Building High–Performing Teams

You will gain skills and knowledge that enable you to work more effectively with others and to build and lead teams that consistently have a high level of achievement and performance.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:

• Understand the concept of work teams and how to form a cohesive group.
• Understand the characteristics and dynamics of the effective team.
• Effective leadership and difference motivation methods.
• Knowing the stages of building and growing teams.
• Communicate and interact with others with a high degree of effectiveness.
• Analyze and handle work problems in a collective and effective manner.
• Become acquainted with the Japanese and American approaches in dealing with problems.
• Handle team conflict and know how to deal with different types of personality in teams.

Target Audience:

Managers, project managers, team leaders, and supervisors who need to effectively build and lead work teams

• Teamwork
• Team Building
• Building Partnerships
• Building Work Relationships
• Building Trust
• Conflict Handling
• Leadership

Course Methodology:

This training course will be carried out through the use of best practices and the right combination of engaging and purposeful tools such as:

• Practical, relevant case studies
• Group activities and workshops
• Related role plays
• Experiential learning
• Brainstorming
• Stimulating mental activities
• Engaging team competitions
• Suitable training Videos
• Presentations
• Self–assessments
• Learning with Simulations and Games

Team concept

• What is the team?
• Team basics
• The group compared to the team
• The main types of teams
• Japanese concept for teams

The role and importance of work teams

• Why work as a team?
• Why do teams use more in work environments?

Characteristics of High Performing Teams

• Characteristics of highly successful teams
• Competencies of team members
• Advantages of an effective team
• Behavior blocking team work
• Behaviors that support teamwork

Stages of Team Building and Team Development

• Team building stages
• Stages of team growth (development)

Team Leadership

• What is leadership?
• A comparison between the group leader and the team leader
• The importance of the role of the team leader
• Roles of the team leader and team member
• Theory X and theory Y
• Situational leadership styles
• Basics of work team motivation

Contact within the team

• Communication basics
• Consequences of poor communication between team members
• How do we understand others?
• Tips for effective listening among team members
• Tips for giving feedback
• Improve communication among team members with diverse backgrounds and cultures

The collective solution to problems

• Types of problems
• Steps to solve problems
• Tools for participatory problem solving and decision-making
• Fishbone method
• Brainstorming
• Force-field analysis

Conflict management within teams

• The concept of conflict
• Levels of conflict
• The main reasons that the team may clash
• Conflict Handling Strategy