Building a Team
This activity helps you map out the key members of a team. Defining your team helps ensure that individuals with the right expertise are involved to support the diverse needs of a specific initiative or your transformation journey as a whole.
- Suggested time: 30-45 mins
- Materials: Pens, worksheets, whiteboard or large sheet of paper
- When to use: When you need to establish or expand a team
Steps
Print out the Building a Team worksheets for everyone present along with one extra worksheet, or recreate the categories on a whiteboard or large sheet of paper.
Pass out the Building a Team worksheets if you are completing this activity as a group, and give everyone 5 minutes to individually reflect on their thoughts on each section. Let them know the worksheets are for their reference, and that you will be completing the same worksheets together shortly.
After everyone has completed their individual reflections, take 20 minutes to come together as a group to discuss and fill out one worksheet together or fill out the same categories drawn on a whiteboard or large sheet of paper. Think of the exercise as a starting point, but feel free to modify as necessary based on your institution’s unique goals, challenges, and student body.
Send a copy of your completed Building a Team worksheets to all participants for reference, and begin building your team or inviting new members.
