Management Role Preparation

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.