An intensive professional development training course on

Effective Teamwork Skills

Contributing Effectively Towards a Common Goal

Classroom Training

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Professional Recognition and Accreditation

This is an ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Endorsed Programme*

Why Choose this Course?

This course explores the nature and benefits of innovative and collaborative teams. Increasingly, companies see innovation and collaboration as a key source of competitive advantage, with benefits for motivation and engagement and developing talent, as well as team and organizational performance. However, achieving these benefits places new demands on leaders, and requires new leadership practices.

This course will feature:

The benefits of innovation and collaboration
Building the innovative and collaborative team
Creating the right environment for innovation and collaboration
Inspiring shared purposes and common goals
Leadership practices for innovative and collaborative teams

What are the Goals?

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Appraise the key features and benefits of innovative and collaborative teams
Asses their team’s current and aspired innovation and collaboration skills and create an appropriate development plan
Evaluate key approaches for creating the right environment for innovation and collaboration
Examine common approaches to developing shared purposes and goals
Apply leadership practices which inspire and support team innovation, collaboration and success

Who is this Course for?

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

Leaders and managers who have responsibility for team performance or for developing team skills and capabilities.
Additionally HR and Learning and Development professionals with responsibility for developing organizational skills and capabilities.

How will this be Presented?

This course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented.

The course is highly interactive and will prompt delegates to reflect on current practices and on their team goals. The tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide variety of methods including direct input, discussions, case studies and pair and group work.

The Course Content

Day One

The Benefits of Innovation and Collaboration

The nature of innovation
Collaboration vs. competition
Learned behaviours
Innovative and collaborative teams
The innovative and collaborative team mindset

Day Two

Building the Innovative and Collaborative Team

Innovative and collaborative team values
High performance goals and metrics
Innovation and collaborative skills
Appraising team skills
Designing a team development programme

Day Three

Creating the Right Environment for Innovation and Collaboration

The new role of leadership
Individual creative work
Individual strengths and blind spots
Trust and communication
Recognition and feeding forward
Productive conflict: a source of creativity and team cohesion

Day Four

Inspiring Shared Purposes and Common Goals

Individual preferences and goals
Developing a team picture of success
‘Force field’ analysis
Strategic priority areas
Monitoring progress and achievement

Day Five

Leadership Practices for Innovative and Collaborative Teams

Guiding principles: drawing on great experiences
Communication with and within your team
Team gatherings
Team decisions and the leader’s decision making process
Personal and team accountability
Developing a personal and team action plan

The Certificates

AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the course.
ILM Endorsed Certificate for delegates who successfully attend and pass the required assessment.

Accreditation

AZTech is an ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) Recognised Provider and offers a number of Endorsed Management and Leadership programmes. Aside from AZTech’s Certificate of Completion, delegates will be able to pursue ILM Endorsed Certification (which typically involves passing an additional study, either a work based assignment or on-demand assessment) after the conclusion of this ILM endorsed programme.