This document discusses teamwork and the stages of team building. It defines teamwork as people working together as a cohesive group, with team players being able to get along with colleagues. Team building is the process of establishing collaboration and trust. The stages of team building are forming, storming, norming, and performing, with forming being setting goals, storming having attitude fluctuations, norming accepting roles and rules, and performing having insight and preventing conflicts. The key aspects of effective teams are commitment, defined roles, decision systems, communication, relationships, support, and resources.

1. Connie Locklear

2. What is teamwork?
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Teamwork
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Concept of people working together as a team
Team player
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A team player is someone who is able to get along with their
colleagues and work together in a cohesive group
Team Building
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Process of establishing and developing a greater sense of
collaboration and trust between members

3. Human Knot
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 Form groups of 5, 7, or 9
 Form a circle
 Put your right hand up in the air, and then grab the hand
of someone across the circle from you.
 Next, put your left hand up in the air and grab the hand
of a different person.
 Make sure that you are holding the hands of two different
people and that you are not holding hands with someone
directly next to you.
 Untangle yourselves without breaking the chain of hands.
 If you break the chain, you must start over.

4. Why Should We Be a
Team?
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 When we (staff) use our skills and knowledge
together, then we can complete the task.
 People who work together can sustain the
enthusiasm and support needed to complete the
task.

5. How does a Team Work
Best?
 its members have:
A Teams succeeds when
 a commitment to common objectives
 defined roles and responsibilities
 effective decision systems, communication and work
procedures
 good personal relationships

6. Team Morale Depends On
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Support
Resources
Communication
Personalities

7. Teamwork Skills
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Listen
Question
Persuade
Respect
Help
Share
Participate

8. Stages in Team
Building
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Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

9. Stage 1: FORMING
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The Team
 defines the problem
 agrees on goals and formulates strategies for
tackling the tasks
 determines the challenges and identifies
information needed
 Individuals take on certain roles
 develops trust and communication

10. Stage 2: STORMING
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During the Storming stage team
members:
 realize that the task is more difficult than
they imagined
 have fluctuations in attitude about chances
of success
 may be resistant to the task
 have poor collaboration

11. Stage 3: NORMING
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During this stage members accept:
their team
team rules and procedures
their roles in the team
the individuality of fellow members
 Team members realize that they are not going to
crash-and-burn and start helping each other.

12. Stage 4: PERFORMING
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Team members have:
 gained insight into personal and team
processes
 a better understanding of each other’s
strengths and weaknesses
 gained the ability to prevent or work
through group conflict and resolve
differences
 developed a close attachment to the team

13. Remember
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There is no I
in team!

14. Thank You!
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