DEVELOP TEAM SYNERGY
IDENTIFY TEAM MISSION
ESTABLISH TEAM VALUES
SET TEAM NORMS
DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL
STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES
1. Develop Team Synergy
a. MEET people
b. What do you have in common?
c. What are team optimal meeting conditions?
d. Leave egos at the door. Praise everyone!
e. Phase alternatives as questions
f. Let everyone talk. Don’t finish someone’s sentences!
2. Identify Team Mission
a. Role of team
b. Tasks & goals of team
c. Processes to accomplish tasks
d. Resources available
3. Establish Team Values
a. What is important to each team member?
b. Build a team concensus on SHARED team values – all team members
must agree to act for the team benefit even if individuals do not feel
that value fits him or her personal beliefs.
c. Examples: Accurate and precise work, promptness to meetings, etc.
4. Set Team Norms
a. Establish guidelines on how members will treat each other.
b. Determine how to resolve team conflicts.
c. Process: Brainstorm (no idea is bad), evaluate each suggested norm,
identify key norms everyone can embrace.
d. Compromise WILL be necessary!
5. Identify Individual Strengths and Weaknesses
A chart may be helpful:
Team Member
Julie Albertson
Strengths
Writing, mentorship, leading
Weaknesses
Visualizing 3-D objects
Products:
1. Results from 1 – 5 in a word document, printed and signed by all team
members. Summarize your discussion on key points.
2. A list of contact info for each team members.