Management, leadership preparation, team principles, leading your team

ONE-DAY WORKSHOP

For 6 to 20 participants at your place of business

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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Participants in this workshop apply insights and lessons learned in the session to the workplace so they can lead a group of individuals who do not report to them.

This workshop can be customized for specific industries and participant groups.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

  • Managers or individual contributors who lead a cross-functional or limited-life team
  • Members of teams where the leadership is shared by the group

YOU WILL LEARN TO:

  • Help your team quickly develop a common purpose
  • Guide a new team through its natural stages of growth
  • Create an atmosphere of openness and trust within the group
  • Move the team to high team performance and stay there

COURSE OUTLINE

Understanding Team Principles

  • What constitutes a team (vs. a working group)
  • The special challenges for temporary teams
  • The four natural phases of a team’s development
  • Characteristics of high performing teams

Starting … And in the Right Direction

  • Explaining task and maintenance roles within the team
  • Developing team norms
  • Understanding WIIFMs for team members
  • Acknowledging competing demands from their permanent jobs

Focusing your team

  • Creating a team mission, vision and values
  • Aligning your team around shared goals
  • Building performance indicators into team objectives

Leading your team

  • Contracting for your leadership role
  • Influencing team activity
  • Sharing leadership within the team
  • Exploring the essence of team leadership

Managing the Normal Distractions and Obstacles

  • Managing competing job demands
  • Knowing what to do when the team gets stuck
  • Dealing with brand new and departing members

METHODS TO BE USED

This is a highly interactive workshop where participants gain hands-on experience in exercises as a member or leader of a temporary team. Grounded by short presentations of concepts, they learn in real time through team activities and debrief discussions.

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Course Code: LSR707

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