Principles of The

Effective Teamwork
 At First

In 10 minutes, construct your own ACRONYM for :

T E A M

What or how does it personally mean to you?

CHOOSE 1-2 REPRESENTATIVES

TO DISCUSS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE YOUR CHOSEN
ACRONYM FOR TEAM

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 Stages of Team Development

Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing

How long a stage lasts depends on how

long the group is together and the nature of
the task.
Teams are dynamic, not a fixed entity.
Stage 1 - Forming a
Team
People feel uncomfortable when they
first join a team or group.

How is this shown and what can we

do about it?

How can we move on from this and

help people unite and work together?
 Stage 2 - Storming

This stage needs to be acknowledged and

dealt with as part of normal team behavior:

Be aware that conflict may emerge

between sub groups or over leadership.

There may be tension in the team

because of some disagreement/ dislike
between members.

Members may be reluctant to continue

and so fail to reappear after a break
 Stage 3 - Norming

A sense of team identity develops

along with trust.

Team members begin to share ideas

and objectives.

They agree on what is to be achieved

and commitment develops.
 4 - Performing

Energy is now directed towards the task.

It needs to be channeled and coordinated well
Vigilance team processes is important
Give credit where it is due
Remember the introduction of any new
members returns the team to the forming
stage
 Principles of Effective Teamwork

1. Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.

2. Listen Actively.

3. Supporting and Building on Ideas.

4. Involving the Entire Team.

5. Make a commitment to excellence

for the team and with yourself.

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 1. Communicate

Determine:

Contact information (email, mobiles),

Meeting schedule by knowing students schedule, Exams
Schedule.

For each meeting:

Write down the meeting agenda before the meeting.
Estimate meeting time.
Record the meeting summary after the meeting.

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 2. Active Listening

Pay attention to the speaker.

Looking at the speaker.

If you're unclear about something that's been said, ask for

more information to clear up any confusion before moving
on.

Reviewing and summarizing the discussion.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

Support group member's ideas.

Encouraging others to express conflicting views.

Respect other opinions in the team.

Pointing out positive aspects of ideas.

Redirecting attention to ideas and information that have

been discarded.

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3. Supporting and Building on Ideas

ALWAYS REMEMBER

Its all about OUR project, OUR Ideas

NOT
MY project , MY Idea.

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 4. Involving the Entire Team

Avoid being dominated by one or two people.

Encouraging quieter members to speak.

Giving all members equal time and attention.

Distribute workload fairly between team members according to

their preferences and assign a sample role for each member.

To enhance learning, assign strong member with weak member.

Avoid disabling students, and write Kick Out Rules.

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 5. Commitment

Make a commitment to excellence for the team and with

yourself.

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 Common teamwork Problems
Problem
Problems in communications.
Problems in work distribution.
Problems in decision making and
acceptance.
Time management Problems.
Problems in the quality of the submitted work.
General conflicts between the team
members.
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Suggested Plan
Determine contact information, meeting
schedule by knowing students schedule,
exams schedule.
Distribute work fairly by knowing your
members.
Listen to others and determine your
guidelines in decision making.
Time management sheet.
Determine your quality standards in the
beginning of the project, and before every
phase.
Guidelines for each common conflict.
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 Finally , Always Remember

When Your Team Goal Comes When Your individual Goal

First Comes First

Complete
High In Complete
Quality Low Quality
on time

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