2nd Edition
Alison Hardingham, Charlotte Ellis
Pages: 360 Published: June 2007
ISBN: 1843981785
ISBN13: 9781843981787
Price: £370.00
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Description
The need for teams to work effectively together is critical to organisational success. If teams are not good enough, important projects inevitably fail.
This toolkit is designed to address that need. It enables teams, and those who coach or facilitate teams, to develop quickly in response to the demands of the work they have to do.
This toolkit provides a comprehensive range of tools and techniques that will facilitate effective team development throughout the team's life cycle, and addresses the complexities of team working in a clear and accessible way. It includes tools that focus on the specific challenges that face organisations today such as virtual teams, matrix organisations, multicultural teams, team mergers, team emotions, and sustaining high performance.
Containing structured facilitator notes, this toolkit enables facilitators to select and apply the most relevant exercises quickly and confidently. A matrix of exercises at the start of the toolkit makes it easy to pick the most appropriate tools and techniques for the purpose, for the team's developmental stage, and for the facilitator's level of experience. Each tool is customisable, ensuring that the techniques chosen are precisely tailored to an organisation's exact needs.
Contents
INTRODUCTION AND COMMENTARY
Why do we need this toolkit?
How to get the most out of this toolkit
Matrix showing level of facilitator difficulty by exercise
Overview of exercises
Exercise selection matrix
Off-the-shelf programmes
Facilitator's Log
Facilitator/Observer Form
Team Development Log
Commentary
Further resources
GROUP 1 - GETTING THE TEAM STARTED
Team purpose 1
Team purpose 2
Role clarification
Objective-setting
Aligning the team's objectives
Fun ways to get to know each other 1
Fun ways to get to know each other 2
Understanding each other 1
Understanding each other 2
Understanding each other 3
Understanding each other 4
Understanding each other 5
Measuring team effectiveness
Pictures of reality
GROUP 2 - FUNDAMENTAL TEAMWORKING PROCESSES
Creativity
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Flipcharting
The PEP talk
Popular post-mortems
Basic facilitation skills
Diagnostic check
Benefits and concerns
Communication analysis
Team Force Field Analysis
GROUP 3 - ADVANCED TEAMWORKING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Team consultation
Dialogue-ing
Fishbowl
Peer feedback
Customer role-play
Critical friend
Skilful discussion
Avoiding group-think
Building relationships in a virtual team-level
GROUP 4 - ENDING THE TEAM WELL
Celebrating success
Praise party
GROUP 5 - TEAM COACHING
Team goals
Exploring the team's current reality
Helping the team to generate options
Exploring what the team is up for
Related resources
Sample files from this toolkit are available:
View contents list, introduction and sample tools
About the author(s)
Alison Hardingham
Alison Hardingham is a business psychologist and an author. As the director of her own consultancy, Yellow Dog Consulting, she works with organisations and individuals at times of chosen, imposed, and hoped-for change. Much of Alison''s work over the last few years has been centred on teamworking, leading large-scale projects intended to introduce a flexible teamworking culture across broad sections of the organisation and working closely with management and executive teams within organisations. Alison read experimental psychology at Oxford University, where she obtained a first-class honours degree and a masters. She then spent several years working with disturbed children and their families. She went into consultancy over 12 years ago, so she has experience of contributing to her own organisation as a team member, as well as consulting to others as a team-developer.
Alison''s most recent publication for the CIPD is ''The Coach''s Coach'', (2004) written with contributions from Mike Brearley, Adrian Moorhouse and Brendan Venter and now a standard coaching text. Alison is considered an expert in the field of executive coaching and has used that expertise to enhance significantly the coaching strength of this second edition of Team Development Exercises.
Charlotte Ellis
Charlotte Ellis is a Business Psychologist consulting to a wide range of companies across private and public sectors. She is Director of her own business, Ellis Bourne Consulting, and works with individuals and teams to help develop their potential and their effectiveness. Much of Charlotte''''s work falls under the umbrella of Talent Management, where she helps organisations identify and develop their key talent. She is experienced in senior level assessment, and in personal and leadership development. She frequently works internationally, helping organisations and teams deal with the challenges of operating globally.
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