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REVISION AND PRACTICE

Week 1 — Quick Revision

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From outdoor games to the 10 C’s of teamwork.
From outdoor games to the 10 C’s of teamwork.
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Week 1 at a glance

Outbound training (OBT)

  • Learning teamwork by doing outdoor group tasks.
  • Group effect / synergy: Paes and Bhupathi, ordinary in singles, No. 1 as a doubles pair.
  • Buddy carry: strangers bonded after carrying each other.
  • Watch for: planning, using every person as a resource, the time limit, mid-course correction, helping the weakest link.
  • Three rules: wear a smile; balance head and heart; safety first (physical and mental).

The activities

  • A-frame march: one rider on the frame, four rope-holders; both legs must cross the line.
  • Caterpillar walk: everyone on two planks; move in step or not at all.
  • Faculty lessons: clear goal (Arjuna and the bird’s eye); know and allocate resources; share the vision; review and correct; planning time is never wasted; back the final plan as if it were your own.

What is teamwork?

  • TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More.
  • Small creatures together beat big ones. Don’t panic.
  • Unions and diversity and inclusion: change through togetherness.
  • Geese: uplift, rotating leader, honking encouragement, care.
  • “Walk fast alone; walk far together.”
  • Match roles to strengths.

The 10 C’s

C Key idea
Clarity Vision, role, teammates’ abilities; ABC: accuracy, brevity, clarity
Commitment Go the extra mile; dates, owners, backup plans
Communication Informal and formal spaces; knowledge sharing; psychological safety
Competence Complementary skills; the pit crew
Collaboration Facilitator leader; shared power; diverge
Coordination Converge; who, what, when, where; dabbawalas
Connection Respect, trust, care, celebrate
Conflict resolution Expectation gaps; listen, root cause, win-win
Change management Expect resistance; communicate; tiny steps
Continuous improvement Kaizen; 1% daily ≈ 37× a year

Practice questions

  1. What is synergy?
When a team’s result is greater than the sum of what each member could do alone.
  1. In the A-frame march, when does a team finish?
When both legs of the frame have crossed the finish line.
  1. Name the three OBT rules for the day.
Wear a smile; keep your head and heart in balance; safety first.
  1. List all 10 C’s of teamwork.
Clarity, commitment, communication, competence, collaboration, coordination, connection, conflict resolution, change management, continuous improvement.
  1. Which C uses divergent thinking, and which uses convergent thinking?
Collaboration is divergent; coordination is convergent.
  1. What does psychological safety mean?
A safe, non-judgmental space where everyone can speak openly.
  1. What are Avoid, Bypass and Confuse?
Three ways people dodge work they don’t want to do.
  1. What does Kaizen mean?
Change for the better: small, continuous improvements by everyone.
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