50 Activities For Self-Directed Teams
- 1h 32m
- Glenn M. Parker, Richard P. Kropp, Jr.
- Human Resource Development Press
- 1994
Implement successful self-managed teams in your organization. This collection of proven training exercises has been tested and refined in actual team training sessions, and covers all aspects of team development, including mutual goal setting, managing team stagnation, and developing team norms. The activities encourage active participation and feedback from participants and come complete with all the necessary questionnaires, exercises, and handouts.
Activities cover
- Building trust
- Group problem solving
- Assessing team effectiveness
- Improving team meetings
- Intergroup team building
- Resolving conflict
About the Authors
Author and consultant Glenn Parker works with organizations to improve quality and productivity by creating and sustaining high performing teams. His best-selling book, Team Players and Teamwork: The New Competitive Business Strategy (Jossey Bass, 1990), was selected as one of the ten best business books of 1990. His training and team building instruments, The Parker Team Player Survey (Xicom, 1991) and The Team Development Survey (Xicom, 1992), are fast becoming the standards in the field. Glenn is also co-author of 50 Activities For Team Building (HRD Press, 1991), which was selected by Human Resource Executive as one of 1992's Top Ten Training Tools. Most recently, he is the author of Cross Functional Teams: Working With Allies, Enemies and other Strangers (Jossey-Bass, 1994) and co-author of 50 Activities For Self-Directed Teams (HRD Press, 1994). Glenn is also a regular contributor to Today's Team, a monthly newsletter for team leaders, members and facilitators.
Richard P. Kropp, Jr. has successfully bridged the gap between the world of the practitioner and the academic world. He has over 20 years of experience as an internal HRD consultant and manager with such companies as AT&T, the First National Bank of Boston and Wang Laboratories. At Wang, Dick was Director of Human Resource Development for Manufacturing Operations where he was responsible for executive, management, professional and technical employee development. He developed many innovative development systems that were adopted in other organizations as well.
In this Book
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Success Factors
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Readiness Rating
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Self-Directed Team (SDT) Stages
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Roadblocks
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Third Wave
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Show and Tell—Getting Ready for Self-Direction
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Surfacing A Team Identity
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The Reality of Self-Direction
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Responsibility Charting
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Valuing Diversity
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Dip Your Toe in the Water
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Self Test for Self-Direction
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Ready, Set…Go?
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Collaboration in the Workplace—A Must for Self-Directed Teams
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Climate Headline
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Building a Culture of Self-Direction in the Workplace
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A Personal Action Planner for Building Self-Directed Teams
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Self-Directed Structures
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Resolving Differences
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Hot Buttons
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Self-Directed Values Exercise
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Similarities and Differences
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Building Trust Among Self-Directed Team Players
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Shop 'Til You…
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Self-Directed Team Culture Survey
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Go With the Flow
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The Power of an Agenda
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Creativity Break
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Quotable Quotes
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Workplace Trust
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Past-Present-Future—Charting A Self-Directed Teams Path
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No Team is an Island
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Ivory Pure Quality
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Team Values
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Process Analysis
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Guiding Past and Future Team Practices
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Meetings and Self-Directed Norms
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Meeting Monsters
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The Weather Report—A Culture Report
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How Do I Feel About All This? Assessing My Readiness for Self-Direction
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The Wish List
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Clarifying Team Values
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The Self-Directed Team Coach
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Leadership Characteristics
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Supervisory Scenarios*
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What Would You Do If…?
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You Know You're Stagnating When…
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Animal Grid
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Assessing Your Team Leader Effectiveness
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Just for Fun
