If a team is to be successful, effective and achieve its performance goals it is vital that a right balance is achieved most of the time between the Task aspects and the People aspects.
The course graphically demonstrates how many teams fail to achieve because of neglect of one, other or both of these areas. It coaches individuals in how how to recognise when it is important to pay more attention to one area than to the other and how to gain competitive advantage by taking care of both.
It will give you the skills to contribute more effectively to the team and to make it a better performing, rewarding, motivating and more developmental place to work.
To understand the essentials of managing Task and People in tandem.
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To understand the importance of managing both Task and People issues.
To be able to achieve an appropriate working balance.
To understand the consequences of failing to do this.
To use work-based examples to check effectiveness of the team.
Able to apply these principles to any team which you manage or are a member of.
A high awareness of both Task and People considerations.
Better able to judge what is necessary in a team day-to-day.
Know how to tune your style to help performance.
Teams usually evolve in a haphazard way. Structure is often based on the historical culture, skill levels, longevity in the team, familiarity with it, whether or not individuals get on with each other and with the team leader. When conflict arises it is often not well-managed.
It is possible to structure a team such that the culture, identification of skills, allocation of tasks, development of individuals, consistency of meeting goals and the monitoring of performance is done in a planned, organised and thoughtful way.
To build this kind of structure in a team requires the investment of time, the application of analysis and a sequential approach. Some team leaders are not willing to invest this time and analysis. They always suffer the consequences.
To enable you to build structure into any team you are responsible for leading.
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To understand the mechanics and dynamics of teams.
To understand how to analyse and deploy your resources.
To learn how to use a planned approach to apply internal and external structure.
Understanding more about how teams work.
Ability to identify the difference between internal and external structure.
The necessary skills to build structure into any team.
The skills to ensure everyone's involvement and contribution.
Ability to build teams which take responsibility for their own performance.
