Building and Motivating Teams

Every leader today has a team to manage.  That’s how work gets done; projects are managed, services are carried out, experiments are conducted, and products are manufactured – through teams.  Building and motivating teams, then managing and monitoring them, is a key piece of every leader’s job.  This workshop provides a thorough overview and dissection of that process, from chartering through disbanding.  This workshop should be part of every new leader’s education.

Intended audience 

Functional leaders and team leaders at all levels.  This workshop can be delivered in either a 1-day or 2-day format.  The 2-day format includes more opportunity for practice and feedback.

Depending on length of workshop, OBJECTIVES may include:

• Forming the right team
• Understanding team leadership and sponsorship
• Communicating effectively with the team
• Analyzing team styles
• Involving the team in decision making and planning
• Providing feedback to the team
• Resolving conflict on the team
• Monitoring the team’s activities

Depending on length of workshop, TOPICS may include:

Understanding team leadership

• Roles and responsibilities
• Sponsorship vs. leadership – what’s the difference?

Forming the right team

• Inheriting a team
• Recruiting and hiring a team
• Understanding team styles (using the Team Dimensions® assessment)
• Understanding stages of team development

Chartering a team

• Developing a mission statement, roadmap, plan of action, and timeline
• Negotiating with the sponsor

Communicating with the team

• Setting expectations
• Facilitating team meetings
• Giving feedback
• Resolving conflict

Facilitating team decision making and problem solving

• Decision making tools
• Problem solving techniques
• Consensus – when to use it and when to not use it

Adjourning a team

• Post-mortem activities and capturing the learning
• Letting go and saying good-bye