Fixing Broken Teams

Overview/Description
 Have you ever experienced leading a team that was en route to breakdown or had already fallen apart? Is it too late to put your team on the right track for success? No. Many mature team leaders can share their experiences of broken teams. But you can turn teams around if you have the right tools. Whether you're attempting to fix your own broken team or need to step in and fix someone else's, this course can help you. You'll learn why teams typically break down and fail. You'll examine how to determine what stage of development the broken team is in and how to move it forward and be more effective. You'll also explore ways to rebuild the team and your leadership and discover how to create a nurturing environment for teams to heal and thrive.

Target Audience
 Team Members Team Leaders Managers Supervisors

Expected Duration
2.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Why Teams Don't Work

  • recognize the value of understanding why teams don't work.
  • select the situations that indicate ineffective leadership.
  • identify the examples of people problems that erode team performance.
  • select the examples of conditions that lead to a toxic team environment.

    • Reinstalling Leadership

  • recognize the benefits of reinstalling team leadership.
  • identify the ways team leaders perform leadership roles to turn teams around.
  • select the ways team leaders keep broken teams on track.
  • select the type of meeting most appropriate for a given situation.

    • Rebuilding the Team

  • recognize the importance of team leaders knowing how to rebuild teams.
  • match the stages of team development to their behavioral characteristics.
  • identify the ways to move a broken team from one stage to the next.
  • identify the strategies to manage problem members in broken teams.

    • Creating a High-performance Team Culture

  • recognize the benefits of having a high-performance team culture.
  • identify the characteristics of a high-performance team culture.
  • select the examples of ways team leaders can encourage creativity in their teams.
  • identify the examples of strategies to use to help teams become self-managed.

    • Course Number: TEAM0146