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
Agenda
Introduction
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
