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Creating a training course on teamwork and team-building skills sounds pretty easy – until you actually start writing.

Pretty instantly, you’ll be asking:

• What content do I need to include?
• What does my audience actually need to learn?
• How do I transfer these skills?
• How can I make everything engaging?

All this creative work can take time.

Do you have that time?

Well, this is where we can help.

You can use the course material provided to focus attention on informing, encouraging, inspiring, and even delighting your audience with content on teamwork and building team-working skills.

This training course will provide your participants with the skills and knowledge needed to be an integral part of high-performing teams.

And, you can brand everything as your own.

What you’ll get

• 56-page participant manual.
• 88 powerpoint slides.
• Practical exercises.
• Further reading.
• Course evaluation form.
• Action plan.

Learning objectives

At the end of this training course your participants will be able to:

• Identify the main obstacles to effective teamwork and team-building skills.
• Understand the nature of the team formation process.
• Understand the components needed for a high-performance team to operate.
• Use these components to build a team.
• Explain the benefits of developing teamwork and team-building skills.

Course overview

When teams are formed properly, it offers so many opportunities for success.

Greater productivity will be achieved by boosting output, reducing waste, and maximizing profits.

However, a lot of teams are not set up correctly.

And, this course is designed to target this issue.

Course participants will learn key insights, uncover models of teamwork, and explore the world of high-performance teams.

The course is for people serious about developing their teamwork and team-building skills, and who are ready to bring their learning to the next level.

Course outline

Below, we break down how you can present the 4 key sections of this training course.

1. What is a team?

Start by focusing on your audience’s understanding of teamwork.

Encourage them to think differently about team-building skills.

This will ensure that your audience feels more connected to the course content provided. And, how they can build more practical skills.

This is where it gets interesting.

• Explain the differences between working within a group and teamwork.
• Examine types of team structures and teamwork.
• Understand the differences within these structures.
• Focus on the stages of team formation – a key part of understanding group dynamics

The idea here is to introduce the “aspects” that offer value to your audience. The more you can break this value down, the better.

To illustrate, what makes people interested in team-working?

The answer is quite simple. People get interested in things when they make a difference in their lives.

So remember, your audience will be asking:

“Does this content make a difference to me?”

“Will it help me?”

“How can I use this in my life?”

Basically, your audience will want content that really resonates with their lives.

Continue by using the content to look at things like:

• The roles and responsibilities that can exist.
• Team-building skills and work structures.
• The impact of ambiguity and interdependence.

2. Focus on models of team working

Up to now, the content focuses on what is a team and sharing this value with your audience.

Next, you can use the content provided to:

• Discuss aspects prohibiting successful team-working skills.
• Explore team balance and autonomy, levels of communication, and media available.

3. Introduce your audience to the world of high-performance teams

Tired of hearing about “high-performance teams?”

You know the feeling when you hear people singing the merits of high-performing teams?

Yet, no one tells you how to get there.

Well, this section cuts straight to the heart of high-performance teams.

Step by step, you can use the content to:

• Discuss how to maintain a high-performance team.
• Explore how to overcome low performance.
• Examine factors like motivation, diversity, and leadership.

One of the most powerful ways to support this part of the course is to share your own reflections on high-performing teams.

4. Learning how to manage expectations

When it comes to managing expectations, start by putting yourself in the shoes of your audience.

What kind of teams are they used to?

What team-building experience do they have?

What questions do they need to be answered?

To manage expectations, use the content to explore conflict management skills and how to lead a high-performance team.

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• Training icebreakers.
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• Training games.
• How to increase participation.
• Learning how to improve your questioning skills.
• How to improve your listening skills.
• Learn how to deal with difficult people.
• How to evaluate training courses.

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Frequently asked questions

What are the main characteristics of an effective team?

The main characteristics of an effective team are:

• A focus on collective effort.
• Performance is greater than the sum of an individual contribution.
• A sharing of values and goals that allows the leader to apply light steering pressure.
• There is personal and mutual accountability for the overall performance.
• There is a high level of interaction.

What are the main characteristics of a group?

The main characteristics of a group are:

• Focus on individual contribution.
• Performance is the sum of individual contribution.
• Lack of cohesive values needs strong leadership.
• Accountability is on an individual basis with no overall responsibility.
• Low level of interaction between individuals.

What are the main barriers to effective communication within teams?

The main barriers to effective communication within teams are:

• Use of jargon.
• Poor listening habits.
• Prejudice and personal bias.
• Complexity of the message.
• Inappropriate media used.
• Perceptions about the sender.
• Accuracy of information.
• Timing of the communication.
• Ignoring what the members do not agree with.
• Communication overload.

What are the characteristics of high performing teams?

The characteristics of high performing teams are:

• Sharing a common goal or purpose.
• Build relationships on trust and respect.
• Balance task and process activities.
• Plan thoroughly before acting.
• Involve members in decision making.
• Use of team-based problem-solving techniques.
• Value synergism and interdependence.
• Emphasize and support team goals.
• Reward individual performance that supports the team.
• Communicate effectively.
• Identify and deal with group conflict.
• Balance life between work and home.
• Practice continuous improvement.
• Constantly critiquing the way the team works.
• Vary the level and intensity of the work.
• Plan thoroughly before acting

Can I edit the content and add my company logo?

Yes. You can now add your logo and customize the course content freely using Microsoft Word and Powerpoint. You can also deliver the course materials where, when, and as often as needed.