Creating High Performing Teams

How to raise the measurable performance of your teams

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Course benefits:

In a tight economy with requirements to achieve the same work with less staff, organisations need to increase productivity and output. Successful organisations recognise that high performance teams provide such improvements whilst still operating within the constraints set by the management of the organisation.

This course will show you how to raise the measurable performance of your teams through greater productivity and motivation therefore needing less supervision.

Who should attend:

This course is aimed at:

  • organisations wanting the best from their people
  • supervisors who want the best from their teams
  • teams who want to move to the next level of performance

Prerequisites:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

What you will learn:

On successful completion of the course, attendees will be able to:

  • Benchmark the productivity of existing teams
  • Set boundaries for self-managing teams
  • Understand how high-performing teams work best
  • Create a team of ideal size
  • Understand and measure team types
  • Understand and be able to implement an appropriate leadership style
  • Determine what to pay, what rewards to give and how to apportion bonuses based on task, team and individual

What you will cover:

  • Calculating and measuring productivity - output performance; sickness; competency level; contribution to the team
  • Setting Boundaries - limitations of existing company procedures; legal requirements; self-imposed restrictions
  • High-performing teams - current research; the NASA and Frizzell experiences; the need to be recognised; long term monitoring and measurement of performance to maintain and extend improvements
  • Team size - creating the ideal team size; managing losses of team members; introducing new team members
  • Team types - identifying the value of different team members; using a questionnaire to identify team types; 'is the selection of the correct team type important when recruiting?'
  • Leadership styles - recognising different leadership styles; knowing what style to use in the various stages of team development; using a questionnaire to measure your leadership style
  • Rewards - the relationship between salary and bonus in obtaining optimum performance; the value of instant rewards to mark recognition of achievement; the ideal method to recognise the achievement of the task, the team and the individual

How you will learn:

Learning is achieved through a combination of lecture sessions, interactive case studies, team working, videos, and discussion of practical techniques.

Duration and availability:

Two days non-residential. In-house only.

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