| Topic | Author |
| Completed Application Exercises | Richard Bartz (0) |
Resilient teams, like resilient people, are grown over time--and especially over challenging times together.
This course includes five lessons that explore core aspects of team life with an emphasis on resiliency. It has been developed by Dr. Kelly O'Donnell and Dr. Michèle Lewis O'Donnell, consulting psychologists in the mission/aid sector.
What characterizes strong teams (health)? What goes wrong with teams (dysfunction)? What are the responsibilities of team leaders and members for maintaining the team? How can we use team building tools? We want to look realistically at the challenges of “doing teams well” and further equip teams to be healthy and effective.
This course involves core readings (brief articles), audio lectures (10 minutes each), and a power point presentation. Intersperesed in these materials are reflection and discussion items, plus some self-assessments. The training module concludes with an exercise for learners to summarize core principles for resilient teams.
We have set up the course to be done individually or as a group. In the future we may offer a live component to the training in order to to interact online with groups of learners.
Goals:
- Identify the characteristics of cohesive and effective teams as well as team dysfunction
- Discuss the roles and responsibilities of team leaders and members
- Develop practical skills in team building and managing conflict
- Make practical applications to our lives and work
Dr. Kelly and Dr. Michèle O'Donnell--Member Care Associates, Inc. MCAresources@gmail.com
