Teaming Process

Team Formation

Why do you need teams and who should be on it? How do I group people into teams? Team formation is the process of aligning around a shared idea and gaining insight into potential team members’ individual ways of working. 

• Key Tools:

  • Conduct Learning Style Inventories

  • Understand Innovation as a Learning Process

  • Discuss Dimensions of Diversity on Teams

  • Do Pecha Kucha Team Formation

Team Check-in

Teams face challenges related to personality dynamics, project roadblocks, and shifting goals. Creating a space for feedback and reflection ensures team members remain engaged throughout the project duration. 

• Key Tools:

  • Conduct Team Pulse and/or 360 Feedback

  • Understand Individual Feedback

  • Discuss Interpreting Feedback

  • Do Revise Collaborative Plan as Team

Team Launch

Team launch provides an opportunity to generate empathy for team members, yields insight into best practices of teams, and establishes initial project goals.  

• Key Tools:

  • Conduct Individual Profile

  • Understand Why Teams

  • Discuss Teaming Success

  • Do Collaborative Plan

Team Celebration

At the culmination of a project, celebrating accomplishments helps to provide closure and camaraderie. It further allows for reflection about future improvements on an individual- and team-level.

• Key Tools:

  • Conduct Individual Reflection and Team Reflection

  • Understand Role of Reflection

  • Discuss Learnings and Improvements

  • Do Celebrate Achievements