Team Building

Team Building For Greatness

Greatness in your organization is seldom about the performance of a few superstars.... It is about getting an extraordinary performance from every team member. Ever got an extraordinary performance from "EVERY" team member? Think you ever will? Probably not and yet, most team leaders concentrate the majority of their attention on their problem children, hoping the high performers continue to perform high. 

Pareto's Rule indicates that 20% of your people provide 80% of your effectiveness. If we increase that to 27.5% of your people, you get 110% effectiveness. You do the math. If you have 10 team members and can increase the performance of just one of your marginal performers, you not only meet all your requirements, you will surpass your requirements and overwhelm your competition. Art Jackson Seminars will provide the programs that will get you that additional 7.5%. 

The secret is developing and maintaining buy-in to team strategy, tactics, common goals and believable values.  

The objectives of this seminar are to: 

·         Improve team performance    110%

·         Improve team member communications

·         Educate team members concerning how to develop productive relationships

The Team Building For Greatness Seminar is customized from 4 hours to 2 days to meet your particular needs. This program teaches time-tested team building processes and methods that allows senior executives, managers and individuals to re-think their strategies and tactics to provide sustainable profitable growth. This program also allows team members to find personal benefits in the team's higher performance. They discover the answer to the question 'what's in it for me?'.  

This program evaluates the traits of both great and poor teams in order to provide a platform for participants to examine the effectiveness of groups within their own industry.  

This is a flexible seminar that allows team members the chance to move in the direction of their greatest concerns. Consequently every seminar is just a little different addressing the needs of those present. 

The Team Building For Greatness Seminar will provides with the techniques to increase performance to a world-class level. You can expect:  

1.       peak performance;  

2.       the skills to use your talents more productively to get more done in less time;  

3.       the ability to master complexity and balance;  

4.       to develop a team plan to include priorities and action plans. 

Our wide experience, with individuals and organizations in both the private and public sectors, enables us to effectively diagnose client's needs and then tailor programs and services to meet requirements. 

This seminar makes use of formal instruments to access: 

·         team readiness

·         team potential

·         team member performance

Team members and teams undergo continuous change. Consequently, team development is a continuous process. Our organization is fully committed to developing a strong partnership with our clients, to make the best contribution to the business. 

Positive attitudes create positive actions that improve the performance of any team. Employee attitude has been increasingly listed as the reason why performance is less than expected among team members. Teams continuously deal with changes, diversity, stress and other stimulus that leave team members fearful, confused and angry. As these situations continue, commitment, loyalty and performance deteriorate until teams are operating far below their potential. 

Team members are empowered the moment they are hired; however, they still need to be enabled to perform without the hindrances of poor attitudes. This seminar helps employees discover and understand that how they perceive and respond to events is their choice. Team members develop personal responsibility and accountability in the midst of every situation. 

Topics tailored for the Team Building For Greatness Seminar include:

·         Tel Aviv tank crew study
·         Developing your 'Great Team Model'
·         Why do good teams go bad
·         The team dynamics cycle
·         Teamwork and competition
·         The basics of good communication
·         Development of team purpose
·         Stages of team formation
·         Team member roles
·         Problem solving
·         Resolving conflicts

The Team Building For Greatness Seminar devotes considerable time to the Purpose Centered Leadership model. The major points of this model includes the development of:

·   The courage to go for it
·   Powerful beliefs and values
·   A team Determined Purpose
·    Team member callings tied to vocations
·   Team planning
·   Team implementation

People don't learn teamwork too well through lecture. They learn best through experience. So the Team Building For Greatness Seminar is loaded with exercises tailored to meet the client's needs. 

Exercises include:

·         Characteristics of High Performing Teams
·         The Scavenger Hunt
·         Experiencing Group Logic
·         Team Member Adjectives
·         Team Motivation Study
·         The Five (5) Most Important Things
·         Future Planning
·         The Ten Word Mission Statement
·         Team Assessment
·         Team Values

Through small team interactive exercises, the sharing of personal experiences and insights and facilitator-led discussions, participants become better team members. This seminar will cover:

·         Effective listening
·         Communication skills
·         Attitude awareness
·         Understanding team members
·         Diversity and inclusion
·         Team building strategies

The training process includes:

·         Pre-training conference with team leaders to discovers needs  
·         Pre-training surveys for leaders and team members to uncover hidden issues  
·         Seminar tailoring to meet requirements  
·         Seminar and evaluation by both leaders and team members  
·         Post-training conference with team leaders to discuss impact and next steps

The 'Team Building For Greatness' Seminar provides teams with the following benefits.