BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_968_a7e517b5bc5c4d3f1ebcd1cec06e7727@infopeople.org SUMMARY:All Work is Team Work DESCRIPTION:\n \n Do people talk about working as a team but when it comes down to it\, your team meetings feel like a group of individuals who aren&rsquo\;t ope n to other perspectives?\n Do you find that too m uch time is spent talking about why something happ ened or looking for blame instead of discussing ac tions to take to move forward?\n Do you feel that team members spend more time protecting their tur f than working together? \n Does &ldquo\;groupthi nk&rdquo\; instead of constructive conflict domina te your team decision making?\n \n \n Whether work ing with customers on a public desk\, participatin g in a short-term project to improve workflow or m eeting weekly with a team to alter services to acc ommodate shifting budgets\, work involves interact ions with groups of people to get things done. In this online course\, you will learn the characteri stics of highly effective teams.  \;\n \n We&r squo\;ll cover topics such as team roles\, group d ynamics\, team agreements and how to make decision s while having all members of the team feel heard. You&rsquo\;ll understand the all too human reason s it&rsquo\;s challenging to work on a team and wa ys around the challenges. You&rsquo\;ll leave this course with the ability to be a great team player \, which will also improve the performance of any team you are on in the future.\n \n \n Course Desc ription: Readings\, discussions\, practical examp les and assignments during the course will help yo u learn skills\, share experiences and questions\, and apply the concepts needed to be a great team player.\n \n Course Outline: When you log in to t he Infopeople online learning site\, you will see weekly modules with these topics:\n \n \n Week 1: What Is a Team?\n \n What makes a team\n Sta ges of team development\n Team roles\n Charact eristics of effective teams\n \n \n Week 2: Dec ision Making in Teams\n \n How decisions are ma de\n Tying decisions to strategic plans\n What happens when team members do not agree\n Tools for decision making\n \n \n Week 3: Finding and Solving Problems in Teams\n \n What makes team communication difficult\n Social triggers\n F ive dysfunctions of a team\n How to communicate difficult information\n \n \n Week 4: Tools for Creating High Performing Teams\n \n Team agree ments\n Skills for making a team effective\n R oles for high performing teams\n Team charters\n \n \n \n \n Time Required: To complete this co urse\, you can expect to spend 2½\; hours pe r week\, for a total of ten course hours. Each wee k'\;s module contains readings and various opti ons for assignments\, discussions\, interviews\, a nd online meetings. You can choose the options mos t relevant to your work and interests. Although yo u can work on each module at your own pace\, at an y hour of the day or night\, it is recommended tha t you complete each week'\;s work within that w eek to stay in sync with other learners.\n \n Who Should Take This Course: Library staff in all typ es of libraries who work with others on teams and want to improve their personal and team performanc e.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC): This course is approved as covering the Communication and Teamwork competenci es for the LSSC program.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \;\n \n Online Learning Details and System R equirements may be found at: infopeople.org/traini ng/online_learning_details.\n \n \n Keywords: Comm unication and interpersonal skills CATEGORIES:Online Course CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210406T120000 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210406T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20210503T163000 URL:https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=968 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR