Foundations for Building Effective Teams

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives

Overview/Description
 As more organizations move toward team-based structures, the role of the team leader becomes critical, if a team is to reach its full potential for improving quality, productivity, flexibility, and innovation. To create and maximize participation and collaboration, a team leader must learn to build team identity, commitment and trust, both in the leader and in team members. The team leader must learn to skillfully manage group discussion, problem solving and decision making so that these activities yield good results that are supported by the whole team.

Target Audience
 Team leaders, project managers, supervisors, and managers with less than 2 years experience in a team building role.

Expected Duration
1.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Defining Roles: the Team and the Team Leader

  • recognize the importance of leadership skills required in team development.
  • identify the five major functions of a team leader.
  • identify the five major types of teams.
  • describe the characteristics of the four-stage model of team development.
  • identify teamwork.
  • identify the kind of leadership skills required for team development.

    • Building a Strong Team Foundation

  • recognize the importance of building a strong team foundation.
  • identify the three components of unity of purpose which help build team identity.
  • identify the three components of building team commitment.
  • identify the four tasks that are needed to build trust in the team.

    • Course Number: TEAM0111