The Project Team Star Player

Overview/Description
 In this course, you'll learn strategies for being the star of your project team. You'll learn how to stand out in a team environment to get the recognition you deserve as an individual while promoting and supporting the team. This course is about developing your personal skills for providing outstanding informal leadership related to people, tasks, and change. One of the most important competencies listed by managers concerning employees is being a good team player. You buy that, and you are an effective player on your project team. But you're also aware that getting swallowed up on a team can take away your individuality and your well-deserved recognition as a valued employee. You want your team to be recognized for its collective accomplishments, but you also deserve to be recognized in your own right. It's a tightrope you must learn to balance on if you want to be a good team player and a valued individual. This course discusses ways to do both. You'll learn how to express your own ideas and avoid groupthink, while focusing the team on what's best for the team. You'll discover strategies for being an outstanding team player. Developing your own personal qualities and positive attitude, empowering yourself to handle the tasks assigned to the team, and enhancing your team's ability to interrelate and get the job done through collaborative efforts are discussed. Finally, you'll discover ways to effect change by making personal changes, learning how to influence your teammates, and getting the ear of management.

Target Audience
 Managers, team leaders, team members

Expected Duration
3.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Standing Out as a Team Member

  • recognize the benefits of being an outstanding team member.
  • identify the ways to overcome self-centeredness.
  • select the tips for avoiding simple conformity.
  • select the methods for developing your own cross-functional skills.

    • Star Qualities

  • recognize the value of active participation on your team.
  • identify the ways to maintain a positive attitude.
  • select the methods to accomplish tasks using outstanding teamwork.
  • identify the techniques for developing quality relationships with teammates.

    • Participation Skills in Team Meetings

  • recognize the importance of team meeting participation skills.
  • select the skills for effectively dealing with people in team meetings.
  • select the skills for accomplishing tasks in team meetings.
  • sequence the skills of problem-solving in team meetings.

    • Coping with Change

  • recognize the benefits of effectively coping with change.
  • sequence the steps for implementing change on the project team.
  • select the ways to develop skills for personally adapting to changes on your team.
  • select the methods for supporting team members through the change process.

    • Course Number: TEAM0135