Teams and teamwork Manuel E. Contreras KNL/SDI March 2009 This presentation does not represent the official position of the Inter-American Development Bank or its member countries. It was developed for training purposes only. The author gratefully acknowledges the comments of Christel Steinvorth and Gabrielle Vetter to a previous version. The usual caveats apply.
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Teams and teamwork
Manuel E. Contreras
KNL/SDIMarch 2009
This presentation does not represent the official position of the Inter-American Development Bank or its member countries. It was developed for training purposes only. The author gratefully acknowledges the comments of Christel Steinvorth and Gabrielle Vetter to a previous version. The usual caveats apply.
Contents
• What are we speaking about?
• What is a team?
• Four lenses:– Skills, accountability and commitment– Characteristics of high performance teams– Team performance model– Five dysfunctions of a team
• Where is your team?
Is it an organizational unit, a work group or a team?
Team building is not about getting everyone Team building is not about getting everyone to see things the same way. to see things the same way.
An effective team leverages each team An effective team leverages each team member’s member’s unique wayunique way of of seeing, thinking seeing, thinking and actingand acting in order to illuminate all in order to illuminate all possibilities, minimize risk and produce possibilities, minimize risk and produce effective resultseffective results..