Building High

Performance Teams
for Projects
Team Members
Alex Jose 1527504
Jeby Benzy 1527515
Ranjith M 1527525
Athira Kumar 1527535
Dhanya Micheal 1527537
Divya S 1527538

Agenda
1. Definition of a Team
2. Team Growth
3. Developing High Performance
Leadership
Membership
Methods of working together

4. Team Maintenance

What Is A Team?
The integration of purpose, performance and
relationship in a team to accomplish goals, so
that, the genius of each individual emerges and
is used for the higher advancement of
everyone.
I am because you are,
and
you are because we are.

Common Need

The overriding need of

all people working for
the same organization:
to make the
organization profitable

Productivity
Goal Setting

Communication

Enjoyable
Workplace

TEAM
BUILDING

Motivation

Self Learning

Cooperation
Identify Strength

WHY BUILD TEAM?

Build relationships.
Reduce stress.
Raise morale.
Enhance communication.
Reward, recognize and motivate.
Shared experience.
Stimulate creative thinking.

P
e
r
f
o
r
m
a
n
c
e
I
m
p
a
c
t

High Performance
Team
Real
Team

Potential
Team

Working
Group

Pseud
o
Team Effectiveness

Team

3.

DEVELOPING HIGH
PERFORMANCE

Ingredients of High
Performance
1. Leadership build team, provide direction an
inspire to a common purpose
2. Membership clear roles
3. Methods of working together common
ways of doing things (problem solving,

decision making and innovative

thinking)

1. Leadership
Roles of a leader
Achieving
the task

Know your
people

Building
Developing
and
the
maintainin
individual
g the team

Inspire to a
common
purpose,
provide
direction by
setting group
and individual
goals

2. Membership
Know your peoples strengths and work with them
People are more effective performing in a way
that is natural to them
Create a Team Profile

3. Methods of Working
Together

How will you communicate?

How will you manage meetings?
How will you solve problem?
How will you resolve conflict and disagreements?
Scope of authority
What decisions can be made without consultation
and which require involvement

Recruiting project
Managers
Problem Solving Ability
Availability
Technological expertise
Credibility
Poltical Connections

Conducting Project
Meetings
The First Project team Meeting
Establishing ground rules
Planning Decisions
Tracking Decisions

Steps for effective team

building
Managing project reward systems
Facilitating Group decision making
Managing conflicts within the project
Encouraging functional conflict

4.

TEAM MAINTENANCE

Symptoms of low
performance teams

Low morale
Lost sense of purpose, direction
Communication is superficial
Signs of mistrust
Low enthusiasm
Development of cliques and sub groups
Complaints about your leadership

Team assessment
How do you
organise and use
your resources?
Workload &
efficiency
Planning &
monitoring
Processes &
procedures
New ideas &
improvement
How do you work
together?
Open
communication
Involvement
Teamwork &
accountability
Recognised for
contributions
Positive inter-team
relationships

Do you have what

you need to get
the job done?
Skills & knowledge
Information
Tools & equipment
Feedback
Empowered

3.4.Systems
Resources
& Processes
& Support
2. Relationships
1. Purpose
Are you all heading
in the same
direction?
Vision & goals
Roles &
responsibilities
Objectives &
performance

Lets try building

some teams!