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In this tutorial you will learn:
- About the importance of learning how to form and lead a team effectively
- About how knowing what motivates people improves the chances of having a successful team
- How you can influence a team's performance using various management styles
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- This lesson has an extensive reading section. We recommend that you try to complete all of the reading: don’t be tempted to skip ahead!
- Laser Learning Reading Text 1 : The features of an effective team
- ‘The Art of Possibilities’ by Benjamin Zander
- Now watch this 5 minute version of the same story
- Now watch this 6 minute video on YouTube about Benjamin Zander and how he inspires others. What can you learn from watching the video?
- Consider how you could encourage staff to be creative and innovative within your setting. Do you do this enough or could you look for ways to do it more effectively?
- Does your vision influence team practice?
- 'Teamwork truths' from The Radical Agilist
- 'What is a shared vision' from the Street Directory
- ‘How to Create a Shared Vision That Works' from Jesse Lyn Stoner
- Laser Learning Reading Text 2: Getting the team involved
- Reflecting on your organisation
- Laser Learning Reading Text 3: Developing the team
- Laser Learning Reading Text 4: Giving assertive feedback
- Presentation
- Click on the icon to the right to launch this lesson's presentation entitled ''Developing a Positive Culture'
- Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation entitled 'The art of negotiation'.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click to read ‘Building collaborative teams’ by NHS England.
- Click to read ‘How to build an effective team in a health care setting’ on the Regis College website
- Click to read ‘Team work in care homes’ by Focal Point Training
- Click to read a useful document from Making Workplaces Great on ‘When work gets personal: Managing emotional employees’.
- Click to read ‘How to organise team building’ on the Community Care website.
- Click to access this presentation on ‘Leading Practice: 2.0 Working as a team’ by the SCIE.
- As a senior member of the team, your role will often bring you into contact with team members who have difficulties communicating with you. Use the internet to find out ways that you can adapt the way you communicate to ensure effective communication with those:
- Click to read ‘Using transactional analysis in the workplace’ on the Ready to Manage website.
- Click to learn more about Bruce Tuckman’s 1965 ‘Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing’ team development model.
- ‘Cross cultural conflict resolution in teams’ webpage on the Mediate website. Click on the icon to read this article by John Ford.
- Google the phrase “what drives behaviour” and research the subject of behaviour drivers further.
- Think of 5 team building activities you could use to build the team e.g. organising a team picnic where everyone brings a part of the meal to share and organises activities for the event.
- Think And Challenge
- Think And Challenge
- Think And Challenge
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