COURSE DESCRIPTION

Participants will define their team mission, objectives, responsibilities, and norms. They will learn the difference between a team and a group. Participants will learn to work together as a team and begin to solve work related problems during the first team meeting.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

• Explain the importance of having efficient, effective meetings
• Assign team responsibilities
• Define the objectives of the team
• Specify the team operating procedures
• Evaluate meetings to improving team effectiveness

SUGGESTED PARTICIPANTS

COURSE OUTLINE

1. Introduction
2. Doing Business in a New Business World
3. Selecting a Project
4. Choosing the Players
5. Doing the Groundwork
   1. Identify the goals
   2. Prepare a mission statement
6. Guidelines for Productive Meetings
   1. General rules
   2. Effective discussion skills
7. Five–Stage Plan for Process Improvement
8. Learning to Work Together
   1. Stages of team growth
   2. Recipe for a successful team
   3. Constructive feedback
   4. General guidelines for effective teams
9. Team-Building Activities
10. Meeting Evaluation