Strategies for Building a Cohesive Team

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Team cohesion, or the strength of the links between team members, determines how effective teams will be, especially in responding to outside pressures. A team has to be cohesive if its members are to function as a unit, working closely and efficiently to achieve common goals. In this course, you'll learn methods for effectively building and managing teams that focus on improvements in three areas: communication, cooperation, and trust. You'll learn specific strategies for improving communication and promoting collaboration among staff members working on a team. You'll also learn what signs suggest a lack of trust on a team, and how you can show team leadership by using the right techniques to build trust and improve teamwork.

Target Audience
All levels of employees; anyone who participates on any type of team.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Strategies for Building a Cohesive Team

recognize guidelines for responding positively to team members to promote effective team communication

recognize ways of creating a sense of partnership among team members to promote effective communication

identify methods of encouraging team members to talk to each other

recognize strategies for promoting cooperation among team members, including putting the team's needs first and accepting unpleasant tasks

recognize strategies for discouraging competition among team members to promote effective communication

recognize indicators of a lack of trust in teams

recognize strategies for building trust

recognize strategies for building team cohesion

Course Number:
atm_02_a02_bs_enus

Expertise Level
Everyone