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Team Spark: Assess Your Communication Style
When communicating with others, particularly people from other countries, it is important to recognize when your communication style has become outdated and when it is time to upgrade to a new technique.
#21 ID:1581Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder or Retention Aid, TeamworkTeam Spark: Be Open to How Work Gets Done
Being open and flexible about how work gets done, especially on diverse teams with many different perspectives, invites healthy collaboration and the collective pull of the entire team towards the end goal.
#22 ID:1565Topic: Teamwork Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, CollaborationTeam Spark: Check Assumptions Before Judging
When judging the “dance” of another person, especially across differences such as culture, be careful about making judgments based upon what you think is important. Focusing on their “feet” while communicating may mean you are missing the most important part of their dance.
#23 ID:1580Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder or Retention Aid, TeamworkTeam Spark: Cheer on Collaboration
An outside energetic and supportive cheerleader can prove essential to the success of the team by offering words of encouragement, and if needed, expertise, suggestions, or technical support.
#24 ID:1566Topic: Collaboration Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Collaborate Outside Of Your Team
By collaborating with someone outside of their team, employees bring a broader view to their work. With a more diverse perspective, new insights are gained and the chances of success are increased.
#25 ID:1567Topic: Teamwork Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, CollaborationTeam Spark: Collaboration with Skill
Courting a business partner from a different country or cultural background may require research on their cultural views on business relationships, developing trust, negotiation, and communication styles.
#26 ID:1568Topic: Collaboration Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Compromise For A Common Goal
Compromise during collaboration can create the strongest and most compelling outcomes when working on teams, projects, and organizational challenges. The best results come from everyone being willing to compromise in order to achieve the end result.
#27 ID:1569Topic: Teamwork Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, CollaborationTeam Spark: Craft Your Message With Purpose
Communication across differences is often done in a similar fashion. However, taking time to think about who, when, and how a message will be received allows the sender to craft a much more effective message that will produce much better results.
#28 ID:1582Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Create Structure to Help Bridge Barriers
The lack of face-to-face interaction reduces the team’s ability to adjust and adapt as quickly as a team that is located all at one site. In situations like this, having a clearly defined structure detailing everyone’s role and responsibilities is a key to success.
#29 ID:1583Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Cross-Pollinate to Spark Innovation
Within companies and teams, employees have the important role of sharing ideas between groups, departments, and teams. This “cross-pollination” of ideas helps to unlock the inherent creativity and innovation that lies within a company, but may need a spark from another source to bring it to life.
#30 ID:1584Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Cultivate a Collective Instinct
Collective effort can result in outcomes that are impossible when attempted as an individual. When working collectively with people from diverse backgrounds, we have an even greater pool of resources and expertise with which to successfully navigate times of great challenge.
#31 ID:1570Topic: Teamwork Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, CollaborationTeam Spark: Find the Common Beat
Similar to a band with many different instruments playing together, a diverse team consists of many different personalities working together. While this diversity allows for innovation and creativity, it also makes it more difficult for team members to keep the same tempo. It is the role of the team member with the drummer personality to keep everyone communicating and completing tasks on time.
#32 ID:1585Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Professionalism, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Honor Unique Contributions
The individual brilliance of an employee is not always realized until a group comes together to collaborate. Working with other employees on diverse teams helps each team member to tap into their creativity, often producing ground breaking products and services that could only be discovered through collaboration.
#33 ID:1571Topic: Collaboration Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Invest Time to Build Trust
When working on diverse teams, developing trust may take longer due to background differences and different views on what trust means and how it is earned. Building confidence helps to resolve communication issues that may impede team progress. A trusting team will be able to function as a cohesive unit when critical decisions have to be made.
#34 ID:1572Topic: Collaboration Learning Paths: Leadership, Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Leverage Broad Expertise
Like building a skyscraper, collaboration on large projects works best when you bring together a team with diverse areas of expertise. On-going and continuous collaboration among disciplines helps to ensure that your project achieves all of its goals when it is completed.
#35 ID:1573Topic: Collaboration Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Mix Diverse Personalities
When combined haphazardly, people can clash instead of cohere, resulting in a “failed launch.” Creating a team comprised of diverse individuals may require a more careful balancing of components, but in the end provides the opportunity for brilliant results when done with careful thought and respect.
#36 ID:1574Topic: Teamwork Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Diversity Dynamics, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, CollaborationTeam Spark: Pay Attention To Nonverbal Communication
While your colleagues in the workplace communicate both verbally and non-verbally, understanding how to interpret their nonverbal communication can be a great advantage. Keep in mind that the meaning behind body language and facial expressions may vary from culture to culture, so it is always good to check for understanding.
#37 ID:1586Topic: Communication Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Interpersonal Skills, Team Builder, Discussion Trigger, TeamworkTeam Spark: Proverb - Be Patient
Spark team communication around being patient and giving a project time to move forward - allowing for greater creativity or innovation.
#38 ID:1596Topic: Interpersonal Skills Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion TriggerTeam Spark: Proverb - Deal with Little Issues
Spark team communication about the protocols that can help us catch small problems early on (before they grow into BIG issues).
#39 ID:1597Topic: Interpersonal Skills Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion TriggerTeam Spark: Proverb - Don't Insult Someone Who Can Take Care of You
Spark team communication about how to better understand each other so that we don’t offend each other.
#40 ID:1598Topic: Interpersonal Skills Learning Path: Personal Performance Type: Activities Suggested Industry Usage: Healthcare, Industrial & Manufacturing, Office & General, Retail & Hospitality Other Topics: Team Builder, Discussion Trigger