Team Building

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! What does “Team” mean to you? TEAM Together Everyone Achieves More

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! A team comprises a group of people linked in a common purpose . Teams are especially appropriate for conducting tasks that are high in complexity and have many interdependent subtasks . Teams normally have members with complementary skills and generate synergy through a coordinated effort which allows each member to maximize his or her strengths and minimize his or her weaknesses .

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Some see "team" as a four letter word: overused and under-useful. Others see it as a panacea that finally realizes the human relations movement's desire to integrate what that movement perceives as best for workers and as best for managers. Still others believe in the effectiveness of teams, but also see them as dangerous because of the potential for exploiting workers — in that team effectiveness can rely on peer pressure and peer surveillance.

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Team building refers to a wide range of activities, usually in a business context, for improving team performance. Team building is pursued via a variety of practices, and can range from simple bonding activities (such as group chocolate tasting) to activities designed to develop a team (including group assessment and group-dynamic games), usually falling somewhere in between.

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Reasons for Team Building include: Improving communications 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 weaknesses) Identifying and utilizing the strengths of team members Improving team productivity Practicing effective collaboration with team members

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! The affinity diagram is a business tool used to organize ideas and data. It is one of the Seven Management and Planning Tools. The tool is commonly used within project management and allows large numbers of ideas to be sorted into groups for review and analysis. The affinity diagram was devised by Jiro Kawakitain the 1960s and is sometimes referred to as the KJ Method.

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Record each idea on cards or notes Look for ideas that seem to be related Sort cards into groups until all cards have been used. Once the cards have been sorted into groups the team may sort large clusters into subgroups for easier management and analysis. Once completed, the affinity diagram may be used to create a cause and effect diagram.

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Step1: Gather all issues from brainstorming session

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Step2: Group issues/ideas - describe each group.

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Team Building with an Affinity Diagram Exercise Organize into groups of 6 – Look for Name Card Check supplies Worksheet Post It Notes Each person identify a specific program your chapter is having Write it on your worksheet

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Six Rounds of pass the problem every 2 minutes Each time you get a new worksheet you have two minutes to write as many post-it solutions as you can At the signal pass worksheet on to the next person When you get yours back – Summarize the solution by grouping into like categories and develop an action statement Share the solutions!

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram!: 

Team Building with an Affinity Diagram! Questions? Thank you for your participation Jerry Kilty, CFPIM CIRM CSCP QMSJerry@tampabay.rr.com Dave Lehman, CFPIM CIRM CSCP QMSJerry@tampabay.rr.com