3 Idiots – Crossing the Valley!!!

The important learnings from activity are:

Ques 1) what is TeamWork?

The process of working together with a group of people in order to achieve a goal.The team work is often a crucial part of a business as it is often necessary for colleagues to work well together, trying for the best in any circumstances. Team work often means people will try to cooperate, using their individual skills and providing constructive feedbacks, despite any personal conflicts between the individual.

'Teamwork’ and requires the most complex co-ordination between team players.

Ques2) Why have teamwork ?

Team work is important because it helps us synergie, it compliment sour individual weakness, it does help in productivity and it helps one build new and better skills. Well its one thing to create a team but quite different  to create teamwork in the workplace.

To put it in simple words, a team doesn’t work without teamwork.

Description of Activity:

The activity consists of three individuals, connected only by a pole, attempting to cross a valley.

The activity has three people who are given a long rod which is carried by them on their shoulders, and then they have to cross a small crater as a group. There each person gets to be in motion for a few seconds without using their legs. The burden of the person in air is borne by the other two participants.

If we consider each of the idiots crossing the valley as /\ , we can see that the following scenarios are obtained :-

Thus, we see that in the above case three situations arrive, 

                                      one where the person is fully safe denoted by --.-.-

                                       one where the person is half safe denoted by------

         and one where the person is taking a dangerous step, denoted by        

The Scenario:

Step-1	All three are safe
Step-2	Front one is Half safe. Middle and Last one is fully  safe
Step-3	Front one is Fully Risky; Middle one and Last one is Fully SAFE
Step-4	Front one and middle one are HALF RISKY; Rear one is SAFE
Step-5	Front one SAFE: Middle one is Fully Risky; Last one is SAFE.
Step-6	Front one SAFE; Middle and Last one is Half Safe
Step-7	Front one and Middle ones are Fully Safe; Last one is Fully Risky
Step-8	Front and Middle one is safe; Last one is half risky
Step-9	All three are Safe

We have the following observations and learnings to make:-

1)    Structuring the Task  and roles in a Team:

1.       Role of First Person = Role of second Person = Role of Third person : No differentiation  was done in designing the team tasks. Nobody was overloaded or relaxed.

2.       All  3 members’ tasks  were designed to be - Easy, Lighter, Clear and Systematic.

3.       3 team members are equally responsible in their contributions for the overall task completion

4.       All three members have equal distribution of different kinds of situation :

      High Risk 01 times

      Half Risks 02 times

      Fully Safe 02 times

5.   Communication and feedback is essential while working in a team.

6.   Every member is indispensable in completing the task.

7.   There were equal instances when one needed each other.

2)Team Excellence:

Team excellence comes by proper designing of team tasks, team roles, preparation and execution of the tasks. Excellence is DESIGNED by the managers.

The  Eight Characteristics of Highly Effective Teams include:

1)      Clear, Elevating Goal

2)      Results-Driven Structure

3)      Competent Team Members

4)      Unified Commitment

5)      Collaborative Climate

6)      Standards of Excellence

7)      External Support and Recognition

8)      Leadership

Five Stages of team work

Pshychologist bruce teckman came up with five key stages through which team moves. They are

1.       Forming

2.       Storming

3.       Norming

4.       Performing

5.       Adjourning 

I conclude By:

 Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.