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Foundations of Team Leadership

Foundations of Team Leadership

Charters

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Team Charter

Team Charter is a tool for building the team and for establishing clarity around elements critical to the team’s work. It makes explicit agreed upon the Key Elements:

•Team Composition•Scope of the Task•Sponsor’s expectations•Roles and Responsibilities•Team Success Indicators•Team Operating Principles•Behavioral Norms

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Transforming the Way We Work and Learn Together HRSLOFoundation of Team Leadership

The Chartering Process

A participative undertaking to ensure that that everyone is:•Clear about the Purpose and Expected Results

•Participates in clarifying/ co–creating goals and committing to them

•Determines how team will work together to achieve Results

Most Often Employed •Launching of Teams

• New Initiative

•Getting Everyone on Same Page

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Support of Team Leaders In •Sharpening personal leading & team-building competencies

•Enhancing self-awareness & ability to understand others

•Developing better communications skills

•Enabling cultivation of team synergy

•Increasing interpersonal collaboration abilities

•Learning-to-Learn to improve Team results & performance

•Assembling Best Practice Tool Kit

Objectives/Purpose

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Research Shows: Setting Goals = 10 to 25%

Improvement in Performance

Setting Learning Goals

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Transforming the Way We Work and Learn Together HRSLOFoundation of Team Leadership

GOALS GOALS

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S M A R T GOALS

GOALS

•Specific

•Measurable

•Actionable

•Realistic

•Time Bound

GOALS

Foundations of Team Leadership

Operating Principles Safeguards

oPlenary Let People finish their thoughts -One voice at a time (Most times)-Be concise- Clarifying & paraphrasing always adds VALUEoResponsible Public Record Flipcharts are cohort’s public record - Speak up (class or Offline) or ask for a poll when in doubt or disagree

oDeference to Group Monitor individual plenary time & how often- Mentor & coach each other

oConfidentiality If starts here - Stays here

oTrust, Respect, Diversity & Inclusion Value everyone’s uniqueness- Challenge ideas not individuals- First seek to understand-Leave no one behind

oResponsible for Learning Set Learning Goals- Slip In/Slip Out- Test techniques- Gather tools-

oValuing of Learning Take risks- Try new things- Learn from mistakes- ENJOY

oSafe Learning No such thing as stupid questions- No judgments- Pass anytime

Safe Learning Class Environment

Class Environment

Safe Learning Environment

Team Leader Enacting Safe Learning in Own Environment

Aspiration for Team Leaders Post FTL

ClientsOrganization

TEAM

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Roles and Responsibilities for Week

FTL Week

Learning CoachesFacilitating a Learning Context: •Enabling Safe Learning Environment•Managing Time and Trust•Small Team Coaching •Private Feedback by Appointment•Fostering Cohort for the WeekParticipantsResponsible for Own Learning: •Staying Open and Curious •Enhancing Inner & Outer Awareness •Setting Learning Goals •Building a Tool Box•Actively Peer Learning•Cultivating Generosity of Spirit

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Course Content Expectations

Safeguards

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Operating PrinciplesoSafe Learning Environment- (Facilitator safeguards)

Group NormsoParticipant Generated Behavior Norms ( How we will work and live the week together)

Roles & Responsibilities:oFacilitators: Facilitating a Learning Context-Safe Environment- Coach

oParticipant: Be Responsible for own Learning -Engage in LAB- Gather Tool KIT-Support Cohort

Charter Membership: Members of FTL Cohort

Purpose - Achieve Course Goals & Achieve Individual Learning Goals:

Learning Goals: Facilitators Re Outcomes of Week: That participants can capacity build once back in work context

Participants RE Goals:

oDaily Learning Goals- Stretch goals for ourselves every day-

o Week’s Objectives: Walking away with great Tool KIT

Clarifying Expectations:oParticipants RE Course Content: What is and what is not part of curriculum

o Facilitators RE Participants:oOUTLOOK: Open to Learning—Positive –Curious --Generous--SupportiveoTASK: Open to learning through all types of vehicles & approaches

FTL Cohort Charter

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A Team Charter is a Tool for Aligning Around Questions Important to the Team’s• Purpose (WHY)• Goals (WHAT)•Nature and Organization of the Team’s Work (HOW)• Purpose of Undertaking (WHY Engagement is to be Done)&

Expectations (Clients and other Stakeholders)• Goals, Scope &Timelines (Achievements & Milestones to be

reached by when)• Team Composition (Who is core- who is extended-?)• Roles and Responsibilities (Who does what- when?)• Team Success Indicators (E.G Monitoring outputs, outcomes &

adjusting for results)• Team Operating Principles (E.G Principles of Trust- Safe Learning-

Collaboration- Common Vision- Shared Learning?)• Team Interactions & Behavior Norms (E.G. How are decisions

made- How we communicate virtually-How we support each other- How credit is shared/or not-)

• People and Task Processes (E.G How often we meet- Meeting practices we follow- How we do missions & write Aide Memoires –How we produce papers )

Team Charter Template

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Leadership andOrganizational Effectiveness

Team Charter Format (Bank Sample)

Sponsor’s Expectations and Constraints

Scope of Task

Team Compositiono Selectiono Gapso Strengths

Importance to the Region

Type of TeamPurpose

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Team Charter Format (Bank Sample)

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