Introduction

A lot of focus is put on leadership development when in reality, the leader is just one person, the real driving force behind a leader’s success is their team. A team operating effectively as a single unit will consistently outperform the best individuals acting on their own. More importantly, no matter how knowledgeable and competent individual team members may be, a dysfunctional team will undermine organisational goals, drain morale and waste effort.

With the increased commercial pressures and target driven cultures, many leaders are now considering how to get the highest levels of performance from their people. The most critical factor in driving effective teamwork and team engagement is the behaviour and style of the leader. This KC ACADEMY Leading High Performing Teams training seminar explains how to harness the team’s potential and introduces techniques for moving the team to peak performance. This KC ACADEMY Management & Leadership training seminar is highly interactive, and participants are expected to discuss their unique situation and practice the tools they are learning.

Highlights include:

• Discovering the link between the leader’s behaviour and team performance
• Finding new ways to measure and manage performance
• Unique techniques to truly tap into motivation
• Harnessing the dynamics of the group through personality profiling
• Optimising team flexibility and commitment using advanced coaching skills

Objectives

At the end of this KC ACADEMY training seminar, you will learn to:

• Understand what elements of your role as a leader give the most significant return
• Identify and leverage individual talent within the team
• Engage and motivate the team using vision techniques
• Establish clear objectives and standards of performance for your team
• Read personality preferences and adapt your leadership accordingly
• Manage and use advanced coaching techniques to replace ‘tell’ with ‘ask.’

Training Methodology

This KC ACADEMY Leading High Performing Teams training seminar uses a range of approaches to learning, including experiential group activities, individual exercises, mini-case studies, role plays and syndicate discussions. Standard inputs are used to introduce underpinning theory. A crucial part of the learning process is sharing the differing experiences that participants bring and experimenting with a novel – and sometimes challenging – techniques. A psychometric instrument will generate a personality profile, which will contribute to your understanding of your preferences and personal style.

Organisational Impact

Team leaders and managers who have shared and practised different critical leadership functions offer increased self-awareness, flexibility and confidence.

• Increased team productivity
• Greater teamwork and collaboration
• More creativity and innovation from team members
• Problems get solved quicker
• Performance issues can be addressed directly
• Fewer interpersonal challenges and complaints between team members

Personal Impact

Participants will be exposed to a range of different approaches to outstanding leadership practice, allowing them to select those most suitable for their team’s requirements and the changing situations they together face.

• Great confidence inappropriate leadership actions
• Increased clarity of role and necessary actions
• Heightened self-awareness and self-understanding
• New tools to motivate and inspire others
• Processes for evaluating and adapting to personality types
• Improved self-control in challenging situations

Who Should Attend?

This KC ACADEMY Leading High Performing Teams training programme is suitable for a wide range of leadership and management functions from experienced leaders through to junior / middle managers who might be new to the role of leadership:

• Leaders who are looking to update their skillset and ability
• Managers who have taken on a new team leadership role
• Managers who have a challenging team or feel their teams are ‘stuck.’
• Senior Management wants to learn modern leadership techniques
• Project Managers or those with a project management role

Course Outline

DAY 1

Teams and their Leaders

• The Relationship between Teams, Leaders and Managers
• Key Leadership Tasks and Responsibilities
• Balancing Influence, Authority and Power
• Different Leadership Styles and Style Flexibility
• Self-awareness and Getting Feedback
• Emotional Intelligence and Rapport

DAY 2

Vision, Direction & Alignment

• Creating a Shared Vision
• Aims, Objectives and Goal Alignment
• Developing Meaningful Objectives and Indicators
• Divergent Approaches to Problem-solving
• Communicating a Compelling Vision
• Taking a Coaching Approach to Problem Solving

DAY 3

Team Dynamics

• Stages of Team Development
• The Sociology of The Team
• Characteristics of High-performing Teams
• Balancing Different Team Roles and Personality Types
• Non-traditional Team Structures
• Delegation and Empowerment

DAY 4

Developing the Team

• Personality Types and The Mix Needed For Success
• Building a Coherent Team
• Self-managing Teams and Their Challenges
• Coaching, Mentoring and Self-directed Learning
• Feedback and Appraisal
• Leveraging Team Strengths For Peak Performance

DAY 5

Performance & Conflict Management

• Defining Performance
• Approaches to Measuring Team and Individual Performance
• Performance Management: Science or Art?
• Giving and Receiving Feedback Effectively
• Conflict as A Catalyst for Team Development
• Dealing with Challenging Interpersonal Relations