Source: Adapted from Heathfield, Susan M. ‘Twelve Tips for Team Building: How to Build Successful Work Teams’, About.com,
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Forming Storming Norming performing and adjourning link to assist:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htmhttp://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_86.htm
Whenever Alex started a team leadership role with a new team he spent a lot of time conducting team briefings. He knew the team was in the forming stage and needed to be given a lot of information about how the job was to be done, how they should operate together and what the rules were for the team.
ASK YOURSELF: What other strategies would you use in the forming stage? What sort of issues would you expect to emerge in the storming stage? How would you encourage productivity and job satisfaction in the performing stage?
An effective team is one that recognises it must build a community of motivated, like-minded people who are on the same wave length; that is moving in the same direction and working together cohesively.
ASK YOURSELF: What are some of the team leadership processes you can use as a manager, supervisor or team leader to build a team of like-minded people who are on the same wave length? How might you build team cohesion?
Better work approaches can ensure better planning and scheduling of activities, quicker decisions, rapid response to customers and meeting deadlines.
ASK YOURSELF: How can you encourage team members to take joint ownership of the team’s performance plan? What are some of the strategies you can use to focus the team on successful completion of the objectives in the team performance plan?
Mutual accountability creates a supportive environment within the team. Team performance improves in the presence of mutual engagement and support.
ASK YOURSELF: What might you do to build mutual…