Course overview
This course is designed to equip leaders with the mindset and practical tools needed to unlock the full potential of their team members. Participants will gain a comprehensive set of skills that can be immediately applied to maximize team performance, transforming each team member into a vital contributor to the overall strength of the team.
Training methodology
The course is structured around four key learning methods: concept learning through presentations, role-playing exercises, experience sharing via round-table discussions, and analysis of case studies and scenarios.
Target competencies
- Performance optimization
- Employee engagement
- People development
- Building synergy
- Building trust
- Effective feedback
- Motivating people
- Coaching and training
Course objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Identify the key elements of a high-performing team
- Establish and maintain a championship culture within their teams
- Develop and implement growth plans that cultivate champions
- Create a feedback-rich environment that sustains high performance
- Transform individual champions into a cohesive, championship-winning team
Course outline
Raising the Bar on Leadership
- Defining your leadership legacy
- The X factor of championship leadership
- Indicators of a winning team
- Key leadership beliefs, mindsets, and values
- The credibility and likability matrix
- Five levels of leadership: from being a champion to championing others
Establishing a Championship Culture
- Understanding team culture
- Attributes of a championship culture
- Creating and sustaining a championship culture
- Recruiting and retaining culture champions
- Addressing and managing cultural misfits
Flexible Leadership for Developing Champions
- The role of coaching: teaching vs. facilitating learning
- Overcoming barriers to coaching employees
- Designing personalized development plans using the 70/20/10 model
- Resolving performance issues with essential coaching skills
- Navigating the comfort, learning, and panic zones
- Conducting effective coaching sessions using the GROW model
The Five Traits of a Championship Team
- Analyzing why corporate teams fail: the five dysfunctions
- Building trust among team members
- Managing and understanding healthy conflicts
- Fostering team commitment
- Promoting peer accountability
- Maintaining a laser focus on achieving results
From a Team of Champions to a Championship Team
- Understanding why a team of stars may not win championships
- Addressing teamwork challenges and redefining team success
- Exploring the five dysfunctions of a team:
- Absence of trust
- Fear of conflict
- Lack of commitment
- Avoidance of accountability
- Inattention to results
Transforming Solo Champions into a Championship Team
- Building trust through vulnerability and trust indicators
- Engaging in productive conflict and understanding its continuum
- Developing an internal conflict resolution code
- Fostering commitment through team decision-making and consensus building
- Encouraging peer accountability and sharing top management responsibilities
- Sustaining a relentless focus on achieving team results