Effective Team Communication

Research has shown that teams can out-perform individuals in planning, problem solving, and decision making, but only if they have methods to bring their ideas out in the open and discuss them creatively.  Communication is the vehicle teams use to get their work accomplished.  When teams work well together, ides flow freely among the members and conflicts are surfaced and managed.  When teams are not working well, often it is because team members are not communicating well.

The goal of this program is to help participants develop their capacity to communicate in a team setting and to develop skills in solving common team communication problems.  It can be used with intact teams or with a group of individuals from different teams.

Learning Objectives:
	Increase the match between what they intend to communicate and what their team members actually perceive.
	Utilize techniques for giving and receiving feedback.
	Uncover important but unspoken issues in a team.
	Develop the ability to communicate clearly and directly with different team members.