The Power of Many - How Great Teams Succeed

Upon successful completion, students will understand: The different kinds of teams; How to develop team norms; The Gradients of Agreement; How to identify their team player style; Ways to become a better team player; Ways to build team trust...

Course Outline

"None of us is as smart as all of us"
- Satchel Paige

From orcas, to wolves, to ants, the power of many always trumps the power of one. As in nature, so in business - while many of us are driven by notions of individual credit, and self-preservation, the ones at the top of the food chain are usually those that have learned the laws of working together. "What benefits my group will benefit me." But there is a big difference between people who work near each other, and people who function at a high level to pull together efficiently. Understanding more about teams, and about the ways in which you uniquely contribute to the benefit of the whole, can be the first steps in taking the success of your team to a much higher level.

Upon successful completion of this course, students will understand:
- The different kinds of teams
- How to develop team norms
- The Gradients of Agreement
- How to identify their team player style
- Ways to become a better team player
- Ways to build team trust
- Two models of team development

Outline Introduction and Course Overview
Students will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.

Defining Teams
To get started, students will help define what a team is and what different kinds of teams there are. Simple exercises will help demonstrate synergy.

Establishing Team Norms
This session will look at some of the benefits and pitfalls of teams. We will also discuss establishing team norms: ground rules that a team can use to help them work together.

Working as a Team
During this session, students will look at a tool called the Gradients of Agreement. We will also discuss how it can help them interact with their teammates.

Glenn Parker Team Survey
During this session, participants will complete a survey constructed by Glenn Parker, a noted business consultant who has done a great deal of research on teams. This survey will help participants identify their team player style. Participants will then work in small groups to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their style.

Building Team Trust
Trust is one of those mainstay virtues. It is the bond that allows any kind of significant relationship to exist between people. In small groups, participants will discuss some basic ways to establish and build trust on their team.

The Stages of Team Development
Every group of people, whether they are a team or just a group working together, grows and evolves. We will spend this session looking at Tuckman and Jensen's four stages of team development: forming, storming, norming, and performing.

Towers
Another way of looking at team development is the TORI model. Participants will experience this model through a fun exercise.

Communication
If a team is going to succeed, the members must be able to communicate well with each other. This session will cover some basic principles of communication.

Becoming a Good Team Player
There are some skills that participants can develop to become better team players. In this session, we will discuss some Really Useful Attitudes and some Really Useless Attitudes.

Workshop Wrap-Up
At the end of the day, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.

Additional Details

Pre-Requisites

No prerequisites required.

Certificates offered

Certificate of completion

Cancellation Policy

Students are required to give notice if they are unable to attend their class:

2 weeks (10 full business days) or longer prior to training date = full refund
1 to 2 weeks (5 - 9 full business days) prior to training date = 50% of course fee refund
Less than 1 week (4 full business days or fewer) prior to training date = 0% refund

NOTE: You may substitute classes or students at any time.

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It was hard to see the instructors screen. It was a projector that was turned toward a white board.

Reviewed by Arlene R. 2012

   

Jason Hall is fantastic and I look forward to taking another course with him. My last experience at New Era was not great; the instructor did not meet our expectations and the computers were not working when we arrived. But Jason made the day fly by and I felt like I learned not only the set curriculum but gained lots of additional presentation skills.

Reviewed by Maya D. 2012

   

The instructor in this class was EXCELLENT. I would highly recommend her as she really knew what she was doing and her etaching style was great. AWESOME instuctor.

Reviewed by Pamela T. 2012

   

The trainer was very knowledgeable and kept the course moving at a great pace. I wish I could take her home with me, so she could help me teach photoshop at the school I work at.

Reviewed by Michelle . 2012

   

The course was very helpful and the instructor was very knowledgable and made the effort to make sure all class members were understanding the excersizes and were on the same page. My only complaint is that the computers seemed a little worn out. Throughout the day most students in the class ran into some sort of issue with the computer not working the way it should. And during our practice time closer to the end of the day all the computers started crashing.

Reviewed by Lori F. 2012

   

The Instructor was fabulous and is the reason that I truly enjoyed the course.

Reviewed by Michelle F. 2011

   

Alex was extrememly helpful and knowlegeable.

Reviewed by Dawn G. 2011

   

The course was excellent, but I felt a little out of my league. The participants in the course were designers and IT people who had used other versions of SharePoint. While I benefited from their questions and comments during the class, I feel "lost" now that I'm back on my own at the office. Perhaps I was in the wrong coarse, but it did say power "user".

Reviewed by Sharon T. 2011

   

Alex is great!

Reviewed by ellen m. 2011

   

Jane is a wonderful teacher! i will gladly take any class she teaches!

Reviewed by Essante P. 2011

   

Jane is an excellent teacher! She is very knowledgable and is enthusiastic about the course!

Reviewed by Essante P. 2011

   

Very good - presented course material in an engaging way.

Reviewed by Claudine T. 2011

   

The instructor didn't provide a lot of structure to the class, he just skimmed through the material and didn't go into it very deep. As a result, the class finished up 1.5 h early as well. He tried to add material from PMI (which was missing from the course materials) but this sometimes just made things more confusing. The PMI material should really be in the course material to start with. Otherwise, the instructor was helpful, knowledgeable and had a good demeanor.

Reviewed by Laverne R. 2011

   

It was informative

Reviewed by Amanda N. 2011

   

Very good course with a very knowledgeable instructor. Class was at full occupancy and I felt that the class size was too large.

Reviewed by Amanda B. 2011

   

There were only 4 students so it went fast and we finished early. Personally I would have liked to spend more time practicing. Perhaps some reference to the book and if there were any practice exercises in there that we could use to gain more experience with Visio.

Reviewed by Denise T. 2011

   

The course started 40 minutes late because they did not have the correct computers set up for the program. It's like they were not even expecting us. I found it very disorganized. For the price I paid for this course, I expected a more professional presentation.

Reviewed by Karyn J. 2011

   

Instructor was very soft spoken did not have all the answres but did get answers later in the class.

Reviewed by Thomas H. 2011