MONDAY MORNING LEADERSHIP TIP #222
Demonstrate Results of "Non-Teamwork" |
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Another simple suggestion that you can develop and apply, adjust to your own context and needs so it can work for you:
This idea utilizes the Opposite Extreme creativity tool to help team members experience a paradigm.
To creatively demonstrate the point on the importance of teamwork, find ways to demonstrate it by limiting or disallowing teamwork for a limited time.
 Choose a task that the team is accustomed to performing together and limit the members' ability to communicate and coordinate their effort as they normally would. - You may choose to let the team know what you are doing beforehand, or use the element of surprise and only later share your true intentions.
- If you use the element of surprise, make sure it is not done in a punitive way.
- The element of surprise approach should only be used with teams who are basically sound.
- In any case - make sure you discuss and analyze the consequences of:
- not being able to work as a team on the performance of the team;
- the atmosphere in the team;
- the feelings of individual members
- Remember to choose a single task for this demonstration; do not block the team members' ability to work together on multiple tasks. This is just to let the team experience and discuss the importance of teamwork.
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Today is Week Four, and the conclusion, of our series on Encouraging Teamwork. Check out today's tip for an idea on letting your team experience what it's like to not be able to work together effectively as a team. 