Course Catalog >> Leadership and Management
Team Building Techniques that Work
Course # 57
Advertising Description:
For some, working in teams can be a love/hate relationship. Uncover your own hidden team-building talents by practicing realistic methods for working out team problems and building partnerships. Learn how to maintain a high-involvement, high-performance team by resolving conflict and embracing change.
Key Topics:
- The distinction between workgroups and teams, and the role and benefits of teambuilding in your work area.
- Effectively managing resistance/acceptance to teams.
- Identifying ways to utilize innate talents and tendencies to enhance group collaboration.
- Exploring elements of high-performing teams that can be applicable to workgroup teams.
- Tools and strategies to meet common challenges to team performance.
Objectives:
- Recognize key team-building principles and their role in organizational effectiveness.
- Practice collaborative techniques that can support an environment conducive for teams.
- Participate in activities, such as case studies and group discussions, focused on resolving problems with team/workgroup dynamics.
Participants (audience course is aimed at):
University staff who are interested in techniques for supporting a workgroup in working more collaboratively together. Managers and supervisors will also gain insights into how a team-building mindset can improve workgroup productivity.