Teams & Teamwork

“A small group of people with complementary skills, who are committed to a common performance, goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.”, Katzenbach and Smith “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.” Babe Ruth 2 The concept of a Team

 Select Team Members Based Upon Skills.  Identify and Agree Upon Objectives Upon Objectives.  Make it Clear How the Team will Make Decisions!  Hold effective meetings.  Determine team roles.  Assign tasks & responsibilities.  Spend a lot of time together.  Respect team members.  Manage conflicts constructively. 3 Characteristics of Effective Teams

 Every member responsible for team’s progress and success.  Attend all meetings, be on time.  Come prepared.  Carry out assignments on schedule.  Listen to and show respect for the contributions of others; be an active listener.  Constructively criticize ideas, not persons.  Resolve conflicts constructively.  Pay attention; avoid disruptive behavior. 4 Boeing’s Code of Conduct

No disruptive side conversations. Only one person speaks at a time. Everyone participates; no one dominates. Be succinct; avoid long anecdotes and examples. No rank in the room. Respect those not present. Ask questions when you do not understand. Have fun 5 Boeing’s Code of Conduct During Meeting

1. Good faith attempt to accommodate your wishes 2. Blend of skills, even exposure to DSP 3. Attempt to evenly spread GPA Team Selection Criteria

And the Winners Are… Bryant Browne Edwards Nichols W. Claeys Colinco Graf Martin Smith Mason McMaster Page Whitlock Bukay Mercer Nichols G. Pittman Reyes Blackwell Singletary Wilson Wolf

Meet as Teams Task 1: Getting acquainted 1. Find out the middle initial of each members. 2. Let other team members know one of your accomplishments that you are most proud of. 3. Share strengths, weaknesses, interests. 4. Pick a team name (and possibly a team logo). 5. Share contact information. 6. Choose a team leader.

Task 2: Develop Team Process Guidelines 1. Write out a set of guidelines/rules (your constitution) that governs the performance of your team behavior. 2. Decision-making guidelines 3. Meeting guidelines 4. Conflict-resolution guidelines 4.1 What will the team do when members are doing substandard work and not meeting the performance objectives? 4.2 How will the team determine what substandard performance is? 4.3 What happens if a member misses a meeting? 4.4 What will the team do if they cannot resolve the conflict among themselves?

Task 3: Brainstorming Project Ideas IEEE Southeastern Conference Hardware Competition 24 th Annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition Extension of a previous project New ideas From you From professors From other sources FIRST DELIVERABLE 1-2 page project proposal due NLT 9/14/2014 to be reviewed by entire faculty NLT 9/18/2014. Note: Before the next class, the leader must send me an documenting all of tasks 1 & 2 above.