- Introduction
- Introductory exercise: Seeing others in 3D
- Game: The value of working toward a common goal
- What is a Team?
- Discussion: Defining team and teaming
- Activity: Are there really four stages of a team?
- Team rules and roles
- Partnering to Be Seen as One Team
- Case study: One team, one voice
- Communicating as a team
- Collaborator versus contributor
- Roping in the maverick team member
- Case study: The misfit team
- Creating a Profile of Our Team (Myers Briggs or Other System)
- Identifying personal values and beliefs
- Discussing strengths and differences
- Exercise: Am I really biased?
- Team action plan: Bringing together the team’s strengths and differences to create a greater good
- Team Planning and Decision Making
- Eight-step process for planning and decision making
- A system for planning supported by the whole team
- Determining if buy-in exists
- Creative problem solving and decision making
- Benefits of Teamwork
- Discussion: Team benefits and downfalls
- Game: Are we more productive as individuals or teams?
- Making the most of team meetings
- The roles that add value to a meeting
- Evaluating the effectiveness of team meetings
- Wrap Up
- Q and A
- Developing an action plan
