2. Team Lessons from Geese

3. Team Lessons from Geese
When the lead goose tires, it rotates back into the formation and another goose flies at the point position.
Lesson: It pays to take turns doing the hard tasks and sharing the leader’s role.

4. Team Lessons from Geese
In formation, the geese from behind honk to encourage those in front to keep up their speed.
Lesson: Sometimes team members need to hear a little honking.

5. Team Lessons from Geese
Whenever a goose is sick or wounded, two geese drop out of formation to help and protect it. They stay with it until it can fly again or dies.
Lesson: Stand by one another in times of trouble.
Team Lessons From Geese - Adapted from 40 Tools for Cross-Functional Teams, Walter J. Michalski. Productivity Press. 541 NE 20th Ave, Portland, OR 97232

6. NCODP - Team Building

7. Team Building Why are we talking about Team Building?
Team Building (Soldier-Team Development) is an integral part of being a Non-Commissioned Officer.
Why are we having this class?
Hand TC22-6 to a young NCO, maybe a new(er) E5.
Have that SGT open the TC to pages 18 and 19.
Look in TC22-6, The Army Non-Commissioned Officer Guide pages 18 and 19.
Have that SGT Read the NINE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
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8. LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES
Soldier
Team
Technical
and Tactical
Proficiency
Development
Teaching and
Decision
Making
Counseling
Planning
Supervision
Use of
As your NCO is reading the competencies out loud, once he hits SOLDIER TEAM DEVELOPMENT, have him stop.
OK….So Team Development is part of being a leader…that is why we are having this class.
So let’s go just a little deeper into the subject then
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available
systems
Professional
ethics
Communication
TC 22-6, Pg 18

9. Team Building What is a Team? Dictionary defines a Team as
“ a group organized to work together”
Bring up the slide but don’t brink up the Dictionary definition yet.
Ask an NCO to tell you what a team is
Bring up the Dictionary definition

10. Team Building There is no “I” in T E A M
Being a member of a team is being part of the “we”, not being the “me”
I am quite sure that most of you have heard of at least one of these sayings…
If you have been a part of organized sports, you have heard one or both of these sayings….why do they keep coming up?
Ask the audience
So basically…If I am going to be a member of a team…this is how I should view the world.

11. Team Building What does this have to do with me?
FM , Paragraph 1-62 states:
No one is only a leader; each of you is also a subordinate, and all members of the Army are part of a team.
OK….now that we have defined what a team is and how a member of a team should think…..what does this have to do with me as a soldier ?
Have an NCO read the paragraph

12. What is a ‘Good’ Team? Work together to accomplish the mission
Execute tasks thoroughly and quickly
Meet or exceed the standard
Thrive on demanding challenges
Learn from their experiences and are proud of their accomplishments
So that means that as a soldier, I should be able to work as part of a team in order for the Army to succeed…right?
Now we know what a team is…and how team members should ‘think’
OK….so let’s go to the next step….
Have an NCO read each of the bullets
As each is read…ask the NCO to help the statement along
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FM , Pg 5-19

13. OK…So how do we make a team?
3 Stages to building a Team
Formation Stage
Enrichment Stage
Sustainment Stage
These are the basics of Team Building…right out of FM Chapter 5
If any of you ‘seasoned’ NCO’s still have your copy of SOLDIER TEAM DEVELOPMENT…these are identical to the stages in that FM
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14. The first part of Building a team is the Formation Stage
Fig 5.5 of FM

15. Formation Stage Reception and Orientation Phase Leader’s Welcome
New Soldier meets the rest of the Team
Learn the schedule and work requirements
Get to know ‘the lay of the land’
New Soldier is concerned about fitting in and belonging
Reception and Orientation - This is when a new soldier first arrives to the unit, you get him a sponsor to help him get inprocessed
Then you have the new solider meet his new teammates, get familiar with the schedule and what he is going to be doing
lay of the land - this is where the new solider gets familiar with his surroundings, where to go, where to be, when to be there etc
The biggest thing that is usually going thru the mind of that new soldier is that he wants to BELONG TO THE TEAM

16. Leader Actions during Formation
Coordinate reception of new soldier(s)
Assign Sponsor
LISTEN TO THE NEW SOLDIER
TALK TO THE NEW SOLDIER
Make sure the soldier’s family is taken care of
You need to listen to that new soldier…find out how he is doing, how is his family…is he having any problems that you need to help him take care of.
TALK to the soldier…let him know what you expect of him, what he needs to do, what he is going to be doing in the unit.
MAKE SURE that the soldier gets his family situation squared away.

17. In FM 22-102 this was the DEVELOPMENT stage
ENRICHMENT
In FM this was the DEVELOPMENT stage
Fig 5.5 of FM

18. Enrichment Stage
Transition from questioning everything to trusting themselves, their peers, and their leaders
Most important part is TRAINING
Vital during Enrichment Stage…it is here that the team is building a collective proficiency
Does everyone remember when your team conquered the confidence course tower ? How were you able to do that?
Well…you had learned thru the previous weeks in Basic Training that you were no longer back on the block and that you had to work as a TEAM to make things happen. You went from wondering if you could rely on that guy in your unit who was from the other side of the US from where you grew up…to making sure that he was able to make it to the next rung of the tower.
You started trusting your peers as well as believing in yourself
During this stage, the team begins to see itself as a cohesive unit…regardless of the fact that it may be a squad, or a company

19. Leader Actions during Enrichment
LISTEN to your soldiers
Establish clear lines of authority
Develop soldier and unit goals
LISTEN to what the members of your team are saying. Sometimes a little ribbing between soldiers is good for cohesion. But you have to be there to listen to the ribbing to make sure. If the ribbing becomes disruptive, then you need to step in.
Also, listening to what your team is saying can help you if you need to guide one of your team into accepting the team’s goals
Establish authority - here is where you determine who has the authority and responsibility while you…or any other leader…is abscent
Develop goals - soldiers, regardless of rank, need to know where they are going. If your team has a different expectation for the mission than you do…now is the time to find out
During this stage…you as a leader can identify members of your team who have leadership potential

20. This brings us to the third stage…the SUSTAINMENT Stage
Fig 5.5 of FM

21. Sustainment Stage
The point where the group thinks of themselves as “our Team”
Team members will do what needs to be done without being told
Leader uses this stage to develop subordinates, because they are the future leaders
The members of the team see themselves as the whole, not the individual
The need for direct supervision decreases as the TEAM increases
You as a leader do not have to ALWAYS be hovering around you team
This is the ideal time to train your subordinates on how to be your replacement. How should they see their mission? What do they need to do to accomplish the next mission?

22. Leader Actions during Sustainment
Deal with the change in the team
Reassess Goals and Priorities
Focus on Teamwork
Focus on Training
Respond to Soldier Concerns
Deal with the changes - as the TEAM matures, it will change…you need to change how you lead them
Reassess…now that they are starting to work on their own, you as a leader need to refocus on what needs to be done to accomplish the next mission
Focus on Teamwork…find the little bugs that aren’t working in the TEAM
Focus on Training…the more training the TEAM has, the better the TEAM will be
LISTEN to your TEAM and find out how to help your soldiers…If your soldiers think that you don’t care…then your TEAM will never develop

23. Quote from ‘The Three Meter Zone” by CSM J.D. Pendry
A Final Quote:
It is difficult to be a good Non-Commissioned Officer, if it had been easy, they would have given it to the Officer Corps.
Sergeant Major of the Army Connelly
Quote from ‘The Three Meter Zone” by CSM J.D. Pendry

24. As My Drill Sergeant Said...
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