Lead a Team Meeting

For this assessment, you must role-play that you have organised a team meeting and present the Team Performance Plan, which you have created, to your team and inform them of their tasks and your expectations.

This exercise is about you demonstrating that you are able to conduct the required performance elements for this unit as outlined in the Learner Guide. To get a [S] Satisfactory Mark for this unit you need to demonstrate that you are able; to lead a team; to explain a problem and its solution; to explain how you aim to use your team to solve the problem; to encourage and motivate a team; to be a role-model to your team through desired behaviour; to provide a vision, aim and goal to a team and inspire your team to reach that goal.

HINT :You may use the following template suggestions for the performance demonstration:

Read or record the section that says"SAY". You are then required to insert a response of your own in the sections that are marked with [ ]. The sections that are in brackets ( ) and in italic are hints of what your speech should contain.

"TEAM MEETING SPEECH"

[Introduce yourself, your position and why you and your team are here]

(Communicate the concerns and issues that has been raised and the reason why this team exists, tell them what the problem is and how you intend to solve it.)

SAY:I want you to have a shared understanding of purpose, roles and responsibilities in accordance with the organisational goals, plans and objectives. I want you all to understand your roles, responsibilities and accountabilities.

[Explain each team members purpose, job and responsibilities according to your plan]

(Explain the KPI's: You must communicate to your team members the team purpose, each person's roles, each person's responsibilities and each person's accountabilities)

SAY:In regard to staff training, mentoring or coaching, I have decided that:

[In accordance with your plan: Tell the team if you are providing training, which training you will provide and to which team member and for how long]

SAY:It is really important that we, as the members of this team, and in particular as responsible citizens of our society, show and engage in a behaviour that is a model of conduct that we want our fellow citizens to also engage in. We must ourselves be, not only good roles model but exemplary role models. I expect every one of you to, from now on, to change your behaviour in regard to recycling. I myself will change my behaviour. From today I will:

[Tell your team how you will change your own behaviour to provide an example of how a model citizen should recycle]

SAY:Also, I want you all to know that I value and expect two-way flow of communication. For our mission to be successful I want and encourage your feedback. I value your enthusiasm, your input and your work commitment. I will...

[Continue to encourage your team and express that you value them and their work commitment]

(For example, say something like: I will have great expectations from you because I truly believe that we will make an important difference in the community, that our effort will, in time, change both ourselves and our fellow citizens, and I truly believe that our work will provide our community with leadership and a role-model for all people in society. Thank you for coming today, and I will see you early Monday morning at 9 AM ready for work. We have a challenge to attend to and to accomplish)