COLLABORATIVE SKILLS FOR TEAMS

WORKSHOP OVERVIEW

More than likely, we’ve all had to work with people who were quite different than us. Sometimes it’s frustrating. But have you ever worked on a team where people have learned to deal with their differences? Where conflict and miscommunication are reduced, meetings have a purpose, and time is managed efficiently? The goal of this program is to reconcile the inherent differences of team members to help you create an engaged, collaborative team.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

In the Collaborative Skills for Teams Workshop, participants will:

• Learn the four different roles within teams, their preferred roles and the diversity of priorities and preferences of each role in a team
• Understand team project stages and the activities and priorities associated with each of the four stages
• Understand the challenges and communication breakdowns they may face when working with others who have different priorities, roles, and talents
• Learn to maximize productivity of team meetings by identifying clear expectations and understanding how to manage their own priorities and tendencies
• Explore how team roles interact in meetings and learn effective strategies to be more effective about managing differences
• Understand their own time-management preferences based on their team roles
• Gain a clearer understanding of how people manage time to become more aware of how they might be helping and hindering team efforts
• Create Commitments to Action around strategies for working and communicating with each of the four roles

BENEFITS TO THE ORGANIZATION

Based upon skills learned and the negotiation of roles and tasks that team members have in this workshop, the team will structure its tasks in alignment with individual strengths; individual team members will engage more fully in team projects; and the team will complete its projects more effectively and efficiently. Individual team members expend less energy trying to fulfill team roles for which they are not primarily suited, resulting in less stress and greater job satisfaction.

PARTICIPANTS

Teams who want to tap into each team member’s strengths and improve the efficiency of their workgroup.

DURATION

The Collaborative Skills for Teams workshop usually lasts five hours; facilitated in-depth team discussions and negotiations based upon the information learned may extend this time.