1. Building Trust
April 5, 2013
Please find a seat with your team
(look for your team flag). If you don’t
know your team, talk to Jen.
2. IHMS Mission & Vision
Statements
Our Mission:
To provide for the academic success
of every student
Our Vision:
To ensure that every student learns
3. Teaming Meeting Norms
This is a safe place for teaming; all ideas are worth
consideration
Please be respectful to those around you; avoid sidebar
conversations.
Use technology to enhance learning
online shopping = inappropriate
Taking notes = appropriate
Cell phones silenced = very appropriate
Your participation is needed; please engage in teaming
and put away classroom work
Everything we do here should reflect our commitment to
providing for the academic success of every student.
4. The Five Functions of a
Successful Team
Building…
Trust
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
5. Team-Work
(aka Homework for Teams)
o What was your team goal from
our last meeting?
o Did your team complete your
goal?
o If so, GREAT! What did you
learn from it?
o If not, why not? What can
you do to have it completed
by the end of the day?
Trust
6. Team Roles
Please take a 2-3 minutes to review
each person’s role on your team.
There is a form to fill out if you would
like to have a written copy.
7. Getting to Know Your Teammates
Hometown
Number of kids in family
Interesting childhood hobbies
Biggest challenge growing up
First job
Remember, we want to hear
about your life as a child, but
we’re not interested in your
“inner child”.
8. The Five Functions of a
Successful Team
Building…
Trust
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
9. Demonstrate Vulnerability
Please spend 5 minutes deciding what
you believe is your single biggest
strength and weakness in terms of
contribution to your team’s success or
failure.
10. Members of teams with an
absence of trust…
Conceal their weakness and mistakes from one another
Hesitate to ask for help or provide constructive feedback
Hesitate to offer help outside their own areas of
responsibility
Jump to conclusions about the intentions and aptitudes of
others without attempting to clarify them
Fail to recognize and tap into one another’s skills and
experiences
Waste time and energy managing their behaviors for effect
Hold grudges
Dread meetings and find reasons to avoid spending time
together
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
11. Members of trusting teams…
Admit weakness and mistakes
Ask for help
Accept questions and input about their areas of
responsibility
Give one another the benefit of the doubt before arriving at
a negative conclusion
Take risks in offering feedback and assistance
Appreciate and tap into one another’s skills and experiences
Focus time and energy on important issues, not politics
Offer and accept apologies without hesitation
Look forward to meetings and other opportunities to work
as a group
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni
13. Avoid Office Politics and Gossip
With your team, read When Nice Won’t Suffice.
Afterwards, discuss the following questions.
How do we avoid the “culture of nice” in our
inter disciplinary teams? Our department
teams? Our school?
What are your team member’s policies
regarding late work, absent work, ZAP work?
What’s similar? What differences exist?
Should they be the same for the entire team?
Does it matter?
14. Team-Work
(aka Homework for Teams)
Create a list of NORMs for
your team meetings for next
year. What needs to occur Results
to have a good meeting? Accountability
What needs to be avoided? Commitment
Make sure that every team
member has access to a Conflict
copy of your NORMs. Trust
