• Understanding the stages of team development
• Identifying individuals' preferred team roles
• Gaining an awareness of one's own preferred team leadership style
• Establishing an understanding of the constituent aspects of an effective team
• Identifying the skills required to build and maintain a successful team
• How to gain consistent positive results with motivated teams
  
  

Programme content

Day 1
Welcome and introduction, course objectives, style and methodology
Session 1: team leadership
The importance of the role
Your team’s expectations of you
Problems we face as team leaders
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant
Session 2: nobody's perfect, but a team can be
The stages of team development, the importance of recognising the need for this
Using the work of Dr Meredith Belbin on team types, participants identify their preferred role and those of other colleagues
Team working task to build on the above
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant
Session 3: what makes an effective team?
Why are teams important?
How can a team work together more effectively?
A look at 'Woodcock’s Team Building Blocks'
Team working task to build on the above
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant

Day 2
Review of Day 1, points of action to consider
Session 4: styles of team leadership
What is my natural leadership style? Participants complete a questionnaire to show their preferred balance between controller, coach, consultant and facilitator
Questionnaire results and what we would do to modify our style if we wish to
Team working task
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant
Session 5: team leadership in times of calm and crisis
Developing an awareness of our own strengths and those of others through the use of the Strength Deployment Inventory®
A look at the styles and movements of four famous leaders from calm to crisis
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant
Session 6: motivational team leadership
How can we motivate our teams and the individuals within them?
Based on what has been learnt, participants create a presentation to the rest of the group that demonstrates practical ways to achieve motivation.
Plenary, syndicate work and input from consultant
Session 7: programme review and action planning
Participants plan actions to enhance their effectiveness and that of their teams.