Team Building Tips IOLE Spring 2015 Is One Life Enough (IOLE) is an accredited professional social media course taught online in Dublin Virtually Live by Dublin Institute of Technology and Akron Island by The University of Akron, for those seeking university and/or professional level training credit.

1. Team Building Tips
IOLE Spring 2015
Sitearm Madonna / James Neville
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2. Team Building Is Like Fire Building
Team Building
+ Stages
+ Rules
+ Roles
= Productivity
No stages, no productivity...
Fire Building
+ Air
+ Wood
+ Heat
= Fire
No air, no fire...
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3. Effective Teams Develop In Stages
Form Storm Norm Perform
Productivity
Stages
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4. Effective Teams Use Group Rules
Brainstorm Decide
Productivity
Rules
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5. Effective Teams Share Roles
Investigator
Team
Worker
ImplementorFinisher
Coordinator
Shaper Planter
Evaluator
Specialist
Productivity
Roles
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6. References
Tuckman team stages
Osborn brainstorming
Group decision making
Belbin team roles
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7. Appendix 1 - Team Stages
Form - get to know one another, exchange contact information
Storm - different ideas compete for consideration including what problems
the team is really supposed to solve and what leadership model they will accept
Norm - team manages to come to have one goal and a mutual plan; all
members take responsibility and have ambition to work for success
Perform – team works smoothly and effectively, competently and
autonomously; produces results
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8. Appendix 2 - Team Rules
Brainstorm - “expand the options” - everyone speaks, anything goes, build
on ideas, push the envelop
Decide - “narrow the options” - use agreed constraints to choose - go
forward
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9. Appendix 3 - Team Roles
Coordinator - “conductor” - clarifies, delegates, balances
Shaper - “lion tamer”- challenges, directs, imposes
New Ideas Planter - “light bulb” - creative, imaginative, unorthodox
Resource Investigator - “detective” - extrovert, enthusiastic, communicative
Specialist - “micrometer” - technical, professional
Implementor - “gears meshing like clockwork” - organized, systematic, realistic
Team Worker - “midfielder” - supportive, diplomatic, flexible
Evaluator - “all seeing eye” - sober, strategic, discerning
Completer Finisher - “mechanic” - meticulous, particular, thorough
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