Class Notes - 4/10/13
Presentation by Churee and Kym - Job Interview
Presentation by Tresha - regarding interviewing/job application enhancements
Presentation by Churee - Ice Breaker game - showing how to get people interacting
Team Leadership Model Teams are popular..80% of Fortune 500 companies have 50% or more of their employees
on teams
Six ways Teams are Successful:
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Be Aware of how you work
Get to Know the Rest of the Team
Clearly Define Roles and Responsibilities
Be Proactive with Feedback
Acknowledge and Reward
Always Celebrate Success
Are you ready to be a Team Leader?
12 Steps to an Effective Team Meeting
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Prepare a meeting agenda
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Distribute the agenda in advance
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Consult with participants before the meeting
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Get participants to go over the agenda
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Establish specific time parameters
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Maintain focused discussion
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Encourage and support participation of all members
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Maintain a balanced style
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Encourage the clash of ideas - a good team needs some conflict
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Discourage the clash of personalities
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Be an effective listener
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GROUPS vs TEAMS
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intensity with which teams work together
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Groups and Teams as Motivators
The Types of Groups and Teams in Organizations:
TEAMS - Cross Functional Teams
Cross Cultural
Management
R&D
Command Groups
Virtual Teams
GROUPS
Friendship Groups
Interest Groups
Both teams and groups go through the same development
Pre-group, Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
Groups and teams do not necessarily progress clearly through the stages one at a time...
Conflict can sometimes be helpful
The Punctuated-Equilibrium Team Model...the TEAM model
the first meeting sets the teams direction
the first phase of team activity is one of inertia
Transition
A transition takes place at the end of the first phase which occurs exactly at the end of the
first phase
Phase 2
A second phase of inertia follows the transition
Last meeting is characterized by markedly accelerated activity
Interest Groups - an informal group of employees seeking to achieve a common goal related
to their membership or organization
Group Size
Advantage of small groups Advantage of large group - more resources - enables managers to obtain
Disadvantages of large groups - communication problems
members don't feel as connected
Group Tasks - how a group interacts - Task interdependence shows how the work of one
member impacts another; as interdependence rises
Summary - What are teams and groups...
Does everyone use teams...
How do we create effective teams - careful consideration
How do virtual teams work?
Virtual teams function much as face-to-face teams
Are teams always the answer?
Conclusions: A team is a set of people, random or chosen, who are working together for a
common purpose or goal.
A team can be a group of people who are working together to accomplish an assigned or
general task; the task could be anything from playing sports to making a presentation
A team can be in a professional setting, laid back setting, or even found in a family setting
A group can be defined by people who are together
A group of people could be doing the same thing together
The last thing you want as a leader...is you get into it ..and its a group - and the people are
demoralized thinking they are supposed to be a TEAM