Team Learning Workshop

Course Description Bringing your team to the next level of performance requires that members learn how to learn as a team. Team learning which is one of the five disciplines identified by Peter Senge in his book The Fifth Discipline (1990) is challenging because the process of learning how to learn collectively is something people are not very familiar with. We are more familiar with terms like brainstorming or problem solving sessions where people come to a forum looking forward to contributing their own knowledge and experience or even advocate their own idea of a solution. In team learning members recognize that despite the knowledge and experience that they bring to the table, there is an agreement that the solution is unknown and that the collective knowledge of the team and brainpower of each individual in the team can contribute to cocreating a new solution or a new arrangement. YOUR TEAM needs this! They need to be equipped with tools to create the right environment, use a commonly understood structure and language to learn how they can improve together. Workshop Objectives By the end of the workshop, the learners would be able to: Appreciate the concept of team learning as a means to improve team performance Appreciate how surfacing mental models can help in team learning Describe the necessary skills in promoting generative dialogues Establish norms for team learning Ed Ebreo is the president and founder of ExeQserve corporation. His 18 years of experience helps Ed appreciate organizations and people from various industries and help them achieve their full potential through training and other HR-related interventions. He is also an active member of Toastmasters Club with a norm of Advanced Communicator Silver. Target Participants Leaders and team members Facilitators Profile

Team Learning Workshop

Course Content

Time 8:00 to 9:00

Activity Introduction Ice Breaker: Lovely Confusion Presentation of the workshop framework

Process Objectives Appreciate the framework of the workshop

9:00 to 10:30

Session 1: Understanding Team Learning Team learning as part of the five disciplines of learning organizations Basic principles of team learning Session 2: Mental Models Strategies for working with mental models Kantors 4 player modelunderstanding ones natural style and need to learn in team conversations.

Describe the concept of team learning

11:00 to 12:00

Appreciate the effect of mental models in team learning

1:00 to 3:00

3:15 to 5:00

Session 3: Improving Dialogues Fundamentals of open communication SLE: Traffic Jam: Encouraging critical thinking and open communication Using the four fields of conversation to achieve generative dialogue Using Inquiry and Advocacy to achieve transparent and productive communication Session 4: Institutionalizing Team Learning Team Learning and the Creative Process Team Learning norm building Closing

Describe the necessary skills in promoting generative dialogues

Establish norms for team learning