This seminar covers the essentials of team building for the executive
team to be a success. Learn how to develop the skills necessary to
become both a successful team member and an interactive team leader --
and discover innovative ways to make your executive team more
productive! This practical and useful course is designed for
participants to learn the knowledge and skills required to build
productive teams. There is special emphasis placed on the differences
between the executive teams and teams at other levels in the
organization. The team building model used in this seminar focuses on
successful team components and the skills necessary to function
effectively as a team. Participants will learn the concrete steps to
implement teams in their organization. Participants will actually go
through the experience of building and functioning in their own teams
during this seminar. By the conclusion of the seminar, the participants
will complete a plan to implement teams in their organization.
How You Will Benefit
- Identify the benefits
and characteristics of an effective executive team
- Assess the strengths
and weaknesses of your current team
- Develop group
communication and problem-solving skills that will boost team
productivity
- Analyze your own
effectiveness as a team member
- Gain proven methods
for achieving better working relationships among team members
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this
seminar, each participant will be able to:
- Identify the key issues
that affect executive teams
- Resolve non-team
behaviors that occur in executive teams
- Understand the team life
cycle
- Differentiate between
group process, task, and maintenance functions
- Define group roles as
executives
- Set productive goals for
your executive team
- Apply problem-solving
and decision-making techniques
- Resolve conflict in a
team environment
- Identify the success
factors for executive teams
- Use a systematic
approach to create executive team effectiveness
- Create a team name and
logo
- Write a team mission
statement
- Establish team ground
rules with 100% team buy-in
- Analyze team performance
and measure team effectiveness
Description
A highly interactive
three-day workshop which provides the basic skills necessary to become
both a successful team member and an interactive team leader.
The program will cover
the stages of team development from identifying the need for a team
through the often neglected guidelines for disbanding a team when it is
no longer effective.
Topics covered in the
program will include:
- Executive team issues
and how to resolve them
- The Team Life Cycle
- Group Process - both
task and maintenance functions
- Team Roles
- Communication Skills
- Goal setting, problem
solving, and decision-making techniques
- Team conflict
resolution
Course Outline
1. Getting Started on
Team Building - What is it?
- Define a team
- Define team building
- Adopt a model for team
building
- Defining what makes
executive teams different from other teams
- Identify the obstacles
to executive team building
- Recognize team player
styles
- Creating solutions to
effectively deal with executive team issues
2. Team Life Cycles and
Communication Patterns – When?
- Define the difference
between process and task in teams
- Recognize the stages of
team development as they occur within the team
- Perform an analysis of
team communication patterns
- Critique team
communication patterns
3. Team Player Styles –
Who?
- Team Player Styles
- What is my style?
- How can I make the most
of other styles?
4. Team Creation - How?
- Identify the success
factors for effective executive teams
- Complete and analyze a
team building assessment instrument
- Create a team name,
logo, and mission statement
- Discuss and write out
ground rules for the team
- Create performance
measures and objectives for the executive team
- Identify and list the
characteristics of an effective team
5. Action Plans - Back
Home Application
- Create a personal plan
to improve your level of empowerment
- Evaluate your
learning experiences
