Team Management Course: Essentials

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Being able to lead a team is an important skill for managers and supervisors, as it involves ensuring the effectiveness of groups of individuals within an organisation. This team management course is designed for managers and supervisors who want to enhance their skills in leading teams so as to efficiently achieve organisational objectives and by so doing, build their own career. In this team management course you will learn how to inspire a team, ensure team roles are well defined and develop high-performance teams. In addition, you will acquire skills for dealing with conflict and those difficult situations that can arise in a team environment.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this team management course, participants should be able to:

1. Lead a team by using effective communication skills.
2. Impart vision and inspiration to a team.
3. Set clear team goals.
4. Vary the leadership style depending on the team objective and team members.
5. Identify team functions and assign appropriate roles to team members.
6. Ensure the effectiveness of the team.
7. Manage the team through conflict and difficult situations.
8. Conduct effective team meetings.

Content

This team management course covers the following topics:

• Communication/leadership styles
• Encourage staff to work as a team
• Stages of team development
• Characteristics of effective teams
• Vision/inspiration – working towards a common goal
• Managing performance
• Dealing with individual/team conflict
• Conducting team meetings

Intended Audience

This Team Management course is suitable for all managers, team leaders, supervisors and individuals wishing to improve their skills in leading teams.

There are a significant number of elements from within this Team Management course which cross over with elements introduced in Team Leaders: Essential Skills, participants who have completed Team Leaders: Essential Skills are encouraged to call us to discuss further.

Delivery Style

This team management course will be delivered as an interactive course, which includes lectures, group exercises and discussion. With an engaging, supportive facilitation style, the tutor’s training approach enables practical tools for skills transfer, improvements and results.

Before the course

There are no pre-requisite knowledge or skills for this entry-level people management course. Participants are however advised to review their experiences from teams they have lead or participated in. Please come to this course prepared to share your experiences, so that discussion can also be tailored to your individual work situations.