Creating a Positive Team Climate: 20 Practical Ideas

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. CLIMATE = NO ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
   1. Climate vs. Culture
5. PLUSES OF A POSITIVE CLIMATE
   1. Positive Team Climate Produces Positive Results
   2. What’s Your Slogan?
   3. Slogans
   4. Negative Behavior
   5. Things to Watch Out For…
6. “AT RISK” CLIMATE
   1. “I was afraid to disagree”
   2. Describe Your Climate
   3. Climate Descriptors
   4. Quick Climate Quiz (QCQ)
   5. Quick Climate Quiz (QCQ)
7. CREATING A “SUNNY” CLIMATE
   1. Creating a “Sunny” Climate A Quick Team Exercise
8. THE LEADER SETS THE TONE
   1. Setting the Tone
9. CLIMATE WITHOUT WORDS
   1. Nonverbal Climate Tools
10. INVOLVE MEMBERS
    1. Participation Tools
11. COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY
    1. Avoid These…
12. BUILDING AN OPEN CLIMATE
    1. Some Assumptions about People That Result in a Closed Climate
13. WHEN ARE YOU MOST RELAXED?
    1. When Are You Most Relaxed? Quick and Easy Exercise
14. BREAKING BREAD
    1. Fun Food
15. CELL PHONE CLIMATE
16. GROUPTHINK CLIMATE
    1. Open Climate: Antidote to Groupthink
17. THE ROOM CLIMATE
    1. Changing the Room Climate
    2. Team Climate Change: How to Get Started
18. About the Author