Course Information
Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 40 Minute(s)
Language
English
Rating
Course Overview
A Team Building Guide - How To Build A High Performing Self-Directed Team - A Teamwork Guide
Your team's performance is your performance! Getting off to a good start is essential to team performance! This course will help you lead your team through the common stages from forming to performing, with less of the common "storming" as your team seeks a mature level of self-management.
When taking responsibility for a team a leader is faced with a basic challenge: forming a group of individuals into a unified and motivated team that can focus on performance and problem solving to improve business performance. Creating this unified effort, focused on measurable performance, and able to make decisions and take action in a timely manner is the challenge of every leader with a new team. This course is designed to present the essential skills and tasks that will achieve this goal. Lean or agile culture and organizations are built on the foundation of high performing teams. Leaders who succeed are those who have mastered the skills of coaching and developing thier teams to maturity.
The instructor has been leading teams and training teams for the past forty five years in dozens of Fortune 500 companies, as well as his own company. He has worked with Honda, Honeywell, Shell Oil, Corning, and dozens of other leading companies. He is the author of ten books on teamwork, leadership and lean management.
Course Content
- 8 section(s)
- 28 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Characteristics of High Performing Teams and Cultures
- Section 3 Organizing Your Team
- Section 4 Stages of Team Development
- Section 5 Who Makes What Decision, How?
- Section 6 Keeping Score and Motivation
- Section 7 Solving Problems and Continuous Improvement
- Section 8 Team Building and Summary
What You’ll Learn
- They will learn the essentials of forming a team and leading that team to high performance, They will learn how to develop a team charter., They will develop a team scorecard to serve as the foundation of motivation., The student will initiate problem solving and continuous improvement.
Reviews
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WWinifred Osei-Asante
Yes, it was a very good match for me as a Unit Head and most of the lessons learnt are practical in our daily work activities. The way Lawrence delivers also makes understanding to the course contents much easier.
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OOgbu Michael Azubike
Yes, it just started and i am already learning to create a study group of 3 managers with a plan to meet every Friday for one hour to discuss and share ideas on how our teams operate and discharge our responsibilities to support our organization
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DDaniela Ha
The instructor provided very good examples. His explanations were concise and well structured.
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SStuart Cohen
As a starting point for a new team lead this course has proven to be invaluable, it has made me aware of ideas and concepts that’s I will be exploring further and hope to bring in to my team.
