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The Benefits of Team Building at the Troop Committee Level
THE BENEFITS OF TEAM BUILDING
AT THE TROOP COMMITTEE LEVEL

by

Gary A. Doney

Scoutmaster, Troop 82

Calusa District, Southwest Florida Council

University of Scouting Arts
Southwest Florida Council BSA

April 27, 1996

TABLE OF CONTENTS | I. | Introduction……………………………………………………………………..... | 1 | II. | Part One Why………………………………………………………………... | 2 | | A. | Defining The Purpose Of The Team…………………………………… | 2 | | B. | Leading The Team……………………………………………………….. | 3 | | C. | Summary Of “Why”…………………………………………………….… | 4 | III. | Part Two What……………………………………………………………….. | 6 | | A. | Building And Developing The Team……………………………………. | 6 | | B. | Tool #1 — The Skill Of Delegation……………………………………... | 10 | | C. | Tool #2 — Managing People And Performance During Change……. | 32 | IV. | Part Three How………………………………………………………………. | 37 | | A. | Tool #3 — Team Building Exercises / Initiative Games……………… | 38 | V. | Closing Reflection — Maintaining Team Spirit………………………………. | 39 | VI. | Bibliography……………………………………………………………………… | 42 |

I. Introduction This thesis / project supports the current literature provided by the Boy Scouts of America and is intended to enhance not only the presentation topics of this literature but create alternate paths of instruction to meet the needs of the home units. This thesis / project will contain three parts and experience two phases. The first part is the “why” part and will review how the methods of team building has benefited other levels of the home unit. This part will discuss why team building is essential as a ‘method of instruction’ that supports the methods of Scouting to achieve Scouting’s aims. The second part is the “what” part and will discuss the importance of team building and the expected results. This part will describe the basic skills a leader or group facilitator needs to build a team and those skills needed by the team to be successful in accomplishing the goals of particular tasks or



Bibliography: Blanchard, Kenneth / Johnson, Spencer. The One Minute Manager. New York: Berkley Pub. Co. 1983. Boy Scouts of America. Outdoor Skills Instruction — Team Building. Irving: BSA. 1992. - - - . Scoutmaster’s Junior Leader Training Kit. Irving: BSA. 1991. - - - . Boy Scout Roundtable Planning Guide. Irving: BSA. 1989. Caroselli, Marlene / Harris, David. Risk-Taking. Mission, KS. Skillpath Pub. Co. 1993. Covey, Steven R DeForest, Holly / Steinberg, Mary. Challenging Change. Mission, KS. Skillpath Pub. 1996. Galbraith, Jay. Designing Complex Organizations. Reading, MA. Addison- Wesley. 1973 Glacel, Barbara Pate / Robert Jr., Emile A Kouzes, Jim / Posner, Barry. The Leadership Challenge. San Francisco: Jossey - Bass Pub. 1995. Martin, Don. Team Think. New York: Penguin. 1993. McConkey, Dale D. No-Nonsense Delegation. New York: AMACOM. 1974 McGee-Cooper, Ann McGraw, Robert. Learning to Laugh at Work. Mission, KS. Skillpath Pub. 1995. Morrison, Emily Kittle. Leadership Skills. Tucson, AZ. Fisher. 1994. National Press Publications. How To Manage Conflict. Hawthorne, NJ. Career Press. 1993. Nelson, Robert B. Delegation: The Power of Letting Go. Glenview, IL. Scott, Foresman. 1988. Scouts Canada. Games. . . from A to Z. Ottawa, Ontario. 1989. Shouse, Deborah. Breaking The Ice. Mission, KS. Skillpath Pub. 1994. Smith, Douglas K. Taking Charge of Change. Reading, MA. Addison-Wesley Pub. Co. 1996. Steinmetz, Lawrence L. Art and Skill of Delegation. Reading, MA. Addison- Wesley Pub. Co. 1976. Towers, Mark. Dynamic Delegation. Mission, KS. Skillpath Pub. 1993. Valentine, Raymond F. Initiative and Managerial Power. New York: AMACOM. 1973. Wilson, Pip. Games Without Frontiers. Hammersmith, London. Marshall Pickering. 1988. Youth Specialties, Inc. Play it Again! El Cajon, CA. Zondervan Pub. 1993. Appendix — A Troop 82 committee leader training event held May 18, 1996. Appendix — B Troop 82 Scoutmaster staff training event held August 24, 1996.

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