TEAM BUILDING

TEAM BUILDING

EVERY ONE IS PART OF A TEAM



SIGNFICANCE

Teams:
 Involve more people
 Maximize a leader’s potential
 Maximize his weakness
 Provide multiple perspective on a problem or goal
 Share the credit of victories & blame for loss
 Keep leaders accountable for a goal
 Can simply do more than one individual

We tend to stand alone because of our Ego, Insecurities, Naivete and Temperament.


Becoming a Better Team Member

 What Major Goals are you working toward achieving right now? Write some of them down.
 Think about the Greatest Dreams you have in your life
Now ask yourself
Is it bigger than I am?
Does it bigger others as well as myself?
Is it worth dedicating part of my life to?


THE CHAIN

Not every will, should or can take a journey
The strength of the team is impacted by it’s weakest link
You lose the respect of the best when you don’t deal properly with the worst

Becoming a better Team Leader

Remember your responsibilities come in the following order.
 To the Organization
 To the Team
 To the Individual


THE SCOREBOARD

The team can adjustment when it knows where it stands.
If a team has to accomplish its goals it has to known it stands
The scoreboard is essential to
 Understanding
 Evaluating
 Adjusting
 Winning
 Decision-making


Becoming a better Team Member

 Take some time to identify how you team keeps score
 Think about :-
-How you should be measuring yourself individually
-What you should be keeping track of, to make sure you are doing your best?

THE PRICE TAG

The team fails to reach its potential when it fails to pay the pay the price.
The price must be paid by everyone. If everyone doesn’t pay the price to
Win, then everyone will pay the price by losing.
“The price must be paid all the time. There are no victories at bargain Prices.” Dwight D.Eisenehowe

The price increases if the team wants to improve, change or keep winning.
The higher you are, the more you have to pay to make small
Improvements.
The price never decreases most people quit don’t give up at the bottom the mountain, they halfway up it.

You seldom get more than you pay for.

Becoming a better Team Member
If you are an achiever, write down some of dreams & goals
Which one of them are you willing to give up?

When your personal goals conflict with those of the team, you have 3 choices
 Put down the goal (The team is more important)
 Put off goal (it’s not a right time)
 Part with the team (it’s better for everyone)

Remember the price tag for failure is greater than the price tag for success .
The price for accepting failure is: Poverty, depression & a rotten sprite.
You should be willing to:
 Make financial sacrifices for the team
 Keep growing for the sake of the team
 Empower other for the sake of the team
 Make difficult decision for the sake of the team


BUILDING YOUR DREAMS TEAM

THE NICHE

All players must have a place where they add the most value
Start by finding the right place for you
Be secure, Get to know yourself, Trust your leader , See the big picture and Rely on your experience.



THE BEACH

Great teams have great depth. A great ‘starter’ alone is simply not enough if a team wants to go to the highest level

STARTERS are frontline people. They directly add value to the organization, or they directly influence its course.
THE BENCH are the people who indirectly add value to the organization, or who support the starters. The Bench is Indispensable
The key to making the most of the law of the bench is to continually improve the team.

Today’s Action built Tomorrow’s Team
Recognizing good people – The six Ps: Personality Passion Pattern Potential Profile Placement

IDENTITY

Just as personal values influence & guide an individual’s behavior, so organization values influence & guide a team’s behavior
P Put your needs first in every situation
A Add value to your personal leadership
T Tailor out service to meet your need
N Never take for granted the trust placed in us
E Embody excellence in everything we do
R Respect everyone uniqueness
If your values are the same as the team’s, you become more valuable to the team.

Becoming a better Team Member
Help your team reach it’s potential:
 Share in it’s values.
 Know the values the team before embrace
 Lives the values
 Communicate buy-in of the values to the team
 Obtain buy-in of the values through aligned behaviour among teammates.


THE EDGE

The difference between two equally talented teams is “Leadership”. The laws of leadership impact the team

Becoming a better Team Member
 Acknowledge the value of leadership
 Take personal responsibilities for your leadership growth
Put yourself on a leadership development program
 Find a leadership mentor

Becoming a better Team Leader
 If you are of the “Leader” of your team, the best thing you can do for your teammates is to add other leader to your team.


CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUALITY TEAM MEMBER

COMMITMENT

Commitment is a result of choice, not condition. It lasts when it is based on values.
To improve commitment, tie commitment to your values

FLEXIBILITY

Team work and rigidity do not mix.
To became more flexible and adaptable, from a habit of learning re evaluate your role and think outside the box.

COMMUNICATION

Without communication you form a group of individuals, not a team.
To be a good communication be candid, quick, inclusive and a good listener.

COMPETENCE

Competence is paying attention to detail, being committed to excellence and being consistent in performance.
To improve competence focus, look into detail and ensure correct implementation.

DISCIPLINE

Team players need to discipline there mind, emotion and action.
To be disciplined players strengthen work habits, learn time management and watch the manner in which you speak.

KNOWING THE BIG PICTURE

 Know where the team is going
 Allow the leader to lead the team
 Place team accomplishment ahead of individual
 Do whatever necessary to achieve the mission
 Check if the team’s focus is on the goal
 Keep the goal in your mind
 Give your best as a player


RELATIONSHIP

Relationships entail respect, trust, shared experience and mutual enjoyment.
To relate better with your teammates
 Focus on other than yourself
 Ask the right questions
 Share common experiences
 Make other feel special
You cannot make the other fellow feel important in your presence if you secretly feel that he’s a nobody.


SELFLESSNESS

A team member has to develop an attitude of selfness by being generous, avoiding internal politics and displaying loyalty.

Do something for someone who can never replay you.

SOLUTION ORIENTED

Being solution oriented means believing that problem are a matter perspective, that problem are solvable and that they can either stretch us or stop us.
 Refuse to give up
 Refocus your thinking
 Rethink your strategy

TENACITY
Never, Never, Never, NEVER Give up
Tenacity is
 Giving all that you have, not more than what you have,
 Working with determination not waiting on destiny
 Quitting when the job is done, not when you’re tired

To improve tenacity
 Work harder and/or smarter
 Stand for something
 Make your work a game

‘ONE’ is too small a number to achieve greatness