Details and the Big Picture:  How to build better teams  and be a better team member

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Details and the Big Picture: How to build better teams and be a better team member
Jeanne Galvin‐Clarke, Manager, Sponsored Programs Administration, University of Maryland, Baltimore
jclarke@umaryland.edu
Doris H. Schultz, Director of Business Operations, Systems Engineering Research Center, Stevens Institute of Technology
dschultz@stevens.edu
NCURA Region II Spring Meeting
New York, NY, May 1‐3, 2011
Today’s Topic
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Team building and how to better understand the capabilities that lead to good staffing choices, from the perspective of two team building models
™ Meyers‐Briggs® Type Indicator
™ Belbin Team Role Model
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The blend of skills needed in a successful Research Administration office
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Objectives
1. For managers, learn how to build better teams to improve both office productivity and employee satisfaction
2. For individuals, understand how to discover your “sweet spot” – the area in which you are most likely to succeed – and how you can use that understanding to better contribute as part of a team.
3. For the team, learn how to work together better and achieve more together
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Introduction
• NCURA has identified a future skill gap in the area of research administration where • Future retirees > replacement talent
• This serious gap can be mitigated if we start identifying and grooming individuals to better fit these roles. NCURA Region II Spring Meeting
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Methodology
• The best decisions are made by combining data and intuition
• Statistically, 80% of all staffing decisions are weak and made purely by intuition
• Better staffing decisions require a change in perspective and use better data sets which will help
– consider more than technical job skills when evaluating prospective staff members
– identify strengths and weaknesses of your staff
– use that insight to build stronger teams
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Group vs. Team
• Group
2 or more entities
Common objective
Individual goal/objective
Sharing of information without sacrificing individual goal.
– Individual budget and schedule
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• Team
2 or more entities
Individual objective
Common goal/objective
Willing to sacrifice individual objective for common goal
– Common budget and schedule
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Group vs. Team
Goal/Objective
Objective
Individual
Objective
Goal/Objective
Common
Group
Team
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Myers Briggs®
Presentation by Jeanne Galvin‐Clarke
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Meyers‐Briggs Type Indicator®
(MBTI)
• Psychological Type concept developed by Carl Jung
• MBTI® “instrument” developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother Katherine Briggs, first available in 1975
• Framework for enhancing self‐awareness and improving self‐management
• Supports effective communication, leadership, team and relationship development
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MBTI® Preferences
Extraversion
E
Energy Flow
I
Sensing
S
Perceiving
N
Thinking
T
Judging
Judging
J
Orientation
F
P
Introversion
iNtuition
Feeling
Perceiving
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MBTI® Preferences
Extraversion
E
Energy Flow
Action
Expressive
Talk it out
Often speak up at meetings
• Energized by interacting with others
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Introversion
Reflection
Contained
Think it through
Speak after preparing
Need time alone to “recharge”
MBTI® Preferences
How your mind gathers data & information
Sensing
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Perceiving
Present Focus
Details
Actual
Specifics
Seeing is believing
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N
iNtuition
Future Focus
Patterns
Theoretical
Big Picture
What does it mean?
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MBTI® Preferences
How you make decisions
Thinking
T
Judging
Objective
Cause and effect
Clarity
Would rather be right than liked
• Remember numbers more easily than faces
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F
Feeling
Subjective
Person‐centered values
Harmony
“Good” decision must consider impact on people
• Enjoy helping others
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MBTI® Preferences
Your Public Persona
T or F
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Judging
J
Orientation
Decisive
Orderly
Scheduled
A deadline is a Deadline
Like to work things through to conclusion
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P
Perceiving
S or P
Explore possibilities
Flexible
Spontaneous
A deadline is a Target
Like to keep your options open
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The 16 MBTI® Types
ISTJ
ISFJ
INFJ
INTJ
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
ESTP
ESFP
ENFP
ENTP
ESTJ
ESFJ
ENFJ
ENTJ
The 4 MBTI® Groups
Group Name
Shared Preference
Types
Strengths
Highest Values
Rationals
NT
INTJ ENTJ
INTP ENTP
Logic and Strategy
Truth, Knowledge, Competence, Autonomy
Idealists
NF
INFJ ENFJ
INFP ENFP
Diplomacy and creating harmony
Principles, Meaning, Relationship
Guardians
SJ
ISTJ ESTJ
ISFJ ESFJ
Logistics and materials
Security and Being Respected
Artisans
SP
ISTP ESTP
ISFP ESFP
Tactical actions & adaptability
Experiences that excite the senses
http://www.systemsthinker.com/interests/mind/ptypes.shtml
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MBTI® in action
you get out of life exactly what you put into it –
nothing more, nothing less Somehow, I’d like a little more room for error
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MBTI® ‐ value to individuals
• Understand what
energizes you, frustrates you, challenges you, satisfies you
• Use awareness of your tendencies to guide your career choices
• Approach your work in the way that uses your strengths and reduces stress
• Identify non‐preferences and develop strategies to accomplish those types of tasks
• Understand and work better within the culture of your office/institution
• Maximize your contribution and satisfaction in life
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Why apply MBTI® to Teams?
• Teams with only one member of a certain type, are likely to view that member as “different” and are less likely to appreciate and accept the contributions of that member; potential for team conflict
• Teams that include several different types, experience less conflict
• Teams with high similarity reach decisions more quickly, but are more likely to make errors due to missing some input, overlooking other viewpoints, and inability to see some consequences
• Teams with diverse types will reach decisions more slowly, but are likely to make better decisions due to having more input, considering more viewpoints and evaluating a variety of potential impacts
• Teams of many types promote personal development of team members
Mary McCaulley, founder CAPT
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Why apply MBTI® to Teams?
• Enhances ability to understand and manage others
• Contributes to development of leadership skills
• Identification of training needs, skill gaps
• Provides insight into conflict resolution
• Devise recognition and rewards that fit the individual
• Guide change management needs of the team
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MBTI® and Teams
Teams dwell in the intersection of Types
• Communication (E/I and J/P)
• Determining direction and scope (S/N)
• Defining (and following) processes and expectations (J/P and S/N)
• Decision Making (T/F)
• Degree of Conflict (J/P)
• Frustration or Patience (J/P and T/F and S/N)
• Team cohesiveness (T/F)
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Problem Solving: it takes all kinds
Facts & Details
What are the facts?
Be specific
Gather from data observation
Be clear
Analyze
What is the cause & effect of each action?
Pros and Cons
Objectively consider the consequences
Alternatives
What alternatives do the facts suggest?
Brainstorm, Imagine
Consider various solutions
Impact
Is it something you can live with?
How do you feel about the action?
How do you think it will affect other people? the community as a whole?
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Belbin Model
Presentation by Doris Schultz
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Belbin Team Roles
• Based on Research by Meredith Belbin
– PhD Cambridge University
– Research began in 1970’s
• Various psychometric testing
– Cattell 16 Personality Factor test (16PF)
– Personal Preference Questionnaire (PPQ)
– Watson Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal (CTA)
• Exercises Played
– Executive Management Exercise (EME) / Teamopoly
• Established Belbin Team Role Behaviors
– Personality, Mental Ability, Current Values and Motivators, Field Constraints, Experience, and Role Learning
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Cooperation
What is cooperation?
• Belbin definition of cooperation: to work together
or engage in a joint operation
• It is the wish to help, adjust, collaborate with and
fit in with others who are in direct working contact.
Why cooperate?
1. The group will have a common purpose.
2. The group will form a cohesive unit.
3. The group will obtain better results
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Cooperation
How do I cooperate and get others to
cooperate?
1. Find out the needs of others
2. Offer to help
3. Reach a shared goal
4. Ask for help
5. Give encouragement
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Thinking Oriented
Plant
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Thinking Oriented
Plant
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Action Oriented
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Thinking Oriented
Plant
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Action Oriented
Shaper
Implementer
Completer Finisher
Thinking Oriented
Plant
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Action Oriented
Shaper
Implementer
Completer Finisher
People Oriented
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Thinking Oriented
Plant
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Action Oriented
Shaper
Implementer
Completer Finisher
People Oriented
Coordinator
Team worker
Resource Investigator
Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
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Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
Ideas
Plant
Resource Investigator
Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
Ideas
Plant
Resource Investigator
Plans
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
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Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
Ideas
Plant
Resource Investigator
Plans
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Contacts
Resource Investigator
Team Worker
Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
Ideas
Plant
Resource Investigator
Plans
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Contacts
Resource Investigator
Team Worker
Organization
Implementer
Coordinator
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Phases
Needs
Shapers
Coordinators
Ideas
Plant
Resource Investigator
Plans
Monitor Evaluator
Specialist
Contacts
Resource Investigator
Team Worker
Organization
Implementer
Coordinator
Follow Through
Completer Finisher
Implementer
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Assessment Feedback
Self Assessment
Observer’s
Assessment
Assessment Results in Ranked Order
Preferred Team Roles
‐ How You See Yourself
‐ How Your Observers See You ‐ Combined Overall Ranking
1 = Top
9 = Bottom
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Team‐Role Circle
RI
TW
PL
ME
CO
SP
Now that you have IMP
SH
completed the team‐
role circle, what would CF
you say about the composition of your team?
What problems could occur because of the composition?
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Psychological Models and Teams
Purpose is not to change the group instead
it is to understand how its make‐up is likely to influence its functionality and success
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Psychological Models and Teams
• Are the types on the team appropriate to the tasks of the team?
• Are the individual team members assigned to perform tasks that utilize their strengths?
• Is there enough variety in the members’ types to avoid “blind spots”?
• Are there enough idea people to inspire the team and enough practical people to bring closure?
• What are the potential benefits and liabilities of the team’s collective make‐up? • What might be needed to bridge the gaps/problem areas?
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Your Perfect Team
Can you build your
perfect team?
1. Think of the best example of each type
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2. Discuss and then collectively build your perfect team.
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Research Administration
MBTI
Belbin
S and N, T and F, J and P
(need a team!)
Plant, Coordinator, Resource Investigator Specialist,
Team Worker,
Completer/Finisher
Pre Award
Develop ideas, facilitate, communicate, notice details, interpret, meet deadline
Post Award
Organize, gather S, T, J
details, report on details, employ policies to guide decisions, analytical
Implementer, Monitor/Evaluator, Completer/Finisher, Specialist
Director
Create processes, facilitate productivity, develop staff skills, make decisions S and N, T and F, J and P
(delegate)
Implementer, Resource Investigator Coordinator, Monitor/Evaluator
N, T, F, P
Plant, Resource Investigator, Coordinator
Create vision, develop policy, motivate others
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VP or Provost
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Belbin Team‐Role Circle
TW
PL
Pre‐Award
RI VP Post‐Award
ME
VP
Director
Director
Post‐Award
Director
CO
Projects
VP
Projects
SH
SP
Pre‐Award
Post‐Award
Pre‐Award
IMP
CF
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The 16 MBTI® Types
ISTJ
Post‐Award
ISFJ
Post‐Award
Pre‐Award
ISTP
Post‐Award
Pre‐Award
ESTP
Director
ESTJ
Director
Post‐Award
ISFP
Pre‐Award
ESFP
Director Pre‐Award
ESFJ
Post‐Award
Director Pre‐Award
INFJ
INTJ
Pre‐Award
Post‐Award
Post‐Award
INFP
INTP
Pre‐Award
Post‐Award
ENFP
ENTP
Director
VP
Pre‐Award
ENFJ
VP
Director
Pre‐Award
Pre‐Award
VP
ENTJ
Post‐Award VP
Director Pre‐Award
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References
• Kroeger, Otton, Thuesen, Janet M. and Rutledge, Hile “Type Talk at Work” Dell Publishing:NY, NY 2002
• Rutledge, Hile and Kroeger, Otto “MBTI Introduction Workbook” OKA, LLC: Fairfax, VA 2005
• Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. Palo Alto, CA (official publisher of the Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator Assessment)
o https://www.cpp.com/products/mbti/index.aspx
• Meyers‐Briggs Foundation
o http://www.myersbriggs.org
• The Center for Applications of Psychological Type, CAPT®, Inc
o http://www.capt.org/take‐mbti‐assessment/mbti.htm
• free short on‐line personality tests that use MBTI –like assessment
o http://similarminds.com/jung.html
o http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi‐win/JTypes2.asp
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