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Staff Development to Create a Team Lisa Mosley Assistant Director, Research Management Office
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Staff Developmentto Create a Team
Lisa Mosley
Assistant Director, Research Management Office
Overview
• Defining the Team Environment• Benefits and Drawbacks of Staff Development• Creating a Team (Assessment, Development,
Evaluation)• Development Resources
Team Building is Important!
Wearing the same shirts doesn’t make a team.Buchholz and Roth
It’s easy to get good players. Getting them to play together, that’s the hard part.Casey Stengel
It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you.Dwight D. Eisenhower
A team works toward a common goal.
A group has individual goals, but a common purpose.
Staff development can go beyond training to create a team.
Team vs. Group
Why do you want a team?
How do you create a team?
What defines a successful team?
• Benefits of Staff Development to Create a Team– Increases staff knowledge and builds staff
skills– Helps retain valued employees– Builds staff confidence and competence– Increases job satisfaction– Increases the organization’s intellectual
capital
Why do you want a team?
• Drawbacks to Staff Development to Create a Team– Staff may choose to leave the position or the
organization– Additional cost– Additional time
Why do you want a team?
Why do you want a team?
How do you create a team?
What defines a successful team?
• Making the Plan– What does the organization need?– Assessing the skill set – Performing a gap analysis– Identifying resources to close the gap– Measuring success
How do you create a team?
• Skills Assessment – Tests
– Performance evaluations• Top down• Bottom up• 360°
How do you create a team?
• Gap Analysis– Compare the needs of the organization
against the results of the skills assessment – What is Missing??
How do you create a team?
• Identifying Resources– Internal Resources
• In house training• Mentor Program• Study Session
– External Resources• Professional Organizations• Web Casts• Training Vendors
How do you create a team?
• Measuring Success– Tests
– Performance evaluations• Top down• Bottom up• 360°
How do you create a team?
Why do you want a team?
How do you create a team?
What defines a successful team?
• Purpose: Members proudly share a sense of why the team exists and are invested in accomplishing its mission and goals.
• Priorities: Members know what needs to be done next, by whom, and by when to achieve team goals.
• Roles: Members know their roles in getting tasks done and when to allow a more skillful member to do a certain task.
10 Characteristics of a Well Functioning Team
What defines a successful team?
10 Characteristics of a Well Functioning Team• Decisions: Authority and decision-making lines are
clearly understood. • Conflict: Conflict is dealt with openly and is considered
important to decision-making and personal growth. • Personal traits: members feel their unique personalities
are appreciated and well utilized. • Norms: Group norms for working together are set and
seen as standards for every one in the groups. • Effectiveness: Members find team meetings efficient and
productive and look forward to this time together.
What defines a successful team?
10 Characteristics of a Well Functioning Team• Success: Members know clearly when the team has met with
success and share in this equally and proudly. • Training: Opportunities for feedback and updating skills are
provided and taken advantage of by team members.– http://www.nsba.org/sbot/toolkit/LeadTeams.html
A great team: Where the sum is greater than
the individual parts.
What defines a successful team?
Team Development ResourcesResearch Administrators Certification Council
http://www.cra-cert.org/
National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA)
http://www.ncura.edu/
Society of Research Administrators
http://www.srainternational.org/
Other Universities (use your network)
