Training Course on Developing and Leading High Performing Teams-Rwanda

About the Course

A lot of emphasis is placed on leadership development, but the leader is only one person; the true driving force behind a great leader is their team. A team that works as a cohesive one will always surpass the best person working alone. More significantly, regardless of how skilled and capable individual team members are, a dysfunctional team will undercut corporate goals, deplete morale, and waste effort. This training course will teach you how to get the best out of your team by changing your leadership behavior and style. The training discusses how to maximize the potential of the team and presents ways for getting the team to optimal performance.

Target Participants

This training is ideal for strategic planners, business development staff, program managers, human resource managers and any individual responsible for developing and leading teams in their organizations.

What you will learn

By the end of the course the learner should be able to:

• Determine which aspects of your leadership job provide the highest return.
• Identify and capitalize on individual team talent.
• Using vision tactics, engage and encourage the team.
• Set clear goals and performance expectations for your team.
• Understand your personality traits and adjust your leadership accordingly.
• Manage and employ sophisticated coaching approaches to replace ‘tell’ with ‘ask’.

Course duration

5 days

Course Outline

Teams and their Leaders

• The Relationship between Teams, Leaders and Managers
• Key Leadership Tasks and Responsibilities
• Balancing Influence, Authority and Power
• Different Leadership Styles and Style Flexibility
• Self-awareness and Getting Feedback
• Emotional Intelligence and Rapport

 Vision, Direction & Alignment

• Creating a Shared Vision
• Aims, Objectives and Goal Alignment
• Developing Meaningful Objectives and Indicators
• Divergent Approaches to Problem-solving
• Communicating a Compelling Vision
• Taking a Coaching Approach to Problem Solving

Team Dynamics

• Stages of Team Development
• The Sociology of The Team
• Characteristics of High-performing Teams
• Balancing Different Team Roles and Personality Types
• Non-traditional Team Structures
• Delegation and Empowerment

Developing the Team

• Personality Types and The Mix Needed For Success
• Building a Coherent Team
• Self-managing Teams and Their Challenges
• Coaching, Mentoring and Self-directed Learning
• Feedback and Appraisal
• Leveraging Team Strengths For Peak Performance

Performance & Conflict Management

• Defining Performance
• Approaches to Measuring Team and Individual Performance
• Performance Management: Science or Art?
• Giving and Receiving Feedback Effectively
• Conflict as A Catalyst for Team Development
• Dealing with Challenging Interpersonal Relations