TEAMBUILDING
PROMOTING UNITY WITHIN YOUR
ORGANIZATION
Debbie Baker
My Confession…
At times I find that I have cared more for:
1. Production and the needs of the institution
Than for people and the relationship we have with them
2. Policies of the institution
Than for people and the relationship we have with them
3. Pride and power
Than for people and the relationship we have with them
My realization…
I have not always been the kind of leader
I should be…
I recognize my need of a deeper
knowledge of the ways and means that
Jesus used in dealing with people…
I recognize my need of deeper study of
God’s word and the principles outlined
there…
My Journey
To be more like Jesus in my dealings
with employees…
To study scripture more carefully in
regard to the principles we will find
there…
To follow the principles I find…
Scott Jeffrey asks…
So why should you go through the labor
of building an effective team?
It is a legitimate question when we often
find ourselves fighting employees with
healthy egos, those motivated by selfgratification or not motivated at all.
www.scottjeffrey.com
Reason #1
Effective teams achieve better
results…
Fully functional teams drive toward
compelling objectives and make them
happen. Put simply, effective teams
provide your organization with the
ultimate competitive advantage. (This
is reason enough!)
John 17:23
I in them and you in me. May they
be brought to complete unity to let the
world know that you sent me and have
loved them even as you have loved me.
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Reason #2
Effective teams create a more
enjoyable workplace…
We spend a large percentage of our lives at
work. A more pleasurable vocation leads to
a more enjoyable life. Executives on highfunctioning teams enjoy working with and
uplifting each other.
Ps. 133
How good and pleasant it is when
brothers live together in unity! 2 It is
like precious oil poured on the head,
running down on the beard, running
down on Aaron's beard, down upon the
collar of his robes. 3 It is as if the dew of
Hermon were falling on Mount Zion. For
there the LORD bestows his blessing,
even life forevermore.
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Reason #3
Effective teams conduct engaging
and productive meetings, but…
“If you had to identify, in one word, the
reason why the human race has not
achieved, and never will achieve, its full
potential, that word would be "meetings”.
Dave Barry
90% of a project is planning the
other 10% is implementation of
that plan…
Meetings demand the majority of the
executive’s time, but meetings are
often a waste of time. Able to engage
in spirited dialogue without a fear of
conflict, effective teams creatively
move toward a desired goal, leading to
more productive meetings.
Reason #4
Effective teams increase morale…
An effective team has many of the
qualities of a harmonious family. With
the genuine drive to support one
another, effective teams stick together
even in difficult times (both personal
challenges and down economies).
Romans 15:5
5
May the God who gives endurance and
encouragement give you a spirit of
unity among yourselves as you follow
Christ Jesus, 6 so that with one heart
and mouth you may glorify the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Reason #5
Effective teams are more creative…
Curtailing a lot of the bureaucratic
nonsense that impedes many major
corporations (think posturing and
office politics), effective teams are
more likely to innovate and arrive at
more creative solution to industry
problems.
Reason #6
Effective teams facilitate greater job
security…
As each team member works toward a
shared vision, each executive strives to
give his or her best work. When the
team wins, the business wins.
Reason #7
Effective teams improve personal
performance…
In an open and honest environment,
team members playfully challenge and
keep each other accountable. Effective
teams inspire the best in each of us.
Increased performance is its own
reward but also tends to provide
financial benefits in the future.
Recognizing dysfunction…
Status and Ego
Inattention to
results
Avoidance of
Accountability
Lack of Commitment
Fear of Conflict
Absence of Trust
Low Standards
Ambiguity
Artificial Harmony
Invulnerability
If any one of these levels are allowed to
flourish, the entire team is in jeopardy.
Looking these points a different way you might
say that a well functioning team, Trusts one
another, engage in unfiltered conflict around
ideas, they commit to decisions and plans of
action, they hold one another accountable for
delivering against those plans, they focus on
the achievement of collective results.
5 Dysfunctions of a Team
Examples of Teambuilding…
Team building activities can be lengthy
or rather short.
Most effective activities take
approximately 45 minutes including a
debrief period where the activity and
subsequent insights can be fleshed out.
Mission Accomplished
Learning how each team member
processes information, attacks a
problem and shares their experience
helps everyone accomplish more and
find fulfillment through the journey.
Look not on the outward…
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto
Samuel, Look not on his countenance,
or on the height of his stature; because
I have refused him: for [the LORD
seeth] not as man seeth; for man
looketh on the outward appearance,
but the LORD looketh on the heart.
EPHESIANS 4
1
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge
you to live a life worthy of the calling
you have received. 2 Be completely
humble and gentle; be patient, bearing
with one another in love. 3 Make every
effort to keep the unity of the Spirit
through the bond of peace.
4 There
is one body and one Spirit—just as you
were called to one hope when you were
called— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
6 one God and Father of all, who is over all
and through all and in all.
7
But to each one of us grace has been given
as Christ apportioned it. 8 This is why it says:
"When he ascended on high, he led captives
in his train and gave gifts to men." 9 (What
does "he ascended" mean except that he also
descended to the lower, earthly regions?
10
He who descended is the very one who
ascended higher than all the heavens, in
order to fill the whole universe.) 11 It was he
who gave some to be apostles, some to be
prophets, some to be evangelists, and some
to be pastors and teachers, 12 to prepare
God's people for works of service, so that the
body of Christ may be built up 13 until we all
reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge
of the Son of God and become mature,
attaining to the whole measure of the
fullness of Christ.
14 Then
we will no longer be infants, tossed
back and forth by the waves, and blown here
and there by every wind of teaching and by
the cunning and craftiness of men in their
deceitful scheming. 15 Instead, speaking the
truth in love, we will in all things grow up
into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.
16 From him the whole body, joined and held
together by every supporting ligament,
grows and builds itself up in love, as each
part does its work.
Resources…
201 Icebreakers by Edie West
1001 Ways to Energize Employees
by Bob Nelson
1001 Ways to Reward Employees
by Bob Nelson
More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy
Managers by Brian Cole Miller
The Team by Kim Allan Johnson
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution by the
Harvard Business Review
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Lencioni
by Patrick