Building and developing your team

Whether you are a member of a team, a manager or a leader, the benefits of understanding your and other people's contribution to the team makes all the difference. It helps us realise the impact we have on others in terms of our communication and day-to-day interactions. It helps us establish rapport more easily with people. It explains why we find some people more challenging to communicate with than others and offers us the skills to do something about it.

An effective and efficient team is one where communications are effective, where people understand their contribution and the team direction, where members appreciate and celebrate the contribution of all team members and understand the value of diversity of thought.

For managers and leaders, a deeper understanding of self helps to gain a deeper undertanding and appreciation of all members of the team, their personal leadership and communication style and how successfully to navigate change, taking into account all the personalities within the team.

During this course, people will:

• Gain an understanding of their own personality profile using the CORE Matrix
• Appreciate what they and others with a similar profile bring to the team (and life!)
• Step into other people's shoes - find out how other 'styles' communicate and think
• Discover what 'pushes their own buttons' and those of people with different styles
• Consider what a perfect team might look like
• Examine the current team and how it differs from the 'perfect team'
• Learn how to 'put the theory into practice' whilst doing an exercise based on a 'live' issue within the organisation
• Develop a plan for 'next steps' - how to improve team effectiveness, team communications, any management and leadership issues