Building a High Performing Team

Team working is essential in any successful organisation. This course builds the skills required to form, influence, manage and be part of an effective team

In this course you will gain an understanding of what it takes to build, maintain and improve a high performing team.  This course is relevant for team members as well as managers. Highlights include:

• Exploring the different roles needed in a team and learning to assess your own role preferences.  These skills allow you to balance the correct team for different types of work, e.g. planning or delivering.  It also allows you to explore why potential conflicts or poor performance are occurring, and deal with them effectively.
• Understand how to minimise the impact of difficult people on the team. 
• Examining the stages of team formation, and leaving you with practical tips on how to move through these as rapidly and effectively as possible.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the roles within a team and use the Belbin tool to assess preferences
• Analyse an objective to see what skills are required
• Understand how the plan, do, review phases need different roles
• Use the STAR tool to assess someone’s skill level
• Understand the stages of team formation, including:
  • Form: launching, ice breaking
  • Storm: leadership styles, introvert vs extroverts, difficult people
  • Norm: feedback, spreading skill, reflecting and reviewing
  • Perform: celebrating, performance management, create a mini culture

Format options

• 1 day
• 3-12 participants

Target audience

• All staff

Areas covered

• Team working
• Team formation and building
• Team roles analysis