High Performance Team Zone

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In today’s competitive marketplace and challenging economy, keeping your teams motivated and leaders focused is more important than ever. Learn the tools, strategy, and inspiration to excel your teams. Techniques that inspire teams and motivate leaders. Facilitation to take your meeting to the next level.

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High Performance Team ZonePresented by: Scott Kress

Drill Sergeant IntroductionDrill Sergeant Introduction

•Scott Kress•HBOR, BSc, MA•President of Summit Training & Frontier Team Building•EMBA Professor•Trainer•Facilitator•Keynote speaker

Session ObjectivesSession Objectives

•Brain physiology 101•Team foundation model•Team development stages•High performance thinking•Application to teams and events

ICE BREAKER

QuestionQuestion

•What purpose does this activity serve?

Alpha

Brain Science ApplicationBrain Science Application

• Interrupt: Getting interaction partner(s) to pay attention (Snap out of Alpha into Beta)

• Engage: The message is compelling or interesting enough that the mind stays in Beta.

• Educate: Give the person enough information that they feel they fully understand and can take action.

TOOL CARD

KEY INSIGHT

APPLICATION

APPLICATION

APPLICATION

TEAM & EVETN

TEAM FOUNDATION

The Fist of Five

TOOL CARD

TEAM DEVELOPMENT

Team DevelopmentTeam Development

• What made this exercise so difficult?

• What led you to success?

• What group dynamics did you observe?

Team DevelopmentTeam Development

FormingForming

Characteristics of Stage: Polite, impersonal, watchful, guarded, testing rules.

Goal: Get to know one another, share vision, learn task and roles, learn what skills and tools will be needed to do Job.

Actions: Listen, seek clarification, ask questions, socialize, build relationships, learn personal and company history, learn org charts, explore. Learn vision, mission and values.

stormingstorming

Characteristics of Stage: Difficulties, conflict, confrontation, feeling stuck, lack of team commitment

Goal: Learn how to deal with stress and conflict, how to stay motivated and one team during rough times

Actions: Seek first to understand and then to be understood, flex personal style, inquire first advocate later, think win/win

NormingNorming

Characteristics of Stage: Organized, develop skills, give feedback, establish procedures

Goal: Focus on performance improvement through skill development and relationship enhancement

Actions: Coach each other, seek out personal development opportunities, work together to set standards

PerformingPerforming

Characteristics of Stage: Open, supportive, flexible, high morale, strong skills, fun

Goal: Continue to grow, learn and evolve. Constant attention is required to maintain high performance

Action: Celebrate success, discover what inspires, continue to seek out development opportunities, seek new challenges, look to the future

AdjourningAdjourning

Characteristics of Stage: Ending, loss, excitement, change

Goal: celebrate success, prepare to move to next assignment

Action: Closure meetings & interviews

Team DevelopmentTeam Development

• What stage of development is your team in?

TOOL CARD

KEY INSIGHT

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TEAM & EVETN

HIGH PERFORMANCE

THINKING

BrainstormingBrainstorming

1. Quantity counts at this stage

2. Talk briefly

3. Defer judgment…let the ideas flow

4. Encourage wild and crazy ideas

5. Build on the ideas of others

6. Have FUN!

TOOL CARD

High PerformanceHigh Performance

• What happened?

• What contributed to improvement?

• What behaviours created conditions for full participation and engagement?

KEY INSIGHT

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TEAM & EVETN

OVERALL KEY INSIGHT

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TEAM & EVETN

Personal Action PlanPersonal Action Plan

• Start

• Stop

• Sustain

Thank you

Scott Kress

Scott.kress@summittraining.com

905-257-8326

www.linkedIn.com/in/scottkress