Topic of this short talk: team / group dynamics. The point is that you need to be aware of any dynamics happening in your team / group.
Contents of the presentation:
Slide 1: Intro video (ants)
Slide 2: Teamwork
Teamwork is the corner stone of any successful undertaking.
Teamwork is an individual skill.
The purpose of this talk is to make you aware of the importance of team dynamics.
We will look at some examples, and how we can explore team dynamics.
Slide 3: How does a high-performing team look like?
Diverse members
Diversity of viewpoints, opinions
Open and clear communication
Managing conflict
Clear objectives
Trust
Participative leadership
Positive atmosphere
Engagement
Slide 4: Putting a group of people together does not make a team.
Slide 5: Model of group/team development: Tuckman (1965)
Note: the different phases of growing as a team are necessary to become “performing”
Slide 6: Belbin team roles (1981)
9 team roles: an effective team has members that cover the 9 key roles in managing the team
Slide 7: Communication inside the team is a key indicator of whether they are performing or not. The quality of communication in the team will also directly affect the communication with the stakeholders.
Slide 8: One bad apple can cause rot in the entire cart by altering the behaviour of everyone.
examples: the passive-aggressive group eroder, the blunt/rude dominant, the controller, the slacker, the anti-establishment guy, the divide-and-conquer schemer, the arrogant fat head
Slide 9: Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment”.
Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanise other groups. A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision making.
Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
Slide 10: How to explore team dynamics?
Listen to the way team members are communicating
Observe behaviours: can you recognise certain team roles? Who has an introvert personality, who’s extrovert?
Observe how conflict is managed
Slide 11: Don't be a Scrum Zombie (Thanks to Henrik Kniberg)
Slide 12: How to explore team dynamics? Team building, a classic scrum.
Slide 13, 14, 15: How to explore team dynamics? Team drawer
A team building exercise.
Cf. https://technology1unplugged.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/agile-belgium-agile-games-night-iii-at-commagroup-cronos-10092015/ (team drawing exercise)
Slide 16: Improv theatre exercises
Slide 17: Quote by Henry Ford: “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”
Slide 18: Be aware of the dynamics in your team!
Tons of Flipped Classroom Schools and Teachers!Kelly Walsh
The grassroots movement that is flipped teaching and learning keeps growing every day.
To help illustrate this, I searched out and threw together this SlideShare set of over 40 articles about teachers and schools who have implemented the flipped classroom.
Topic of this short talk: team / group dynamics. The point is that you need to be aware of any dynamics happening in your team / group.
Contents of the presentation:
Slide 1: Intro video (ants)
Slide 2: Teamwork
Teamwork is the corner stone of any successful undertaking.
Teamwork is an individual skill.
The purpose of this talk is to make you aware of the importance of team dynamics.
We will look at some examples, and how we can explore team dynamics.
Slide 3: How does a high-performing team look like?
Diverse members
Diversity of viewpoints, opinions
Open and clear communication
Managing conflict
Clear objectives
Trust
Participative leadership
Positive atmosphere
Engagement
Slide 4: Putting a group of people together does not make a team.
Slide 5: Model of group/team development: Tuckman (1965)
Note: the different phases of growing as a team are necessary to become “performing”
Slide 6: Belbin team roles (1981)
9 team roles: an effective team has members that cover the 9 key roles in managing the team
Slide 7: Communication inside the team is a key indicator of whether they are performing or not. The quality of communication in the team will also directly affect the communication with the stakeholders.
Slide 8: One bad apple can cause rot in the entire cart by altering the behaviour of everyone.
examples: the passive-aggressive group eroder, the blunt/rude dominant, the controller, the slacker, the anti-establishment guy, the divide-and-conquer schemer, the arrogant fat head
Slide 9: Groupthink, a term coined by social psychologist Irving Janis (1972), occurs when a group makes faulty decisions because group pressures lead to a deterioration of “mental efficiency, reality testing, and moral judgment”.
Groups affected by groupthink ignore alternatives and tend to take irrational actions that dehumanise other groups. A group is especially vulnerable to groupthink when its members are similar in background, when the group is insulated from outside opinions, and when there are no clear rules for decision making.
Cf. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groupthink
Slide 10: How to explore team dynamics?
Listen to the way team members are communicating
Observe behaviours: can you recognise certain team roles? Who has an introvert personality, who’s extrovert?
Observe how conflict is managed
Slide 11: Don't be a Scrum Zombie (Thanks to Henrik Kniberg)
Slide 12: How to explore team dynamics? Team building, a classic scrum.
Slide 13, 14, 15: How to explore team dynamics? Team drawer
A team building exercise.
Cf. https://technology1unplugged.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/agile-belgium-agile-games-night-iii-at-commagroup-cronos-10092015/ (team drawing exercise)
Slide 16: Improv theatre exercises
Slide 17: Quote by Henry Ford: “Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”
Slide 18: Be aware of the dynamics in your team!
Tons of Flipped Classroom Schools and Teachers!Kelly Walsh
The grassroots movement that is flipped teaching and learning keeps growing every day.
To help illustrate this, I searched out and threw together this SlideShare set of over 40 articles about teachers and schools who have implemented the flipped classroom.
Charlene Jennet (UCL) - Creativity in citizen scienceCitizenCyberlab
Charlene Jennet (UCL) presenting findings about creativity in citizen science projects, within and beyond Citizen Cyberlab, at the Citizen Cyberlab Summit, 17-18 September 2015, University of Geneva (UNIGE).
This PPT went through several revisions. I worked and worked on finding the best, most representative images wanting to create memorable pictures for my students. I shared the PPT with my mentor who commented on how much she enjoyed the presentation and how soothing it was. At that point I realized that adding music would improve the presentation. I searched through my entire library of music in an effort to find music that best fit the presentation. I struggled and finally learned how to add more than one song to a presentation. I am very proud of my final creation and believe my students will enjoy learning about symbols in literature as they view this Power Point presentation.
Charlene Jennet (UCL) - Creativity in citizen scienceCitizenCyberlab
Charlene Jennet (UCL) presenting findings about creativity in citizen science projects, within and beyond Citizen Cyberlab, at the Citizen Cyberlab Summit, 17-18 September 2015, University of Geneva (UNIGE).
This PPT went through several revisions. I worked and worked on finding the best, most representative images wanting to create memorable pictures for my students. I shared the PPT with my mentor who commented on how much she enjoyed the presentation and how soothing it was. At that point I realized that adding music would improve the presentation. I searched through my entire library of music in an effort to find music that best fit the presentation. I struggled and finally learned how to add more than one song to a presentation. I am very proud of my final creation and believe my students will enjoy learning about symbols in literature as they view this Power Point presentation.
PPT created by Kathleen Curran on Traditional Symbols in Literature. The slide show will be accompanied by a lecture. Students will have a handout with the symbol listed. They will take notes on what the symbol represents as they view the slide show and listen to my lecture. The next step will be having students find these symbols in literature we read in class.
Tactics for Implementing Test Automation for Legacy CodeJeff Gallimore
Slides used to introduce the DevOps Enterprise Forum whitepaper on tactics for implementing test automation for legacy code at the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 in San Francisco.
Integrating Information Technology with Sports (by Chris and Sean)ChrisEluva
This is our Professional skills assignment 4 (2BCT2) .
We used these slides to discuss the idea of how I.T is used in sports now and how it will be used in the future.
It is primarily made from images acquired from Google !! (We couldn't find much creative commons images).
We've used examples like the hawk eye system, IT in Olympics, Rugby ref cam etc.. to illustrate our topic.
Agile is a philosophy or new way of thinking about software development and the managerial practices of software development. This session will be to understand at a high level what Agile is and how we may be able to apply new techniques in the workplace.
9. “ No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on,
however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for
those who have been trained by it ”, Hebrews 12:11-12