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Team Building 109 words

February 17, 2010 By Carolyn G. (Fredericktown, OH)

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  1. accomplished
    highly skilled
  2. accountability
    responsibility to someone or for some activity
  3. actively
    in an active manner
  4. activity
    any specific behavior
  5. adaptability
    the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
  6. adaptable
    capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
  7. adjustment
    the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
  8. affiliation
    the act of becoming formally connected or joined
    * Belbin Team Types can be assessed to gain insight into an individual's natural behavioral tendencies in a team context, and can be used to create and develop better functioning teams.


    [edit] Team Member Qualities



    * Dominance
    * Affiliation
    * Social Perceptiveness
    * Expressivity

    Openness

    * Flexibility

    Agreeableness

    * Trust
    * Cooperation

    In breaking down these dimensions, it was g...
  9. agreeableness
    a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
  10. all-inclusive
    broad in scope or content
  11. analysis
    the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
  12. applied
    concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles
  13. assess
    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
  14. assessment
    the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
  15. associate
    bring or come into association or action
  16. attribute
    an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
  17. behavioral
    of or relating to behavior
  18. bond
    a connection that fastens things together
  19. build
    make by combining materials and parts
  20. challenge
    a call to engage in a contest or fight
  21. change
    become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence
  22. chaos
    the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  23. clarity
    the quality of clear water
  24. classify
    arrange or order by classes or categories
  25. clear
    readily apparent to the mind
  26. cohesive
    cohering or tending to cohere; well integrated
    The purpose of team building exercises is to assist teams in becoming cohesive units of individuals that can effectively work together to complete tasks.
  27. cohesiveness
    the property of being cohesive and sticky
  28. collaborate
    work together on a common enterprise of project
  29. collaboration
    act of working jointly
    It is important to make exercises all-inclusive, so that all individuals within the teams can participate.
    [edit] Reasons for Team Building

    Reasons for Team Building include

    * Improving communication
    * Making the workplace more enjoyable
    * Motivating a team
    * Getting to know each other
    * Getting everyone "onto the same page", including goal setting
    * Teaching the team self-regulation strategies
    * Helping participants to learn more about themselves (strengths and...
  30. communicate
    transfer to another
  31. communicating
    the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
    The issues teams encounter in these exercises are solved by communicating effectively with each other.
  32. communication
    the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information
  33. communications
    the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.)
  34. component
    an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
  35. conform
    be similar, be in line with
    Group was a team because people conformed to direction set by manager.
  36. consistent
    the same throughout in structure or composition
    functioning teams.


    [edit] Team Member Qualities

    Emotional stability

    * Adjustment
    * Self-esteem

    Extraversion

    * Dominance
    * Affiliation
    * Social Perceptiveness
    * Expressivity

    Openness

    * Flexibility

    Agreeableness

    * Trust
    * Cooperation

    In breaking down these dimensions, it was generali...
  37. consultant
    an expert who gives advice
  38. contribute
    provide
    frequently associated with team building exercises.
    [edit] Types of Team Building Exercises

    Communication Exercise

    This type of team building exercise is exactly what it sounds like.
  39. cooperate
    work together on a common enterprise of project
  40. coordinate
    of equal importance, rank, or degree
  41. core
    the center of an object
  42. create
    bring into existence
  43. creative
    having the ability or power to create
  44. credited
    (usually followed by `to') given credit for
  45. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  46. debrief
    put someone through a debriefing and make him report
  47. decision making
    the cognitive process of reaching a decision
  48. define
    show the form or outline of
  49. design
    the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)
  50. develop
    grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    Team building is pursued via a variety of practices, and can range from simple bonding exercises to complex simulations and multi-day team building retreats designed to develop a team (including group assessment and group-dynamic games), usually falling somewhere in between.
  51. dimension
    a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished
  52. discover
    discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  53. dominance
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  54. dynamic
    an efficient incentive
  55. effectively
    in an effective manner
  56. embark on
    get off the ground
  57. emerge
    come out into view, as from concealment
  58. engage
    consume all of one's attention or time
  59. essential
    basic and fundamental
  60. evaluate
    evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of
  61. facet
    a distinct feature or element in a problem
  62. facilitator
    someone who makes progress easier
  63. feedback
    the process in which part of the output of a system is returned to its input in order to regulate its further output
  64. flexibility
    the property of being flexible; easily bent or shaped
  65. focus
    the concentration of attention or energy on something
  66. foundation
    the basis on which something is grounded
  67. function
    what something is used for
  68. gauge
    a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
  69. group dynamics
    the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups
  70. identification
    the act of designating or identifying something
  71. identify
    recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
  72. implement
    instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
  73. inclusive
    including much or everything; and especially including stated limits
  74. incorporate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  75. inhibitor
    a substance that retards or stops an activity
  76. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  77. interact
    act together or towards others or with others
  78. intervention
    the act or fact of interposing one thing between or among others
  79. mitigate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  80. motivate
    give an incentive for action
  81. norm
    a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
  82. novel
    an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story
  83. participant
    someone who takes part in an activity
  84. perceptiveness
    perception of that which is obscure
  85. performance
    the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
  86. posit
    take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
  87. practice
    a customary way of operation or behavior
  88. process
    a particular course of action intended to achieve a result
  89. productivity
    the quality of being productive or having the power to produce
  90. review
    look at again; examine again
  91. simulation
    the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training)
  92. skill
    an ability that has been acquired by training
  93. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities or organized groups
  94. step
    the act of changing location by raising the foot and setting it down
  95. strategy
    an elaborate and systematic plan of action
  96. supportive
    furnishing support or assistance
  97. task
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  98. teamwork
    cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective)
  99. together
    in contact with each other or in proximity
  100. tolerance
    willingness to recognize and respect the beliefs or practices of others
  101. transition
    the act of passing from one state or place to the next
  102. trigger
    lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
  103. trust
    the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
  104. utilize
    put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
  105. values
    beliefs of a person or social group in which they have an emotional investment (either for or against something)
  106. variable
    something that is likely to vary; something that is subject to variation
  107. variety
    a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality
  108. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  109. workplace
    a place where work is done