Leading and Managing High Performance Teams

Introduction

The Leading and Managing High Performance Teams course is designed to empower participants
with the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to lead and manage teams effectively.
Leadership is a critical competency for individuals responsible for guiding and inspiring others
towards common goals and objectives. This course aims to provide participants with practical
insights, tools, and techniques to enhance their leadership capabilities, foster teamwork, and drive
performance within their teams.
The course is designed with certain assumptions about the roles and daily practices of managers
and supervisors. It is expected that participants oversee teams—typically between five to fifteen
members in the case of managers, or possibly the entire organization for owner-managers. It is
assumed that these individuals are responsible for organizing work into teams, where group
performance and outcomes are critical to organizational success. However, their current approach
may lean more toward managing processes than actively leading people, placing emphasis on
coordination and task execution rather than on inspiring and guiding their teams.
In addition, it is assumed that many managers focus primarily on getting the job done, often without
fully engaging in the development and motivation of their team members. They may have limited
understanding of team development stages or the leadership skills required to support teams through
those stages—skills essential for building high-performing, adaptable teams equipped to manage
change effectively

Target Audience

This course is suitable for:
 Managers, supervisors, and team leaders responsible for leading teams in various
organizational settings.
 Professionals aspiring to leadership roles or seeking to enhance their leadership skills.
 Individuals transitioning into managerial or supervisory positions who want to develop their
leadership capabilities.
 Anyone interested in learning how to inspire, motivate, and guide teams towards achieving
collective goals

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will:
 Identify the desirable qualities and skills of an effective team leader;
 Assess your own leadership qualities and skills;
 Describe methods to enhance your leadership skills;
 Identify the responsibilities of leaders, and the roles to be played by a team leader;
 Explain ways to develop your team so that it becomes more efficient and effective

Organizational Benefits

✓ Stronger leadership and people-management capability

✓ Improved employee engagement, accountability and performance

✓ Better teamwork, delegation and talent development

✓ More effective achievement of organisational goals

Course Content

Module 1: How to become an effective leader
Module 2: Roles and responsibilities of a team leader
Module 3: Building and developing a team
Concluding remarks, action planning and wrap-up

Duration

This is a one (1) day course

Delivery

Onsite | Online | Hybrid