Team Building and Leadership Skills

By the end of this course each attendee will be able to

• Students will come away with knowledge and skills to become a top-notch team performer.

Getting started

• Icebreaker
• Housekeeping Items
• The Parking Lot
• Workshop Objectives

Defining success

• What is a Team?
• An Overview of Tuckman and Jensen's Four-Phase Model

Types of teams

• The Traditional Team
• Self-Directed Teams
• E-Teams

The first stage of team development-forming

• Hallmarks of This Stage
• What To Do As A Leader
• What To Do As A Follower

The second stage of team development-storming

• The Hallmarks of This Stage
• What To Do As A Leader
• What To Do As A Follower

The third stage of team development-norming

• The Hallmarks of This Stage
• What To Do As A Leader
• What To Do As A Follower

The fourth stage of team development-performing

• Hallmarks of This Stage
• What To Do As A Leader
• What To Do As A Follower

Team building activities

• The Benefits and Disadvantages
• Team-Building Activities That Won’t Make People Cringe
• Choosing a Location for Team-Building

Making the most of team meetings

• Setting the Time and Place
• Trying the 50-Minute Meeting
• Using Celebrations of All Sizes

Solving problems as a team

• The Six Thinking Hats
• Encouraging Brainstorming
• Building Consensus

Encouraging teamwork

• Some Things to Do
• Some Things to Avoid
• Some Things to Consider

Wrapping up

• Words from the Wise
• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans

This workshop is recommended as in-house session for teams wanting to:

• Overcoming communication barriers and personal differences.
• Helping teams in trouble and leaders of teams with conflict rising.
• Developing awareness about the consequences of damaging behaviors in the workplace.

• The course will be implemented using similar cases, working groups, role play

CORE Certificate