Building Teams Course

Overview

Leading an effective and high performing team is exciting and provides a great deal of satisfaction. However, developing great teams does not happen overnight. They need a leader who has the right combination of skill and know-how.

The ability of people to simultaneously perform as individuals and collaboratively with their colleagues with effective teamwork is critical to the success of your group.

This practical and engaging course will equip you with all of the knowledge, skills, and ideas you need to build a high-performing, welcoming, and motivated team or repair a broken one!

Topics Covered

The nature of teams and why they are important

Understand the foundations of teams and teamwork; the advantages teams provide, and how and why they are so crucial to the organisation and organisational success.

Secrets to developing a great team culture

Culture is key! Understand how to develop a great team culture and why it is so important. Get it right, and you will be leading a great team!

How to develop an effective leadership style

All leaders and managers have their own unique style of management. In this session, you will identify your personal style, learn when it will work and when it won’t. Best of all, you will discover a little-known technique that you can apply successfully to any management situation.

The 10 characteristics of great team leaders

If you’re not already a ‘great’ team leader, this session will equip you with the tools and strategies to become one. An important session that will get you thinking and leave you productively planning and strategising.

Team-building techniques

In this session, you will learn about the ten things that great team builders do! The good news is that you have the capability of doing these things right now.

The 12 characteristics of high performing teams

Put your thinking cap on in this interactive session, and you’ll go through the top 12 characteristics of a high performing team and how your team matches up. Plus, take away some practical techniques to enhance performance.

How to set goals and assess success

Unless you have a 100% clear understanding of what you need to achieve, you won’t entirely focus on the crucial few things that will make a difference. In this session, you will learn to identify, focus, and deliver on your five critical success factors.

Dealing with 'difficult' behaviours

Toxic, disruptive, and generally unacceptable behaviour has many negative impacts and can’t be allowed; full Stop! Yet, some leaders appear unwilling to take action. In this important session, we will examine the different types of ‘challenging’ behaviours, why they occur and the nine guaranteed steps to resolve the problem.

The four stage of team development

Understand the different stages of team development, the importance of each stage, and what stages your team members are all at. Be shown how to implement effective methods to enhance and improve your team’s development, performance and more.

Who's it for?

A team leader

A department or divisional leader

A CEO or senior executive

A people & culture manager

Outcomes

A clear understanding of how to build a positive team culture

Deep insights into how you can become a more effective leader and manager

How to effectively manage and assess employee performance

A higher capacity to enhance the performance of your team or organisation

Insights into how to deal with under-performing and/or disruptive people

In-house Courses

If you prefer, we can conduct any of courses specifically for your staff at your premises. This may prove to be cost-effective and, of course, we can tailor our programs to meet the specific requirements of your organisation and participants. You can read more here

Facilitator

Peter Holdsworth

Peter Holdsworth has spent most of his professional career leading, managing, and advising community service organisations, so he has unique insights into what works and what doesn’t… particularly in the art of management. He has post-graduate qualifications in management, is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management, a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and is a Churchill Fellow. He also sits on the boards of four community service organisations. His presentations are practical, engaging, and memorable!