Working with teams - Textbook

Working with teams - Textbook

1. Setting up a team to win

   • Right people for the right reasons
     • Balance between technical expertise and others like communication,leadership & creativity
   • Clarify autonomy within team - what are their boundaries
   • Guarantee commitment of significant people - set up steering group to clear path of project group
   • Dont over commit people - define clearly what time & resources will be needed by each person

2. The 4 stages of the team

   • Forming
   • Storming
   • Norming
   • Performing

3. Learning styles by Honey & Mumford

   • Activist
   • Reflector
   • Theorist
   • Pragmatist

4. Climate in an organisation

   • Physical climate affects feelings of well-being
     • Reflects on perceptions of atmosphere at work that affect behaviour
     • Symptoms that something is wrong
       • High level grievance or complaint
       • Low performance standards
       • Conflict/hostility between team members
       • People avoiding talking/listening to each other
       • People being afraid to speak up
       • Managers perceived as unapproachable
       • Lack of effective communication with other teams
       • Confusion about overall goals of the team
       • Widespread confusion about individual tasks and roles
       • Apathy & lack of involvement in where team is heading
       • People failing to acknowledge each others good work
       • Confusion about working procedures as a group
       • Hostility & mistrust in relationships with other teams
       • Poor performance compared with other teams performing the same job
   • Climate is affected by leadership style
   • Climate affects motivation
     • Motivation affects performance

5. Leadership styles

   • Power-led
   • Affiliative
   • Achievement-led