Team Building Glossary

Team Action Planning.  Action Planning helps them to make the shift from problem solving and decision making to action.

Team Behavioural Inventory (TBI).  Team Behavioural Inventory is an inventory or checklist of positive and negative behaviours associated with team high-performance and based on the team wheel.

Team Building.  Team-building covers a range of activities, experiences, and methods employed to establish teams and to improve team functioning and teamwork.

Team Charter.  The Team Charter is essentially a document template developed prior to the chartering activity planned for a particular team or set of teams.

Team Collaboration Inventory (TCI).  The Team Collaboration Inventory (TCI) is an assessment of team behaviours that, in the aggregate, point to the orientation or inclination toward teamwork.

Team Critical Success Factors (CSF).  Team Critical Success Factors is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Decision Making.  Team decision making is a core team skill, decision-making involves making a selection from among alternative courses of action.

Team Deliverables.  Team Deliverables is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Dynamics.  Team dynamics is concerned with the interaction between members of the team, and how this relates to the performance of the team.

Team Effectiveness Inventory.  The Team Effectiveness Inventory is a simple but useful instrument that teams can use to assess their effectiveness.

Team Goals.  Team Goals is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Leadership (Leading teams).  What is the role of team leadership in Self-Directing Teams? The term Self-Directed Teams implies self-leadership. Managing SDTs seems a contradiction in terms.

Team Learning Plan (TLP).  The Team Learning Plan (TLP) is developed following a thorough assessment of team skills and knowledge relative to its current and prospective requirements.

Team Mission.  The team mission is a central aspect of teamwork and performance, and an important part of the Team Charter.

Team Performances Measures.  Team Performances Measures is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Player.  A team player is a team member who is considered to have the best interests of the team at heart.

Team Problem Solving.  Team Problem Solving is the first step in a team decision-making process.

Team Purpose/Vision.  Team Purpose/Vision is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Roles and Responsibilities.  Team Roles and Responsibilities is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Schedule.  Team Schedule is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Scope.  Team Scope is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Training.  Team training is important because a focussed approach to team-building, skills training, and processes and structure enables organisations to build and sustain teams that are highly productive, highly motivated, and essentially self-managing.

Team Values.  Team Values is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Team Vision.  Team Vision is an element of the high-performance team charter.

Teamwork.  Teamwork and cooperation, along with shared goals, are necessary but insufficient to teams truly self-directing.

The Decision Making Process.  The decision making process involves making a selection from among alternative courses of action.

The Paradox of Self Management.  The idea of leading or managing a Self-Directed Team seems counter-intuitive, and may pose dilemmas for members and leaders alike—"the paradox of self management".

The Rugged Individualist.  American and Australian cultures, in particular, have been significantly influenced by hardy individualism, breading the "rugged individualist". Our pioneering spirit and great diversity often run counter to teams.

Total Quality Management (TQM).  Increasing emphasis on Total Quality Management (TQM) and continuous improvement has precipitated greater deployment of team-oriented organisational structures and work processes.

Training.  Training encompasses planned activities to develop job-related skills and to improve performance.

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