Team working together to help reach department goals

Instructor-Led Training

How to Be a Better Team Player

To effectively produce and survive in a diverse work environment, team-player thinking is imperative. Employees must learn to assume personal responsibility for the team’s success, understand the whys of cooperation and take to heart the reasons behind corporate goals.

By attending this information-packed course developed exclusively for non-management personnel, employees will gain that critically important big-picture mentality of how personal efforts contribute to organizational success, a blueprint for mega-productivity and a brand-new sense of unity.

The result? The team will spend more time working together to reach department goals while sidestepping the problems that get in everyone’s way.

Course Outcomes

Understand the critical ingredients for “team thinking” that bring success to work efforts
Increase awareness of how an individual’s strengths and weaknesses can be aligned strategically to optimize the team’s end results
Master conflict resolution and negotiation skills, and resolve the normal challenges of working with others to accomplish a common goal
Evaluate differing opinions and learn how to use them to collaborate for the benefit of the entire team
Flex personal communication styles in order to build trust and stronger working relationships
Develop a new approach to building momentum and embracing change as the team faces new roles and responsibilities in the work environment
Create a plan of action that builds personal commitment to supporting team success

Course Agenda

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Session 1: Make a Personal Contribution to Team Success

Evaluate team effectiveness and develop the team-player success skills critical to top-performing teams
Learn how to maximize individual contributions to team drive and direction
Evaluate personal professional skills and your value as a team player
Develop the skills and characteristics necessary for true team thinking
Fuse individual talent with a successful team structure
Build a team network that encourages cohesiveness, collaboration and effective team communication
Generate high-energy ideas and develop a creative team culture
Turn team meetings into quality time

Session 2: Resolve Differences and Work Together as a Team

Assess your conflict management style and your ability to work with others
Learn how to resolve differences and team together
Flex your conflict management style for better team interactions
Contribute to more effective team thinking and minimize conflicts
Learn the six-step resolution model that reconciles the most challenging conflicts
Identify the Traditionalist, the Egotist, the Brick Wall — how to resolve differences with difficult team members
Develop responses for predictable interpersonal hassles
Respond positively when team members push your buttons

Session 3: Increase Team Productivity

Identify and maximize individual talents of team members
Learn how to problem solve and collaborate with team members to achieve synergy and accomplish more
Learn how meeting team members’ basic needs raises productivity and team collaboration
Create a team culture that encourages individual growth and development
Become familiar with the top 10 team motivation and momentum builders
Learn how celebrating team successes, failed attempts and even mistakes can increase productivity dramatically
Understand the importance of valuing and how it can build team momentum and lead to greater successes
Identify and utilize team member strengths — and even weaknesses — to work more effectively as a team
Flex your personal work style to work more effectively with every team member
Identify ways to balance low and top performers and maintain team productivity
Develop backup systems that enable the team to meet commitments in any situation

Session 4: Take a Leadership Role

Find out key essentials to managing and leading others
Know when to take the lead and when to defer to others
Learn the importance of being a cheerleader and encouraging team members to higher levels of success
Create a climate of trust that encourages team members to take risks and creatively problem solve
Uncover the importance of sharing your skills — teaching and educating among team members
Create a personal action plan that enables you to jump-start and develop critical team-member and leadership skills
Make a personal commitment and identify areas where you can provide additional support to the team

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