Me to We

team building
 Team - Definition
A group of people, contributing their
individual knowledge and skills but
working together to achieve a common
goal/task.
 Effective Team

• Share information openly

• Encourage each other
• Use all of the team’s resources
• Clearly defined roles/ responsibilities
• Respect for team members
• Successfully deals with conflict
Steps Towards Team
Building
ΘSetting Clear Goals
• To build an effective team, it
is important to make sure
that the everyone in the
team works towards a
“Common Goal”.
• It is a leader’s responsibility to
link the individual goals of
each team member with the
common goal to ensure
motivation and desire to
achieve it.

United we stand, divided we fall!

ΘDefining individual roles
• Everyone in the team must
know their roles and
responsibilities and there
should be no confusion
regarding them as this could
lead to unnecessary friction
amongst team members.
• Every team member should
know that there role in the
team is crucial and is valued
by their boss. They should be
able to respect the role of
everyone in the team.
Clear allocation of work reduces the possibilities of intra
Alone we can do so little; Together we can do
team conflict.
ΘCommunicating clearly and
openly
• Putting the information across clearly and
with the right words and tone ensures
trust and confidence in team thus
encouraging every team member also
to be honest and clear about their
views.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends

the fate of all
 ΘMaking effective
•
decisions
Decision making involves
choosing between alternatives,
prioritizing and choosing the
most feasible alternative.
Taking everyone’s views and
incorporating them in the
decision made increases its
acceptability and thus makes
the process of change easier.

In union there is strength.

 ΘBalancing Participation
• There should be an equal
participation of everyone
in the team in every task
taken and every decision
made. The energy of
enthusiastic members
should be routed in the
right directions and the
shy members should be
encouraged and
motivated to speak up
and participate more.

Teamwork: Simply stated, It is less me and

 ΘValuing Diversity
• The individuality of each
team member should be
respected. There
shouldn’t be any
discrimination based on
age, gender, personality
traits, race, color etc.
The individual
characteristics of each
are an asset to the team
and strengthen it.

Whether it’s two people, a department or an

organization, teams are the means by which great
 ΘManaging Conflict
• Conflicts are a part of every group
dynamics but the skill lies in
handling them skillfully and
reducing the intragroup friction to
minimal.

Coming together is a beginning.  Keeping

together is progress.  Working together is
 ΘCreating Positive
Atmosphere
• If due appreciation is given to
every applaud that the
team member brings and
the team is happy, a
positive atmosphere is
automatically created.

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.

 ΘDeveloping cooperative
relationships
• A team that is dependent on
each other for the completion
of their goals and realizes the
importance of that
dependence, churns out
maximum output and stays
happy together.

The nice thing about teamwork is that you

always have others on your side. 
 Θ Utilizing Participative
leadership
• Delegation of responsibility helps in
developing the team’s leadership
skills and the sense of
responsibility.
• It is a great motivating factor too
which leads members of team to
own the task and thus work
towards it with greater enthusiasm

No one can whistle a symphony.  It takes a

whole orchestra to play it.
T
ogether
Everyone
Achieves
More…!
Created by
Swapnil Rajput.
Let us work as a
TEAM