MDP645 - Leading and Developing High Performing Teams
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TUITION:      $1,595.00

Course description
This workshop provides a team development process that facilitates the development of a new team or the revitalization of an existing team. Project Managers must be able to successfully lead teams without positional authority, deal with different priorities, difficult behaviors and team challenges. Whether you are working with a co-located or virtual team, you will rapidly increase your team’s effectiveness with the use of these best practices, team tools and skills.

Who should attend
New and experienced Project Managers, Managers, Team Leaders, Supervisors and individuals who want to increase their ability to effectively develop and lead teams.

Prerequisites
None

What you will achieve

• What teams need-Seven factors project teams need to produce results


• Team Leader Best Practices-Behaviors, values and mind set to lead successful teams


• Virtual and co-located Meeting Effectiveness-tools and strategies for any type of meeting


• Team Work Tools – tools used to align individuals and project team with the organization


• Team Communication Strategies – skills and tools for clear communications, decision making and positive interactions with all stake holders


• Problem Solving Process – structured and creative processes for utilization of team to overcome obstacles and reach project goals


• Conflict Management- approaches and models to constructively manage team conflict.

What you will learn

• Skills to be an effective project team leader


• Confidence and ability to deal effectively with challenging team situations


• Facilitative leadership strategies to promote team communication, collaboration and performance


• Tools and techniques to work with team members difference in communication needs and motivations


• Best practices for leading virtual teams


• Assessment tools and feedback to develop accountability and project team performance
  
  Course Outline
  
  Day One
  
  Why Teams Fail
  • Set clear communication objectives
  • Establish clear understanding of roles
  • Clarify the requirements and process that is most effective to achieve communication outcomes
  • Identify and utilize common ground for successful interactions
  • Team Exercise
  
  
  What Teams Need
  • Seven Critical Factors
  • Stages Team Development
  • Manager’s Role as Leader
  • Managing and Leading-Strengths and Areas to develop
  • Vision and Alignment
  Utilizing Resources
  • Team Dynamics
  • Team Exercise-Assessment
  • Understanding Difference-Motivation and Needs
  • Decision Making
  
  Day Two
  
  Team Communication Tools and Strategies
  • Review and Brainstorming
  
  
  Communication Plan
  • Identifying Stakeholders and communication needs
  • Influencing
  • Feedback
  • Conflict Management
  
  
  Team Problem Solving
  • Team Challenges-Team problem solving exercise
  • Difficult project member behaviors
  
  
  Team Assessment and Action Plan
  • Next steps