Team Building Skills

Internet Research

• Finding Information on the Internet
• Keeping Track of Web Sites
• Evaluating Internet Resources
• Web Site Evaluation Checklist

Using Search Engines

• Crawler-Based Search Engines
• Human-Powered Directories
• Hybrid Search Engines
• All-in-One Search Pages
• Boolean Searches
• Directories
  • Web Directories
  • Common Directories
• Using Keywords
• Online Dictionaries

Online Communication Tools

• Online File Storage
• Instant Messengers
• Other Online Resources

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism

Why Teams?

• Type of Teams
• Distributing the Work
• Reinforcing Individual Skills
• Strengthening Connections

The Workplace

• Workplace Culture
• Values

Developing Teams

• Developing Teams
  • Forming
  • Storming
  • Norming
  • Performing
  • Reforming
• Team Identity
• Building Trust
• Working Together as a Team

The Individual

• Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator
• Your MTR-i Team Role
  • Degree of Stretch
• The People Code
  • Overview Chart
  • Color Limitations
    • The Red's Limitations
    • The Blue's Limitations
    • The White's Limitations
    • The Yellow's Limitations
• The Johari Window
• Motivation
• Becoming a Leader
• Management Styles
• Management Approaches
• Leadership vs. Management
• Team Interaction
• Communication Style

Successful Teams

• What is Involved in "Team Building"?
• Team Assessment
• John Adair's Model of Team Building
• Conducting Effective Meetings
  • Effective Discussions
  • Evaluating Meetings

Communication

• Communication Attitude
• Communication Awareness
• Some Basic Communication Rules
• How to Communicate
• Poor Communication Behaviors
• Difficult Coworkers
  • Dealing with Difficult Types

Problem Solving Tools

• Building Consensus
  • Brainstorming
  • Multi-Voting
  • Affinity Grouping
  • Nominal Group Technique
• Process Mapping
  • Flowcharts
• Data Collection Tools
• Data Analysis Tools
• Data Relationship Tools
  • Pareto Analysis
  • Time Plots
  • Six Questions
• Project Management
  • Gantt Chart
  • PERT Chart
  • Plan-Do-Check-Act Cycle

On a Team

• Handing Conflict
  • What is Conflict?
  • Conflict Styles
  • Tips for Dealing with Conflict
  • Things to Think About
• Dealing with Stress
  • Stress in Your Life
  • Tips for Reducing Workplace Stress