Team leader training provides the additional skills that a team leader needs to recognize and address issues and facilitate a team.

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TEAM LEADER WORKSHOP

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1. INTRODUCTION

  • Participant Expectations and Workshop Objectives
  • Discussion of Participant Issues
  • Exercise - Characteristics Needed for a Team Leader

2. LEADERSHIP vs. MANAGEMENT

  • What is Leadership
  • Situational Leadership Model
  • Developing Facilitative vs. Directive Behavior
  • Evolution from Directive Behaviors
  • Exercise - Leadership Practices Inventory Evaluation
  • Reviewing and Improving Your Leadership Practices
  • Discussion of Development Plan

3. TEAM LEADER RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Exercise - Team Leader Responsibilities
  • Discussion of Team Leader Responsibilities
  • Exercise - Leader and Team Priorities
  • Role in Maintaining Group Process

4. MOTIVATING THE TEAM

  • Motivation, Recognition and Rewards
  • Motivation Recognition and Rewards Exercise - Gaining Consensus
  • Motivating Team Members Discussion
  • Addressing Motivational Issues

5. MANAGING PERTSONAL STYLES OF TEAM MEMBERS

  • Review of Persoanl Style Types - Myers-Briggs Model
  • Discussion of Same/Different Types Working Together
  • Mapping of Team Members and Identifying Potential Issues
  • Exercise - Identifying Personal Style Issues Within Your Team

6. FACILITATING THE TEAM

  • Probing for Information & Removing Constraints
  • Giving Contructive Feedback
  • Managing Behavior
  • Assessing Team Effectiveness and Problems
  • Addressing Dysfunctional/Disruptive Team Member Behavior
  • Intervention Skills
  • Discussion of Addressing Various Types of Problems

7. WORKSHOP SUMMARY

  • Discussion of Open Participant Issues from Start of Workshop
  • Team Leader Development Process & Tools Beyond this Workshop
  • Workshop Wrap Up and Next Steps