Duration: 3-15 days, depending on the objectives of training

Goal: to increase effectiveness of one project or structural line

Objectives:

• Improving the team spirit and strengthening interpersonal relationships
• Integrating new members to the existing team or work unit
• Solving the obvious and/or latent conflicts in the group
• Agreeing on changes in goals or way of working
• Group decision-making process

Topics / content:

a) Introductory activities
b) Activities for getting to know each other:

• Improving the level of openness and mutual acceptance among members

c) Activities for building team cooperation:

• Learning about interpersonal differences and the importance of each individual contribution
• Initiating cooperation among members in changing circumstances
• Expressing the needs and expectations that members have towards group leader
• Understanding the importance of trust
• Understanding the meaning of individual responsibility for personal and team work
• Practicing adjustment to the changes in rules, condition and circumstances

d) Strategic planning activities

• Clarifying the vision and team values
• Agreeing on organizational structure
• Clarifying and agreeing on personal responsibilities, roles and tasks
• Agreeing on horizontal and vertical communication
• Agreeing on how to operate when the tem leader is not present in crisis situation
• Defining success indicators
• Defining time frame for testing the changes/agreement

e) Closing activities

• Reviewing what was learned („lessons learned“)
• Reviewing what was agreed upon