Draft a written plan of the purpose, vision, and desired outcomes for a team of at least five individuals that you could lead in a public health context. This will include the team mission, vision and outcomes, the roles and responsibilities of each team member, how the team will be formed and maintained, and how the team and its members will be evaluated.
- Team mission (or purpose): Describe a project or an ongoing organizational activity that can be addressed by team effort. How would this mission add value to your organization?
- Vision statement: Look to the future and define your team's goals in broad terms. As Senge (1994) suggested, you would want to answer the question: "As a leader, what do you want to create for yourself and those around you?" How would this vision add value to your organization?
- SMART outcomes: Complete the following:
- Define the desired results of the team effort in terms that are:Specific.
- Measurable.
- Actionable and achievable.
- Realistic.
- Timely (When should they be accomplished?).
- Explain how these outcomes would add value to your organization.
Team Bulding Methods:
- Team roles and responsibilities: Complete the following:Define at least five roles in this team that will be required to meet the team's outcomes.
- Stipulate the responsibilities for each role.
Plan methods for: Guiding your team through the stages of inclusion and assertion to productive cooperation.
- Keeping the team productive on an ongoing basis.
- Facilitating team networking, cooperation, and participation.
- Evaluation: Formulate methods and criteria you could use to assess the team's performance as a whole and for assessment of individual team members.