Team Building

Carolyn G. (United States of America)
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  1. accomplished
    highly skilled
  2. accountability
    responsibility to someone or for some activity
  3. actively
    in a conscious or energetic manner
  4. activity
    any specific behavior
  5. adaptability
    flexibility to fit changed circumstances
  6. adaptable
    capable of fitting a particular situation or use
  7. adjustment
    the act of making something different
  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
    abstract separation of something into its various parts
  12. applied
    concerned with concrete problems or data
  13. assess
    estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of
  14. assessment
    the act of judging a person or situation or event
  15. associate
    bring or come into action
  16. attribute
    a quality 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
  22. chaos
    formless state of matter before the creation of the cosmos
  23. clarity
    the quality of being coherent and easily understood
  24. classify
    arrange or order by categories
  25. clear
    readily apparent to the mind
  26. cohesive
    combining well to form a unified whole
    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 or 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 conveying information
    The issues teams encounter in these exercises are solved by communicating effectively with each other.
  32. communication
    the activity of conveying information
  33. communications
    the discipline that studies transmitting information
  34. component
    one of the individual parts making up a larger entity
  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
    give, provide, or supply something
    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 or 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 invent or make something
  44. credited
    (usually followed by `to') given credit for
  45. current
    occurring in or belonging to the present time
  46. debrief
    elicit a report from someone about a mission, job, or event
  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
  50. develop
    progress or evolve through a process of natural growth
    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 distinguishing objects or individuals
  52. discover
    determine the existence, presence, or fact of
  53. dominance
    the power or right to give orders or make decisions
  54. dynamic
    characterized by action or forcefulness of personality
  55. effectively
    in a manner producing an intended result
  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
    estimate the nature, quality, ability 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 output of a system is returned to input
  64. flexibility
    the property of being 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
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
  69. group dynamics
    the branch of social psychology that studies the psychodynamics of interaction in social groups
  70. identification
    the act of designating something
  71. identify
    recognize as being
  72. implement
    a piece of equipment or a tool used for a specific purpose
  73. inclusive
    encompassing much or everything
  74. incorporate
    make into a whole or make part of a whole
  75. inhibitor
    a substance that slows or stops an activity
  76. initiative
    readiness to embark on bold new ventures
  77. interact
    do something together or with others
  78. intervention
    the act of putting something between two things
  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
  83. participant
    someone who is involved in an activity
  84. perceptiveness
    being aware of that which is obscure
  85. performance
    the act of doing something successfully
  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 yielding positive results
  90. review
    look at again; examine again
  91. simulation
    the act of imitating the behavior of some situation
  92. skill
    an ability that has been acquired by training
  93. social
    living together or enjoying life in communities
  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 assistance
  97. task
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
  98. teamwork
    cooperative labor done by a group
  99. together
    in contact with each other or in proximity
  100. tolerance
    willingness to 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
    belief in the honesty and reliability of others
  104. utilize
    put into service
  105. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  106. variable
    something that is likely to change
  107. variety
    a category of things distinguished by a common quality
  108. work
    activity directed toward making or doing something
  109. workplace
    a place where work is done
Created on Wed Feb 17 12:56:14 EST 2010 (updated Wed Apr 13 10:15:46 EDT 2011)

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