You need to attend the “Leading a Team of Champions” training course
because you deserve to lead a team of champions and because your team
members deserve to be championed by you. By not attending, you risk
spending your career leading people who lack motivation and energy, and
who will give you poor quality work and low productivity.
This
course aims at endowing leaders with the right mindset and, most
importantly, with the tools that will allow leaders to tap into every
bit of their team members’ potential. Participants will be provided with
a toolbox of skills they can use as soon as they are back at work. They
will learn how to maximize the performance of their team members and
transform each member into a strong link that will add to the power of
the whole team.
Course Methodology
The workshop is designed to be interactive and participatory. It includes various pedagogical tools to enable participants to function effectively and efficiently in a multilateral environment. The course will be built on four pedagogical pillars: concept learning (presentations by the consultant), role playing (group exercises), experience sharing (round-table discussions) and exposure to case studies and scenarios.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Explain the essential components of a team of champions
Set, communicate, and achieve a championship culture
Design and implement development plans that create champions
Build a rich feedback culture that allows champions to remain champions
Transform the team of champions into a championship team
Target Audience
This course is targeted at middle managers and senior
managers/directors seeking to cultivate a championship culture in their
teams and organizations through tapping into the hidden potential of
employees and into their winning appetite.
Target Competencies
Performance optimization
Employee engagement
People development
Building synergy
Building trust
Effective feedback
Motivating people
Coaching and training
Course Outline
Raising the bar on Leadership – why lead an average team when you can lead a podium team
The leadership legacy
The X factor of the leader of champions
The indicators of a team that wins business championships
Leadership dominating beliefs, mindsets, and values
The credibility and likeability matrix
The five levels of leadership – from being a champion to championing the people
Establishing a championship culture
Definition of team culture
The cultural attributes of a team of champions
Establishing a championship culture
Recruiting culture champions
Dealing with cultural misfits
Flexible leadership for developing champions
Coaching definition – teaching versus letting learn
Reasons managers give for not coaching their employees
Designing individual championing plans – the 70/20/10 model applied to the workplace
Solve performance issues with four essential coaching skills
Comfort zone, learning zone, and panic zone
Steps for coaching meetings – the GROW model
The five traits of a championship team
The truth behind the failures of corporate teams – the five dysfunctions of a team
Identifying behaviors that foster trust among team members
Engaging in healthy conflicts and understanding the conflicts continuum
Fostering team commitment
Nurturing a culture of peer accountability
Developing a permanent laser-focus on results
Difference between a team of champions and a championship team
Why a team of champions might not win championships
Teamwork abuse – redefining the truth of teamwork
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 team trust – the test of vulnerability
The trust indicators of the team
Engaging in healthy conflicts – the why and how
Understanding the conflicts’ continuum
Developing the internal code of conflicts
Fostering a solid commitment from team members
The team decision making process – building consensus leading to commitment
Nurturing a culture of peer accountability
Devolving a part of top management accountability to team members