Teamwork

Team Building

It's been said that teams are like Ferraris: "High performance, but also high maintenance." It is important to evaluate the performance of teams and know how to keep them running smoothly and effectively. Training techniques are based on the latest, cutting-edge research, produced by Kellogg's Team and Group Center. Participants "audit" their teamwork abilities and receive intensive feedback regarding their own styles

Key Benefits:

Set optimal goals

Communicate more effectively

Create functional (as opposed to dysfunctional) norms

Improve team morale

Manage conflict within the team

Improve brainstorming

Deal with "risky" decisions

Leverage diversity

Assess teamwork (how do we know whether a team is performing well?)

Implement strategies for improving team functioning (if a team is not performing well, what can be done about it)

Improve leadership ability (how to simultaneously lead and empower teams)

Integrate team optimally with the rest of the organization

Deal effectively with cross-functional teams

Maximize creativity in teams

Group Decision Making

There is a widespread belief that groups make better decisions than do individuals. It is certainly possible for groups to be greater than the "sum of its parts", but often group decision making is ineffective and seriously flawed. Participants make small group decisions and then are given immediate feedback as to how to improve the quality of their decision making process.

Key benefits:

Identify and prevent the most common group biases

Manage risk

Identify conformity pressures in groups and how to deal with them

Know causes and cures of "groupthink"

Learn better formats for conducting meetings and discussions