1. Is there a YOU in TEAM ? High performance teams as a competitive tool for the entrepreneurial business...

4. Our Expertise in the Topic

6. The Rules Politeness Not Platitudes

7. Do I Look Like A People Person? Ultimately, I don’t care whether you believe in people or not. This is about results .

8. You can disagree with anything I say…

10. Let’s Get Started Let’s do a little exercise to get us and running. We’re talking about teams. Let’s get some “hands on” experience. ??? Break into teams

11. Let’s Get Started Form into groups Select a name. Now we’re going to have a little team event.. ??? Break into groups

13. Results

15. And your objectives? What would you like to take away from this session? ??? Objectives

16. And what do YOU bring to this discussion? What are you prepared to contribute? And what experience do you have that might be valuable to this team as we discuss this topic? ??? Objectives

21. How can a team of committed managers with individual IQs above 120 have a collective IQ of 63? Peter Senge Author of the 5 th Discipline

22. The reasons teams fail… Break off into teams – real teams this time Do an honest review of your practicum team. Put your results on the post it notes. Top Reasons Teams Fail

25. Discussion Does it even matter?

30. What is a team? A team is a group of individuals pooling their collective talents , ability and effort in pursuing a shared goal or common purpose .

35. The Leadership Myth Confidential - Copyright 2005 Performance Advantage

40. The New Model Of Accountability Low Control High Accountability

50. Ingrained In Us All We are almost “pre-programmed” to avoid successful collaboration. It has to do with our perceptions and is rooted in how we communicate .

51. Our Filters Create Our Individual View Of The World.. We filter information in three ways. We: Delete Distort Hallucinate Noam Chomsky – Transformational Grammar 1957

52. Our Filters Create Our Individual View Of The World.. We filter information in three ways. We: Delete Distort Generalize Combine that with our predisposition to attribute … And we are always harsher with others…

54. Oh, come on – hurry it up, will you?

55. What are your hot buttons? It drives me crazy when people …… ???

66. Recap Now that you know that these patterns exist, what do you do about it? The understanding moves nothing … Aristotle

68. Forming Checklist Set clear goals Make them measurable Define the scope Take stock of the resources List assumptions Explore risks Agree on any deadlines But Do NOT fix roles – yet! Forming is an act of exploration! It’s a time to define the questions! And the process! Don’t jump to solutions!

69. Some Basic Rules of Engagement Can Be Set Here Politeness Not Platitudes

70. You can disagree with anything I say…

73. Open It Up – Get Messy Confidential - Copyright 2005 Performance Advantage Prepared for the storm. Sometimes it’s harder to be an ass if you are off of your own.

77. Summary - Making Lemonade Collaboration is the most effective way to achieve breakthrough performance – no matter where it is.

78. Our Focus Is Collaboration Collaboration – builds sustainable relationships focused on a shared pursuit of one or more common goals or objectives.

79. Collaboration Collaboration – is not a natural state. It is a learned behaviour and a conscious process that it built and constantly maintained. It starts with awareness and agreement

80. Collaboration Collaboration – is not a natural state. It is a learned behaviour and a conscious process that it built and constantly maintained. It follows a process. A process you can improve with practice.

82. Thank You!