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Module 6 - Team Building and Effective Team

The document discusses the stages of team building, characteristics of effective teams, and strategies for maintaining strong team performance. It describes the 5 stages of team development as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Effective teams have clear goals, open communication, support for risk-taking, and shared accountability. Leaders should provide recognition, encourage talent development, and hold regular meetings to reinforce objectives and improve the team.

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Module 6 - Team Building and Effective Team

The document discusses the stages of team building, characteristics of effective teams, and strategies for maintaining strong team performance. It describes the 5 stages of team development as forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning. Effective teams have clear goals, open communication, support for risk-taking, and shared accountability. Leaders should provide recognition, encourage talent development, and hold regular meetings to reinforce objectives and improve the team.

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Module Six

Team Building and Effective team

Bereket Bassa (MPH in HSM & health policy)


Karat, Ethiopia
September 2023
Session objective

• Define team

• Describe stages of team building

• Characteristics of effective team

• Couse and symptoms of team failure and


• Is a group of people with complementary skills who are
committed to;-
– Common goals, and
– an agreed purpose,
– approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable

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• Team building is the process of
creating a team that cohesively
works together towards a
common goal.
• technique used for improving the
efficiency and performance of the
workgroups through various
activities. 4
A team is a collection of individuals;-

– who highly communicate,

– directing their energies towards a known defined goal.

• Combined efforts of team members can achieve more than

what single individuals can

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Team Building
Building a team is a process that goes through different stages

• Stage 1 – forming
• Tuckman
• Stage 2 – storming
• Stage 3 – norming model
• Stage 4 – performing
• Stage 5 – adjourning

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Stage 1 forming team

• Identifying members skills and talents

• find out which behaviors will be acceptable to the rest of the


group members.
• Establish common goals

• Setting ground rules

• create trust among team members. 7


Stage 2 storming

Team members are:-


• encouraged to participate and engage with the issues
and decisions
• may challenge, disagree with, and question one another.

• uncomfortable for some members

• but it is an important stage in tackling problems.


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Stage 3 norming
• members come together and plan together for common
purpose.
• Members are clear what their roles and responsibilities are
and how they fit into the team.
• tries to work together.

• they know how to work with each other.


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Stage 4 performing
• effectively handle disagreements and misunderstandings.
• Differences have minimized and members have dealt with
them.
• focused on accomplishing its common goal, objectives,
vision and purpose.

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Stage 5: Adjourning

• team's work is completed, and the team dissolves.

• The members may go their separate ways, or they may stay

together to form a new team.

• Effective leaders encourage their bonding to next activities


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Characteristics of Effective Teams

• Clear direction • Communicate freely


• Open and honest • Common goal
communication • Encourage difference in
• Support risk taking and
opinion
change
• Collaboration
• Define role
• team trust
• Mutual accountable 12
An effective team leader makes sure that:
• Team members understand and share the leader’s vision

• Team members respect and ideally like one another

• Individuals derive satisfaction from being members of the


team

• The team learns to work together in a relaxed fashion


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An effective team leader makes sure that:
• Team recognition and credit for a good job is freely given

• Team members understand and share goals, objectives,


vision and mission

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Group Activity

Why a team fail ? In your organization


Do you know symptoms of failing team ?

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Causes of team failure
• Unclear goals and objectives
• Non-measurable goals
• Poorly defined boundaries and responsibilities
• Inappropriate leadership style and behavior
• Ineffective meetings
• Unwillingness of team members to accept responsibility
• Individually oriented rewards and/or recognition
• Functional resistance and politics 16
Symptoms of a failing team
• Absence at scheduled meetings/events
• Late arrival and early departure

• Substitutes, time and time again


• Chronic complaining and non-constructive criticism

• Domination
• Drop outs (from the team)
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As a team leader, you should encourage your team
members to further develop;
• Drive: Each team member must have a certain amount of drive to attain
team goals (develop initiatives)

• Confidence: All team members should feel self-assured about their


technical abilities

• Discipline: Good workers are disciplined

• Desire: A hunger to get better all the time is a constant motivator for team
players.
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Continued…..
• Dedication: Strong team members emanate dedication to a
common goal for all healthcare workers to provide stellar health
care to all patients……commitment

• Loyalty: Team loyalty is critical in any workplace, especially in the


healthcare industry.

• Development: Each team member should desire to grow and


develop on the job.

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Maintaining and Reinforcing a Strong Team
Orientation
• The most useful Strategies continually to motivate teams and
improve efficiency;

• Point team members back to established, common objectives.


» Stage 5 in team building
• All team members need to know the objectives and mission.

• Recognize individual talents and ask for suggestions on how


each individual’s talent can be applied to the team.

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Continued….
• Maintain two-way feedback.

• Reassign individuals occasionally to help team


members who require extra assistance.

• Provide opportunities to grow, learn, and develop.


• Hold meetings regularly for continuous improvement

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