Team building approach: Unlocking true potential of team members

In the midst of this environment…How can you unlock your true potential as a member and leader of teams ?

Life is an unpredictable

and inexact environment

In the midst of this environment…

How can you unlock your true potential

as a member and leader of teams?

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Leadership and followers

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What Randy is telling us

 How we need to live our life properly

 Dreams come to those who work hard

 Appreciate those around you; learn to apologize

 People are more important than things

 Brick walls (obstacles) are there for a reason

 Never underestimate the power of having funExperience is what you get,

None of us can make it

on our own

All our successes have come

because of others

Together EveryoneAchieves More

Guest Lectures

Chaz Seale

Dustin Seale

My path to you…

Dustin Seale

The Son

A natural leader, but with no clue as to direction.

Became an executive in international consulting.

What this class is about?

 What’s a team?

 How can I be a great team member?

 How can I build an excellent team?

 How can I avoid team disasters?

 And Your Resource Library

Gathering Your Thoughts

 What’s a team?

 Are you currently part of any team?

Teams are people joining

together to…

 Accomplish something

 Improve performance

 Develop working relationships

 Challenge individuals within the team

 Improve overall motivation,

communication, support & trust

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How can I become a great

team member?

Gain experience.

Volunteer, even for those teams (jobs)

that no one else wants.

How can I be a great

team member?

Fully understand the team’s

vision and mission

* Vision and Mission

Learn to communication

correctly within a team

How careful do your words

need to be?

action from the team?

Learn to speak authentically…with no pretense…

talk about what you really feel

From Star TrekTM

"The needs of the many outweigh

the needs of the few, or the one.“

(See the “10 traits of an effective team player” in the Resource Library.)

The Thrill of Team Building

#1 Building great teams

is one of two most rewarding

aspects of being a leader.

#2 Companies will normally fail without high quality teams.

Teamwork can also be fun…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPAmDULCVrU

Building a team…the first step

Define Reality.

Understand the situation

and the goal.

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B uilding a new team,

the next steps

 Do a SWOT analysis

 Prepare an initial plan of action

 Base your plan on an team and goal analysis

(see Situational Leadership in Resource Library)

 Get the right players in the right seats

 Communicate the vision, mission and plan

Basics - SWOT Analysis

Critical to a team understanding itself and potential

 Strengths

 Opportunities

 Threats

How can I avoid

team disasters?

Every great team has certain

characteristics, but

“Trust is the lubrication that

makes teams work.”

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How we have (sometimes)

1 Established good leadership

2 Gained corporate support

3 Recognized need for diversity of talent

4 Understood reality, strategy, people and common purpose

5 Able to handle stress

6 Built strong spirit and pride

Example of building a team

Centralizing high risk loan approval

 A concept that had previously failed

 Only one chance for success

 Selected people with “potential”, but weren’t a team (yet)

 Prioritized how our field sales people would judge us

 Didn’t let team talk to the field sales force for 3 weeks

 Spent that time with team building exercises and discussion

Result:

A total success.

The “field” loved the new attitude and bias for action.

Example of building an

international team

 International team building needs one key

ingredient…TRUST

 Example: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Global

Manufacturing and Supply

Result:

Led a sustainable shift in engagement, profits,

(More on this in our Leadership class,

so please join us.)

An exercise

Find a Partner next to you

results behaviours

What makes it work

 Starts with my own thinking

 Assumption of positive intent

 Must trust the other

 Sharing

– Shared accountability

– Shared objective

The concept of thriving

 Vitality

 Learning Mindset

 Purpose and Direction

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Defining thriving…

A state of mind, or orientation, when you feel energetic and alive,

are learning and growing naturally

and quickly (high state of curiosity),

 Sense of being energized

 Feeling alive

 Being in the moment

 Living with enthusiasm, energy, vibrancy,

and well-being

 Living with a high level of trust

Working well on any team generates energy

and enthusiasm for life

Learning Mindset

 Sense of growing; continuously getting better

 Being curious; having a thirst for knowledge

 Being creativity

 Ingrained with a sense of growth

 View selves as life-long learners

 Jobs are a source and inspiration for learning

Purpose and Direction

 Sense of clarity and alignment

The meaning behind business and the entire journey

 Clearly living the vision*

 Communicating the vision through action

 Goes beyond the mission*

 Reaches a larger community or global vision

Vision can excite a team to perform

beyond all expectations

Business Results*

Industry Percentile

The Aim

Defined / Understood / Shared

Adapting and Flexing

Action to meet market need

Thriving People

Developing / Engaging / Aligning

Culture Measures

In closing…

“Alone we can do so little.

Together we can do so much.”

Helen Keller

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Your Resource Library

Understanding team members

 What “personality” beliefs affect your

attitudes toward yourself and others?

 How can you discover the best in everyone?

 How can you stimulate team success?

 How can you improve your own image?

 How can you help others better perform

their team duties?

Everyone is nice and polite

Real issue now being addressed

Begin to feel cohesive; can revert back to storming

Things get done, but not all groups reach this

Completion and disengagement; with task orientation

Team Building Requirement

#1 Breakthrough innovation starts when people work cohesively - collaboratively

- What they can agree to

- A sense of common purpose

Team Building Requirement

#2 Understand the people who

make up the team…or fail

People are constantly in process

Team Building Requirement

#3 First you lead, then you manage

“A leader doesn’t just get the message,

he is the message”

Even when it does not exist

Management is an art; not a science

At times this may be necessary

More steps to remember in building or leading a team

 Coordination & Adaptation Training

 Guided Team Self-Correction

Succession Planning (people and tasks)

“Profile of a dream team”