Successful organisation consistently generate high standards of performance and a critical part of that lies in effective teamwork. Achieving effectiveness as a team requires a process of development and review that not only addresses organisational and team goals, but also the processes that are crucial to the functioning of the team, and which ultimately have a major impact on effectiveness.
New teams need to address the natural dynamic that occurs as people begin to learn to work together, and they need to recognise that there must be an ongoing review process of their functioning as part of an overall review of effectiveness.
Successful teams:
- Have OBJECTIVES which are clear, consistent and accepted.
- Shared VALUES which underpin all aspects of their work
- Clearly identified ROLES which are agreed and support the team
- Methods of COMMUNICATION which are open, honest and continuous.
- A commitment to GROWTH using group learning and individual development
- RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE TEAM that are supportive, trusting and strong
- RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE THE TEAM that maximise cooperation and manage inter-group conflict.
The Cognitive Centre offers Team Building exercise that help the development of teamwork with both new teams and with existing teams where such exercises can give fresh impetus to a team, or address specific issues that may be preventing effective teamwork.
Previous Experience
We have considerable experience of facilitating such events both within and outside the criminal justice sector. This includes:
- Multi-disciplinary Youth Offending Teams
- Multi-disciplinary Mental Health Teams
- Residential Care Teams
- New Child Protection Teams
- Probation Teams
- Senior Management Teams - Social Work
- Senior Management Teams - Probation
- Health Service Teams
All exercises are developed on the basis of extensive consultation with the organisation concerned and are designed to address the specific needs of each team.
Professor
Robert Ross
