Workteams And The Wizard Of Oz

Cultivating individual employees into high-performing team players is one of the most effective strategies management and leadership can pursue. High-performing team players bring forth greater productivity, make effective use of resources, and apply better problem solving to each operation and department throughout the organization. The challenge in creating employees of this caliber is rooted in how to transition them into effective team players. The first step in meeting this challenge is instilling in them why and how cooperation and collaboration benefits them both individually and collectively.

Through an engaging analogy of the main characters and events in “The Wizard of Oz,” this course spotlights how diverse individuals with diverse objectives and paradigms can learn to work together to achieve a shared purpose and objective.

Use this course to show how and why it is important for work-teams to clearly state their objective, embrace diversity, leverage small successes along the way, and remain mutually supportive throughout the process.

   This course is in the Video On Demand format, to read about Video On Demand features click here.

Anyone who works on a team

• Introduction
• A Clearly Stated Objective
• Cooperation
• Diversity and Finding a Common Goal
• Honesty and Trust
• Facing Adversity
• Recognizing Real and Symbolic Needs
• Conclusion

• Forming Teams In 1 Minute
• Being A Great Meeting Participant In 1 Minute
• Workteams And The Wizard Of Oz: Building A Diverse Team