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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 team building workshop is a practical look at current
leadership practices that work.
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course comes with:
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PowerPoint
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Course
Outline |
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Promotional
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Recommended
Reading Lists |
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Unlimited reprinting
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Unlimited number of
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Unlimited rights to
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Team
Building: Developing High Performance Teams
Overview
What
participants will learn:
At the completion of this workshop, participants will:
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Examine the work
practices of high performing teams
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Create line of
sight between what your team does and your organization’s
business strategy
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Build teamwork
by recognizing and tapping into the five basic types of
information your team needs
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Promote trust
and rapport by exploring your team player style and how it
responds to team values
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Recognize the
key elements that move a team from involvement to
empowerment and how to give these elements to your team
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Develop five
training steps to unleash team potential and develop team
problem-solving and assessment skills
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Develop a model
for successfully mentoring and coaching others
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Course
Outline
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Introductions, learning objectives and agenda
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Participants
will be asked to complete a questionnaire about sales and
customer service perceptions. |
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Discussion of
pre-assignment |
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The Team Player
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Validating your
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Understanding
your social and behavioral styles |
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Moving out of
your comfort zone |
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Implications for
change |
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The
obsolescence of hierarchy |
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The downsizing
of the workforce |
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The move to
cooperation |
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Types of teams |
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Exploring High
Performance Teams |
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Tuckman’s stages
of teams |
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The Team
Performance Model |
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Your role as the
team leader |
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Setting
goals |
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Communicating |
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Involving
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Supporting |
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Assignment:
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Review |
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Day 2 |
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Reconnect |
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From
Involvement to Empowerment |
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Developing
competency |
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Building trust
and collaboration |
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The Freedom
for Creative Thinking |
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Barriers to
creative thinking |
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Lateral thinking
vs. vertical thinking |
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Left brain/right
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The Six thinking
hats |
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Team
Problem-Solving |
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The pursuit of
improvement |
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No lone rangers |
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Types of
problems |
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Problem-solving
tools |
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Decision-Making Climate |
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Developing an
open atmosphere |
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Using leadership
skills to reach consensus |
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The gradients of
agreement |
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Facilitation
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Encouraging
divergent thinking |
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Gathering points
of view |
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Facilitating
convergent thinking |
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Review |
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Day 3 |
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Reconnect |
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Managing Team
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Open
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Sharing
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Methods for
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The six steps to
conflict resolution |
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The Manager’s
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Empathy |
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Communication |
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Participation |
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Helping the team
move through the stages of change |
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Assessing
Team Projects |
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Presentations: The Coaching Model |
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Review |
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Personal
Action Plan |
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Evaluation |
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Suggested
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