Developing a Team Environment

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1 Foundation: - Clarify Your Purpose 1. Does every member of your team know what the project goals are and understand how their efforts will impact the team success? If not, list three lead measures you can take to correct. 2. List three ways you can increase communication with your team. 3. Which of the above activities contribute to the operational goals and objectives for your team? 4. When you are achieving high impact results, what are you doing? 5. What skills or development are needed to help your team reach the operational goals? 6. What are the top three things you want to accomplish as a team this year?

2 Project Mapping: Nonproductive time wasters... Measuring annual goals Project Goals Optimizing my productive time... Professional development At your best, what are you doing?

3 Shared Vision: Creating a shared vision statement 1. Transfer previously identified project goal here 2. Write down the specific lead measure you will use to achieve the teams project goal 3. Write down a draft project vision statement, combining the goal and process to achieve 4. Develop a lag measure to quantify what successful achievement for the team goal will be Sharing Your Vision 1. Does your vision paint a picture that draws the team to engage? 2. Is your vision clearly articulated? 3. Does the team understand the purpose or what you are trying to accomplish? 4. Would this vision inspire you to take action? Yes / No

4 Challenging the status quo: 1. As a team, combine your shared vision statement that you just developed in the space below 2. What are your obstacles to achieving this goal(s)? 3. Develop a plan for overcoming each of the obstacles listed above. Inspire Positive Action: Consider how to apply your plan by using trust, accountability, and delegation to achieve common goals. 1. Communicate what the operational goals is and the importance of the task at hand. a. Make sure you paint a clear picture. b. Be flexible to incorporation your teams recommendations. 2. Provide tools/resources to accomplish the task. 3. Explain the importance of the task to facilitate buy-in. 4. Once delegated trust the task handler to complete appropriately and with accountability.

5 Empowering Others: Dominance Decisive & Driven Competitive Demanding Vocal Adventurous Risk-taking Results Driven Overcoming challenges to achieve desired Results. Conscientious Precise & Analytical Perfectionist Disciplined Courteous Systematic Logical Accuracy Driven Planning ahead and assuring accuracy. Influence Communicative & Enthusiastic Social Energetic Persuasive Talkative Open Relationship Driven developing relationships and influencing others. Steadiness Patient & Trustworthy Deliberate Friendly Patient Calm Modest Support Driven Supporting others and creating stability.

6 Seek Constant Improvement: 1. Collaborate with your team to establish a milestone. 2. Collaborate with your team to determine a SMART Goal for achieving the desired milestone. 3. Create lag measures that will monitor the team s achievements at strategic intersections. 4. Develop a plan to celebrate success. 5. As a team, look for ways to improve upon what you have achieved together.