Managing Teams
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Workplace teams DO Work! This two-day program offers you and your managers strategies for long-term, bottom-line results. Tomorrow's success stories are instituting workplace teams today. Why? Because time after time, in industry, teams have proven their value in achieving both quality and productivity goals. Managing Teams will dramatically increase your chances for a smooth transition to a highly productive team environment.

This training program includes:

  • Methods and checklists to determine how to assemble the best team
  • Tips on improvements you should expect--and not expect--from teams
  • Strategies for recognizing and avoiding major roadblocks in creating a team environment
Companies around the world are discovering that employee teams and teamwork add value to virtually every area of business. Managing Teams will provide the support and confidence you need to initiate and manage workplace teams, evaluate the success of those teams, and get your employees working in a coordinated, disciplined manner.


Program Description:

Unit One: Questions to Ask Before Starting Teams
What Are Teams?
The Five Ps in Team
Why Do You Want Teams?
Where Do You Plan to Implement Teams?
What Do You Expect from Teams?
What Roles Are Crucial to the Team Process?
How Will You Evaluate Individuals Versus Teams?
How Will You Compensate Teams?
What Resources Will You Budget for Training and Development?
What’s the Organizational Impact of Teams and How Can You Manage It?

Unit Two: Creating the Culture for Teamwork
Why Teams Make Sense for Business Today
Moving from Traditional to Self-Directed Teams
How Do You Know You’re Ready for Empowerment and Teams?
Determining Your Readiness for Teams

Unit Three: Teams and Business Strategy
How Can You Determine if Teams Are Right for Your Business?
Some Business Reasons for Teams
Is the Work Appropriate for Teams?
Are Your People Ready for Teams?
A Question More Important than Answers

Unit Four: Why Organizations Have Problems with Teams
Five Major Potholes
Filling the Potholes
The Team Development Checklist
A Team Development Strategy

Unit Five: Vision, Values, Mission, and Strategy
Begin with a Vision ... and Values
Missions Mean Muscles
Strategy: Planning for Success
Lead the Way ... from Within

Unit Six: Team Dynamics
How Teams Are Supposed to Develop
How Teams Really Develop
How to Identify, Diagnose, and Treat Common Team Problems

Unit Seven: New Roles for Leaders of High-Performance Work Groups
The Six Roles of a Successful Manager
The Seven Bases of Power
Leadership Self-Analysis

Unit Eight: Conducting Team Meetings
The Problem with Meetings ...
Meetings and Roles
Guidelines for Effective Team Meetings
Handling Common Team Meeting Problems
What You Should Do as Manager
Problem-Solving Techniques for Meetings

Unit Nine: Coaching Teams and Team Members
The Basics of Coaching
Job Performance
Developing Team Players
Developing Leaders
Coaching from a Distance
Players as Coaches
Recognition
Coaching by Example

Unit Ten: Coping with Conflicts and Changes
Resolving Conflicts
Direct Dealing
Reducing Conflicts
Coping with Changes

Unit Eleven: Applied Empowerment
Problems with Empowerment
A Simpler Approach

Unit Twelve: Evaluating Your Team
What Are Your Team Performance Problems?
How Effective Is Your Team?
How Good Are the Members of the Team?
How Else Can You Evaluate Your Team?

Allen Jones
640 Glen Iris Drive #301
Atlanta, GA 30308

404.881.6120
Email: ajones@mindspring.com