Welcome to Team Dynamics & Individual

Skills – OS101

Goodwin CollegeMichael Wolter

◦Who am I?

◦Syllabus Overview

Introductions

Assignments 10% penalty in the grade if submitted

after the due date Not accepted if submitted after a week,

Grade = 0 Discuss with me beforehand if you are

going to miss a class or if you are going to be late submitting an assignment

Missing classes could seriously impact your grade

IMPORTANT Use of Goodwin Email Office hours – By Appointment I am available by e-mail, phone, cell, text,

and Skype. Missing class – one allowed if I’m aware

beforehand More than one will impact your grade

BlackBoard Overview Blackboard OS 101 course Syllabus Discussions Weekly Assignments Group/Team Projects Final Exam

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WHO AM I?

Class Activity

Develop better people, who make better leaders, to foster a better workplace, for a better world through a program that promotes critical thinking, organizational understanding, personal development; ethical behavior and a commitment to community involvement.

Mission

212 degrees http://www.212movie.com/store

What’s Your Temperature?

POWER READING

Making the most of your reading time

POWER READING – Step 1

Big Picture Overview (5-10 minutes)

Title, chapter headings, index, study questions

What is book (chapter) about?

POWER READING – Step 2

Preview 1st Chapter (3 minutes reading each chapter)

Highlight key words Have I found anything worthwhile or useful

to decide if book is useful?

POWER READING- Step 3

Sketch out what you already know about each chapter. (3 minutes / chapter – 30 minutes / book)

POWER READING – Step 4

Questions – What do you want to know?(3 minutes / chapter – 30 minutes / book)– Vowel Questions: A,E,I,O,U– What Assumptions are made?– What Evidence is presented?– What Illustrations are found?– What Opinions are expressed?– What is Unique to the item expressed?

POWER READING – Step 5

Speed Read(15-20 seconds / page)– How we read – we vocalize in our heads on

each word.– Mind gets board– Look for key words

15-20 seconds / page; 8 minutes per chapter; 80 minutes per book.

POWER READING – Step 6

After view(10 minutes / chapter; 100 minutes total)

Read difficult paragraphs or sections aloud Go back to difficult paragraphs

POWER READING – Step 7

7. Make Notes(10 minutes / chapter; 100 minutes total)

POWER READING – Step 8

8. Review Again10 minutes 1st day10 minutes next week10 minutes next month

POWER READING - Summation

410 minutes to read whole 250 page book of 10 chapters with 25 pages per chapter.

You’ve done more than read it;– you’ve studied it, – you understand it, – and comprehend it.

POWER READING – Summation

These steps need not be sequential, however, integrating them into your reading will make you study time more productive

Getting Into the Team Mindset;

Be part of Something

Bigger than Yourself

Part II

DUFOUR

Developing Professional Learning Communities

What Are Teams?

WORKING AS A TEAM

Collaboration

People have strong social and affiliation needs

People form groups – churches, civic groups, fraternal organizations, hobby clubs, sports organizations, youth groups, gangs…

At work – subgroups – departments, works stations, committees etc….

WHAT ARE TEAMS?

People who possess individual characteristics & traits.

Group can take on a characteristic different from the individuals.

Groups

Common purpose – Common attitude – Unity – Social Control – Structure – Affiliation

Groups have:

Formal or informal◦ Appointed or elected◦ Examples….

Groups are:

TEAMS/GROUPS FOR THE COURSE

Groups

Identifies an approach to thinking and behavior among people involved in a team process.

Understanding this allows the roles of team members to be defined, process enhanced Result – higher team performance!

Team Dimensions Profile

Assignments for the Week

Questions