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How to Lead a Team

The skills you need ­ and your team wants you to have

Whether you are new to teams ... piloting a team that's going nowhere ... or wondering about how "leading" is really different from "managing," this seven-part video program is packed with the training you need to get people who were put together to pull together. It's a "here's what to do ­ and the best way to do it" course for team leaders that covers all the bases:

• How to develop trust and teamwork.
  See what it takes to guide a group of diverse individuals to a sense of shared purpose.
• How to nurture team identity and commitment.
  Learn why the best teams invest so much time refining their focus and defining their mission.
• How to help your team solve problems and make decisions.
  You'll see how to gradually step back and allow your team to reach its own conclusions and map its own actions.
• How to manage conflict and resolve differences.
  See why it's so valuable to encourage open and honest debate ­ and how to do it without causing harm or creating enemies.

No matter what kind of a team you lead, this program will teach you how to get the most out of your people ­ and help you discover what they expect from you in return.

Team Building Training Program Covers

• The 5 different types of teams ­ and the leadership styles you'll need to adopt for each
• 3 crucial questions to help your team develop a "unity of purpose"
• How to facilitate meetings so they stay focused, motivated and moving forward
• 7 different decision-making strategies, and the pros and cons of each one
• A 3-step process for changing team conflicts into creative opportunities

Course Contents

Volume I (Running time 0:38) Where To Begin: Defining Your Role As Leader, Identifying Different Styles & Stages Of The Leadership Process

• The 5 different types of teams--and the leadership styles you'll need to adopt for each
• Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing--the 4 growth stages every team must go through
• The 5 major functions of a team leader
• How to act as a liaison between your team and other groups in your organization
• 7 key characteristics that help you define what teamwork is--and what it isn't
• The 9 phases of leadership: how you develop and grow as a leader alongside your team

Volume II (Running time 0:27) Building On A Strong Foundation: Creating A Sense Of Trust, Purpose And Commitment In Your Team

• 3 crucial questions to help your team develop a "unity of purpose"
• How to identify and support your team's vision
• Tools you and your team can use to help create team commitment
• Harmful team norms--what they are, how to nip 4hem in the bud
• How to deal with the anxieties, doubts and self-questioning every new team goes through
• Why you need to make sure workloads and responsibilities are equally shared
• Five types of trust--how to build them in your team

Volume III (Running time 0:42)  The Facilitation Tool Kit: Understanding The 8 Critical Skills Of Group Facilitation And Putting Them Into Action

• The best ways to get everyone--even the "quiet" ones--to speak up and join a discussion
• Once you've got them talking, how do you get them to stop?
• What to do when troublesome or disruptive team members hold your group back
• How to ask open-ended questions (they're the secret to initiating good discussion)
• Encouraging and nurturing "outside the box" thinking--so your team makes progress fast
• Bridging different opinions and building agreement--the key to moving toward consensus

Volume IV (Running time 0:36) A Problem-Solving And Decision-Making Tool Kit:Reaching Sound, Smart Decisions--Without Endless Discussion Or Arguing

• Strategies to help your team gain a complete "big picture" view of what needs fixing
• 3 key problem-solving skills your team needs to master
• 7 different decision-making strategies, and the pros and cons of using each one
• Brainstorming methods guaranteed to get creative juices flowing
• Using a "fishbone ~ diagram to help your team determine the root cause of problems
• 6 steps to identifying problems correctly--before they start solving them
• Getting past the "groupthink" phenomenon 

Volume V (Running time 0:17) Ensuring Accountability: Making Sure All Members Of Your Team Meet Their Commitments

• How to develop and use a Team Operating Agreement to hold people accountable--to their leader and to each other
• The built-in accountability system, based on peer pressure, that works like a charm
• Performance agreements--what they are, how to use them to support your Team Operating Agreement
• What to do when you (or your team) need to confront those who are not pulling their weight
• How to deal with performance problems that go beyond the team's ability to solve them

Volume VI (Running time 0:32 Dealing With Conflict: Helping Your Team WorkThrough And Resolve Arguments, Gripes And Disagreements

• The 6 main sources of team conflict--how to deal constructively with each
• Ways to help your team draw conflict into the open--and deal with dissension honestly and productively
• A 3-stage process to map your personal plan for changing conflict
• into creative opportunities
• How to rechannel the negative energy of arguments, differing opinions and opposing viewpoints into a positive team force

Volume VII (Running Time 0:33 Leadership Issues: Solving Common Team ProblemsAnd Expanding Team and Individual Capabilities

• Innovative solutions for dealing with membership issues, performance problems, team-manager relations and team incentives
• How (and why) to help your team build internal leadership skills
• How to foster a "team-friendly" workplace environment throughout your organization
• Bridging the gap between teams and senior management
• Creative ways to give your team rewards and recognition for a job well done--even in today's world of downsizing and cost-cutting

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