor -> Flexor) Complete following challenge - Place the PVC cap on the table and place one nail into the hole in the PVC cap. - The task is to balance all the other nails on the head of the one nail stuck in the PVC cap. - When balanced the nails must be completely self-supporting ( i.e., the nails may not be touching or resting on any object , besides the one nail in the PVC cap). - The group may not use any other props or materials – Besides the one PVC cap with the hole and the nails ( no tape, glue, rubber bands, etc .) - Turning the PVC cap upside down or on its side is not allowed. The nail must remain upright at all times. www.create-learning.com

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23. Directions: Choose a volunteer willing to read the questions and write some responses. Discuss as many of these questions as you can with your group in the time allowed. Jot down key responses in the margins. Be honest with yourself and others. Honesty will bring out understanding. Understanding will lead to learning. Looking back on the activity, consider the idea of Communication. Determine what types of communication took place during the activity. In each of your opinions, which was the most powerful form of communication during the activity? What made them powerful? What were some of you successful communication moments? At what points were you having difficulty communicating? What might each of you want to remember about communication? Consider the Team Make-up in reference to each of your preferred team roles… Creators - What were some of the ideas that were generated? Creators - How receptive was the group to new and different ideas? Advancers - How did you add structure to the ideas? Advancers - What were some of the roles that were proposed for people in this project? Refiners - Which ideas were seen as unrealistic / realistic? what made those ideas unrealistic / realistic? Refiners - Describe how the plan was developed and evaluated? Executors - Explain the action steps of the project. Describe the results and outcomes of the action steps. Executors - How do you feel about what was done? ideas for improvement? Flexors - What was the key moment in the teams’ success? where did the ideas come from? who was the ideas champions? Flexors - Where do you feel were the gaps in this project? how did or did you not work to fill those gaps? If you have Time… How mindful were you of your preferred team role? Describe how that impacted your part in the project. www.create-learning.com

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