Leading High Performing Teams
Overview:
Introduction:
This training program equips participants with the essential skills and knowledge to effectively lead high-performing teams. Participants will gain the expertise needed to inspire, motivate, and manage teams efficiently in dynamic and challenging environments.
Program Objectives:
At the end of this program, the participants will be able to:
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Understand their role as a leader.
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Identify and leverage talent within the team.
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Engage and motivate the team with shared vision and values.
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Establish clear objectives and standards of performance for their team.
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Measure and manage team performance.
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Manage and resolve conflict and challenges effectively.
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Optimize team flexibility and commitment.
Targeted Audience:
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Mid to Senior-level Managers: Seeking to enhance their leadership skills to drive high performance within their teams.
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Human Resources Professionals: Focused on cultivating effective team leadership strategies and fostering a positive work culture.
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Project Managers: Striving to optimize team dynamics and productivity to achieve project goals efficiently.
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Team Leaders: Aimed at refining their leadership abilities to inspire and guide their teams toward excellence.
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Organizational Leaders: Interested in developing a cohesive and empowered team culture to achieve overarching business objectives.
Program Outlines:
Unit 1:
Teams and Their Leaders:
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Teams, leaders, and managers.
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Key leadership tasks.
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Influence, authority and power.
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Leadership styles and style flexibility.
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Self-awareness.
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Emotional intelligence and rapport.
Unit 2:
Vision, Direction & Alignment:
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Creating a shared vision.
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Aims, objectives and goal alignment.
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Developing meaningful objectives and indicators.
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Divergent approaches to problem-solving.
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Communicating a compelling vision.
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Delivering challenging messages.
Unit 3:
Team Dynamics:
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Team development.
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The sociology of the team.
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Characteristics of high-performing teams.
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Balancing team roles.
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Non-traditional team structures.
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Delegation and empowerment.
Unit 4:
Developing The Team:
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Learning and competence.
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Building a coherent team.
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Self-managing teams and their challenges.
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Coaching, mentoring, and self-directed learning.
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Feedback and appraisal.
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Leveraging team strengths for peak performance.
Unit 5:
Performance & Conflict Management:
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Defining performance.
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Approaches to measuring team and individual performance.
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Performance through the eyes of the customer.
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Performance management: science or art.
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Conflict as a catalyst for team development.
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Dealing with challenging interpersonal relations.