Building a High Performance Team
Format: Live, Online
Length: Five, 1.5 hour sessions
Instructor: Thomas Staab
A key role of all successful managers is the building and leading a high performance team (HPT) that provides business value to the organization. The HPT plays a central role in any software organization. Therefore, they need to have a unique combination of well-developed technical, communication, leadership, and people skills in order to be successful. This requires extensive training and experience in order to fully utilize innovative and cutting-edge tools and techniques, as well as exceptional leadership, communications, and people skills.
This class focuses on the unique challenges the software organizations faces in building, leading, and retaining a HPT. It is taught by an instructor with real world experience in designing, building, and managing successful high performance teams.
You will:
• Discover the role and function of a high performance team
• Learn skills to create an organization that provides retention incentives
• Gain an understanding and insight into the differences between management and leadership
• Develop essential knowledge for building and managing a successful high performance team
Format
This workshop is designed to be presented in five (5) 1.5-hour sessions in a virtual, real-time instruction led by a live instructor delivered direct to your computer.
Outline
• Introduction
• Types of teams
o Permanent
o Temporary
o Virtual
• Team Building and Retention
o Types of teams
o Stages of team development
o Building the right team
o Team composition and structure
• Resource Management
o Managing available resources
o Multi-generational workforce
o Multi-cultural workforce
• High performance teams
• Leadership vs. Management
o Manager focus
o Leader focus
o Leadership skills
o Qualities of a great leader
o Communications
• Politics can hinder your success
o Recognizing office politics
o Overcoming office politics
• Wrap-up