	KC Trains "Learning is a Journey.....Not a Destination"

Workshop Name:	Team Building: Developing an Effective & Productive Team
Contact Hours:	4 or customizable
Workshop Instructor(s):	Tiffany Hentschel or Seana Vece
Workshop Description:	This workshop will provide participants with the skills, knowledge and activities needed to build and enhance teamwork within their organization. The "Value of Teamwork" - how it enhances morale, increases quality and encourages creativity. To Team or Not to Team - identifying when a team process is appropriate and when it is not, how to define the purpose and guidelines of the team and communicating this to the members. Getting Results - how teams operate, the stages they grow through, how to avoid getting stuck in a nonproductive process, group behaviors that effect attitudes and outcomes, identifying and dealing with them will all be discussed. There is No "I" in Team - understanding positive and negative individual behaviors, their effect on the group and the process and how to most effectively deal with them. The Power of Play - ways to encourage creativity, build team spirit, enhance group process and identify group and individual strengths and weaknesses through non-threatening activities.
Who Should Attend:	Librarians, Supervisors, Non-Profits, Government
Application:	Click here for an application form
	Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network 15624 E. US Highway 24 Independence, MO 64050 Phone: 816/521-7267 Fax: 816/461-0966 E-Mail: sburton@kcmlin.org Last Updated 9/1/05