Principles of Team Building : As we know that the purpose of team building is to lead a team effectively. To lead a team effectively, we first need to establish our leadership with each team member. How do we establish leadership – we need to establish leadership by understanding and building relationship of trust and loyalty amongh the team members. How do we do this.
- We should consider each employee’s ideas as valuable
- Ensure all employees openly express their feelings
- Try and resolve minor disputes and encourage them for teams higher goals
- We need to be clear with our communication
- Help them to clarify on issues/directives
- Encourage trust and co-operation among team members
- Pay attention to see team members work together
- Share information
- Emphasise the importance of each member to the organisation
- Respect individual privacy
- Delegate problem solving tasks to team
- Establish team values and goals
- Evaluate team performance
- Talk to each member on the progress of their work and guide them
- Discuss with the team the success and challenges
- Appreciate the work
- Also discuss what needs to be done to perform their jobs
- Discuss what actions needs tobe taken to live upto the standard values
- Finally also discuss what success means to them
How do we do: - Use consensus
- Set objectives
- Solve problems
- Make a plan of action
- Set ground rules such as punctuality,each member can offer ideas,
- Establish a method for arriving at a consensus.
- debate
- listening
- brainstorming
- para-meters for consensus building
- Be sensitive to frustration
- Time limits