What is it?
What are the hallmarks of functional teamwork?
commitment and mutual accountability
This step involves verbal, non verbal, written audio and video, one on one, one to many, real time and electronic
regular communication
These people assist in understanding between members, seek truth, maintain team camaraderie, makes sure the more quiet members/all members are heard, help with/encourage decision making, allow expression of opinions and evaluate fairly, safeguard the value of each person.
facilitators
This is the stage where tension including jealousy and divisiveness and members taking sides happens. People know weaknesses and resist work, and alternating between this stage and norming depending on the conflict
storming
What is the primary function of a team?
thinking and problem solving
Personal and professional, shared learning tools such as internet sources, books, and articles, and utilization tools such as time management, project management, and workflow systems
pooled resources
These members have unique background knowledge and experience
experts
Stage where members leave or tasks are accomplished, which may result in different feelings among the remaining team such as anger, relief, sadness, and sense of pride, personal and professional relationships may or may not continue after the break up of the steam
adjourning
This is combining brainpower, using previous experience to bring ideas for problem solving, and problem solve and identifying many solutions, everyone continues to learn and change, it creates and maintains healthy communications, and client outcomes improve dramatically
creative problem solving
shared ideas
These members document team discussions and decisions, keep notes about projects/improvements, assign action items, and are the communication coordinator meaning they make sure things are done in a timely manner, send emails/phone calls, and submit documents
record keeper
This is the honeymoon phase, where initial introduction of team members and past members are usually on their best behaviors, not much is accomplished yet
activities include what the team is going to do, establish member roles, and people use icebreakers to get used to each other
forming
This is:
group of people striving for a common goal, pooling resources, ideas and solutions, combining effort to enhance outcomes, not letting an "i" be in team and being collaborative, and having respect for team members
purpose of teamwork
attention and effort to build and maintain relationships and understanding
This persons responsibilities include making sure goals are met in an appropriate time frame, all team members participate, establish a safe environment of mutual respect, and effective ones encourage team building and personal growth
leader
This stage includes understanding and appreciation, encouragement, trust and working efficiently together, mutual sharing of roles and workloads, questioning is accepted, can easily integrate and mentor new members, appreciate each others strengths and weaknesses, and encourage and reinforce unique team culture
performing
These:
require work and attention
are cost effective and efficient
higher job satisfaction
quality nursing care
better communication
improve patient outcomes
collaborative relationships
This includes a diverse group of individuals that use what they know and collaborate to help solve patient problems, take conflict and use it in a positive manner, imperative to be able to problem solve and resolve conflict, and may include nursing, social workers, physical therapy and home health
interdisciplinary healthcare team
Are critical thinkers, able to provide new ideas which are different/outside the box than what the team was going for, they consider multiple problems and perspectives, and transform team ideas into problem solving strategies
skeptics
norming