Team-building Is an Inside Job

Overview/Description
 This course focuses on building the team from the inside out. Since the ultimate success of the team depends on the ability of team members to get along and to form a collaborative and cohesive group, team dynamics and roles will be examined. The course will also focus on how to be effective in project team meetings and how to encourage other members to participate fully. Getting full participation from each player involves good communication skills, as well as team communication strategies, such as participating in brainstorming and feedback sessions. Finally, gaining different perspectives and valuing team diversity is examined.

Target Audience
 Project team members, project team leaders, team members, team leaders, junior executives, staff members

Expected Duration
3 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Player Positions on the Project Management Team

  • recognize the benefits of understanding team dynamics.
  • identify the factors concerning formal and informal leadership.
  • match the team-strengthening roles with the corresponding traits.
  • match the team-destroying roles with the corresponding characteristics.

    • Getting the Most out of Team Meetings

  • recognize the benefits of effective team meetings.
  • choose the tips for brainstorming sessions.
  • identify the rules for implementing feedback on the team.
  • identify the skills for becoming a facilitator in team meetings.

    • Valuing Diversity on Your Project Team

  • recognize the importance of valuing team diversity.
  • identify the principles that apply to building diversity awareness on teams.
  • match the factors that influence team members' awareness of diversity to their characteristics.
  • sequence the steps for effective communication within a diverse team.

    • Team Decision-making

  • select the benefits of participating in team decision-making.
  • match the four team values with their descriptions.
  • examine how to create opportunities for team members to express their views.
  • choose the tips for getting agreement from the project team members.

    • Course Number: TEAM0133