Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: A Workshop on Relationship Formation among Co-Chiefs

Building a strong personal and working relationship among co chiefs is integral to enabling effective teamwork and change in a program. But how best to develop a strong working relationship with individuals you may have never worked with before for in a job where your roles are vast? In this workshop, presenters will outline methods to develop strong working relationships among co-chiefs: Tuckman's model of team formation and how to identify what stage you are in; team-building exercises and practice examples as methods of advancing a team's development; Beckard's Goals, Roles, Process and Interpersonal Relationship to understand team dynamics; and attributes of team dysfunction from Lencioni's The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. This book outlines many of the modern obstacles teams face (absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, and inattention to results) and how to overcome these issues. Presenters will discuss how to leverage teamwork effectively to accomplish goals. This workshop will elicit participant feedback and discussion through the use of online polling software on what values are important to a team and specifics they can do as individuals and chief groups to enact change that they want.