Cambridge
Academy
In London

Introduction

No matter how knowledgeable and competent its members may be, a dysfunctional team will undermine organizational goals, sap morale, and waste effort. This leading high-performing teams training focuses on the critical roles of team leaders and middle managers in harnessing their team’s potential. The leading high-performing teams workshop introduces and practices techniques for moving the team to peak performance.

Leading High-Performance Teams: A Focus on Excellence

Building and leading high-performance teams is crucial to achieving stellar organizational results. This leading high-performing teams course addresses what constitutes a high-performing team. It explores the strategies and skills necessary for developing them.

Through theory and practical application, participants will learn the intricacies of high-performance team leadership and the essential components that distinguish high-quality teams from their counterparts.

Participants will engage in high-performance team training that goes beyond the basics, equipping them to cultivate an environment where team members are aligned with a shared purpose, empowered to take the initiative, and encouraged to collaborate to optimize their collective performance.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

·        Understand your role as a leader.

·        Identify and leverage talent within the team.

·        Engage and motivate the team with a shared vision and values.

·        Establish clear objectives and standards of performance for the team.

·        Measure and manage team performance.

·        Manage and use conflict and challenge.

·        Optimize team flexibility and commitment.

Target Audience

This course is designed for:

·        Experienced team leaders.

·        Junior/middle managers.

·        Supervisors.

Course Outlines

Day 1: Teams and Their Leaders

·        Teams, leaders, and managers.

·        Key leadership tasks.

·        Influence, authority, and power.

·        Leadership styles and style flexibility.

·        Self-awareness.

·        Emotional intelligence and rapport.

Day 2: Vision, Direction, and Alignment

·        Creating a shared vision.

·        Aims, objectives, and goal alignment.

·        Developing meaningful objectives and indicators.

·        Divergent approaches to problem-solving.

·        Communicating a compelling vision.

·        Delivering challenging messages.

Day 3: Team Dynamics

·        Team development.

·        The sociology of the team.

·        Characteristics of high-performing teams.

·        Balancing team roles.

·        Non-traditional team structures.

·        Delegation and empowerment.

Day 4: Developing The Team

·        Learning and competence.

·        Building a coherent team.

·        Self-managing teams and their challenges.

·        Coaching, mentoring, and self-directed learning.

·        Feedback and appraisal.

·        Leveraging team strengths for peak performance.

Day 5: Performance and Conflict Management

·        Defining performance.

·        Approaches to measuring team and individual performance.

·        Performance through the eyes of the customer.

·        Performance management: science or art?

·        Conflict as a catalyst for team development.

·        Dealing with challenging interpersonal relations.