Introduction to Team Building

Build Your Best Team EVER With These Simple, Amazing and Easy to Follow Tips

Team building is a continual process that assists a work group in evolving into a cohesive team unit. The members of the team share not only expectations for accomplishing tasks as a group but also learn to support and trust one another and respect individual differences in one another.

A team can take on a decided life of its own and the goal of a team builder is to maintain and nurture that team on a regular basis, much in the same way that individual employees would be nurtured and supported.

Good team building skills makes it possible to unite employees around a common, central goal and also to generate improved productivity.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter 1

Principles of Team Building

   Why is Team Building Important?

   Do you Need Team Building?

 

Chapter 2

Understanding Team Dynamics

   Recognizing Team Dynamics

   Constructively Managing Team Dynamics

   Steps for Effective Team Problem Solving

   Team Player Styles     

       Contributors

       Collaborators

       Communicators

       Challengers

   Identifying Team Player Styles

   Maximizing Team Meeting Effectiveness

       Is a Meeting Really Necessary?

       Meeting Facilitating

       Attending Meetings

 

Chapter 3

Team Building for Leaders and Managers

   Leading Instead of Bossing

   Team Communication

   Team Motivation

 

Chapter 4

Elements of Productive Teams

   Resource Allocation

   Cooperation

   Communication

 

Chapter 5

Team Building Exercises

   Team Building Exercises

       Back to Back Drawing

       Survival     

       Eliminating Labeling

       The Human Spring  

       The Mine Field

       Massage Circle

       The Human Knot

       Stranded on an Island

       Roses and Thorns

       Hula Hoop

       The Bridge

       Pat on the Back

 

Chapter 6

Ice Breakers for Team Building

   Two Truths and a Lie

   Toilet Paper Game

   Interview and Introductions

   Animals

   The Last Line

   Line Up

   Name Game

   Orange Pass

   Styrofoam Tower

   Scavenger Hunt

   Questions

 

Chapter 7

Team Building Ideas and Activities

   Team Progress Boards

   Team Incentives/Bonuses

   Team News

   Team Name

   T-shirts

   Group Activities

   Group Lunch

   Retreats

   Social Outings

   Sports

 

Chapter 8

Mistakes to Avoid

   Team Effectiveness Critique

   Team Building Needs Assessment

   Team Focus Assessment

   Work Satisfaction Inventory

 

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