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Teams will be more effective if members learn how to be constructive parts of a team and how teams function. There are many team-building tools, icebreakers and activities to use. Icebreakers can help shift participants out of individual work mode into the group effort of a team. Team exercises such as, “creating a survival list while stranded on an island,” are effective. | Teams will be more effective if members learn how to be constructive parts of a team and how teams function. There are many team-building tools, icebreakers and activities to use. Icebreakers can help shift participants out of individual work mode into the group effort of a team. Team exercises such as, “creating a survival list while stranded on an island,” are effective. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:56, 16 July 2015
Teams will be more effective if members learn how to be constructive parts of a team and how teams function. There are many team-building tools, icebreakers and activities to use. Icebreakers can help shift participants out of individual work mode into the group effort of a team. Team exercises such as, “creating a survival list while stranded on an island,” are effective.
Related Best Practices
Resources
- “6 Ways Successful Teams are Built to Last” Forbes, Oct, 2012; Glenn Llopis discusses leadership techniques that build a team.
- wikipedia : Team building Wikipedia page discusses more generally team building in multiple settings.
- “Guide to Managing Human Resources, Chapter 14: Team Building”University of California, San Francisco – review steps to building and effective team and organizational benefits
- “Build a Tower Build a Team”, TED talk by Tom Wujec – lessons learned from teams building a tower from simple materials.
Author
The author of this page is Terry Gardiner
Terry Gardiner is the founder and President of Silver Lining Seafoods and NorQuest Seafoods - a medium-size Alaska seafood processing company; and currently a Board member of the Anvil Corporation, an employee-owned company specializing in oil and gas engineering.
His co-operative experiences include member director of the Commercial Fishermen Co-operative association; creation of legislation for the Alaska Commercial Fishing and Agriculture Bank; and advisor to the US Dept of Health and Social Services for the state Health CO-OPs.
Terry served ten years as a member of the Alaska House of Representatives -several legislative committee chairmanships, Speaker of the House, Chairman of the Alaska Criminal Code Commission and board member on various state and federal boards and commissions.
His non-profit experiences include National Policy Director for the Small Business Majority in Washington DC; working with the Herndon Alliance and ForTerra.
Terry authored the leadership book, "Six-Word Lessons to Build Effective Leaders: 100 Lessons to Equip Your People to Create Winning Organizations".
For more check: Terry Gardiner Long bio