This intensive, three-day advanced skills course — Trainers of Team Building: Developing High Performance Teams?– will empower workplace leaders to take their teams to the next level. Learners will really get to know their teams, define different team types, improve teamwork by thoroughly understanding and applying the characteristics of effective teams, and much more. The result will be a leader who employs practical, tested techniques that develop trust and rapport, who is able to push their team forward, beyond average engagement levels and into superior performance results. We have included advanced sessions on dealing with conflict, and understanding how action planning and analysis will help teams to achieve better results.
Trainers will benefit from a content-rich training package, including a detailed instructor guide, student workbook, step-by-step activities, and pre-formatted slides. These training materials can be customized in just as much time as it takes to make changes to any Word or PowerPoint document, whether you want to enhance training by creating case studies specific to a particular group, or grow your own brand. Give us a call, or purchase now, and start training tomorrow!
How to Use This Guide
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: Organizations Today
Session Three: Types of Teams
Session Four: Team Norms
Session Five: The TORI Team Building Model
Session Six: A Team’s Activities
Session Seven: The Five Stages of Team Development
The Five Stages of Team Development
Nurturing Teams
Team Problem Solving
Session Eight: Characteristics of Great Teams
Session Nine: Civilized Disagreements and Consensus
Session Ten: Open Communication
Session Eleven: Clear Roles and Assignments
Session Twelve: Shared Leadership
Session Thirteen: Team Player Types
What’s Your Team Player Type?
What Does it Mean To Have a Number?
My Team Style
Session Fourteen: The Trust/Relationship Model
Session Fifteen: Lateral and Vertical Thinking
Session Sixteen: Creative Team Thinking
Creative Thinking Methods
Brainstorming and Brainwriting
Six Thinking Hats
Favorite Method Selection
Session Seventeen: Team Shaping Factors
The Four Factors
The Conference
Session Eighteen: Solving Problems
Problem Solving Model Overview
Getting Creative
Phase One
Phase Two
Phase Three
Session Nineteen: Interventions for Team Leaders
Problems and Solutions
Case Study
Session Twenty: Resolving Conflict
Ways to Resolve Conflict
Resolving Internal Conflict
Session Twenty-One: SWOT Analysis
The Meaning of SWOT
Case Study
Session Twenty-Two: Developing Team Action Plans
Planning Tools
Action Planning Chart
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Personal Action Plan