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TeamBook
27 Excercises for Enhancing Work Groups
TeamBook is a collection of ideas and exercises for use by trainers or program designers
who are engaged in the effort of helping work groups to develop into teams. Keeping the
conditions, goals, and guidelines of TeamBook in mind will assist users to develop from
work groups into more effective teams.
The materials are
intended as a catalyst for the orderly improvement of group functioning toward the
attainment of effective human relations and consistently high levels of task functioning.
TeamBook consists of 27 activities to
improve group functions and achieve effective human relations. The introduction provides
the fundamental principles of team building, team building goals and participant
guidelines.
The Book Contains 5 Sections:
- Section 1: Starters (Ice
Breakers) Contains 3 exercises such as "Team Starter" for teams whose members
each manage the work of others who are external to the team.
- Section 2: Energizers
(Energize Your Group) Consists of 4 exercises such as "Nerftime", a
high-involvement activity using Nerf® balls to demonstrate the unnecessary restrictions
we often put on ourselves.
- Section 3: Interpersonal
Feedback (Interpersonal Perceptions) Consists of 4 exercises such as "Cards
Lineup" which shows how to give and receive precise appreciation's of one another in
a dramatic and forceful manner.
- Section 4: Diagnostics
(Group Effectiveness) Consists of 12 exercises such as "Test #2" recognizing
common memory through a quick, problem solving exercise.
- Section 5: Planning
(Concrete Action Plans) Consists of 4 exercises such as "Strategic Action
Planning", a step-by-step plan to over come barriers to realizing team and
organizational goals.
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