class session 2 intro to groups and teams
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An Introduction An Introduction
Group and Team Group and Team FacilitationFacilitation
Class Session 2 – Feb 7, 2017Class Session 2 – Feb 7, 2017
How the course is organizedHow the course is organized
Three segments Three segments Learning to Learning to observeobserve group and team group and team
dynamics dynamics (Lencioni books on 5 dysfunctions) (Lencioni books on 5 dysfunctions)
Learning to Learning to facilitatefacilitate group dynamics group dynamics (Schwarz and Schein texts, and other selected readings)(Schwarz and Schein texts, and other selected readings)
Learning to Learning to interveneintervene in group dynamics in group dynamics (Schwarz text chapters ) (Schwarz text chapters )
Assignment # 1 – Team- Facilitated Chapter Assignment # 1 – Team- Facilitated Chapter Discussions of Assigned Topics and Readings (25% Discussions of Assigned Topics and Readings (25% grade, shared)grade, shared)
Assignment # 2 – Team Teaching in Assignment # 2 – Team Teaching in Facilitation Skills (25% grade, shared) Facilitation Skills (25% grade, shared)
Assignment # 3- Individual Assessment Assignment # 3- Individual Assessment of Learning in the Team Experience (final of Learning in the Team Experience (final paper) - 25 % grade, individualpaper) - 25 % grade, individual
Assignment # 4 – Peer Assessment of Assignment # 4 – Peer Assessment of Contributions to the Team (10%, Contributions to the Team (10%, individual) individual)
Assignment # 5 – Active Engagement, Assignment # 5 – Active Engagement, Meeting Deadlines, and Preparation for Meeting Deadlines, and Preparation for Class (15% grade, individual )Class (15% grade, individual )
What do you know already What do you know already about the nature of groups about the nature of groups and teams?and teams?
Early Struggles in the Life of a Early Struggles in the Life of a GroupGroup
What happens as individuals What happens as individuals join a new group? join a new group?
What has to happen for that What has to happen for that group to function as a team?group to function as a team?
Group Development Group Development
First, a period of self-oriented behavior First, a period of self-oriented behavior
As self-oriented concerns are As self-oriented concerns are addressed, people pay more attention addressed, people pay more attention to each other and the task at handto each other and the task at hand
The work of “building” the group occurs The work of “building” the group occurs simultaneously with task simultaneously with task accomplishmentaccomplishment
Questions Asked by New Questions Asked by New Group Members Group Members
Am I in or out?Am I in or out?
Do I have any power or control?Do I have any power or control?
Can I use, develop, and be appreciated Can I use, develop, and be appreciated for my skills and resources?for my skills and resources?
Tuckman’s Stages of Group Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development (1969, Tuckman Development (1969, Tuckman & Jensen, 1977) & Jensen, 1977)
FormingForming StormingStorming NormingNorming PerformingPerforming Adjourning Adjourning
Task Dimensions Task Dimensions
TThe relationship between group he relationship between group members and the task they are to members and the task they are to perform. Task refers to the job they have perform. Task refers to the job they have to do and how they go about doing it.to do and how they go about doing it.
Process dimensionsProcess dimensions Influenced by the relationships of group Influenced by the relationships of group members toward one another -- how they members toward one another -- how they feel toward one another and how they feel toward one another and how they feel about their membership in the group.feel about their membership in the group. Affects decision-making, collaboration, Affects decision-making, collaboration, and willingness to engage.and willingness to engage.
Task and Process DimensionsTask and Process Dimensions
Highly interdependent in practice; without Highly interdependent in practice; without both dimensions, group process does not both dimensions, group process does not existexist
Task output is productivityTask output is productivity
Process output is cohesivenessProcess output is cohesiveness
Relationship Between Cohesiveness Relationship Between Cohesiveness and Productivityand ProductivityPr
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Cohesiveness
Promoting Cohesiveness in Promoting Cohesiveness in GroupsGroups
Encourage interpersonal attraction through Encourage interpersonal attraction through attitudinal similarity attitudinal similarity
Increase contact timeIncrease contact time
Build perceptions of others as likeableBuild perceptions of others as likeable
Create opportunities for self-disclosure Create opportunities for self-disclosure
Promote group identificationPromote group identification
Cohesiveness in Groups, Cohesiveness in Groups, con’tcon’t Create historyCreate history Accomplish somethingAccomplish something Develop relationships and shared Develop relationships and shared
normsnorms Promote acceptance of all membersPromote acceptance of all members Encourage external threatsEncourage external threats
Impact of Group MaturityImpact of Group Maturity
A Group Effectiveness ModelA Group Effectiveness Model
For a group to become a For a group to become a successful team, it must havesuccessful team, it must have
Clear direction and goalsClear direction and goals Good leadershipGood leadership Tasks suited for teamwork - complex, Tasks suited for teamwork - complex,
important, challenging, and requiring important, challenging, and requiring coordinated efforts coordinated efforts
Necessary resourcesNecessary resources Supportive organizational environmentSupportive organizational environment
Group or Team GoalsGroup or Team Goals Goals provide direction and motivationGoals provide direction and motivation Good goals are clear, specific, and Good goals are clear, specific, and
measurable measurable Goals should be moderately difficult but Goals should be moderately difficult but
not impossible to achievenot impossible to achieve Teams perform better when they have Teams perform better when they have
some discretion in goal setting / some discretion in goal setting / designing how goals are accomplisheddesigning how goals are accomplished
Hidden AgendasHidden Agendas
Unspoken, unresolved individual goals Unspoken, unresolved individual goals that conflict with the overall team goalsthat conflict with the overall team goals
Differences between individual and Differences between individual and group goals create “hidden” conflict that group goals create “hidden” conflict that is difficult to resolveis difficult to resolve Conflicting loyaltiesConflicting loyalties Leads to distrustLeads to distrust Lowers motivation Lowers motivation
Group NormsGroup Norms Ground rules that define appropriate and Ground rules that define appropriate and
inappropriate behavior in a teaminappropriate behavior in a team May be explicit (written) or tacit (unspoken, May be explicit (written) or tacit (unspoken,
but recognized by all) but recognized by all) Function is to avoid embarrassing or difficult Function is to avoid embarrassing or difficult
situations situations Norms foster a unique team identity Norms foster a unique team identity Norms develop unconsciously and over timeNorms develop unconsciously and over time
Lack of COMMITMENT
Absence of TRUST
Fear of CONFLICT
Avoidance of ACCOUNTABILITY
Inattention to RESULTS
The Five Dysfunctionsof a Team
Source:Lencioni, P. (2005). Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team.
TRUST
TRUST
Great teams trust one another, are willing to be vulnerable about their weaknesses, mistakes, fears, and behaviors.They can be open with each other
TRUST
CONFLICT
Teams that trust one another are not afraid of passionate dialogue around issues and decisions that are key to success.
They do not hesitate to disagree, challenge, and question one another.
CONFLICT
TRUST
COMMITMENT
Teams with unfiltered conflict are able to achieve genuine “buy in” around important decisions, even when they initially disagree.
They can commit to decisions after discussion.
CONFLICT
COMMITMENT
TRUST
ACCOUNTABILITY
Teams that commit to decisions and standards of performance do not hesitate to hold one another accountable for adhering to those decisions and standards.
CONFLICT
COMMITMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
TRUST
RESULTS
Teams that trust one another, engage in conflict, commit to decisions, and hold one another accountable are likely to set aside individual needs and agendas and focus on what is best for the team.
CONFLICT
COMMITMENT
RESULTS
ACCOUNTABILITY
ReferencesReferencesLencioni, P. (2002). Lencioni, P. (2002). The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership The five dysfunctions of a team: A leadership fable. fable. San Francisco, CA: Wiley. San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
Lencioni, P. (2005). Lencioni, P. (2005). Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a teamOvercoming the five dysfunctions of a team. . San Francisco, CA: Wiley. San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
Levi, D. (2014). Levi, D. (2014). Group dynamics for teamsGroup dynamics for teams. (4th ed). Thousand . (4th ed). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.Oaks, CA: Sage.
Schein, E. H. (1999). Schein, E. H. (1999). Process consultation revisited: Building the Process consultation revisited: Building the helping relationshiphelping relationship. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley.
Weisbord, M. R. (2004). Weisbord, M. R. (2004). Productive workplaces revisited: Dignity, Productive workplaces revisited: Dignity, meaning, and community in the 21meaning, and community in the 21stst century century. San Francisco: . San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Jossey-Bass.