Teams@Haas delivers a common framework for teamwork within and across the various degree programs, serving over 900 students, with 2500 touchpoints a year. The program empowers Haas students with tools, techniques, and coaching to effectively support and foster positive team dynamics, and leverages the study team experience as a platform for leadership growth.
Teams@Haas is an evidence-based academic program built on the High Impact Team (HIT) Framework developed by Dr. Brandi Pearce. A High Impact Team is one that effectively aligns, over time, in the three zones of the HIT Framework resulting in the team’s ability to meet:
- Organizational Objectives
- Team Performance Targets
- Developmental Aims of Team Members
Over the course of your study team life-cycle, Teams@Haas will share the HIT tools and practices with you through workshops and bCourse communications. The program is designed to scaffold your team and support your personal leadership growth, while empowering you to develop High Impact Teams at Haas and beyond.
Workshop #1: Team Launch (Week Zero)
The Teams@Haas Team Launch is an opportunity to design your Academic Team with intention. Students will engage in the technique of Collaborative Planning in order to create team alignment on goals, coordination, and climate.
HIT Tool(s): Team Collaborative Plan
Workshop #2: Team Check-In (End of September)
Teams@Haas partners with Lead Comm to coordinate a Team Check-In workshop that is designed to:
- Introduce the practice of team reflexivity to close gaps in understanding and promote continued alignment on how to work together
- Embed a developmental team mindset
- Support the continued cultivation of psychological safety
HIT Tool(s): Team Collaborative Map & Team Dynamics Diagnostic
Workshop #3: Self-Facilitated Team Check-In Workshop (Early November)
Team Check-In #2 is designed to:
- Bolster team reflexivity as a practice
- Further promote a developmental approach to teamwork
Teams will receive a toolkit to support them in facilitating a self-directed collaborative mapping session to re-engage with the tools and techniques explored during Check-In #1.
HIT Tool(s): Team Collaborative Map
Workshop #4: Self-Facilitated Team Debrief (End Fall B)
At the end of Fall B, teams will receive a toolkit designed to support the mapping of your team journey in order to reflect and extract your learnings and leadership growth.
HIT Tool(s): Journey Map
Teams@Haas is here to serve as a thought partner as you strive to develop your collaborative leadership skills and support the development of your study teams.
Please note that teams are developmental in nature and it is not unusual for a team to experience gaps in understanding or misalignment in how best to work together during the team life-cycle. The main contributing factors are coordination challenges, perceptions of uneven contributions to work, lack of goal alignment, and an underdeveloped collaborative team climate. Two critical strategies teams can use to transform these challenges and support the continued development of their teams is to participate in a Teams@Haas Check-In Workshop and/or spend more time together developing your relationships and interpersonal connections. If you want to think through any challenges that are surfacing please reach out to Teams@Haas for thought partnership.
If you find that gaps in understanding are surfacing within your team or your team is falling out of alignment, please first visit the Teams@Haas bCourse site to check on the timing of the Teams@Haas Check-in Workshops and for resources that might be supportive to your team.
If you do not find what you need or need additional thought partnership, please reach out to Shannon Rogers at [email protected] for a consultation. During this initial meeting, our team will work to serve as a thought partner in identifying the next steps for you and your team as well as to work with you to determine if tailored team coaching might be supportive.