Team Development Process
“Developing effective teams takes time…only an ongoing process of development will produce sustainable change.”
Keith Ayers
The Team Development Process was developed to address the key reasons why most team building programs don’t achieve long term results, and work only for short term projects or quick fixes.
The kinds of teams who will benefit from this process approach include:
- Executive teams
- Senior management teams
- Project teams
- Quality and continuous improvement teams
- Business units and functional work teams
The starting point is to be clear about why the team exists, what are they to achieve, and what does each team member need to do so that the team can achieve those desired outcomes. The Team Development Process not only achieves a high level o clarity and agreement about the team’s purpose, vision, values and goals, it provides insight into the factors that get in the road of effective communication about theses critical issues.
Changing behavior takes time. You cannot expect people to change behavior and continue with those changes from a 2 or 3 day workshop only. The focus of the Team Building Process is on improving results, not just on improving relationships.
The Process consists of 3 modules typically facilitated over 3 to 4 months:
- Communication and Trust (3 days - 2 + 1)
- Innovation and Change (2 days)
- Shared Leadership (2 days)
Coaching and follow-up meetings are scheduled between each module to provide skill reinforcement and application to the actual work team process. Cost factors vary depending on the customized approach used by each organization. See your consultant for an investment proposal meeting your specific organizational needs.
A Team Analysis Questionnaire, developed by Dr. Ralph Colby, is used to provide a method of benchmarking the trust level within a team and the effectiveness of communication about issues critical to a team’s success in these areas:
- Purpose
- Values
- Vision
- Goals
- Procedures
- Roles
Two reports are generated for each team member:
- Team structure report, measuring clarity and approval
- Team Trust Level Report, measuring openness, straightforwardness, acceptance and reliability.
