Team Building

Team building is important so that people can work together at a task more effectively. For example one team member maybe good at administration and another team member may be good at relational building and you need them both to get the job done. It is important to find out the strengths and weaknesses of all team members before beginning the project.


Possible behaviors in meetings:

There are a variety of behaviors in meetings such as: a passive person who says nothing, the overly talkative person (who does not stop talking), argumentative person who does not listen to others but argues on every issue,and controlling person who controls the meeting not allowing input from other members.

Describe and demonstrate how the Chairperson
may:
increase task-directed behavior

• State the task to the group
• Ask for group input related to the task
• Work with group to develop a plan to achieve the task
  

 decrease disruptive behavior

• Bring the group back to the task
  
• Directly address people who are disruptive
  

 minimize stalling behavior

• Encourage group to move on
  
• Offer to talk to stalling individual later
  

 encourage individual participation

• Ask if anyone else has any input
  
• If you know someone has something to contribute ask them directly
  

 establish a positive and effective team
approach to student governance

• Clearly set out a positive mandate for the whole team
• Encourage everyone to participate as a team
• Reward team accomplishment