CS2101: Tutorial 2 notes

What makes a good team by google

1. Equal speaking
2. Equal listening -> Psychological safety

Call the person name when speaking
Stop doing what they are speaking.

Clarify with the person to show listening. (Repeat)
- Nod
- Handgestures

Building team 

- Clear goals

- Defining work style

Great team leaders

- Do not command

- Anytime leader

- No title can still leader

- Take initiative to share the idea, do not dominate the conversation

- Look for opportunities to lead

People oriented behaviors

Project leadership 101:

Mistakes:

1) Focus on task, planning all the time

- People dependent

- Team and stakeholders are an asset (Big)

- Mixture

Recommendation

- One on one meeting

- Spend time to understand other people. (Strengths and likes)

2) Not understanding people

Recommendation

Meet the people outside of the project context 

Bond with them

3) Not meeting the people face to face

- Sending emails

- Not facing the person

Recommendation

Leadership activities

One to one meetup 

Meeting behaviors

Task facilitating

- Initiative to start

- Seeking opinion

- Give opinion

- Give agenda

 (No scripting)

Group maintance

- Coordinate

- Encouraging

- Compromising

- Harmonising

Self oriented

- Not controlling

- Not withdrawing

- Do not belittle

- Do not block

- Do not seek attention

- Do not divert

Meeting agenda

- Items for discussion

- Order

- Time schedule (Optional)

Effective meeting

Biggest complaints in meeting:
- Poorly structure and no agenda

What to expect and why they are there

- Too long and go off topic

Agenda must be precise and achievements to be done

Time would be good

- People do not prepare

Items must be clear and expectation must be written

1) Discuss new team structure

Plan the roles and the structure.

Proposals 

Write out the expectation of everyone and jobs

Taking minutes/notes

1) Bring notebook/laptop

2) Include people who were there and not

3) Record the time

4) Note anuthing that was done or not done

5) Record a new business

6) Any action items that is agreed, do not transcribe

7) Type out meeting asap and distributed to members