TEAM BUILDING
UME Retreat
7/17/2014
How would you define a good
team?
A GOOD TEAM DEFINED:
A. A shared mission is needed for a good team
1. The team has a mission or purpose
2. Everyone on the team knows the mission
3. Everyone on the team knows their role in
fulfilling the mission
4. Everyone on the team is working in their
role to fulfill the mission
WHAT IS YOUR UME MISSION?
A. Graduate med students?
B. Smooth the clerkship experience for the
students?
C. Keep the director happy?
D. Keep A&M happy?
E. Not have any student complaints?
F. Prepare doctors?
A GOOD TEAM DEFINED:
A. A shared mission is needed for a good team
1. The team has a mission or purpose
2. Everyone on the team knows the mission
3. Everyone on the team knows their role in
fulfilling the mission
4. Everyone on the team is working in their
role to fulfill the mission
A GOOD TEAM DEFINED:
B. Harmony is needed for a good team
1. Pleasant working relationships
2. A spirit of cooperation
3. A healthy level of trust
4. Healthy conflicts
A GOOD TEAM DEFINED:
C. Effective communication is needed for a
good team
1. Sufficient & timely communication with
all from all
2. Appropriate communication for the
medium (face-to-face, phone, email, text)
A GOOD TEAM DEFINED:
D. Good morale is needed for a good team
E. Productivity is needed for a good team
F. Leadership is needed for a good team
What can I do to build my team,
regardless of my position?
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
A. I can take responsibility for the success of
the team
1. Commit yourself to being part of the
team's success
2. Help your team build a common
understanding of the issues it faces
3. Be responsible for what you say and do
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
B. I can follow through on commitments
1. Make your best effort to keep your
commitments
2. Consider your current commitments and
priorities before agreeing to take on more
work
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
C. I can contribute to discussions
1. Contribute your ideas and suggestions to
discussions
2. Listen closely to others
3. Help manage your team's discussions
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
D. I can listen to understand
1. Give others your full attention
2. Be open to others’ ideas
3. Demonstrate that you are listening
4. Combine the ideas you heard with other
ideas raised by the team
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
E. I can get my message across clearly
1. Be clear about what messages or points
you want to make
2. Speak in ways that help people
understand what you want to say
3. Be prepared to support your ideas with
examples, information, data, or pictures
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
F. I can give useful feedback
1. Notice when someone else is doing
something particularly helpful to the
team
2. Notice when someone else's behavior or
language is making you uncomfortable or
disrupting the team
HOW CAN I HELP BUILD A GOOD TEAM?
G. I can accept feedback
1. Accept the feedback people give you
2. Consider this feedback carefully