Possible Development Opportunities for Employees on Team

Possible Development Opportunities for Employees on The Prince’s Trust Team Programme

• Give Team members support and direction when they need help, e.g. with their paperwork/ form filling
• Take part in group discussions and/or summarise views of others
• Begin to collect quotes from Team members and others which can be used for end of Team ‘magazine’

• Share your own objectives with the Team and ask for help achieving them
• Assist Team members with their Individual Learning Records
• Encourage Team and offer support to individuals as needed
• Liaise with hosts of community project over particular issues

• Participate in individual practice interview sessions, as required
• Be interviewed yourself for your return to work. What feedback will you give on your own achievements from Team?
• Hold 1:1s on future planning (i.e. post programme planning)
• Rehearse presentation with Team
• Meet and greet guests at presentation

• Identify and share your skills and areas for development
• Organise a fundraising activity with the Team
• Treat Team members with respect at all times

• Assist Team members with finding work placements, helping them prepare as needed
• Help with the digging, painting (as applicable) on the project
• Share project planning skills to ensure everyone understands plans
• Review activities with Team

• Fully participate in Team Challenge, working with Team, to ensure best possible performance
• Support others with completing Individual Learning Records
• Identify and invite new stakeholders to the presentation

• Lead ‘warm-up’ exercises at start of day
• Lead on organisation of community project – gathering Team ideas

• Lead on a specific aspect of the project, e.g. PR coverage or opening event
• Arrive before the start of activities and plan the day with your Team Leader
• Visit some Team members on work placement and help them identify their progress
• Encourage Team members to work together to complete tasks

• Plan and rehearse the end of Team presentation with the Team ensuring a role for all
• Devise a presentation feedback tool, e.g. questionnaire for audience
• Plan a return to work exercise or activity to present to colleagues which demonstrates your own development

• Join all activities on residential – encouraging others as needed

• Arrive early each day of project activity
• Drive enthusiasm for project with others, if needed
• Motivate other Team members to present their ideas and listen to what they say
• Set own specific project goals and achieve them
• Support Team members to find suitable work placements

• Take lead on specific part of Team Challenge, e.g. one day’s activities or assisting particular individuals (recipients of Challenge)
• Book time with Team leader, PT rep. or others to discuss your own progress against objectives

• Take on specific problem solving tasks at residential
• Organise a session to plan for a future stage of the programme

• Encourage and recognise creativity and innovation within the Team
• Run a session to generate ideas from the Team to overcome problems encountered

• Work with Team to solve problems which arise for Team presentation (e.g. venue not ideal, issues with sound/lighting, response rate from invitations etc.)

• Lead ice-breakers/other Team exercises
• Participate fully in residential activities

• Manage certain aspect/s of project (e.g. fundraising, media coverage)

• Arrange for your manager and others from workplace to attend your presentation
• Speak at end of Team presentation highlighting skills developed in your 20 days

• Assist Team Leader with evening activities at residential (or lead some of these)

• Obtain specialist skills to assist with project if appropriate
• Accompany an individual Team member who may need support to their first day of placement
• Assist with presentation preparation - ensuring sufficient invitations sent, appropriate venue booked, suitable speaker/'dignitary' booked for certificate presentation etc.

• Run and/or organise for others to run particular ‘Next Steps’ sessions

• Support Team Leader with clerical or planning activities

• Organise, or help Team to organise, project opening or an aspect of it, e.g. the PR
• Plan future Team activities, e.g. Next Steps, Team Challenge or Team presentation

• Support Team Leader with clerical or planning activities
• Organise specific aspect of presentation (e.g. audio visual)

• Present to Team own role/aspirations for programme
• Lead Team activities such as menu planning

• Lead ice-breakers
• Lead activity reviews
• Present Team Challenge proposal to community group/s

• Run some ‘Next Steps’ sessions (e.g. body language at interviews)
• Speak at presentation

• In a group discussion when own views differ from others, put forward own point of view, without causing conflict
• Encourage positive behaviours in the Team, e.g. raising awareness of why phones should be switched off

• Help to solve disagreements between Team members as appropriate
• Support and help individuals with attendance issues and/or behavioural issues (as appropriate)
• Actively seek feedback on your own progress from young people, Team Leaders and others as appropriate

• Give Team members support and advice when they need, particularly it as they face change
• Agree with your manager how you will evaluate and debrief with work colleagues on the experience and what activity you will undertake to demonstrate improvements in chosen skill areas