When new managers join intact teams, an acceleration activity, known as The New Manager Assimilation, reduces preliminary apprehensions, jump starts open team communications and speeds up productivity.
New Teams
For new teams, team training, utilizing group participative facilitation techniques, accelerates goal development, role clarity, commitment, understanding of team processes and group dynamics.
Intact Teams
For intact teams, approaches are more varied, depending upon the issues. A frequently used approach for team development starts with data collection via confidential individual team member interviews or surveys, followed by presentation of the data, first to the manager and then the team. Teambuilding sessions are then designed and conducted to work on the issue(s) identified. For example, activities may focus on developing trust and understanding of differences or conflict, and use cutting edge personality instruments and conflict resolution models.