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Common Workplace Challenges

Virtual Team

New Managers

Silos and Turf Wars

Low Morale

Newly-Formed Team

Innovation

Leadership Succession Planning

Client/Vendor Team

Large Groups

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Client List by Industry

Partial Client List

Autodesk

Basic American Foods

Baxter

Best Buy

BMW

Boston Scientific

CG Schmidt

Cisco Systems

DHL

Dish Network

ExxonMobil

Farmers Insurance

FMC Technologies

GE

Genentech

McKesson

Nokia

Novartis

Rabobank

Starbucks

The Nature Conservancy

Thomson Reuters

Timet

Unilever

US Probation

Whole Foods Market

Yahoo

Teamwork Sample Agenda

Teamwork Skills and Objectives

  • Learn the value of team identity and interdependence among team members.
  • Develop skills needed to achieve common understanding of institutional values and norms.
  • Define and understand the effectiveness of leadership that emphasizes unity and innovation.

Day 1 Morning Outline

  • Introduction of model providing context for team performance and effectiveness.
  • Fast-paced interactive activity used as a metaphor for looking at team interconnections
  • Discussion of communication model and real-world examples.
  • Active listening communication activity highlighting paraphrasing and asking clarifying questions.
  • Problem-solving exercise designed to show the Stages of Team Development.
  • Large group discussion of each group development stage and relevant communication strategies.
  • Interactive exercise followed by discussion of team process and effectiveness.

Day 1 Afternoon Outline

  • Interactive exercise in which giving and receiving of feedback are practiced.
  • Written self-evaluation exercise about giving and receiving feedback.
  • Interactive exercise designed to demonstrate team interdependence and show skills helpful for achieving common goals.
  • Large group discussion of leadership styles to maximize group performance through unity and innovation.
  • Active Forum action planning process in which participants choose to lead discussion and action on topics within a predetermined theme that have meaning for them.

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