This document discusses implementing team building for employees. It defines team building as viewing employees as interdependent team members rather than individuals. Team building is important as it increases productivity, morale and retention while decreasing turnover. Specific team building concepts discussed include daily huddles, open communication, appreciation, training and social activities. These concepts have been successfully implemented at a wound care center and improved outcomes such as retention, morale, patient experience and productivity. The key characteristics of successful teams are clear goals, communication, trust, leadership and conflict resolution.

1. SUMMIT
RestorixHealth
LEADERSHIP
Generating Health Outcomes. Together.

2. Implementing Team Building
for Employees
Coreen McCann | Program Director

3. Team Building Definition
• Philosophy of job design in which employees are
viewed as members of interdependent teams instead
of as individual workers.
• Ability to identify and motivate individual employees to
form a team that stays together, works together and
achieves together.

4. The Importance of Team Building
• Team development is often ignored and consequently
results in lowering productivity, decreased morale and
high staff turnover.
• Team building can have measurable, positive effects
on the team’s performance.

5. The Importance of Team Building
• This contributes to facilitating positive communication,
motivated employees, increases trust, promotes
creativity, and ultimately increasing productivity.
• Other benefits of team building include, conflict
resolution, increased collaboration and employee
retention.

6. Unity is Strength...

7. Successful Team Building

8. Characteristics of a Successful Team
• Effective team performance is based on a clear understanding of
goals, strategies and responsibilities. Interpersonal qualities such
as accountability, represents a strong foundation.
• Open communication, celebration of individual/team success,
vision and purpose are all meaningful attributes for promoting
team building.
• Managed conflict is important to the team’s growth. It’s essential
that issues are not avoided in a group.

9. Characteristics of a Successful Team
• An effective team has built a positive atmosphere. Trust is a key
element in creating this environment. This is built on honesty,
accessibility, acceptance and dependability.
• Lastly, Strong leadership. The number one reason teamwork fails
is “poor leadership”. Being a leader is a skill and a vital part of
building a successful team. From clarifying goals, staying on task,
conflict resolution, a team leader carries all responsibility. Lead
by example.

10. Work Hard, Have Fun.

11. Team Building Concepts

12. Hyperbaric and Wound Care Crew

13. Team Building Concepts
• Implementing team building concepts within my center has
improved employee retention, staff moral, patient experience and
productivity.
• To successfully implement these ideas, the correlation between
the characteristics and actions are imperative for
accomplishment.

14. Implemented Team Building at LLUMC
• The following are team building concepts that have been
successfully implemented.
• Daily Clinical Huddle-Establishes structure for regular
communication.
• Open door policy- Builds communication and trust.
• In office- Potlucks, ice cream get-togethers, staff lunch and
holiday themed festivities.

15. Employee Engagement: Team Contest

16. Implemented Team Building at LLUMC
• Weekly Staff Meetings- Focuses on Communication
improvement, employee feedback, conflict resolution and
responsibilities.
• Staff thank you cards- Showing appreciation.
• My Favorite Things Binder- Employees fill out a questioner of
their favorite things. On their birthdays, staff buys one thing on
the list and we create a birthday basket from the team.

17. Implemented Team Building at LLUMC
• Team Outings- Spending time outside of the office builds trust.
• Professional Development- Allows employee to feel valued,
keeps up to date on education and helps develop personal
relationships. “Knowledge is Power”.
• Promote sharing of skills and knowledge- Cross training
employees to understand what the other’s job duties demand.

18. LLUMC Team Dinner’s

19. Implemented Team Building at LLUMC
• Staff dinners- Celebrating individual or staff accomplishments.
• Supervise, mentor and provide constructive feedback to foster
achievements in others.
• At the end of the business day, I make it a point to thank all
employees for the services they provided. As an employee,
feeling valued will promote a positive result.

20. In Conclusion
• Implementing team building is a vital part of a successful company. This
contributes to positive communication, patient outcomes, center
performance, conflict resolution, employee retention and ultimately
increasing productivity.
• Understanding the characteristics that create a team building
environment are fundamental to success. Qualities such as, open
communication, vision, purpose, leading by example and building trust
will provide the platform to victory.
• Taking action with staff meetings, team outings, professional
development and mentoring will be proven to creating a positive work
environment, which will generate Healthy Outcomes. Together.

21. Thank You