Building High Performance Teams

About this course:

Teams have become a principle building block of successful organizations. In the first day of this four days course will focus on the characteristics of an effective team player and the elements of an effective team. You will leave the workshop with plans for your personal development as a team player and ideas for developing your back-home team. A critical element of this workshop is the Glen Parker Team Player Survey (PTPS), an 18 item self-assessment instrument that will help you identify your primary team player style, help you increase your personal effectiveness in team situations, and help you effectively develop your group into a high performing team.

The remaining three days of the course will be focused in how to manage team performance. 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 course is a practical look at current leadership practices that work.

Main learning objectives:

The PTPS will give you useful feedback about your team player style. Identify ways you will want to change to improve your team player style. Better understand and appreciate differences among team members. Identify those ways your team must improve to be more effective. Develop an action plan for those improvements. Identify different types of teams. 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 strategies for dealing with team conflict and common situations. Understand how action planning and analysis tools can help your team perform better.
Course contents:

Your team player style The strengths of each style The challenges for each style Establishing team norms Building team trust Working through the stages of team development Communication skills Types of teams The TORI model The Team Player Survey Organizations Today The Stages of Team Development Communication Skills Shared Leadership DeBono’s Thinking Hats Managing Team Conflict The Trust/Relationship Model Obtaining Consensus Team-Shaping Factors Team Problem-Solving SWOT Analysis