Assignment:
Develop a slide presentation that includes the following:
Title slide - remember that this is being presented to the executive team.
Introduction - Be sure to introduce the reason you are proposing a team approach by identifying the long-term business goal you desire to achieve.
Actions for the organization level - Identify which of the 7 actions are appropriately established and which need to be revised or developed.
Actions at the leader level - Using the 12 actions that leaders can take as a model, identify three strengths that seem generally consistent among leaders in the organization and three opportunities for development.
Recommendations - Using persuasive language and negotiating skills
Make recommendations for policy and structure changes to better enable the successful deployment of a team approach.
Make recommendations for leader training and development to help the team approach succeed.
Conclude with a call to action that seeks sponsorship and support for this initiative.Actions Leaders Can Take Using Their Own Resources
1. Defining the team's mission
2. Establishing a climate of trust
3. Developing a norm of teamwork, based on cooperation theory
4. Developing group emotional intelligence
5. Emphasizing pride in being outstanding 6. Serving as a model of teamwork, including power sharing
7. Using a consensus leadership style
8. Establishing urgency, demanding performance standards, and providing direction
9. Encouraging competition with another group
10. Engaging in ample interaction with the team
11. Minimizing micromanagement
12. Practicing e-leadership for virtual teams
Actions Generally Requiring Organization Structure or Policy
1. Designing physical structures that facilitate communication
2. Emphasizing group recognition and rewards
3. Initiating ritual and ceremony
4. Practicing open-book management
5. Selecting team-oriented members
6. Using technology that facilitates teamwork including social media
7. Blending representatives from the domestic company and foreign nationals on the team