Teambuilding in the for People Who Hate

Teambuilding

Dr. Carole South-Winter

Pick a lifesaver! Do Not Eat it!!

Objectives⚫ Identify 4 areas key to departmental teams

⚫Practice methods to strengthen departments

⚫Compare and blend peers according to style, preferences, and talents.

⚫Have a little more interest in teambuilding!

The Circle of Courage

BELONGING

⚫ To feel you are

accepted

⚫ To be perceived as

valued

⚫ To act connected

⚫ 2 truths and a lie

⚫My favorite things

⚫ Schedule Fun!

I have a pet potbelly pig…...

I was the tri-state (SD,ND, MN) hula hoop champion at age 11

I went for my first snowmobile ride at age one

I saw the filming of “Cool Runnings”

These are a few of my favorite things……

⚫ Vacations

⚫ Animals

⚫ Art

⚫ Hobbies

⚫ Food

⚫ Sports teams

⚫Music

SCHEDULE FUN!

Meetings

Coffee breaks

Lunches

After hours

WAYS TO ENCOURAGE BELONGING AT WORK

Cartoons, quotes, drawings

Belonging on the meeting/feedback agenda

Awards Day

Picnics and Potlucks

Mastery

⚫ To acknowledge our gifts

⚫ To overcome resistance & sabotage

⚫ To utilize our expertise

⚫ 1-2-3 I-like-me

⚫ 2X4’s

⚫ I’m an expert at….

1-2-3- I- like-me

1. Take 1 full minute to reflect on unique

traits, characteristics, and skills that you

bring to the workplace.

2. In the next 30 seconds write down as

many as you can.

3. Select your top three.

Share!

Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen

Roentgen rays,

⚫ What is this craze?

⚫ The town’s ablaze

⚫ With this new phase

⚫ Of x-ray ways.

⚫

⚫ I’m full of daze,

⚫ Shock and amaze

⚫ For nowadays

⚫ I hear they’ll gaze

⚫ Thro’ cloak and gown---

⚫ And even stays!

Antoine-Henri Bequerel

⚫ March 6, 1896 discovery of natural radiation.

⚫ In February photographic plates had been exposed and believed that the uranium was absorbing the sun.

⚫ Uranium-covered plates in storage until March

⚫ He termed it “spontaneous radiation” alpha, beta, and gamma

⚫ Serendipity.

Marie and Pierre Curie

⚫ Higher education was forbidden to women in her home of Poland

⚫ Accepted to work under Becquerel as a grad student at Sorbonne.

⚫ In 1898 discovered radium, considered the birth of nuclear medicine.

⚫ Coined the term “radioactivity”

⚫ Discovered a natural occurring Polonium for her beloved homeland, Poland.

2 X 4’s•Write down three effective team traits

•Pair up with someone and reach a consensus of five

effective team traits

•Find another pair and reach a total of seven effective

team traits

•Locate another foursome and come up with nine traits

•Send a rep to reveal our top ten list

I am an expert at…..

WHAT A LIFESAVER!

Your personality according to lifesavers…

Orange

Creative dynamo, full of ideas, make their own fun, unique

Raspberry

Inner peace, calm, confident, easy going

Cherry

Social butterfly, charming, center of attention, happy

Watermelon

Compassionate, sincere, giving, volunteer

Pineapple

Enthusiastic, dream chaser, hard worker

Independence

⚫ To gain individuality

⚫ To have confidence

⚫ To be accountable

⚫ Ecology of Excellence

⚫What’s your type?

⚫ I am responsible for……

I am responsible for…

Generosity

Generosity⚫Display giving in your department.

⚫Model sharing in your family.

⚫Participate in community service.

The Great American Pie Chart

⚫ Apple

⚫ Banana Cream

⚫ Blueberry

⚫ Cherry

⚫ Chocolate

⚫ Coconut Cream

⚫ Lemon

⚫ Mincemeat

⚫ Peach

⚫ Pecan

⚫ Pumpkin

⚫ Rhubarb

⚫ Sweet Potato

You’re Pie Type

⚫Apple: Wholesome and a bit middle-of-the-road, playing it safe

⚫Banana Cream: An overachiever who just wants to relax and be in charge

⚫Blueberry: Outdoorsy and determined

⚫Cherry: Oversweet, in need of tartness and passion

⚫Chocolate: Suave, seductive, strong, addictive

Your Pie Type

⚫Coconut Cream: Probably seeking an

exotic-life escape from reality

⚫Lemon: Bright, energetic and sharp-

tongued

⚫Mincemeat: An Anglophile who watches

Masterpiece Theatre, listens to NPR and

fantasizes about being in England, sipping

port with pie

Your Pie Type

⚫Peach: A sun-worshipper who’s found sunshine on a pie plate

⚫Pecan: Simple in your tastes and seeking more sweetness in life.

⚫Pumpkin: Attached to your past but comfy in your present

⚫Rhubarb: Old-fashioned (or a total hippie)

⚫Sweet Potato: Family-oriented with a real sense of Southern hospitality

FUTUREORIENTED

ENERGETIC

UNIQUECELEBRATIONS

EXCITESOTHERS

SETSDIRECTION

ACCEPTS CHALLENGES

OVERCOMESRESISTANCE

GAINSCOMMITMENT

USESREASON

MAKESIDEAS

WORKABLE

BRINGSABSTRACT

IDEASDOWN-TO-EARTH

INGENIOUSPLANNER

RECRUITSDIVERSETALENTS

AVOIDSRE-INVENTING

THEWHEEL

BUILDSRESPECT

LISTENERS

INSIGHTFUL

CONFLICTRESOLUTION

ACCEPTSEMOTIONSEMPATHY

USESSTRESS

ACHIEVEMENT DRIVEN

PAYS ATTENTIONTO DETAIL

TIMELY

TROUBLE-SHOOTS

ACCURATE RECORDS

FINGERON THEPULSE

TEAM ARCHITECTURE

TASK 1:

⚫ Determine your role style and submit this complete form to

the D2L Drop Box.

TASK 2:

⚫ Circulate and interact with your peers in a large group and

compare your list with theirs and build a balanced team that

delivers the most comprehensive and complementary

strengths profile.

TASK 3:

⚫ Work in your team to develop a 30 second marketing news

release promoting the benefits/strengths of your team.

⚫ Select one member from each team to present the news

release to the large group.

4 PRETTY GOOD REASONS TO

TRY TEAMBUILDING!

⚫Attachment

⚫Achievement

⚫Autonomy

⚫Altruistic