At the end of this team work training workshop participants will be able to:

• Describe the basic team dynamics of high performance work teams
• Know when to lead and when to follow
• Clarify team objectives, milestones, completion dates and potential obstacles to completion
• Reinforce the contributions of every team member
• Describe sources of team role conflict from the Inscape Team Dimensions Profile
• Chose among five approaches to situational conflict resolution
• Apply the "Z" model from Team Dimensions to clarify team roles
• Use "exchang"e concepts to develop team effectiveness
• Describe how their team functioned in a case study scenario

Effective team members don't do the same thing at the same time. They do the right thing at the right time. Training and building an effective team means working together toward a common goal, individuals still must play their individual roles in the process. As organizations rely more and more on team building skills to innovate, problem solve, produce, and compete at the speed of change, clearly understanding and capitalizing on individual approaches to group processes is the bottom line in building high performance teams.

Successful training in team work is not just an accident. People working together for mutual success must have or develop team building skills in communicating, supporting, constructive differing, prioritizing, problem solving, decision-making, and consensus building. This team work training will address these team building skills and offer opportunities for the individual to make choices on how he/she could improve themselves and overall team effectiveness.