Description:

This one-day workshop is focused on building productive teams.

Teams are groups of people with improved performance. Teams don’t just happen. They have to be created and developed and this workshop provides a quick and effective way of getting a team up and running as quickly as possible so they can be ready for the task ahead. This workshop is focused on understanding the nature of teams, the need for teams, team roles, motivation, risk in relationships and the necessity to collaboratively work together to gain the best performance within their capability without undue stress or strain in an environment where all can benefit from the effort willingly provided.

Forming the team is a process of breaking down barriers and accelerating the process of getting to know each other. Members may be optomistic during this period but generally not willing to be too open. The course looks at the factors which stand in the way of progress at this point and through role play shows that openness is more beneficial for the members.

The course looks at performance and the manner in which it should be measured and the format of feedback. Productivity in teams is key because if a team is not working to an enhanced performance it is no longer a team. The level of performance, however, is set by the team and experience has shown that some teams can be extreme performers. However, the reasons for this are complex and it is difficult to mandate. Each team develops energy but only part of this is available for work, this being the personality of the team. So, the course looks at motivation and the conditions under which teams prosper.

Understanding why people behave as they do, what their strengths and weaknesses are, helps us to recognise our personality. Sometimes even understanding ourselves is the catalyst for improved relationships. Teams are the same.

Team building is an effective way to jump start enhanced performance.

An Attendance Certificate will be provided at the end of this workshop.

Vital Benefits:

Teams don’t just happen. They are planned; members are selected and motivated to provide an enhanced performance based on trust and mutual benefit. This workshop provides you the following vital benefits:

• Providing clear understanding of teams and their characteristics
• Fast-tracking the development of trust and collaboration
• Developing the essential objectives and goals
• Providing the metrics for measuring performance and feedback
• Quickly removing barriers which would otherwise stand in the way of performance
• Providing a clear way to manage conflicts and problems
• Providing understanding of common team problems so as to avoid them

Objectives:

There are many teams which exist in name only. They don’t perform and they are generally unhappy. This workshop can transform these groups into effective and productive teams. Through this workshop it is our objectives to:

• Provide understanding of the team concept
• Provide activities which demonstrate the various points of interest
• Provide an environment in which everyone can relax and contribute to the workshop
• Provide the tools for measurement of performance and creation of performance indices
• Provide details of team roles and show how leadership plays its roles within and without the team
• Create the team charter

Topics:

The topics of this workshop may change depending on the nature and status of the teams involved. Basically this workshop covers the following topics:

• Team concept
• Team dynamics
• Team roles and responsibilities
• Trust and collaboration
• Motivation, conflict and team issues
• Performance measurement and feedback
• Management of problems by escalation
• Objectives and goals
• More based on circumstances

Who to Attend:

Teams can be very effective but they do need to be constantly supported and validated. We would recommend the course to the following groups of people:

• Senior management for support
• Those actively supporting the teams
• Those who created the teams
• The team members
• Those who rely on the teams’ performance
• All those who will interface with teams