• Primary objective and benefits

  This workshop will help participants to:
  1. Identify the functions and benefits of teams.
  2. Describe and utilize individual differences - strengths and limitations.
  3. Identify their team role and respect the roles of others.
  4. Make effective use of team resources.
  5. Adopt an appropriate leadership style.
  6. Recognize communication preferences and improve communication between team members.
  7. Recognize and challenge most common dysfunctions amongst teams - absence of trust, fear of conflict, lack of commitment, avoidance of accountability, inattention to results.
  8. Develop influencing strategies that enhance relationships in a team.
  9. Predict and influence behavior by recognizing work styles.

Program Contents

• Module 1 -
  High Performance In Teams
  • Human Hunt Activity - Working together
  • High Performance in Teams
  • Your preferred working style
  • Value in individual differences
  • Interacting with a range of opposing working styles

• Module 2 -
  Meet The Challenges
  • Team Lego challenge
  • Why a team won't a group do?
  • When is team working appropriate?
  • Why do (only some) teams succeed?
  • Your Team Role - Belbin Questionnaire
  • Airlift Team Challenge Activity

• Module 3 -
  The Journey Of Team Development
  • The journey through Tuckman Model
  • Types of decision making for teams, leaders
  • Inter Team Working
  • The Team Meeting and Consensus
  • Assigning roles and responsibilities
  • RollaBall Team Challenge Activity

• Module 4 -
  Creating A Team Identity
  • Motivation and team working
  • Setting individual goals and objectives
  • Creating a team identity
  • Projecting professionalism
  • Managing Team Conflict
  • A model of conflict resolution

• Module 5 -
  Influencing Stakeholders
  • Assessing your Influencing Style
  • Developing your circle of influence
  • Your reactions to influence
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team Task “Select and present an influencing strategy”