Develop Your Teamwork SkillsTeamwork allows us to engage in important work, and teams hold immense power. Those on teams share perspectives, brainstorm ideas, and produce results beyond what’s ...possible alone. With organizations relying increasingly on teams to deliver impact, teamwork skills are needed more than ever.Part of the ATD Soft Skills Series, Teamwork in Talent Development is for talent development professionals who serve as team leaders or team members and wish to improve their collaboration abilities, build successful teams, and maximize their team performance for solving business problems, meeting learning needs, promoting culture change, and more.In this book, you will learn what teamwork means, why teams and teamwork skills matter, and how to overcome common challenges related to teaming. Organization development expert Thane Bellomo introduces a model for how you can form teams and develop your teamwork skills. It starts with framing the work around clear and important goals. This positions you and the team to encourage curiosity and build trust while you embrace conflict and engage in (healthy) conflict. Included are detailed takeaways and advice for applying the concepts.Other books in the series:Emotional Intelligence in Talent DevelopmentAdaptability in Talent DevelopmentCreativity in Talent DevelopmentInfluence in Talent Development
Participation in team sports requires collaboration among multiple individuals over an extended period. Success in the game relies on more than just individual excellence; it necessitates effective ...teamwork. Team-building interventions have been shown to enhance team functioning, particularly in fostering cohesion among sports teams. This study aims to identify crucial factors in team-building interventions that contribute to improved team cohesion in sports teams.
A comprehensive meta-analysis of 15 articles was conducted to identify the crucial factors in team-building interventions that contribute to improved team cohesion in sports teams. The analysis focused on the age of participants, level of performance, and duration of interventions.
The results of the analysis revealed that the positive impact of team-building was found to be most pronounced when the participants were between 15 and 20 years old, performed at collegiate teams, and engaged in interventions lasting more than 2 weeks. Among the four types of cohesion in sports teams, individual attraction to the group task (ATG-T) emerged as the aspect most influenced by team-building interventions.
These findings provide valuable insights into the factors influencing the success of team-building interventions in enhancing team cohesion within sports teams.
Because teams can accomplish goals that individuals cannot, teams matter. Indeed, teams especially matter in settings such as health care, where favorable outcomes depend critically on the ...contributions of many different people with diverse skills. As important as effective teambuilding is for health care, how to build teams is often not included in medical curricula, and physicians learn to build teams through “hidden curricula.” In the context that we can do better, this “How I Do It” presents an approach to building a team in a common scenario for the chest physician: picking up the inpatient Pulmonary Consult Service. The approach is informed by considering the attributes of an effective team, knowledge of common team dysfunctions, and best practices for building a team. The importance of teambuilding is underscored by substantial evidence that effective teamwork produces superior clinical outcomes.
Although researchers have offered insights across a range of topics (e.g., cohesion, leadership, roles, etc.), a recent review suggested that the field of group dynamics in physical activity has a ...strong potential for growth as an area of focus for research (Eys & Spink, 2016). The objectives of the present review are to (a) highlight the importance of group dynamics within physical activity contexts, (b) review progress made on select but key longstanding and emerging topics, and (c) provide suggestions for future research that will facilitate the progression of the field. To this end, a case is made for the necessity to understand group dynamics based on the prevalence of groups in sport and exercise contexts, in addition to the potential for satiating the fundamental need to belong (Baumeister & Leary, 1995). Finally, key topics and future research directions are embedded within four broad sections including (a) setting the stage (e.g., the group environment, team selection, and socialization), (b) structural issues (e.g., roles, leadership), (c) group processes and emergent states (e.g., cohesion), and (d) the application of group dynamics principles. Overall, there are tremendous opportunities for researchers to contribute to the theory, research, and practice of group dynamics in sport and exercise.
•Group contexts are pervasive and influential in physical activity.•Understanding group dynamics in sport and exercise contexts is critical.•Evidence provided across group development, structure, processes, and emergent states.•Need to further expand knowledge for the application of group dynamics principles.•Significant opportunities for future research across many topics within this field.
With the emergence of globalization, the business models have been completely transformed. A growing number of businesses are operating globally giving rise to diverse multicultural teams. ...Nevertheless, cultural differences have undermined the efficiency and decision-making of the international project teams as there is more cultural diversity in the teams than ever before. Hence, it has become imperative for the organizations to take cultural diversity into consideration. Prominent cultural studies postulate that having diverse teams in the organizations can have both challenges and opportunities, yet it lacks emphasis of cultural understanding in project management. Moreover, digitization of business operations have moved organizations towards more specialized roles instead of traditional roles. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of team dynamics, their cultural backgrounds, values, and beliefs. It also emphasizes project team development to adopt increased empathetic attitude and emotional intelligence. The research has employed qualitative data retrieved from questionnaires and interviews. A project group development model is proposed aimed at avoiding conflicts arising due to lack of cultural understanding .The findings show that multicultural project groups will experience conflicts caused by cultural differences. Therefore, cultural understanding is vital for group members before they start working together as a group. In addition, cultural training, effective communication, teambuilding exercises and well-defined project goals are important determinants in avoiding team conflicts. Furthermore, project management methodologies should also address cultural aspects of project groups in addition to technical details as present studies lack any cultural advice.
A large body of literature has examined the consequences of various leadership styles. However, the concept of authentic leadership has received little attention. In this study, we investigated ...whether authentic leadership predicted task cohesion and whether trust and team sacrifice mediated this relationship. A total of 338 (Mage = 19.96, SD = 2.14) team sport athletes completed questionnaires assessing the aforementioned variables. Multilevel Structural Equation Modeling (MSEM) indicated that authentic leadership positively predicted task cohesion and this relationship was mediated by both trust and team sacrifice. Our findings draw attention to the importance of authentic leadership and highlight the role of trust and team sacrifice on the identified relationships.
There has been a causal link identified within the literature between poor team function and errors, patient outcomes, staff satisfaction and performance. Lacking is supporting evidence on ...teambuilding and its impact on overall team performance and team dynamics. Within radiation therapy, there is difficulty in understanding the inner workings of team dynamics due to the unique complex nature of teams and with very little evidence on the impact of team building specific to radiation therapy. The focus of this research is to form a better understanding of the effects of teambuilding before and after a teambuilding education session.The knowledge gained can help in future trainings to promote and facilitate teambuilding to develop team dynamics and lead a change in culture.
Team building sessions were booked and scheduled for 148 radiation therapists. Pre and post session evaluations were distributed to all participants and collected at the end of each team building session. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze Likert scale responses. Open-ended question responses were coded and analyzed for emerging themes using thematic analysis.
110 of 148 radiation therapists attended one of the scheduled team building sessions. Pre-session evaluations indicated radiation therapists have a good understanding of factors that affect teamwork (88% agree); are aware of the multi-generational impact (78% agree); have the skill set to build a respectful team (86% agree); and are comfortable dealing with conflict (67% agree). Post-session evaluations indicated that participants had gained increased knowledge on teamwork (66.3% agree; 30.7% strongly agree); are more aware of the generational impact within teams (59% agree); new strategiesdeveloped to help improve team dynamics and the ability to use the lessons learnt immediately (67% and 71% respectively agree). Open ended comments indicated an interest in additional teambuilding sessions and further education on conflict resolution.
Results showed an increased awareness of the factors that impact team dynamics amongst radiation therapists and an interest in receiving further education in teambuilding. Findings will be utilized to better inform debate in future development of teambuilding educational sessions to improve overall team dynamics in radiation therapy.
Sustainable innovation is the cornerstone of economic growth and development of regions and nations, as well as of organizational competitiveness and success. Innovation is a complex process that ...relies on individuals and often implies social activities based on interaction with others. Higher Education (HE) is expected to prepare innovative and teamwork-competent individuals. However, it has been noted that, so far, HE has not really addressed the question of how to train innovative college students capable of working in teams. To face such challenges, incorporating active teaching and learning methodologies, such as game-based learning (GBL), could be of great utility, as well as conducting much more research about the effect of teamwork-related factors on IWB, such as teamwork engagement (TWE) and teambuilding (TB). Under this background, our aim was to test the predictor effect of teamwork competence (TWE) on IWB, exploring the moderating role of TWE and TB in a sample comprising 142 college students of Health Sciences and Social Work. Our obtained results, through a multiple additive moderation analysis, showed that TWC positively predicted IWB. Moreover, this effect was moderated by TWE and TB. Therefore, these findings set light around how to foster IWB in HE.
•Remoteness and harsh climatic conditions are challenging in polar waters.•Bridge the gap between available knowledge and knowledge required for survival.•Survival in the first phase is down to the ...activities of the survivors themselves.•Coping strategies for resilience that may be crucial for a group’s survival.
On 19 June 1989, the cruise liner Maksim Gorkiy hit an ice floe southwest of Svalbard. The passengers and parts of her crew abandoned the ship. In a massive rescue operation 953 crew and passengers were rescued, in addition to the ship. This is only one of several examples of serious ship accidents in polar waters.
The aim of the article is to study coping strategies for resilience among a group of crew members and passengers taking part in the SARex2 exercise, coping strategies that may contribute to a group’s survival following a ship accident and the subsequent evacuation of the ship.
The empirical findings stem from participant observation during SARex2 in Svalbard in 2017, a review of the requirements specified in the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (IMO, 2014) and a literature review on the special challenges of operating in these waters. The theoretical lenses are teamwork, sense making and resilience.
The article starts with a presentation of the challenges of operating in polar waters, as well as some relevant parts of the Polar Code. Then the conceptual framework of the study is presented, followed by information on the SARex2 exercise and methodology. Then follows a discussion of coping strategies for resilience following a ship accident in these waters. Finally, some concluding remarks are presented, on how to transfer a group of crew members and passengers into a team required for survival after a ship accident and the subsequent evacuation of the ship in polar waters.
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