Driving Performance with Senior Managers and Team Leaders

Introduction:

Senior managers and team leaders play a crucial role in enhancing performance. In today's complex management environments, leaders must effectively engage their teams and guide them toward achieving set objectives. This Senior Manager and Team Leader Performance course is designed to equip high-level executive managers with essential skills in leadership, communication, goal-setting, time management, and motivation.

The Developing Team Leader course offers a progressive approach to leadership development for those seeking to expand their current leadership capabilities. The course emphasizes benchmarking leadership and management strategies, preparing leaders for the evolving dynamics of the workplace and increasing performance expectations.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this Senior Manager and Team Leader Performance course, participants will be able to:

• Develop trust among team members.
• Empower and lead an effective team.
• Create a motivating team environment.
• Enhance teamwork through strategic application.
• Implement strategies for managing changes within teams.

Training Methodology:

• Group Discussions
• Case Studies
• Role-Playing Exercises
• Interactive Workshops
• Scenario-Based Learning
• Peer Learning
• Simulation Exercises
• Feedback Sessions
• Self-Assessment Activities
• Action Planning Sessions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: The Team Leadership Challenge

• Defining teams in the 21st century
• Navigating shifting organizational landscapes
• Skills required for effective team leadership
• Qualities of successful team leaders
• Developing leadership abilities
• Leadership styles: Self-analysis
• Enhancing team effectiveness

Unit 2: Building a High-Performance Team

• The recipe for successful teams
• The formula for teamwork success
• The importance of clear goals
• Consensus decision-making
• Clear roles and work assignments
• Moving from involvement to empowerment
• Types of effective groups
• Team stages toward maturity

Unit 3: Inspiring Teams to Better Performance

• Identifying team roles
• Understanding the Belbin type indicator
• Aligning individual and team motivators
• The values alignment matrix
• Resolving values conflicts
• The motivating mix
• Creating a supportive environment
• Energizing your team

Unit 4: Sustainable Strategies for Improving Team Relationships

• Effective communication methods
• Face-to-face communication
• Team problem-solving
• Factors influencing group performance
• Phases of team problem-solving
• Tools for effective team decision-making
• Ingredients of effective decision-making

Unit 5: The Team Leader's Role in Managing Change

• Managing change effectively
• The need for exchange and expanded thinking in change
• Key factors for successful change
• The change cycle
• The Four Room Apartment Strategy
• Typical reactions to change
• Guiding teams through change stages
• Handling reactions to change
• Strategies for managing change
• The 17 rules of great teamwork