.Category
{Temperament}
.Stage
{Beyond Basics}
.Title
{Temperament Team Building}
.Minimum
{2-person team or work group}
.Ideal
{2-5 people per temperament group}
.Maximum
{20 (Teams of more than 20 people have significant communication challenges and often develop unwieldy group processes)}
.Mintime
{60 minutes}
.Maxtime
{120 minutes (the more people and temperaments involved the more time this exercise takes)}
.Objective1
{To establish the impact that different temperaments have on team functioning}
.Objective2
{To establish and learn to flex to different motivational and communication styles}
.Objective3
{To establish effective group/team norms based on temperament insights}
.Materials1
{Flipchart paper }
.Materials2
{Markers}
.Materials3
{Masking Tape}
.Instruct1
{This exercise assumes that participants have had an introductory session explaining the temperament groups.}
.Instruct2
{In temperaments groups, participants have 10 to 15 minutes to answer on flip chart paper the following questions: }
.Instruct2a
{What motivates us to be here and do our best is . . .}
.Instruct2b
{How we like to be corrected is . . .}
.Instruct2c
{How we like to be encouraged or rewarded is . . . }
.Instruct3
{When all groups have finished, groups disclose their data one point at a time.  In other words, the NF group shares what motivates them to show up and do their best work—the NTs then do the same, followed by the SJs and the SPs or whatever groups are represented on the team.  Each question is answered by each of the groups—one question at a time.}
.Instruct4
{After each groups presentation, questions and comments from the other groups should be allowed and encouraged.  These questions should be addressed to and answered by the groups that presented, and the facilitator is only a backup resource. }
.Instruct5
{Do not attempt to present data from groups that are not represented in the team.  This is not an exercise designed to give insight into the temperaments; this is an exercise using temperaments that is designed to enable team members to verbalize their expectations and needs to each other. }
.Instruct6
{Once each of the groups have finished sharing the answers to all three questions, the temperament groups reflect for about ten minutes on the data that have been generated from the other groups and discuss and be ready to share the following:}
.Instruct6a
{What request (desired method of encouragement and correction) from any of the other groups will be easy to accommodate?}
.Instruct6b
{What request will prove challenging? }
.Debrief1
{Back in the large group, temperament groups and/or individuals are invited to share some of the conclusions and content from their discussion.  There should be some discussion from each group, if not each individual, but this need not take more than five minutes.}
.Debrief2
{Each individual then fills out a “Team Building Action Plan” (see Other Handouts), which has the following three questions on it:}
.Debrief2a
{3 to 5 benefits of my temperament as it relates to this team are:}
.Debrief2b
{3 to 5 potential liabilities of my temperament as it relates to this team are:}
.Debrief2c
{3 to 5 actions I will take with this group to make this team more effective are:}
.Debrief3
{One at a time, participants share in the large group at least one benefit, one potential liability and one action they will take on the team. }
.Debrief4
{The facilitator at this time can either write the actions on flip chart paper or encourage a team member to do so to record the goals that are being set for the team and its members.}
.Debrief5
{Point out that each team member has been told how they like to be encouraged and corrected—so when the goals laid out are being met—or not, the team knows how to react appropriately to both outcomes.}
