Leading a High-Performing Team
The leader's role in fostering sustained team performance through the stages of development.
Who This Is For
Leaders at any level facing constant change, transformation, or unpredictability; from frontline managers to senior teams.
Course Description
This highly interactive course explores the characteristics of high-performing teams and the leader’s role in fostering sustained team success. Participants examine the stages of team development and learn practical strategies to cultivate trust, alignment, and accountability within their teams.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this program, participants will be able to:
- Diagnose your team’s stage of development
- Apply the leader’s levers for performance
- Cultivate trust, alignment, and accountability
Preparation Steps
- Reflect on your team’s current performance and dynamics
- Run an informal pulse-check or note observations of your team
- Identify one team challenge to address
Assessment Method
The assessment of a participant’s progress will be a combination of preparation assignments, classroom participation, and review of concepts during in-class activities as well as follow-up meetings with managers and peers to discuss examples of successful use of the tools provided in this course.
Course Customization Options
This program can be customized for the specific needs of clients through, incorporation or alignment to client-specific organizational messages (values, business processes etc), modifying the workshop delivery schedule.
Sustainment & Post-Work
- Team-development plan with 2–3 leadership actions
- Apply stage-appropriate interventions over 30/60/90 days
- Manager or peer check-in
- Re-diagnose the team’s stage at ~90 days
- Optional peer leader pod
