Let's elevate your team's success! The Office of Interprofessional and Interdisciplinary Education and Research will host monthly teamwork workshops aimed at unlocking your team's potential for high-impact work, cultivating excellent communication and interpersonal relationships, and fostering personal growth.
Workshops will be held on the third Wednesday of the month from 10am - 12pm, alternating between CWRU's main campus and the Health Education Campus. All faculty and staff are welcome to participate!
Throughout the workshops we will use individual reflections, group work, team challenges, and other interactive methods to practice applying teamwork concepts, principles, and skills.
See below for our current offerings. If you have ideas about other teamwork topics that you would like to see us offer, please email us at cwruteamimpact@case.edu.
2024 Workshop Topics
Friday Night at the ER Simulation and Workshop
November 7, 2024, 4pm - 7pm
Samson Pavilion, Room 163
“Friday Night at the ER” is an engaging simulation that creates an opportunity for individuals and teams to learn how to break down siloed thinking and apply interdependent and interprofessional problem-solving and systems thinking in everyday practices.
Don’t let the title of the simulation fool you; “Friday Night at the ER” is not solely about the delivery of health care, and it is not limited to professionals who work in the healthcare field. While “Friday Night at the ER” simulates a day in a hospital setting, it focuses on collaborating across functional boundaries to achieve system goals, making it an applicable simulation tool for any industry.
If you believe you or your team would benefit from refining your teamwork in innovation, creative problem-solving, cross-functional collaboration, distributed leadership skills and systems thinking, then this simulation is for you! If you ever wondered how your team can be more effective in stressful situations, this simulation will also provide that opportunity.
Food will be provided. Space is limited, registration required.
Previous Workshop Topics
Mutual learning approach
In this workshop we will discuss and practice applying Schwarz's mutual learning approach, a very powerful set of values, assumptions and behaviors that can lead to highly effective and impactful teamwork.
Teamwork Dimensions, Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety
This workshop covers the multiple dimensions of a team and how this conceptual framework can help you assess your team better. We explore the foundational roles that emotional intelligence and psychological safety play in high-impact teamwork.
Feedback and Difficult Conversations
This workshop discusses deconstructive feedback and how it can be utilized effectively in a diverse team. We will then practice deconstructive communication in difficult conversations.
Conflict Management and Negotiation
This workshop covers how deconstructive conversation can be applied in conflict management and negotiations situations. Through case scenarios and role play exercises, we practice the feedback skills so you are prepared to use the techniques in workplace situations.