Team Leadership Training

Often people are promoted into a management position because of their technical expertise and industry experience. Overlooked is the responsibility that goes with managing people. We aim to provide managers with a 'tool-box' of skills and strategies to be more effective leaders.

The objectives of our training include:

Extend the participants' perspectives and understanding of the relationship between leadership and management

Understand and apply theory of the functional approach to leadership

Develop the personal qualities of leadership

Develop clarity of thought and purpose

Understand the problem-solving, decision-making and planning process

Importance of communication and develop the ability to communicate effectively

Understand the role, dynamics, characteristics, building and maintenance of teams in business

Understand the leadership of change

Understand the nature of motivation and the relationship to delegation

Understand the meaning of vision, mission and values and their part in organisational leadership

Assist in career development

"Leadership: the capacity and will to rally people to a common purpose willingly, and the character that inspires confidence and trust"

Leadership, TeamWork and the Bottom LineJeremy Tozer

Training outcomes

Our training is delivered to those organisations that wish for their 'line managers' to develop the necessary skills, adopt strategies and apply the knowledge in the workplace to lead their teams to achieve team goals and/or the overall vision of the organisation.

Leadership is about coping with change. Leaders establish direction by developing a vision of the future; they they align people by communicating this vision and inspiring them to overcome hurdles.

Team Leaders:

Provide Direction

A team needs direction therefore a team leader must provide effective coaching and counseling. Coaching implies providing direction and giving assistance to team members so that they can succeed. Counselling means listening to team members ideas, concerns, and needs and helping team members to take responsibility to meet their own needs.

Empower Others

Leadership is not only accomplishing team goals it is also helping team members grow and prosper in the process. It is directly related to empowering team members by encouraging them to make decisions, problem-solve and to be the best they can.

"Empowered employees are better equipped to influence customer loyalty"
Alan See - University of Phoenix - October 2008

Plan

The leaders role is to define team goals, establish strategies and develop plans to implement the strategies to achieve the goals.

Organise

The leaders role is to determine the tasks, who does them, how they are done, and responsibilities for decisions and follow up.

Control

The leaders role is to monitor and compare performance with goals, and address performance short-falls.

"There is no such thing as a Self Directed Team. This term means to me an absence of leadership and there are no results without leadership. You cannot creat a leadership vacuum that will last. Nature will fill it. You cannot say 'you are empowered' and suddenly have empowered people. It's leadership that promotes confidence and initiative."

Chris Walsh
Operations Director
David Jones Limited