COURSE TITLE
DEVELOPING HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEAMS
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OVERVIEW  

Your success as a manager can often depend on how well your team operates. How are their problem-solving skills? Are they enthusiastic and motivated to do their best? Do they work well together? There have been hundreds of studies demonstrating that human beings function better and learn better in groups. If you want to develop your team leadership skills and unleash the talent of your individual team members, this workshop is a practical look at current leadership practices that work.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES  
  • Examine the work practices of high performing teams
  • Create line of sight between what your team does and your organization’s business strategy
  • Build teamwork by recognizing and tapping into the twelve characteristics of an effective team
  • Promote trust and rapport by exploring your team player style and how it impacts on group dynamics
  • Recognize the key elements that move a team from involvement to empowerment and how to give these elements to your team
  • Develop five training steps to unleash team potential and develop team problem-solving and assessment skills
  • Develop a model for successfully mentoring and coaching others.
COURSE OUTLINE  
  1. Organizations Today
  2. Types of Teams
    • Traditional Model
    • Team Spirit Model
    • Cutting Edge Model
    • Task Force Model
    • Cyber Team
  3. Defining Teams
  4. Developing Team Norms
  5. TORI
  6. Stages of Team Development
    • Forming
    • Storming
    • Norming
    • Performing
  7. Clear Purpose
  8. Informality
  9. Participation
  10. Listening
  11. Civilized Disagreements and Consensus
  12. Open Communication
    • Objective
    • Method
    • Structure
    • Feedback
  13. Pre-Assigment
  14. Clear Roles and Assignments
  15. Glenn Parker Team Survey
  16. Trust / Relationship Model
  17. Creativity
    • Lateral Thinking
    • Vertical Thinking
  18. Thinking Hats
    • White
    • Red
    • Black
    • Yellow
    • Green
    • Blue
  19. Team-Shaping Factors
  20. The Process of Effective Problem-Solving
  21. Find Out What's Wrong Before You Try to Fix Things
  22. Steps for Effective Problem-Solving
    • Exploration
    • Analysis
    • Evaluation
  23. Other Problem-Solving Techniques
  24. Interventions
  25. Dealing with Hidden Agendas
  26. Resolving Conflict
  27. Resolving Internal Conflict
  28. SWOT Analysis
  29. Team Action Plans
  30. Individual Action Plans
METHODOLOGY  
  • Large group discussions
  • Individual work and reflection
  • Small group discussion, exercises and activities
  • Case studies
  • Simulations / Role Plays
WHO SHOULD ATTEND  
  • Team Leaders, Supervisors, Managers
PRE-REQUISITES

 

  • Completed pre-assignment
DURATION  
  • 3 Days
CLASS SIZE  
  • 10 – 20