Team Building Module

TEAM BUILDING MODULE
Overview
a.
Purpose
Effective organizational or team performance is based on a clear understanding
of the shared goals, strategies, and work plans, along with the individual roles
and responsibilities of team members. Equally important are interpersonal
qualities of trust, communication, and mutual accountability. Working in tandem,
these two perspectives determine a teams ability to achieve and sustain high
performance, making teambuilding a necessary companion to the operational
and programmatic efforts of organizational capacity strengthening.
b.
Learning Objectives
By the completion of this module, participants will be able to describe:
Characteristics of effective teams
Four stages of team development
Individual differences and roles within the team
Have practiced skills in:
Supporting team development through its formative stages
Constructive communication
Conflict resolution
And will have discussed:
A vision of their ideal team
Principles and behaviors to guide team performance
A plan for monitoring progress toward achieving their vision
c.
Audience
This interactive short-course on teambuilding is designed to involve all members
of a team, be it a department, project, or an entire organization. To be effective,
attendance of all staff and full participation of senior team leaders (e.g., the
organizational director, project manager, or similar) are important.
d.
Schedule
The following schedule outlines the estimated time for each session and
provides a suggested schedule for the workshop. However, it is important to
note that the schedule need not replicate the model but should be adapted
through discussion with the organization to meet its particular time constraints
and topical interests. For example, the organization may prefer to cover the
material over two consecutive days. In this case, the following agenda is
suggested as the implementation schedule. The organization may also choose
to spread sessions over the course of several weeks. Or it may choose to
engage select sessions independently to address a specific issue. In the latter
cases, use the time estimates to schedule the session as most appropriate.
Day 1
Time
1:302:45
2:302:45
2:455:45
Day 2
Time
9:009:15
9:1510:15
10:1510:30
10:3012:00
12:001:00
1:003:00
3:003:30
e.
Session
4
5
6
7
Topic
Format
Workshop Introduction
Group review
discussion
Characteristics of Effective Teams Group review
discussion
TEA BREAK
Building and Maintaining Teams
Group work
Topic
Daily Start-Up
Collaborative Communication
TEA BREAK
Managing Conflict
LUNCH BREAK
Monitoring Team Development
Workshop Closure
and
and
Format
Plenary discussion
Group practice
Group practice
Group work
Group work
Materials
f.
Session
1:001:30
Pre-workshop review (to be conducted by the facilitator or the HR)

Assembly of participant folders and handouts
Preparation of workshop slides or presentation flipcharts, if a slide projector
will not be used
Workshop Review
This interactive short-course on teambuilding may be used in full to provide a
comprehensive review of teambuilding and conflict resolution. Each session is
designed to be highly interactive and participatory, using a combination of
techniques, including case studies, role-plays, small group exercises, large
group discussions, and individual reflection. Participants will be able to use the
practical exercises, tools, and resources both during and after the workshop to
improve their internal teamwork.
This module is organized along a progression of sessions that increasingly focus
on the team directly and its plans for strengthening its effectiveness. Each
activity contains a balance of theoretical material with opportunities for reflecting
on its application within the team. Initial sessions focus broadly on the definition
of a team and characteristics of effective teams. The design then turns to stages
of team formation and actions appropriate to each. It also introduces a model
for understanding individual perspectives of team members. Skill-building
sessions then focus on strengthening interpersonal relations within teams
through collaborative communication and conflict management. Finally, the
group is able to bring all these threads together by assessing its own team
development, developing principles and behaviors for supporting high
performance, and designing a plan for strengthening its interactions to achieve
its team mandate.
The focus of the workshop may be adapted to a variety of team applications. It
may engage the entire organization as a whole or focus on only one department
or project team. Whatever the application, the language and examples should
be adapted to reflect those parameters.
g.
h.
Content Summary
Session
Subject
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Workshop Introduction
Characteristics of Effective Teams
Building and Maintaining Teams
Collaborative Communication
Managing Conflict
Monitoring Team Development
Workshop Closure
Interactive Exercises
Each of the sessions contains discussion questions and interactive activities to

guide participants through the concepts and models of team strengthening, as
well as practically applying those concepts internally. By the time participants
have completed the module; they should have developed or conducted:
1.
2.
3.
4.
A review of internal team effectiveness

A personal assessment of philosophical orientation preferences
A model for resolving interpersonal conflicts
A set of principles and behavior indicators to guide their internal
interactions
5. A plan for strengthening their team in the coming year

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TEAM BUILDING MODULE

Pre-workshop review (to be conducted by the facilitator or the HR)

Each of the sessions contains discussion questions and interactive activities to

A review of internal team effectiveness

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