1. The power of working as a team
From your group’s perspective what are the top 5 characteristics of the ideal team? Put in order from most important 1st.

2. Team Dynamics and its elements
Communication
Motivating team members
Team member responsibilities
What does each member value
Priorities
Perceptions
Team member accountability

3. Blue team member Loyal and friendly and will accommodate others
Open to new members joining the team
Seek to build relationships with team members
Encourage friendly dialogue and open discussions
Can read the emotional and personal needs of members
Believe all team members have an equal say
Will listen to members concerns
Read the non-verbal messages of members
Want bad feelings to be resolved quickly
Avoid arguments, conflict and confrontation
Enjoy giving appreciation and approval
Will defend and support team members
Your peacemakers and arbitrators
Promote creativity and imagination
Quick to cooperate and compromise

4. Gold team member Process oriented, methodical and reliable
Like opportunities to lead
Want to help define the structure and organization
Need timeframes and objectives
Need to know overall mission and milestones
Meticulous and the team’s workhorse
Urge team members to work hard
Avoids quick changes or discarding traditional practices
Concerned with doing things right and the right order
Process is as important as the results
Avoid indecision and unprofessional behavior
Establishes schedules, routines, plans and procedures
Don’t like to waste time discussing other possibilities
Notices the small details overlooked and dot the I’s

5. Green team member Are visionary, analytical and knowledgeable
Objectively detach from the past and focus on the future
Seek well-conceived fresh solutions to problems
Don’t like routine
Encourage nontraditional and progressive thinking
Prefer to work on specific jobs for their expertise
Listen to well-reasoned, rational and coherent argument
Appreciate competent and capable yet modest members
Concerned with flaws and miscalculations
Ask many questions, scrutinize facts, explore theories
Discover solutions scientifically and systematically
Devote extra time to perfect and can lose track of time
May have difficulty chitchatting and socializing
Thrive on making sense of the unintelligible

6. Orange team member Bold energetic and action oriented
Adds spark to a team
Focus on results; the end justifies the means
Enjoy persuading and negotiating with team members
Will maneuver people and circumstance to advantage
Rules and guidelines are viewed as restrictions
Direct and straightforward
What the project or process to be fun/stimulating
Avoid boring meetings and prolonged discussions
Compel others to move at a faster pace
Keep their eye on the prize
Troubleshoots crises swiftly and quickly
Promote independence and freedom to act on impulse
Will use humor and build camaraderie
Prefer a lighthearted environment

7. More on our brain Left Brain Right Brain
Recognizes serial events Interprets simultaneously
1000 words The picture
Specializes in Text Specializes in context
Focuses on what is said Focuses on how it’s said
Good at analysis Good at synthesis
Grasps the detail Grasps the big picture

8. Where are we headed???
Agricultural Age
Industrial Age
Information Age
Conceptual Age

9. The Conceptual Age- compassion/care
The age of high concept/high touch
No longer IQ- it’s now EQ
Left Brain to Right Brain
From MBA to MFA
Thought processes becoming metaphorical

10. Facial Expressions 7 basic human emotions have clear facial signs:
Anger
Sadness
Fear
Surprise
Disgust
Contempt
Happiness

11. Men versus women
Women are better at reading facial expressions and detecting lies
Women’s brain are hard-wired for empathy
Men’s brain for understanding in building systems
Men Systemize and Women empathize

12. The Age of Gaming Work is left brain Play is right brain
Left is logical and limited
Right is unlimited
Right brain appreciates humor involving incongruity and surprise
Video games are great for learning- not memorizing isolated facts but connecting & manipulating

13. Working together
Albert Einstein- “ Games are the most elevated form of investigation”
Left Brain- Maze Right Brain- Labyrinth
-Disorienting Centering
“People who laugh together can work together”
“If you had $20 million in the bank or 10 years to live- would you be doing what you are doing???

14. Don’t Just Stand There, Sell Something!
Thank You!!!