Team Building Program for Athletics, December 2019

1. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
December 2019
krt4@williams.edu
x3542
Kevin Thomas
Learning & Development Manager, Human Resources
Team Building

2. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
1. Welcome/Overview
2. Warm up
3. Building Trust
4. Peer Consulting
5. What / So What / Now What
Agenda

3. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• 2 or more people
• Differentiated roles (more or less)
• Norms / ground rules for performing
those roles
(explicit and implicit)
• A common communication system
• A goal
What’s a Team?

4. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
1. Welcome/Overview
2. Warm up
3. Building Trust
4. Peer Consulting
5. What / So What / Now What
Agenda

5. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• People need to “warm up” to their
roles
• Without proper warm up,
performance is sub par.
Warm Up

6. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Informal Networking
• Spectograms
Our Warm Ups

7. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
1. Welcome/Overview
2. Warm up
3. Building Trust
4. Peer Consulting
5. What / So What / Now What
Agenda

8. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Value of trust in a team
• 1-2-4 All
• Center for Creative Leadership
Model
Building Trust

9. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• What happens in teams that don’t
trust each other?
• What happens in teams that have
strong trust in each other?
Value of trust in teams

10. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Value of trust in a team
• 1-2-4 All
• Center for Creative Leadership
Model
Trust Building

11. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Question: What behaviors are typical of high trust teams?
If you were observing a high trust team in action, how could you
tell that they trusted each other?
• 1 minute: self-reflection
• 2 minutes: pairs
• 5 minutes: Groups of 4 (flip chart your insights)
• Gallery Walk
• Whole group discussion.
1-2-4-All Discussion of Trust

12. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Value of trust in a team
• 1-2-4 All
• Center for Creative Leadership
Model
Trust Building

13. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542

14. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
1. Welcome/Overview
2. Warm up
3. Building Trust
4. Peer Consulting
5. What / So What / Now What
Agenda

15. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• 3 Team members.
• 2 Roles: Client and consultant
• Communication system: English language
• Goals:
As client: Get valuable input and support from your consultants
that will help you help your team face a challenge.
As consultant: Develop your ability to assess teams and develop
strategies for strengthening them. Develop your
coaching/mentoring skills.
Troika Consulting

16. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• 1 minute on your own: What challenges is your team facing?
• Groups of 3
• Choose who will go first as “client”. Other two are “consultants”.
o 3 minutes – Client presents challenge to consultants
o 2 minutes – Consultants ask client clarifying questions
o 6 minutes – Client eavesdrops SILENTLY while consultants discuss
o 2 minutes – Client shares what was valuable about the discussion
• 3 Rounds – Everyone gets a turn as client.
Troika Consulting

17. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
o 3 minutes – Client presents challenge to consultants
o 2 minutes – Consultants ask client clarifying
questions
o 6 minutes – Client eavesdrops SILENTLY while
consultants discuss
o 2 minutes – Client shares what was valuable about
the discussion
Troika Consulting

18. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
1. Welcome/Overview
2. Warm up
3. Building Trust
4. Peer Consulting
5. What / So What / Now What
Agenda

19. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
• Groups of 4
• For each question, make sure everyone has a chance to contribute:
• WHAT? What happened? What did you notice, what facts or
observations stand out?
• SO WHAT? Why is that important? What patterns or conclusions are
emerging? What hypotheses can I/we make?
• NOW WHAT? What actions make sense?
What? So What? Now What?

20. Team Building – Athletics - 2019
Kevin R.Thomas, Manager, Learning & Development · Office of Human Resources · kevin.r.thomas@williams.edu · 413-597-3542
Kevin Thomas, Learning & Development Manager, krt4@williams.edu, x3542