Teamwork

Presented By: Donna Petiford, Missouri PTA (Past President)

Team Building Activity

Make a list of things that you have in common with those at your table.

What are the essentials of an effective team?

What are the essentials of an effective team?

1. Common purpose / Common goal2. Belief3. Respect4. Commitment5. Trust6. Competence

Four Corners

West North East South

Structure

Action Meaning Caring

Four Corners

West

Structure

“Every minute spent planning will save two in execution.”

“Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.”

“If you don’t know where you are going, you will end up somewhere else.”

“It’s always wise to raise questions about the most simple and obvious assumptions.”

Four Corners

North

Action

“We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.”  “Failure is only the opportunity to begin again…. more intelligently.”

  “The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he decides -- never decides.”   “Ready. Fire. Aim.”

Four Corners

East

Meaning

“Discussion is the anvil on which the spark of truth is struck.”   “The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.”   “Nothing is more terrible than activity with out insight.”   “Don’t refuse to go on an occasional wild goose chase. That’s what wild geese are for!”

Four Corners

South

Caring

“Feelings are everywhere –be gentle.”  “It is not enough to be compassionate --you must act also.”    “Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.”  “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened.”

Strengths

Effective teams need to have a good representation of different strengths. Although individuals need not be well rounded, Strong Cohesive Teams should be.

Strengths Needed for Effective Teams

(W) Executing - Achiever, Arranger, Belief, Consistency, Deliberative, Discipline, Focus, Responsibility, Restorative

(N) Influencing-Activator, Command, Communication, Competition, Maximizer, Self-Assurance, Significance, Woo

(E) Relationship Building-Adaptability, Developer, Connectedness, Empathy, Harmony, Includer, Individualization, Positivity, Relator

(S) Strategic Thinking-Analytical, Context, Futuristic, Ideation, Input, Intellection, Learner, Strategic

Followers 4 Basic Needs

TrustCompassion StabilityHope

Zoom

Can’t show each other picturesCan talk to each other and describe what is featured in

your pictureUltimate goal: Put pictures in sequential order