Building Teams vs' Team Building

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Building Teams vs. Team Building

• Marge Bott, RN, PhD
• Associate Dean, Research
• School of Nursing

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• Together Everyone Achieves More
• TEAM
• -author unknown

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TEAM

• Interdependence of employees/group members that
  work in cooperation to accomplish work or a
  common purpose
• Todays environment
• Health Care
• Research
• Teaching

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Building A Team

• Challenge is finding a balanced mix of
  individuals that work together as a group to
  accomplish the work/goals
• Hiring individuals or bringing team members
  together that have varied
• Abilities/strengths/talents
• Background/experiences
• Viewpoints/ideas

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TEAM BUILDING

• Recognition of the interdependence of
  individuals unique contributions and the shared
  contributions of group members working for a
  common goal
• Building harmonious group to work together
  effectively requires effective
• Managerial skills
• Interpersonal skills

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Tools for identifying working style

• Myers-Brigg Type Indicator (MBTI)
• Kolbs Learning Style Inventory (LSI)
• Keirseys Temperament Sorter (KTS)
• Gregori Style Delineator (GSD)
• http//www.personality-project.org/perproj/others/
  heineman/diagn.htm

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Team Building Outcomes

• Developing group members to work together in
  TEAMS lead to
• Greater exchange of ideas
• More creative thinking and innovative ideas
• Greater productivity
• Better solutions
• More accomplishments by team members

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• Strength lies in differences, not in
  similarities.
• - Stephen Covey