Teamwork

1. Teamwork

2. The teamwork challenge! • Work with the people in your group to build a tower from the straws and tape that you have. • You have four minutes to complete your tower • The tower must be freestanding • The team with the tallest tower is the winner

3. Think about your tower: • What worked well? • What was difficult? • Did someone take charge? • Did all members contribute equally? • What things were important in making your group work together to reach the goal?

4. Situations when you must work with others Situations when you must work alone List examples that belong in each category:

5. Teamwork means working with others to achieve a common goal. Benefits of teamwork include: • Efficiency • combined strengths • mutual support • job satisfaction • personal development • interpersonal relationships

6. Ways to be a team player: • Be willing to contribute • Avoid competing with other team members • Work to resolve conflict • Use good communication skills • Do your fair share • Support team decisions • Respect differences • Focus on team goals • Pitch in and help others

7. Principles to make teamwork successful: • Dividing tasks • Making group decisions • Avoiding groupthink • Taking on roles

8. Leadership means providing the direction & motivation that helps the group achieve their goals leadership skills: • Communicating clearly • Motivating others • Managing • Delegating • Making decisions • Solving problems

9. A role model is a person who sets an example for others Ethical leadership is based on moral principles Good leaders delegate, or assign tasks to other members A leadership style describes a leader’s pattern of behavior when directing the team

10. The four leadership styles are • Authoritarian—tend to tell others how things will be done • Democratic—will consider the opinions for all and make a decision that is best for the group • Integrated—very focused on group harmony and cooperation • Laissez-faire—will provide few restrictions and let the group work with lots of freedom

11. Your class wants to collect money to help the homeless. Describe how a leader would organize this if they are: • Authoritarian— • Democratic— • Integrated— • Laissez-faire--

12. Ways to resolve group conflict or reduce conflict include: • Having a positive attitude • Trying to understand other people’s ideas • Using difference of opinion as an opportunity to examine creative alternatives • Staying focused on team goals