In Effective Teamwork Strategies, you'll learn...
- The 4 stages of successful team development
- The right way to give and receive feedback
- The main causes of team conflict—and the warning signs that conflict might be brewing in your team
- The 3 primary problem-solving and decision-making styles
- And much more!
This is your chance to give your team members the skills to work efficiently and effectively as part of a team. This workshop will teach team members how to be more confident and effective in working as part of a highly productive team, how crystal-clear communication is critical to high-performance teams and how to solve the myriad problems that are sure to arise. It will instill a passion that will allow them to rally their other team members to high-quality, top-notch performances day after day.
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The essentials of teamwork+
- Calling a team a team doesn’t make it one: Find out the 13 key characteristics that define a successful team
- Understand the differences between a work group and a true team—and the 8 reasons why a team gets better results
- The 2 primary classifications of teams and how they compare to other groups
- Team chemistry: Personality and interpersonal styles that lead to collaboration—and also to conflict
- The 4 stages of successful team development
- Debunking the common myths about teamwork
Enhancing teamwork with better communication+
- The 4 keys to effective communication
- Why active listening is absolutely critical for any team and the active listening techniques you can use to improve your communication with other team members
- How to read nonverbal cues for better communication
- The communication shortfalls that can cause teamwork to fall apart
- The right way to give and receive feedback
- 6 benefits of asking good questions—and the 5 types of questions to avoid
- 8 tips for great communication
Dealing with team conflict+
- The main causes of team conflict—and the warning signs that conflict might be brewing in your team
- Recognize the most common types of difficult co-workers—and the predictable factors that go along with each type
- How team conflict escalates and the right and wrong ways people react to conflict
- Accepting responsibility for your emotions: You become angry, no one makes you angry!
- When conflict is a good thing
- The key barriers to conflict resolution
- The 6 steps to conflict resolution
- Key tips on how to be the stabilizing influence that keeps conflict down and productivity up
Shared problem solving and decision making+
- The 3 primary problem-solving and decision-making styles most teams utilize—and the pros and cons of each
- What keeps teams from solving problems? How to identify the major obstacles that can paralyze innovative thinking and grind progress to a halt
- How to use brainstorming as a tool for encouraging the free exchange of ideas and solutions
- Avoiding conflict and controversy with this proven technique for making choices when several excellent alternatives are on the table
- How to identify your own preferred problem-solving style—and how it affects the team
- What to do when team members are too willing to compromise instead of working through problems
- How to get your team to make decisions when team members want to be told what to do
- The top 10 factors that influence a team’s decision-making process
