Solving issues, coming up with creative solutions, building action plans together are all platforms for creating a supportive and productive team. Its an excellent contribution to knowledge……. A generous and philanthropic initiative of the author! Thank you for such great ideas of team building games!
I think this type of activity can really demonstrate how well people work together and share ideas and leadership. I will keep this in mind for the future! Much appreciate to share all useful workshop guidance! Very helpful for me to organize internal workshop within my team!
Great ideas! Very useful information has been provided here. Thanks for sharing such a good information with us! This free eBook explains the core principles of team building that will help you get the best out of any team that you find yourself managing. Chapter 1 - Team Building in the Workplace There are certain core principles of team building that will help you get the best out of any team that you find yourself managing.
Chapter 2 - Team Building Principles Successful team building in the workplace has more to do with applying some key principles to the team you have been given, rather than recruiting 'perfect' team members in order to build an ideal team from scratch. Chapter 3 - Different Types of Teams Some organizations use the word 'team' as a collective noun to refer to any group of workers that perform a similar task.
Chapter 4 - Team Building - Project Team Example In this scenario, you have been with the organization for five years and witnessed its evolution from a traditional water authority to a modern water company. You are currently a team leader and have just been given the responsibility of managing a key IT project for the next twelve months. You are responsible for ensuring that the project is delivered on time and within budget.
Chapter 5 - Team Building - Support Team Example In this scenario, you have been working in the customer support area for three years and have recently been promoted to Customer Support Manager. Your team's long-term objective is to identify the most profitable business opportunities that are available to the water company following the deregulation of their operations.
The legislation removes the restrictions that previously meant that the organization could only sell water services. I am in the construction business and I feel that team work is more important in this field than in other conventional businesses.
This Team Building book helped me realize what I was doing wrong when building small construction teams, which is why I'd like to thank the publishers. With that said, I didn't necessarily agree with every method mentioned, but since it is a free book, I'm glad that I was still able to take a lot of useful information from it.
One of the common issues I was facing was that my team members were not able to complete their tasks on time. I kept scratching my head over and over again because I picked the best of the best in each department.
Whether it was painting, carpentry, or putting up drywall, I made sure I got the best guy in the trade. So it didn't make sense to me when these guys weren't able to perform under pressure. After reading this book, I realized where I had gone wrong. The Team Building book states that it doesn't matter how good team members are at what they do, if they are not guided in the right direction with one common goal, there is no chance of completing the job at hand.
I assumed that since these professionals were good at what they did, they would do exactly that without me having to interfere. However, after going through this book I started giving them clear tasks and a final goal to reach. I noticed that all of a sudden, things started being done the right way and there were fewer altercations between team members. Everyone knew their specific tasks, and they all realized that they were working together to achieve the end result, which in my case is usually constructing or rebuilding homes.
This book also taught me that the ideal team size is 6, so I stopped getting 10 or more people on the team. Another place where I was lacking was leading by example.
I'm not proud to even say this, but since I was the contractor who brought all these experts together, I would delegate what they had to do and then leave the site to find new work. This was a bad idea because me not being there was de-motivating for team members. Once I started being present on the construction site every time there was work going on, I noticed a stark difference in everyone's work ethic. The team members were more motivated and were even willing to work longer hours when required.
This is because I led by example, as stated in the book, and that paid off. When the team members saw that I was willing to stay longer, they followed suit. Conversely, whenever I used to leave early, so did they. Lastly, another vital aspect I picked from this book was to value each member's contribution. I previously assumed that there was no need for me to motivate and praise team members because they were already good at what they did.
However, a few words of praise really do go a long way. I started having short meetings during work hours to take everyone's input on the work. This not only motivated my team members, but they brought some great ideas to the table and we were often able to complete our work before the deadline. The Team Building book helped me approach matters differently and I recommend it to any professional, whether they are in business administration or any other field.
Dominic Strauss. I don't really 'do' management books but I like the ones on this site because they are short enough to read in my lunch break and they are quite practical. I half expected this one to go on about team building exercises and all that stuff that HR people like so much but that everyone else hates. Thankfully, it didn't fall into that trap and it talks about the practical day-to-day things you can do to stop problems from happening in your team.
Most of these you are probably doing anyway but it is worth reading this just to make sure. Jennie C. So Much Information I Hadn't Even Thought About I was browsing at the other books on this website trying to update my methods of performing as manager, when I came across this book. After I read the title of this book I thought, "Why did they make a book about team building, isn't that just common sense.
I thought I needed to take a look at the book to make sure I didn't miss anything. I had only intended to skim through the book because I didn't feel that this information would be relevant to me.
While I was skimming through the book, one of the graphics caught my eye. The picture was of the four principles of team building. The first one, define success criteria, I had never thought of and defiantly wasn't implementing. The second principle, lead by example, is something that I try to do on a daily basis. The third principle is value all contributions, which got me thinking, was I doing this?
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