Building and Motivating Teams

FORMAT

Accelerated full day workshop followed by post course e-prompts and buddy coaching to help integrate learning into day-to-day behaviours. Practical and interactive. Includes group work and work in pairs. Max recommended group size 15.

THEMES

• The Manager’s focus of attention when leading a team.
• Stages of team development.
• Building the team by agreeing team identity, mission statement and shared values.
• Team goals and priorities – how to ensure they are well formed and achievable.
• Who plays what roles - achieving the right balance in the team.
• Managing different people differently.
• Overcoming the barriers to team performance.
• Dealing with challenging individuals.

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN DO AS A RESULT

• Determine where the manager’s focus needs to be to lead a successful team.
• Make choices to balance their responsibilities for the overall team, project/tasks and individuals
• Recognise which stage the team is at and take appropriate actions to move it forward and achieve results
• Agree the identity, mission statement and shared values with their team
• Use a simple model to set team goals that fit with the strategy of the company and are achievable
• Identify the roles people play in the team, what works well and who is missing
• Use the Logical Levels model to spot where there are problems in the team
• Work with the team to overcome barriers in a creative and fun way
• Be comfortable dealing with previously ‘challenging’ team members.

FOLLOW UP PROGRAMME

We make sure that learning continues beyond the classroom

• E-prompts: behavioural reminders and coaching style questions to maximise learning
• Action cards: self-addressed cards with action reminders
• Online questionnaire: measure the impact of the programme

FEEDBACK

"Really useful day - supported my knowledge and gave me new ideas. I'd recommend it to other managers here" - participant industry, financial services

GUARANTEE

Our results and service quality are exemplary. We know because we listen to our clients. We offer a rock solid money back guarantee to prove it. We guarantee that:

• Workshop participant feedback will at least be consistently good about the facilitator and the workshop
• You will look back on your investment and be completely satisfied that we were the right choice of provider for you and your organisation