Team Working and Co-operation
Overview
This course is for any individual who works with others in a team, including team leaders or potential team leaders, project leaders and managers.
We all work in teams and often these teams are short-lived; we move from one team to another many times in our working lives. We need transferable team working skills to ensure that we add value to any team and are able to immediately identify how the team works.
Research has shown that teams that work well can produce a better quality and quantity of output than the sum of the individuals and that team members are more satisfied with their jobs. For the majority of teams this is something that they need to continually focus on rather than something that occurs naturally. For multi-site teams there are additional issues, with the trust that is essential to effective team working depending primarily on positive, frequent and informative communication. The manager in team working mode listens more than talks, fosters collaboration among others, builds teams, networks and gets involved.
This is a two day course.
Objectives
The objectives of day one are to develop your skill in:
- Transferable team working skills
- Being clear about your own role in the team
- Proactive team co-operation
The objectives of day two are to enable you to:
- Identify critical success factors for your team
- Focus on developing a high performance team
- Deal with conflict and dissension
Key features
This course is concerned with how to make teams work more effectively by focusing all team members on the team purpose. It develops an understanding of what it means to proactively collaborate as a team and uses examples based on real life business teams to make the point. The course is interactive, encouraging you to bring up relevant issues from your own experience.
Benefits to you and your organisation
- Increased satisfaction: belonging to a high performing team creates greater job satisfaction
- More effective use of the team's resources
- Improved process and output, stronger focus on performance
Who should attend?
Members of any team, team leaders or potential team leaders, project leaders and managers.
