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Types of Team Building activities - a review - Purple Monster

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Overview
 

Elements Included

Building the elements of a team
Using a larger peer group
Learning to deal with adversity
Incorporating life-skills/ foundational skills  in the process
Reflection
 
Reading-1 team overview
Reading-2-peer learning

 

 
   
  Learning Targets Represent Clear, Manageable Goals
  Teaching model 5E Studying Skills 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you hand me a hammer and don’t give me plans for building something, then all I can do is pound in nails all day with no real results.

How to begin:
 

  • How big should our Team/Crew be? In the beginning, we should split the people into groups of approx. 6 people in developing the elements of the Team/Crew.  Then we will share our thoughts between these peer groups. 
     

    ·           We will use the concept of peer learning with answering questions to develop our concepts.  I.E what is a team or crew? What is its purpose/charter?, What are the elements of it?

 

Create your purpose statement of your Charter for your team. What do you want this team to do?

Build your Cultural statement for the team.  Look at the first 10 minutes of the first video in the FLIP section to get an idea of the importance of your team culture.

How do we deal when disagreements occur?


Review the development of your ground rules for your team.
 

  • Review and discuss the Support items with your team mates. How will you incorporate these into your team activity?
     

  • When learning about a new subject as a team, use various questions to gather information.

 

  • What are the outcomes (Deliverables) we want for this portion of the project?
     

 
Video of Team Work
Listening Skills (Comedy )

 

 

 

 

 Boxes on the right are hot links
 Not all boxes are hot  linked.

 

 

 

Dealing with conflicts in the team

Insure active listening to each other
Seek understanding not agreement
Outline the issues
Build dialogue
Agree to an action plan
Insure you follow up.
Be positive
Resource for discussion of conflicts.

 

   

Tools to use:

  • You can use any resource to find information ( Web, Books, People, etc.)

  • Open  "Tools" and see which ones fit your team need.  Foundational Skills

  • Use your questions to start the dialogue.

·       You can work together to create your thoughts

·       You need to write your thoughts as a group

·       Reflex  on your completion.  What have we learned?, Need to know more,

 

   
Possible Outcomes:Learning Goals, Objectives, and Outcomes - The Peak Performance Center

  • Understand the value of a learning community

·       Create a community charter and cultural statement

·       Written procedures and processes for a community operation

·       Understand the connection between a learning community and a sports/music team  
   
 

Setting community values, norms

see forming team-work-2 handbook above

Flip learning page

 

 

 

Charter (Purpose, Rules, Structure, Community authorization, Goals)  Culture ( Values, Norms, Rituals, Beliefs, Moral Compass)
Similar Teams Coaching Support
Quality Processing Measurements
  Forming teams

 

 

 

 

 

 Notes:

A critical premise is respect for the opinions and ideas of others.  It is crucial to maintain the positive chemistry of the team!  Consider The Platinum Rule:  "Treat others not as you would like to be treated, but rather as they would like to be treated"  - Respect!  The intent is to recognize the humanity and worth of all members of the team. All members of the team should prioritize selflessly working together in achieving the goal the team has set for itself

 
 

“As French Philosopher Tocqueville rightly noted, in order for the American experiment to succeed, personal liberty must be fiercely protected, but also carefully balanced with a commitment to the common good.”

 

— The Upswing: How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again by Robert D. Putnam https://a.co/eeFtWzH

 

 

 

 

 

General Tenants 

  • Use your questions to start the dialogue.

  • Think of yourself as in your own business.  … You are your customer.

  • Problems are opportunities … the bigger the problem the bigger the opportunity.  Vinod Khosla

  •  Use the engineering mind-set to focus on all the activities around your normal position. Open Engineering mind-set

  • Learn from your errors … They are learning tools

  • You own your training and growth, we are here to support you but not lead you.

  • Be a lifelong learner … Have fun at it.