Group Effectiveness Workshops

Overview of Program Plan

Jonathan West
 Purpose
 Purpose of Team Effectiveness
Workshops (TEWS)

 Benefits of TEWS

 Measuring outcomes of TEWS

 Cost of TEWS
 Program Objectives

Enhance group effectiveness in your

organization by demonstrating an
increase in team performance 6
months after the seminars.
 Forming

Storming

Performing

Norming
Group
Development
 team individual

organization

Systems view of effective group work

 Social factors to team success
 Effective communication strategies
 How to manage conflict effectively
 Characteristics of effective leaders
Power dynamics & Empowerment
Where most learning happens

~Peterson 2004 ~Almeida 2009

 Hands on, experiential learning activities
 Content is focused on applying to real life
situations and problems
 Learning Transfer

 Negotiate ongoing learning with

management prior to training
 Build in reflection and application
thinking during workshops
 Encourage networking relationships
 Develop blog
 Evaluation Metrics
 Hoevemeyer’s Team Inventory
 team mission
 goal achievement
 empowerment
 open, honest communication
 positive roles and norms

 Campbell-Hallam Team Development

Survey (TDS)
 Commercially available
 Statistically verified
 Budget
 First developed for nonprofits – volunteer
basis
 Costs may be travel, facilities, and some
team activities costs
 Costs would be incurred if use a
commercial team survey indicator