Leading Functional Work Teams - Overcoming Dysfunctions

• OVERVIEW

Much of the success of an organization can be attributed to the success it the teams and workgroups at every level of the organization, including executive teams. Most teams are neither 100% successful, nor 100% failure – they lie on the spectrum  between those two extremes. Which means almost every team has the capacity to improve. The reasons for the failure or success of a team can sometimes seem obscure, yet there are a handful of factors that will determine the success/failure of the majority of teams. Having the information to assess and diagnose how a team is functioning is the first step to improving the teams performance.

• LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• The 5 critical factors in the failure of teams
• A scorecard to diagnose a team's health
• Why focusing on productivity, quality or customer service can be a problem if one indispensable factor is missing
• How to eliminate unhealthy gossip
• How to transform conflict from destructive to productive
• Get everyone of the team on the same page
• A proven model to build team cohesion and accountability

• WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND

You know what it feels like to be on a great team. There's trust, collaboration, caring, and incredible energy. You want to go to work everyday. On the other hand, you also know what it feels like to be on a dysfunctional team. It's exhausting. You feel like you're swimming against an incoming tide all the time.

On some teams the failures are painfully obvious. On others they are nuanced and not easily identifiable. In either case, you need to know the specific steps to transform a dysfunctional team into a high-functioning, collaborative, and supportive team.

That's what this webinar will address. Learn how to diagnose the 5 primary reasons teams fail. Learn the corrective actions for each of those reasons. Learn the hierarchy - what has to come first to build a foundation. If a solid foundation is not in place, nothing else you do will work.

• AREAS COVERED

You’re frustrated and exhausted with some of the dysfunction on your team:

• You lead, manage or are on a team or work group
• Want to be on a high-performing, high functioning team
• You want to have fun and feel fulfilled by working collaboratively with others on your team
• You spend way too much time thinking about how to deal with gossip, lack of accountability, hidden agendas and destructive conflict.
• You want specific practical tips, tools, techniques, tactics and strategies to effectively deal with the most difficult people in your life

• WHO WILL BENEFIT?

• HR Professionals
• People Managers
• Leaders
• Directors
• Managers
• Supervisors
• Business Owners,
• Business Consultants
• Department Managers
• Senior Leaders

• SPEAKER

Since 1987, Michael has been consulting with businesses and organizations that understand the value of developing organizational culture and their people as a foundation for continual improvement, staff recruitment/retention, and enhancing organizational capacity. His focus is on assisting organizations to create cultures where people want to engage and work. The ideal organizational, division, department or team culture is one where the values, vision, and mission of the organization are explicitly linked and operationalized.