Managing and Developing Successful Teams

Using practical exercises, delegates will identify strategies and approaches to equip their teams with the skills and capabilities to optimise productivity and performance and deliver high-quality results.

Course Context

Inspired and cohesive teams who work together can deliver results and services faster, better and more cost effectively. In this course, delegates gain the skills and knowledge to structure, measure and tune performance in their team environments.

Delegates awareness of the characteristics of effective teams will be increased by attending this course together with the importance of individual roles and styles and their impact on team performance and culture. Stages of team development are considered, as well as strategies and approaches to build teams to maximise overall performance. During the day, the factors which influence performance from a task, team and individual perspective are also identified.

Course Duration: 1-day course
Course Capacity: 12 delegates max (for optimum benefit)
Availability: All of our in-house courses are delivered by our UK wide network of trainers
Customisation: The content can be tailored to meet an organisation’s individual requirements

Who Is It For?

Any supervisor, team leader or manager would benefit from attending our Managing and Developing Successful Teams training course.

Key Benefits

Previous participants have reported:

Understanding characteristics and behaviours of individual members of their team and the impact on team performance
Increased awareness of individual motivations and the link to performance
Understanding factors which influence team performance
Awareness of the components and dynamics of effective teams

Course Content

Participants will conduct an analysis of their own preferred Team Role personality, and identify how to conduct an analysis of the dynamics of their teams. Participants will experience a range of approaches and tools to assist in the management and development of their team. Consideration will be given to the need to manage team well-being and approaches to accommodate this.

Participants will cover the following topics during the course:

The characteristics of effective teams
Growing and strengthening your team
The four stages of team development
The importance of understanding individual team members
Building effective communication channels
Establishing a framework for effective team communication
Coaching and developing to enhance productivity and performance

The art of delegation
Building and developing a strong team culture
Techniques for motivating and developing others
The importance of developing a strong team vision
Strategies to build team well-being
How to profile individual work pressures
Approaches to manage well-being and the link to individual, team and organisational performance

Recent Delegate Comments regarding the Managing and Developing Successful Teams Course:

“Learnt a lot about my management skills.” “A good, responsive and intuitive trainer.” “The course was well balanced all round.”

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Find out more

Please get in touch with us if you have any questions. We are always happy to talk about our courses and help you to work out the best match for your requirements.

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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

"The quality of the training has been fantastic and our employees are really engaging with the trainer and getting something out of it. Also In Equilibrium makes the whole process very easy to arrange."

— Employee Engagement & Wellbeing Officer, Sophie Holland

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