LibGuides: PSY657: Module 4

Lesson 13: Required Resources

Videos

The video titled Leadership and Life is chalk full of helpful and useful tips about providing an effective debrief.

This compilation consists of four videos. Check out the third video down from the top that features Coach K (3:02mins) and the fourth video from the top about Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls (4:23).

Legendary basketball icon and former Duke University and Olympic basketball team head coach, Coach K. explains how leaders must look for and then find the heart of the team and then provides some ideas on what you can do when you find it.

This fourth video focuses on Phil Jackson’s ability to create championship teams and Michael Jordan’s leadership qualities.

Lesson 13: Optional Resources

50 Digital Team-Building Games by John Chen
ISBN: 9781118227374
Publication Date: 2012-04-09
Use technology to increase loyalty and productivity in your employees 50 Digital Team-Building Games offers fun, energizing meeting openers, team activities, and group adventures for business teams, using Twitter, GPS, Facebook, smartphones, and other technology. The games can be played in-person or virtually, and range from 5-minute ice-breakers to an epic four-hour GPS-based adventure. Designed to be lead by managers, facilitators, presenters, and speakers, the activities help teams and groups get comfortable with technology, get to know each other better, build trust, improve communication, and more. No need to be a "techie" to lead these games--they're simple and well-scripted. Author John Chen is the CEO of Geoteaming, a company that uses technology and adventure to teach teams how to collaborate. How to lead a simple, fast, fun team building activity with easy-to-follow instructions How to create successful "virtual" team building that requires NO travel and little to no additional expenses How to engage standoffish engineers, "hard to reach" technical teams, or Gen X/Y teammates with technology they enjoy using Successful technology-based team building can build buzz for your company, build critically important relationships and communication internally, and keep your team talking about it for weeks afterward!
The Team Building Tool Kit:: Tips and Tactics for Effective Workplace Teams by Deborah Mackin
Publication Date: 2007
Mackin, D. (2007). The team building tool kit: tips and tactics for effective workplace teams. (2nd ed.). AMACOM. https://go.oreilly.com/nationaluniversity/https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/the-team-building-tool/9780814474396/

This book provides sensible advice to help guide coaches, leaders, and participants to high-performance outcomes. Designed to be led by managers, facilitators, presenters, and speakers, the activities help teams and groups get to know each other better, build trust, solve problems, increase creativity, improve communication, and more. Filled with tips and easy to grasp, The Team-Building Tool Kit will help you learn how to facilitate meeting openers, assess team performance, resolve team conflicts, train for high performance, and develop a team road map.