Managing Teams
- Course focuses on management skills, leadership, team development, and change management.
- Attendees gain theoretical and practical understanding of management and leadership.
- Designed for teams and personnel involved in managing staff and projects.
- Emphasizes developing personal management style and strengths.
- Practical hands-on introduction to team and change management techniques.
Overview
The two-day course focuses on equipping attendees with a theoretical and practical understanding of management. Topics covered include organizational culture, leadership versus management, managing people, working in teams, empowerment, and implementing new approaches. The course aims to help participants identify their personal management style strengths and weaknesses and develop a work plan to enhance their managerial activities within their business. Suitable for teams and personnel involved in staff management, senior internal clients, and procurement projects seeking hands-on training in team and change management techniques.
Who should attend
Managers, Team Leaders
Course Content
Course duration: 2 Days
Course running Order
Day 1
The nature of organisations
Different types of organisation
Diagnosing organisational culture
The role of the manager
What skills and attributes does a manager need to have?
Does it depend on the organisations culture?
Different models of management
What is leadership?
How does leadership differ from management?
The role / style of leadership
The leadership attributes matrix
The types of leader
Common leadership styles
Managing People
The balance between people issues and tasks
A staff centred view of management
Different strokes for different folks – Spotting the differences in the people we work with
Using power in relationships to get things done
Communicating
Dealing with conflict
Day 2
Working in teams
Why are teams powerful?
What are the different types of team?
What are the difficulties and shortcomings of each approach?
When do teams work better than individuals?
‘Groupthink’
Developing empowerment
Characteristics of empowerment
Creating a person culture
The team leader
The importance of company culture on team performance
How to generate enthusiasm and excitement in a team
Team development
Managing Teams
How changeable are things?
The five principle means of managing teams
Which approach should we use, when?
Factors affecting the choice of approach
Implementing new ways of working and new approaches
Lewin’s ‘Force Field analysis’ approach to change
The Kotter and Schlesinger change model
What really makes people change?
Management resistance
Reasons for resisting management initiatives
Staff resistance resistor styles and how to manage each of them
The ability / willingness grid
Course Objectives
To equip attendees with a theoretical and practical understanding of the nature of management their personal style strengths and weaknesses as managers and a work plan aimed at developing their activities as managers within their business
Who should attend?
Teams and personnel involved in the management of staff and senior internal clients and major procurement projects now seeking practical hands on introduction to team and change management techniques
Duration / Fees
A 2-day, double manned course.
Can be run over a two or three week cycle – simply ask when booking
