.Category
{Team Building Applications}
.Stage
{Type as Template}
.Title
{Teaming by Four-Letter Type}
.Number
{This application could be used with either a small intact team or with a larger group interested in the impact of type on teams.}
.Minimum
{6 - 8}
.Ideal
{15 - 20}
.Maximum
{64}
.Mintime
{60 minutes}
.Maxtime
{120 minutes (depending on the number of participants and the diversity of type)}
.Objective1
{To allow a group or intact team to explore and experience the positive and negatives of teamwork in relation to type}
.Objective2
{To involve the group in a discussion of the implications of their four-letter type on the functioning of the team}
.Materials1
{Flipchart paper (several sheets) for each group}
.Materials2
{Markers}
.Instruct1
{Divide the large group into sub-groups by four-letter type.  This will vary depending on the type makeup of the group.}
.Instruct2
{For participants who are the only one of a four-letter type, try to find some type commonalties with other participants. This could be any combination of letters (for example an INTJ and an ENTJ could be grouped into an NT group.  Or an ESTP and ESTJ could be grouped in an EST group.)}
.Instruct3
{Give each subgroup the following questions to answer and record responses on flipchart paper: }
.Instruct31
{What is most appealing to your type about teams?}
.Instruct32
{What is most unappealing to your type about teams?}
.Instruct33
{What gifts does your type bring to a team?}
.Instruct34
{Where can your type's behavior make a team's work difficult?}
.Debrief1
{Have each subgroup present their work to the large group.}
.Debrief2
{Then have the large group discuss the following questions:}
.Debrief3
{What do you see in these reports that can cause difficulty for teams?}
.Debrief4
{What do you see in these reports that can be utilized to make teams more effective?}
.Note
{<B>Note:<N>  If the group with whom you are working is an intact team, you could facilitate a discussion about what specific changes it can make in order to be more effective.

It is also suggested that the trainer collect all of the flipchart paper and compile it into a handout for participants to reinforce learnings.}
