Team Building and Group Dynamics

A great deal of money is spent on team building and I sometimes wonder whether team building is an obsession with management. I also wonder whether half the team building courses actually deliver more than just a good time. I think we can all understanding the need for team building but why does it seem to dominate and why do many team building events deliver little in transferable skills?

Management's task is to get the best out of people so that organizational objectives can be achieved. It is unlikely that this can be realized without team building. Therefore in response to this many organizations are developing new cultures with leadership styles based on empowering people - team building has never been more important.

The prime aim of this team building training course is to enable teams to maximize their contribution by developing an environment of mutual dependency, co-existence, co-operation, and consensus.

Course Description:
This two-day working session implements a system that guarantees measurable improvements. The team defines its own stretch goals along with the success factors of performance execution to achieve those goals. Participants create alignment around team priorities, improve meeting effectiveness and develop interaction agreements to enhance trust, support, information sharing and ability to deal with conflict. A six-month follow-up session in which the team measures its results and adjusts its process is required.

Learning Objectives:
By the end of this team building course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the nature and purpose of teams

  • Distinguish between team building and group working

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  • Deal with the concerns faced when team building or integrating new members into a team

  • Identify and harness individual's team roles in team building

  • List the qualities of a good manager and state the impact of management style in managing teams effectively

  • Describe how different styles suit different situations

  • Assess how behavior impacts on self management, the team, department and organization

  • Work with and within different cultures and management styles

  • Identify and master negative team attitudes

  • Communicate clearly, concisely and with sensitivity to others

  • Identify and deal with many of the influences that cause conflict

  • Examine personal, team and organizational cultural issues

  • Realize a more open and willing attitude towards change

  • Establish a personal and team building plan of action

Who Should Attend:

This team building training course is ideal for newly formed teams or teams with recently appointed team leaders or teams undertaking a new mission, or project or involved with organizational change.

Prerequisites:

None

 

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