Strategies for forming a united team

Important to know:
The course video is English with Romanian subtitles and test questions are in Romanian.

Overview

Team cohesion, or the strength of team bonds, determines how effective teams will be, especially in responding to outside pressures. A team must be united if its members are to function as a single unit, working closely and efficiently to achieve common goals. In this course, you will learn methods of building and managing teams effectively, focusing on three areas: communication, cooperation, and trust. You will learn specific strategies to improve communication and promote collaboration among staff members working in a team. You will also learn what signs suggest a lack of trust in a team and how you can demonstrate that you have the qualities of a team leader using the right techniques to build trust and improve teamwork.

Objectives

• Recognize guidelines for responding positively to team members in order to promote effective team communication

• Recognize ways to create a sense of partnership among team members to promote effective communication

• Identify ways to encourage team members to speak with each other

• Recognize strategies to promote cooperation among team members, including putting team needs first and accepting unpleasant tasks

• Recognize strategies that discourage competition among team members to promote effective communication

• Recognize indicators of a lack of trust within the team • recognize strategies for building trust

• recognize strategies for building team cohesion