Introduction to Team Building
What is a Team Exercise
As a team:
- Pick a recorder
- Pick a facilitator
- Make a list of items defining “What is a team?”
- Have the recorder record your items.
- Prioritize the items by Most Important to Least Important.
- Reconvene as a group and discuss your definition of a team.
Faculty Instructions for What is a team Exercise
After discussion instructor lists important aspects of a team. Highlighting
any part of the definition that was not covered by the students.
Shared Leadership Roles
Individual and Mutual Accountability
Delivery of a Specific Team Purpose
Collective Work Product
Encouragement of Open Ended Discussions
Specific Problem-solving Meetings
Performance Directly Measured by Assessing Collective Work
Product
Discussions and Decisions About Problem Solving
Collaborating and Doing the Real Work Together (Katzenbach, J.
R. & Smith)
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