Building High-Performing Teams
Who is the course for?
This course is appropriate for anyone who leads onsite or remote teams. Although the course is geared toward team leaders, it is also appropriate for others in the organization involved in team-building activities such as human resources professionals, coaches, and organization development specialists.
Skill Level
All
Time Commitment
Weekly Time Committment
60 Minutes/Week
Duration
4 Weeks
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Builds Trust
- Champions Change
- Collaborates and Promotes Teamwork
- Diagnose Needs
- Focuses on Results through People
- Innovates
- Inspires
- Leverages Diversity
- Pursues Self-Development
- Sets Goals
Course Overview
It is difficult to argue against the fact that a team can accomplish more than any one individual. Yet, across many organizations we have dysfunctional teams, processes that lead toward competition, and attitudes of apathy towards teamwork, which directly impact productivity and quality.
In the Developing Dynamic Teams course, participants learn strategies to align their teams to work collaboratively toward common objectives, and implement processes that maximize team effectiveness and communication. Once the team is aligned with a powerful objective and obstacles have been removed, the results will speak for themselves.
Completing this course will help you:
- Recognize the impact of aligning of high-performing teams around a common mission.
- Identify and avoid common goal-setting mistakes.
- Assess individual strengths in order to ensure the best possible team performance.
- Determine measurement strategies as well as how to motivate others through task accomplishment.
Learning Path
Session 1 - Team Mission Planning
A team without direction is like a rudderless ship. In this session, we discuss the overall mission and direction of a team. The topics covered are the communication characteristics of high-performing teams, establishing the team’s value, contribution expectations, and creating the team’s mission statement.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 2 - Team Goals
Once the team’s mission is determined, and you know what you want to achieve, the next step is setting goals. When teams have challenging, meaningful goals to work towards, they come together as a more effective and collaborative unit. In this session, we learn to focus on goals and results, recognize and avoid common goal-setting mistakes, and create goals that align with the team’s mission statement.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 3 - Assess Strengths
Teams benefit when individual members are fully aware of their strengths and weaknesses; however, leaders must understand the critical attributes of the team as a whole. In this session, we discuss assessing individual strengths to ensure the best possible team performance, aligning individual strengths with team goals, and building opportunities to development and enhance each team member’s strengths.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Session 4 - Measurement and Motivation
At the most rudimentary level, an effective team is defined as one that has an impact above and beyond the individual contributions of any one team member. This above and beyond impact is measured at multiple levels: intangible performance, structural and relational metrics, and business results. Moreover, motivation is the bow that ties the entire package together. When you combine the energy, knowledge, and skills of a motivated team of people, you and your team can succeed. Topics covered in this session include establishing metrics for each team goal, methods for communicating progress, and implementing innovative ways to motivate teams.
Virtual Session (30 minutes) + Online Journal (15 minutes) + Activity (15 minutes)
Leader Behaviors
This course strengthens your skills in the following leader behaviors:
- Builds Trust
- Champions Change
- Collaborates and Promotes Teamwork
- Diagnose Needs
- Focuses on Results through People
- Innovates
- Inspires
- Leverages Diversity
- Pursues Self-Development
- Sets Goals
Why people choose LEL for Leadership Development
The insights from this course have changed how I approach leadership. I now feel equipped to handle challenges more effectively and inspire my team every day.
An invaluable experience! The practical strategies and hands-on exercises helped me build strong leadership skills that I apply daily in my role.
Frequently asked questions
How do you turn a group of individuals into a real team?
You align them around a shared mission, set challenging goals tied to that mission, put people’s strengths to work, and measure and motivate. The course builds each of these in turn.
Does the course work for remote and hybrid teams?
Yes. It is written for leaders of onsite, hybrid, or remote teams, and covers the communication characteristics of high-performing teams in any setting.
What common team mistakes does it help avoid?
It has a full session on the goal-setting mistakes that quietly derail teams, plus how to assess and align individual strengths so the right people do the right work.
Who is it for?
Team leaders, and also HR, coaches, and anyone running team-building efforts.
How long is the course?
Four weekly live sessions of about an hour each, facilitator-led, with practice between sessions.
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