High Performance Team Building
Related learning experience
The essence of the team is supported by different theories in relation to the learning experience acquired. Organizations continue to report their fundamental problems as revolving around the lack of teamwork at every level of the organization. Based on the reports from the executives, the lack of teamwork tends to impact top line and bottom line results. This depicts the essence of not only a team within an organization but a high performance team. The notion behind the high performance team is based on the ability to achieve the set objectives within a given timeframe within the organization.
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The high performance teams however, they rarely occurs naturally. They should be created and effectively managed with the real success evident within any rapidly changing business environment depicting the need to learn how to create and lead more effective teams. Furthermore, organizations are required to apply an effective working theory towards consciously and also systematically build the teamwork within their organization. This indicates the essence of high performance team building concept towards achieving the set objectives or standards. It is evident however that, the major key towards creating a high performance team largely depends on understanding and also embodying the language action relationships.
Statement of Learning
The statement of learning concept entails the essence of building relationships, alignments, trust, gaining alignment and also commitments towards producing breakthrough results. The statement provides the major concepts and the ideas behind a given entity. It facilitates the value creation and also associated with the results which are exponentially proportional to the conversational dynamics that an organization is capable of achieving. The statement of learning tends to provide the organization with the ideas, the mission, the goal, and also the vision in relation to the organizational policies. The statement can be used by individuals or groups in relation to achieving the set objectives. The educational goal statement based on my personal achievements is based on believe that in order to move forwards in your life, you have to look back. The personal future plans motivated me to return to school hence striving to be awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Liberal Arts at Excelsior College. The following analysis presents some of the acquired during the training.
Analysis
Based on two topics as discussed in class, the following outcomes stipulate the understanding in relation to the set learning outcomes. They are:
Understand the implications for using teams within the organizations; There are important lings between these implications and the overall learning experiences. Ideally, these are objectively conceptualized within teams and are widely used in organizations based on various reasons. This concept provides the real connectedness between the summative composition of the teamwork profile and the overall examination of the learning experiences. Through my work at dept collection facility and the street ministry work where I had the privilege to witness my more mainstream Protestant interpretation of Jesus Christ and the Bible to many Jehovah Witnesses that have come to my front door; I discovered high performance team building topic analysis above, organizations largely advocate for the need of teams over the years. However, few organizations have been able to establish effective teams that are high performing based on the expectations of the organization. Teams are very essential in an organization; they not only facilitate the achievement of the set objectives, increase idea sharing, innovation, enhance performance, but also facilitate the creation of a culture of teamwork within the organization (Proudfoot, 2007). Organizations that tend to embrace the concept of teamwork while developing strategies aimed at ensuring that those teams are highly performing are able to record high performance compared to those that fails to facilitate or advocate for teamwork formation. Although there are different challenges attached to the formation, the effectiveness in administering teams, and also ensuring maximum outcomes, different theories and types of teams can be used to avert or address such issues.
Know the importance of ethics and diversity in groups and teamwork.
Problem solving team: This type of team is normally temporally developed towards seeking solutions on challenges that an organization is facing. The team can be developed in different departments based on the roles, interests, and the skills.
Develop knowledge and skill in critical and creative thinking in teams' task processes.
Developing the appropriate skills would be hugely significant because these are the major metrics ideal for 100% work output. In establishing critical and creative thinking, the overall process is established through an integrated knowledge sharing system within which ensures that the implication of the task processes is achieved comprehensively. This entails the formation of a team by people with similar responsibilities or within the same process. These types of teams are common in different organizations as such teams tend to increase effectiveness and performance in different departments within an organization. Organizations tend to advocate for this type of team based on the marginal benefits that an organization is likely to achieve from such teams.
Quality team: they are teams that normally take methodological approach aimed at identifying and also solving some of the issues with negative and also ongoing impact in different organizations. They are generally temporary based on the implications or the achievements that an organization may seek to achieve.
Virtual team; they are teams that are technologically facilitated within an organization. They allow people to participate in an organization despite the diverse geographical locations. It entails communicating online towards addressing different issues that an organization could be facing with employees from different locations developing strategies to address these problems.
Develop knowledge and skill in verbal, nonverbal, listening, and questioning communication for teams' transactional process
The process of developing knowledge and appropriate skills require the right sequence of events. The entire transaction process is underlined by considering the level of communication between teams. This process reflects an ideal projection of the overall performance consideration within an organization. After understanding the implications and types of teams in an organization, identifying the knowledge and skills and an inclusive criteria for team membership and the role member’s play within the team forms a significant entity in relation to understanding the respective implications and the effectiveness of the team. I came is understand the respective implications of team skills in an organization when I was hired in the collection department where I had to use the natural skill as a bill collector. The formation of a team and the membership criteria is largely based on the type of the team and the main role or the objective behind the formation of a given team. For instance, in case the main role for the formation of the team is based on quality, the membership criteria depicts the need to ensure that the members of such a team should have the necessary skills and experience towards ensuring that the team is able to achieve the set objectives. Furthermore, the role of every member should be reflected on the goals that the team seeks to achieve. For instance, the leader of the quality team should be able to involve the members on the respective roles that each of these members should play ranging from the inspections to facilitating the entire quality assessment process. The membership of members on a given team should be based on the qualifications, skills, and experience in relation to the objectives or the goals that the developed teams seeks to achieve. The same notion should be reflected on roles that every team member plays in relation to achieving the set objectives.
The need for ability to develop goals for team success is diverse and also the cornerstone towards ensuring that the team achieves the set objectives. During my job tenure at the collection department, I had to form teams and ensure I combine learning how to not take offense of people that wishes advice on mistakes. The undertaking is critical based on the understanding the criteria of membership. The ability to develop goals ensures that the developed team is able to have a mission and a vision within a given timeframe and the resources allocated towards achieving such objectives (Steven, 2014). However, the formation or development of goals is a complex process based on the numerous entities that a team should consider while developing such objectives. The type of the team and the main role behind the formation of a given team should be some of the strategic entities that should be considered while developing the team. The effectiveness, preciseness, and the clarity of the goals entail the ability of the team to have a clear understanding and commitment towards executing such goals. However, poor goals development depicts the failure of the team to solve or achieve the main objective as the team members and the entire team fails to understand the reason behind the formation and the main objectives or what to achieve a given period (Mary, 2014). Effectiveness in the development of goals reflects the effectiveness in achieving such goals and averting resource wastage among other entities.
Understand and facilitate development of teams in positive communication climates.
The enhancement of team performance within an organization is established by underlining a positive communication phenomenon. This is entirely facilitated by ensuring that the level of facilitation is attained comprehensively within a larger scale. The value of team measures entails the ability to develop approaches that are aimed at guiding the team towards achieving the set objectives as indicated in the above analysis. The value of team measures entails a strategic and systematic process that involves different players in the team. It is normally based on the ability to design task and process measures in relation to the type of the team and the main objectives behind the formation of such teams. The designing tasks should be based on the goals, experience of the team and also the qualities in relation to achieving such objectives. The arguments reflected on such concept entail the use of the available resources to ensure that the developed team is well designed in relation to the set objectives. The effectiveness in developing the measures and ensuring they are effectively governing the team is essential during the team formation and process of solving a given problem or objective.
The effects of external leadership on the success of the team are diverse likely to affect the set goals as discovered above. This was evident not only during my tenure in debt collection job but also during training program. This is based on the fact that the external leadership has the ability to influence the success of the team due to different effects that such leadership reflects on the team. The external leadership is likely to limit the resource allocation, exert pressure on the team, and limit their freedom among other entities. This indicates the need for the team to develop strategic measures prior to the formation making it an independent team to facilitate effectiveness and efficiency towards achieving the set objectives. The external leadership effectives can undermine the success of the team based on some of the proffered reasons above among others (Dorsey, 2000). The influence based on power among other entities is some of the aspects likely to undermine the success of a given team.
Develop knowledge and skill in managing problems with members, leaders, and organizations that groups and team experience.
Develop knowledge and skill in managing problems with deviance, conformity, game playing, groupthink, and conflict in groups and teams.
The development of skills and knowledge relevant to the management of problems is attained through a considerable level of team management approaches. The different phases of team process development with respective implications in relation to achieving ideal problem management scenarios. I used these phase of team process development to develop teams. These phases are (Solheim and McElmurry, 2007):
Forming: The stage entails an environment where the team members are normally positive and polite as they do not clearly understand the essence of the team. Leaders at this stage are required to dominate towards ensuring that the team members are able to understand the goals and the reasons behind the formation of the team.
Storming: The stage entails cases where the members tend to push against the boundaries set during the forming stage. The team leader should offer support to such team members to enable them understand the roles and the objectives behind the formation of the team. This also entails enabling them understand the measures enacted by the team to govern the team.
Norming; the stage involves a situation where the people are able to come together and resolve their differences as experienced during the storming stage. The team members under this stage are able to socialize and also develop strong commitment towards achieving the set objectives of the team.
Performing: The performing stage normally occurs when the team is ready to work hard together without friction. The team members are able to understand each other and also enjoy being part of the team with those joining or leaving the team failing to disrupt the performance. The stage reflects maximum output from the team members based on the environment created by the team.
Adjourning: Every team normally reaches this stage after achieving the set objectives. The team members at this stage are not able to easily depart as their future is normally uncertain. The strong relationships formed by the team members are witnessed during the stage.
During the team development process, I discovered that developing useful team ground rules and adjusts them as circumstance change is essential based on the dynamisms behind the environment that teams operate. The ground rules are those rules that are developed to guide the team during their performance or development process. However, these rules should be dynamic towards embracing the circumstance changes experienced by the team during their operations.
Through developing clear work expectations with team members can enable the team achieve the set objectives more effectively especially during the debt collection profession. This is based in the fact that the clear, concise and precise work expectations among the team members enables them have a defined role and goal that they seek to achieve at the end of the day. This reflects marginal benefits to the entire team as the team tends to have a common sense of direction developed by the developed clear expectations. These expectations acts as the mission of every member as aligned with the main mission behind the entire team (Dorsey, 2000).
Understanding the different levels of communication in a group or team is essential towards averting conflicts and ensuring the team is effectively running. Communication is essential in every organization and more precisely in a group. This is based on the fact that the effectiveness in communication enables the organization communicating on the objectives and the goals plus roles expected from every member.
Know methods for planning and implementing small and large group meetings and projects.
The implementation procedures which are directly attributed to planning simultaneously the systems and mechanisms for managing small groups and other groups is attained through comprehensive links between the teams and the organizational project managers. Defining and discussing the various types of decisions that teams make can enable the team leader have a clear understanding on the roles and the objectives of every member hence increasing effectiveness. The notion attached to the argument is based on the outcome or the results of a given team based on the main objectives. Some of the types of decisions that teams make are; unilateral (decision made by one person), handclasp (decision that is made by two person), clique (similar to the handclasp although more people are involved), baiting, majority rule, and consensus. Each of the proffered type of decision making translates marginal implications based on the decision of the entire team.
Know how to plan and present oral and written team projects.
The link between planning and oral presentation is established through a well though examination of how written team projects are established. Understanding the role culture plays in creating an effective team is vital towards ensuring that the set objectives by the team are achieved and which essentially establish oral and written team projects. Culture entails to the different languages, thinking, perceptions, ideologies among other entities that every individual possess. Culture can undermine the effectiveness of the team if not fully understood (Howard, 2011). However, understanding culture and the respective implications can enable the team work effectively towards achieving the set objectives.
Developing strategies to hold team members mutually accountable for result enables the members to be more committed based on their role to the team. These strategies should be based on the role that every member plays in decision making process. Involving the team members in the decision making process and advising them on their role and the accountability and ensure that they are more committed in the process. However, these strategies should be based on a more ethical approach to avert some of the negative entities likely to emerge.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I have been exposed in team formation and strategies to facilitate high performance. The experience and skills acquired in understanding the role of learning in the creation and maintenance of a team is a significant outcome in relation to enhancing success of team in an organization. The role of learning in the creation and the maintenance of the team are based on the understanding on the respective entities aimed at ensuring conflicts are averted, the team is running effectively, and also the set measures and objectives are achieved (Roblin, 2011). Furthermore, it entails ensuring that members are committed, involved and aware of the goals and the objectives of the team. Team leader or coach should posses’ leadership qualities and virtues to ensure effective performance of the developed teams.
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