Team Development Programs
Producing Skills and Strategies for Mission Critical Projects
Learning Programs designed to produce Team Effectiveness, Goal Alignment, and Clarity of Communication

What Is Accomplished
When companies win key contracts there is a critical need to align team members and stake holders around the team’s mission, (reason for its existence), values, (what's important), and strategy (agreed upon plan of action). Just as crucial is the building of open lines of communication, trust and flexible teaming strategies that will continue throughout the life of the program.

The CWT teambuilding program is designed specifically to deliver a set of experiences that function as the critical boost that projects need in order to produce a future that is not inevitable.

Building trust, enhancing interpersonal competence, communication, support and acknowledgment at the kickoff and during various stages of the project is the purpose of the CWT team development programs.

Aligning team objectives sets the stage for years of successful project outcomes!

Outcomes - Producing Results
Effective and productive teams who demonstrate commitment and cooperation in performance have learned to operate at this level by participating in experiences which define and support a unified vision, develop trust and clarify roles and responsibilities.

Within a framework of experientially-based individual and group interactions, team members participate in “learning-by-doing” activities that connect and enrich their problem-solving and decision-making capabilities resulting in the maximum in productivity.

Objectives
Create an environment of collaborative partnership among suppliers, multiple customers, sub- contractors and team members
Strengthen commitment to purpose and direction
Bond diverse team members
Clarify roles and lines of responsibility
Assess the important issues teams face
Provide forums for honest, productive and lasting communication
Practice styles of leadership, problem solving and decision-making real time by creating models of working situations

Program Design
Step 1 - An assessment of the important issues is conducted in order to prioritize the goals of the program. Leaders and program managers outline the desired program objectives. Team members are interviewed to clarify issues and concerns.

Step 2 - Program presentation consist of an introductory session and 2, 3, or 4 days of team interactive sessions establishing effective and sustainable team development. Teambuilding development programs are presented both onsite and in offsite retreat settings throughout the U.S. and in international settings.

The work done at the offsite will essentially insure that the diverse team members, stake holders/customers meet face to face, build trust-based relationships, and voice common concerns which set the stage for working strategies based on clarity and accountability.

Step 3 - The closing session clarifies the team learning, values and commitments to action. Graphic illustration sessions are used to transfer next step actions and goals. (See Graphic Visioning.) The standard comment on the evaluations at the end of this program is always "I wish we had invited all the key players and stake holders!"