Elevate your team’s success with monthly teamwork workshops. Beginning in 2024, the Office of Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Research will host monthly events to unlock your potential for high-impact teamwork, cultivating excellent communication and interpersonal relationships and fostering personal growth.
The workshops will be offered on the third Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to noon, alternating between locations at Case Western Reserve University's main campus and the Health Education Campus. All faculty and staff are welcome to participate.
The 2024 topics include:
Teamwork dimensions, emotional intelligence and psychological safety
Learn about the multiple dimensions of a team and how this conceptual framework can help you assess your team better. The foundational roles that emotional intelligence and psychological safety play in high-impact teamwork will also be explored.
- Jan. 17: Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C
- Feb. 21: Health Education Campus Samson Pavilion, Room 139
Feedback and difficult conversations
Discuss deconstructive feedback and how it can be utilized effectively. Participants will practice deconstructive communication techniques for difficult conversations.
- March 20: Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C
- April 17: Health Education Campus Samson Pavilion, Room 139
Conflict management and negotiation
Workshop participants will learn how deconstructive conversation can be applied in conflict management and negotiation situations. The skills presented in the workshop will be practiced through case scenarios and role-play exercises.
- May 15: Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C
- June 26: Health Education Campus Samson Pavilion, Room 139
Mutual learning approach
In this workshop, participants will discuss and practice applying Schwarz’s mutual learning approach—a powerful set of values, assumptions and behaviors that can lead to highly effective and impactful teamwork.
- Sept. 18: Main Campus, location TBD
- Oct. 16: Health Education Campus Samson Pavilion, Room 139
Participants in the workshops will use individual reflections, group work, team challenges and other interactive methods to practice applying teamwork concepts, principles and skills that are being taught.
For more information about these teamwork workshops and other interprofessional and interdisciplinary events, please visit our website and The Huddle calendar.
Have ideas about other teamwork topics? We would love to hear from you! Please send your thoughts or suggestions by emailing cwruteamimpact@case.edu.
We look forward to building our interprofessional community with you!