Council & Committee Retreat Building a Good Foundation. Delmas Johnson, P.E., Stanley Consultants Darek Kimball, P.E., JUB

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1 Council & Committee Retreat Building a Good Foundation Delmas Johnson, P.E., Stanley Consultants Darek Kimball, P.E., JUB

2 Team Building Principles You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit Harry S. Truman Teams are stronger and more capable than the sum of the individuals. Great teams require mutual respect and trust of team members. Great team members know their roles well and execute precisely and consistently.

3 Team Building Principles Solicit feedback from team members. Exemplify loyalty to the team. Development confidence as a team through successful outcomes Express Appreciation Thank You (Formal and Informal) Recognition (Formal and Informal) Know the team members make it personal

4 Team Member Alignment

5 Laura Bush on Team Building LeaderCast 2014 Laughter is an important tool to relieve tension. Be a team builder. Respect the decision of others.

6 Four Areas of Emphasis in Team-building Goal Setting: aligning around goals Interpersonal-relationship management: building effective working relationships Role clarification: reducing team members role ambiguity Problem solving: finding solutions to team problems

7 Teamwork

8 Team Development Team-development interventions have proven to have positive effects on cognitive, affective, process, and performance team outcomes. Team building has seen the strongest effect on affective and process outcomes. According to Klein et al. (2009), team-development interventions were found to have the largest effects on financial measures of organizational performance. [3] Recent meta-analyses show that team development activities, including team building and team training, improve both a team s objective performance and supervisory subjective ratings on performance. [4]

9 Effective Team Building Task and Relationship According to Sanborn and Haszczo (2007), the most effective team building efforts occur when members of the team are highly interdependent in performing the task, highly knowledgeable and experienced in the task to be accomplished, and when organizational leadership actively establishes and supports the team. Effective team building must also incorporate an awareness of the ultimate objective of the task. They must work to develop goals, roles and procedures to achieve it successfully. In addition to task-orientated team building efforts, team-building efforts must also be relationship oriented. To ensure effectiveness, team building should work towards the establishment of policies and procedures and working with the environment, including support systems.

10 Team Building, Cont. Team building can help benefit teams experiencing issues with negative affect, such as lack of cohesion or trust. It could also improve teams suffering from process issues, such as lack of clarification in roles. Goal setting and role clarification have proven to be the most impactful. Providing teams with clearly set and challenging goals enhances motivation to work harder to be more effective and reduces conflict. [8] Role clarification helps to set individual purposes, goals and motivation.

11 Team Building Exercise Building Team

12 Leadership Principles Leaders: Define Direction Build Capability Counsel Together Organize the Work Accomplish the Work Render an Account

13 Emotional Intelligence Effective leaders have it (HBR, 1998) Self Awareness the ability to recognize and understand your moods, emotions, and drives, as their effect on others. Self Regulation the ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods. The propensity to suspend judgment to think before acting. Motivation A passion to work for reasons that go beyond money or status. A propensity to pursue goals with energy and persistence. Empathy the ability to understand the emotional makeup of other people. Social Skill Proficiency in managing relationships and building networks. An ability to find common ground and build rapport.

14 LeaderCast 2014 Empower leaders around you, and those coming along behind you. Courage is required. Celebrate generosity and selflessness Becoming, make as few decisions as possible; delegate. If your leadership is not all about you, it will live beyond you. Be a leader worth following. Be the leader you wish you had. Leaders give up control and define the objective. Show people what they have power and influence over.

15 Leadercast 2014 Don t skip the essentials in times of crisis. Have principles and ideals that you stick to. Calmness and consistency of the important things, not to be abandoned. Respond to unexpected challenges. Use these experiences in constructive ways. Courage is required. A leader eats last. Leadership is not a rank, it is a choice. Put the well being of others ahead of ourselves.

16 Leadership, Cont. Exercise Training Leadership

17 Staff Utilize AWWA Intermountain Committees Section Resources Technology Association Management Software, other

18 AWWA Intermountain Section Org Chart

19 Section Councils and Committees Advocacy & Outreach Council Conference Council Commuications & Member Services Council Newsletter & Internet Education & Training Council Water System O&M Council Legislative & Annual Conference Administrative Regulatory Affairs Coordination Services Small Systems Youth & Consumer Management Exhibitors Membership Education Development Safety & Security Student Outreach & Technical Program & Engineering & Awards Scholarship Moderators Construction Distribution Water For People Golf Young Professionals Public Officials Water Quality Facilities Coordination Utility Quality Management Mid Year Conference Coordination Webinars Idaho Subsection Idaho Subsection Idaho CEU Coordination

20 Association Management Software

21 Building a Good Foundation Team Building Leadership Utilize Section Resources Q&A