Overview:

Introduction:

The Advanced Teamwork & Cooperation Skills course is designed as a practical program for delegates to put collaborative methods of teamwork in their businesses and leverage the innovative potential of all members of their teams. In business, teamwork and innovation has become the bedrock of competitive strategy, and a major key to competitive advantage. All organizations today need cooperative teamwork and innovation to survive.

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

• Provide leaders with a series of strategies, activities, and cases at five levels of change: individual, interpersonal, team, organization, and network.
• Discover the core competencies required for exemplary teamwork.
• Examine the ethical aspects of teamwork that drive lasting results.
• Enhance others’ perceptions of you as a team leader with integrity.
• Build the right culture for people and processes to support your team.
• Provides comprehensive ideas on keeping teamwork alive in organizations.

Targeted Audience:

• Mid-level managers
• Supervisors
• Team leaders
• Employees who are the potential to be promoted to supervisory or managerial levels

Course Outlines:

Unit 1: Dynamics of Teamwork & Innovation:

• The Nature of Innovation
• The Nature of Innovative Teams
• The Brain & Learned Behaviors
• Creativity & Innovative Teams
• Developing Innovative Team Mindset
• The Power of Team Collaboration

Unit 2: Building Innovative Teamwork:

• Innovative team values
• High-performance goals and metrics
• Organizing innovative teams
• Innovative team leadership
• Designing a team building program
• Profiling team members

Unit 3: Creating the Right Environment for Teams:

• Introduction to advanced teamwork
• The individual creative work
• The new role of leadership
• The Red Quadrant
• Team trust issues
• Creative abrasion of conflict

Unit 4: Targeting Team Energy:

• The difference between indifference
• A team’s picture of success
• Strategic priority areas
• Developing a clear consensus
• The leader’s decision making process
• The power of accountability

Unit 5: Team Cooperation Skills:

• Team gatherings
• Team decisions
• Product performance
• Creating team environments
• Value-added activities
• Inner team conflict