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Capacity Building

Capacity Building

To develop the human, social and decisional capital of your team members, you should first
understand the context and mission of your team/ committee. Capacity building involves the
following processes—

Assessing

Once the team is formed, the leader needs to understand the characters of their team members.
One of the most common tools is the DISC model proposed by psychologist William Moulton
Marston, which assess a person’s behaviour in four areas: Dominance (D), Influence (I),
Steadiness (S), and Conscientiousness (C).

Dominance
Direct and Decisive. They are strong-willed, strong-minded people who like accepting
challenges, taking action, and getting immediate results.

Influence
Optimistic and Outgoing. They are ‘people-people’ who like participating in teams, sharing
ideas, and energising and entertaining others.

Steadiness
Sympathetic and Cooperative. They are helpful people who like working behind the scenes,
performing in consistent and predictable ways, and being good.

Conscientiousness
Concerned and Correct. They are sticklers for quality and like planning ahead, employing
systematic approaches, and checking and re-checking for accuracy.

Designing
After assessing the personality of the team members, the leader needs to create feasible patterns

and assign appropriate duties to his/her team members that optimise the output of the team.

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