Online Class: Managing Workplace Teams

Managers need to be team leaders. They need to understand and accommodate their employees' different working styles and personalities.

Self-Paced, Online Class
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  • 11
    Lessons
  • 19
    Exams &
    Assignments
  • 10
    Hours
    average time
  • 1.0
    CEUs
  •  
    Video Audit
    Available
 
 

Course Description

The Power of Team Management: Crafting Cohesive and Effective Units in Today's Dynamic Work Environment

"Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people." - Steve Jobs

The evolution of the professional landscape has consistently demanded adaptability, especially from those entrusted with leadership roles. Gone are the days when the mere task of instructing and monitoring sufficed. Today's challenges require managers who aren't just supervisors, but genuine leaders who inspire, understand, and collaborate with their team members.

Navigating Modern Team Dynamics:

The rapid pace of technological advancements, coupled with a diversifying workforce, has transformed the workplace. Now, more than ever, a manager's role has transcended traditional boundaries. Rather than merely delegating tasks, they are tasked with nurturing a collaborative environment where members, despite their varying perspectives and skill sets, align with a common purpose.

A team isn't merely a collective of individuals working under the same roof or on the same project. It's an intricately woven tapestry of skills, perspectives, and experiences. When managed correctly, the team becomes an entity that's infinitely more potent than the sum of its individual components. This synergy, derived from effectively managed teams, becomes the competitive edge that organizations yearn for.

The Essence of Teamwork:

Let's look at the undeniable advantages of cohesive team management:

  • Intensified Focus: Well-managed teams maintain an unwavering focus on their objectives, ensuring tasks are not only completed but perfected.

  • Resource Optimization: Teams make the best use of available resources, especially the intellectual capacities of its members, translating to innovative solutions.

  • Heightened Productivity: Teams, by virtue of their collective approach, have an innate understanding of processes, ensuring streamlined operations and improved output.

  • Collaborative Excellence: Teams tackle challenges that would be insurmountable for isolated individuals, emphasizing the importance of collaborative effort.

Course Breakdown:

This comprehensive course in Team Management offers an immersive dive into the intricacies of building and leading high-performing teams:

  1. Origins and Necessities: Explore the evolution of teamwork and why it's indispensable in today's corporate landscape.

  2. Art of Listening: Delve into the profound impact of truly listening, a critical skill for any leader.

  3. Creating Shared Visions: Understand how to craft common values, goals, and visions that resonate with every team member.

  4. Igniting Motivation: Learn the art of inspiring and motivating individuals to achieve collective success.

  5. Delegation Mastery: Hone the skill of entrusting tasks while ensuring efficiency and accountability.

  6. Handling Challenges: Navigate the complexities of potential problem-creators and mitigate human liabilities.

  7. Team Dynamics Decoded: Delve deep into the interpersonal relationships and dynamics that shape a team's performance.

  8. Transformative Leadership: Master the nuances of converting disjointed groups into cohesive, result-oriented teams.

  9. Achieving Peak Performance: Discover the formula that propels teams to deliver their best consistently.

  10. Time Management: Equip yourself with strategies to ensure optimal time utilization for both individual and team tasks.

  11. Crisis Management: Learn to tackle unforeseen challenges head-on, ensuring stability and team morale.

Join Our Journey:

Whether you're an aspiring manager or an experienced leader looking to refine your team management skills, this course promises a wealth of insights. Learn the techniques and strategies that shape successful teams and organizations globally. Equip yourself with the knowledge to lead with confidence, understanding, and vision. Join our Team Management in Business course today, and transform your leadership journey!

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Course Lessons

Average Lesson Rating:
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  • Lesson 1: Where Does It All Start and Why Are Teams Necessary?

    Teams may seem new, but they aren't. We hunted and gathered in teams, a hundred thousand years ago. While someone led, everyone did what they were best at, and shared in the outcome -that's teamwork!
  • Lesson 2 : What Does It Mean To Really Listen?

    As leaders and managers, you are often inundated by the latest management fads, high-tech "solutions" and cutting-edge techniques for achieving results in your company.
  • Lesson 3 : Developing and Implementing Common Values, Goals and Vision

    The development of corporate values subsequently sets the direction of corporate goals.
  • Lesson 4 : Motivation -- Triggering Other People

    A manager's task is to get things done by utilizing his or her employees. To do this they will often need to be able to motivate them; easier said than done.
  • Lesson 5 : Delegating With Confidence

    Let's start this lesson with simple answer as to what delegation is and isn't!.
  • Lesson 6 : Problem Creators aka Human Liabilities!

    Do you have people in your organization who, while they get the job done, and achieve reasonable or good results, also seem constantly to be either involved in, or creating, dramas?
  • Lesson 7 : Team Dynamics

    Team Dynamics are the forces operating within work groups and teams. Both individual personalities and work styles, which make up the group's identity and performance.
  • Lesson 8 : Transforming Groups Into Teams

    For a group of people to be really successful, to be a team in the truest sense and to achieve the result in mind, they MUST hold a common goal to hold the ONE vision of the result.
  • Lesson 9 : The Formula For Peak Performance

    People who are at the top of their field, are nearly always uplifting, invigorating, and inspiring to be around. They have that something extra special about them, don't they?
  • Lesson 10 : Making The Time

    All time management techniques need an investment of your time!
  • Lesson 11 : Crisis Resolution and Control

    Crises affect everyone and everything sooner or later -- people, businesses, and large companies.
 

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  • Summarize why teams are necessary.
  • Describe what it means to really listen.
  • Develop and implement common values, goals, and vision
  • Describe techniques to motivate people.
  • Describe best methods for delegating work.
  • Recognize problem creators.
  • Summarize team dynamics.
  • Demonstrate transforming groups into teams.
  • Define the formula for peak performance.
  • Describe basic conflict/crisis control and resolution solutions.
  • Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.
 

Additional Course Information

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Course Title: Managing Workplace Teams
Course Number: 7550168
Lessons Rating: 4.4 / 5 Stars (1,193 votes)
Languages: English - United States, Canada and other English speaking countries
Availability: This course is online and available in all 50 states including: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas.
Last Updated: June 2023
Course Type: Self-Paced, Online Class
CEU Value: 1.0 IACET CEUs (Continuing Education Units)
CE Accreditation: Universal Class, Inc. has been accredited as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET).
Grading Policy: Earn a final grade of 70% or higher to receive an online/downloadable CEU Certification documenting CEUs earned.
Assessment Method: Lesson assignments and review exams
Instructor: Linda Zavadil
Syllabus: View Syllabus

Student Testimonials

  • "I was extremely pleased with the course. I did not have much communication with the instructor but for the feedback received I was very pleased." -- Ann P.
  • "I enjoyed this topic very, very much. I printed the lessons and will be using the concepts on a Committee I have been asked to serve on. Again, this was wonderful, thank you. And thank you for getting this completed for me so quick since I want to get started on another course right away. Best course ever!!" -- Marilyn S.
  • "This course was very helpful in my own understanding of teams and the dynamics." -- Jerry M.

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