Team Building

Small Planet Works coaches team leaders and team members to resolve problems, improve team dynamics and increase team productivity. We help teams improve effectiveness – doing the right thing – and efficiency – doing the right thing right.

Our strategy for building high performing teams focuses on these critical factors:

Getting teams started with vision, mission and strategy
Analyzing the phases of team development
Common problems in teams
Coping with conflict
Evaluating team performance
Measuring performance

Teams experience distinct phases of development; each of which must be acknowledged, monitored and capitalized upon to move to the next performance level. Small Planet Works will assist your organization to maximize opportunities presented in each phase by focusing on the four distinct phases of team development:

Forming

Norming

Storming

Performing

Organizational learning and continuous training are key elements in our approach. We deliver workshops that assist teams to maximize the potential of individual contributors, deliver consistent results and measure performance.

Particiants will learn:

Definition of a team
Characteristics of a good team leader
Leadership and management strengths
Development stages
Common problems in stages of development
Group dynamics
Conflict between teams

Styles of dealing with conflict:

Avoiding	Confronting
Accommodating	Collaborating

Key issues/questions in each development stage
Empowerment

In addition to assisting new teams to achieve high performance, Small Planet Works provides coaching and consulting for existing teams. To do this, we interview the team leader, various team members, and sometimes those with whom teams work, to determine the following:

Stages of team development
Existing relations between team member
Results of past relationships and experiences
Group and organizational politics
Evaluating team mission
Myers-Briggs personalities within the team
Existing problems and conflicts

With this information, Small Planet Works is able to coach the team leader and members of the team to resolve conflicts, improve team dynamics and increase productivity.

For more information about our customized team building programs, complete the following information request form.

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