The document discusses teamwork and collaboration in a library setting. It provides examples of teamwork activities for library staff, such as brainstorming body parts with 3 letters or discussing elements of effective and ineffective teams. It also describes challenges that can arise for teams, like conflicts, and strategies for overcoming barriers like having clear goals, trust, and addressing assumptions. The document emphasizes the importance of collaboration and having successful team dynamics to accomplish goals.

1. Teamwork in the Library

2. 3 letter partsThink hard…Write down as many body parts as you can that ONLY have 3 letters (keep it clean ;) ) You have 30 secondsDon’t look at your neighbor’s paper, and don’t discuss!

3. Let’s go to the moviesTeamwork happens all the time at the moviesThink about a movie (or tv show) where people work together as a teamConsiderWhat was the dynamic like early on?What were the team’s goals?What strengths did each team member bring to the table?

4. Teamwork-Pair up …What are the elements of a good team?Working in pairs, discuss, and create a list to share with all of us

5. Teamwork—Groups of 3 consider this…What causes a team to be ineffective?Working on groups of 3, discuss, and create a list to share with all of us

6. Teamwork—Groups of 4 consider this…The group at your table has been charged with the following project: “By December 1, 2011, AFPL will offer a program entitled ‘Introducing e-book Readers’”

7. At your tableCreate a task listAssign the tasks between the four of youBe ready to share

8. Review—the team dynamicHow did it go?What was the biggest challenge for your team?What conflicts arose as you discussed this program?How did you handle conflict?

9. Collaboration DefinedBased on shared goals Done in a climate of trust and respect“..people bring their separate competencies to bear on a problem, and work for a solution richer in options than might have been possible working alone.”

10. The “5 P’s” of Successful CollaborationPassionPersistence PlayfulnessProjectsPromotion Raspa and Ward

11. Barriers to Successful teamsLanguage/Wording Assumptions—What happens when we assume? MisunderstandingsDiscussion/DebateCompromise Breakthrough! Scales, Matthews, and Johnson

12. Teamwork--barriersNegativity Lack of interest “Too busy” Others? What have you discovered?

13. Characteristics of Successful Collaborative GroupsGroup Size (4-5 is ideal) Perceptions (dependence, interdependence) Homogeneity/HeterogeneityEthnicity/Culture Scales, Matthews, and Johnson

14. Team meetingsHave a purpose to obtain broad inputcoordinate shared work processesIf team members are not getting along, examine the workOften more an issue of “not knowing” vs. “not doing”

15. Questions?

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