I was assigned to my last name start with C. FORMING

Team Building [WLO: 1] [CLOs: 4, 5]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapters 4, 6, and 7 from the course text New leadership for Today’s Health Care Professionals: Concepts and Cases.

Effective teams are an integral part of health care delivery. Your team is not limited to just the individuals in your section, but members of other sections and departments. As a supervisor, you will need to assess the culture of the section or department and take deliberate actions to foster the culture and to strengthen the team dynamics.

Identify the formation stage assigned to you by the first letter in your last name. If there are not enough students to cover each formation stage, your instructor may assign one to you.

First Letter of Last Name

Formation Stage

A to E

Forming

For your assigned group formation stage,

• Research team building activities and identify two appropriate activities for your designated formation stage.
• Create a new activity you would use as part of team building for a team in your designated stage of development.
  • Your three activities should be specific enough for a classmate to repeat the activity.

Your initial post should be a minimum of 250 to 300 words. Include a minimum of two scholarly or credible sources, excluding any course material, formatted in APA Style as outlined by the Writing Center. Your textbook cannot be one of the two required sources. You can review the resource Formatting Your References List Links to an external site.to learn more.