Planning and Execution

• How cohesive is your team? (Cohesion is a measurement of relationship, togetherness, and belongingness experienced by the team members.)
  • What evidence can you provide to support your conclusions about team cohesion? Are there any pieces of evidence that might contradict your conclusion?
  • How might you increase the amount of team cohesion (in essence, what intervention methods, such as role-playing and so forth, would you use)?
• How productive is your team? (Productivity is a measurement of task fulfillment by team members.)
  • What evidence can you provide to support your conclusions about team productivity? Are there any pieces of evidence that might contradict your conclusion?
  • How might you increase the amount of team productivity (e.g., what intervention methods would you use)?
• Who needs to be involved in the team development plan for it to be a success?
• What is the time frame for implementing your plan?

Make a 5-page team plan that addresses the following issues:

• What is the organization you are working with (to remind your readers)?
• What is the team cohesion need that should be addressed, and what is the intervention for that need?
• What is the team productivity need that should be addressed, and what is the intervention for that need?
• Who will need to participate (at any level) in the training and development initiative?
• When will the initiative take place?
• What is the basic schedule for rolling out your initiative?