Teambuilding
and relationship management
Many groups asked to brainstorm the characteristics of a strong team will suggest clear goals, roles and responsibilities, good communication, diversity, effective leadership, trust and support as just a few of the fundamentals. However, we know that being able to guess what the research says is very different to making it real.
At Open the Door we use sound knowledge and experience of individual and group behaviour, combined with a down to earth acknowledgement that achieving team effectiveness is hard, to provide you with a range of solutions and services. Below you’ll find some examples of what might be happening in your business right now, the support we can offer, and the outcomes we can achieve.
The situation on your side of the door?
- A new team which you need to accelerate through the initial stages of team formation
- Integration of new people into the team
- A lack of understanding and appreciation of everyone’s contribution
- Some dominant players pulling in different directions
- A team who’ve been through some change and are feeling the worse for wear
- A team who don’t meet their objectives, and you know that they could do so much better
- A lack of clarity around roles and responsibilities
- Low morale or limited enthusiasm
- An absence of trust and openness
- A team stuck in a rut due to avoidance of conflict
- A lack of creativity, vision and optimism
- You’ve tried team interventions
before, with no lasting success
Support to help you step through the door
- Team events which facilitate the ‘forming’ process
- Techniques which enable an understanding of each others’ contributions
- Knowledge about the journey which a team makes en route to strong performance
- Practical techniques to support you in making that journey
- Ways of making the most of differences in interpersonal style
- Improving performance, motivation and job satisfaction by increasing participation
- Establishing team goals, purpose and clear measures of success
- Conflict management
- Supporting the team through change
- Enhancing creativity and innovation within the team
- Diagnosing issues through interviews and the use of psychometric tools, ensuring a tailored approach
- A constructive
approach which combines honesty, confidentiality, careful analysis,
and a focus on tangible results
What we aim to achieve on our side of the door
- A team which enjoys trust and respect
- Healthy interdependency
- A sense of accountability
- Great communication
- Effective decision-making
- Clear roles and responsibilities
- Creativity as part of everyday working life
- Effective meetings
- Clear vision, objectives, and subsequent achievements
- Focused and enthusiastic team members
- Strong team performance
Of
course, these outcomes aren’t achieved in a day. A team event is
not a fix-all. Which is where our values and beliefs come into play. You
remember that we said we didn’t want you to become dependent upon
us? We’ll work with you to understand how you can continue to focus
on team effectiveness long after we’ve left your building. If you’d
like to talk, please contact us.