You will benefit most from this course if you are a Project Manager with responsibility for leading a team of staff/volunteers. The course is an ideal compliment to the Project Management course. LVSC Level - Intermediate.
Overview
This one day course explores some of the issues associated with managing or leading a group of people who have come together to deliver a project. The course explores the challenges presented in taking responsibility for the work of a group of people who you do not line manage and who may have specialisms or interests very different to your own.
Objectives
At the end of the course, learners should:
- Have considered how to bring together the ‘right’ team.
- Have explored how to ‘create the vision’ and ‘gain buy in’.
- Understand how to delegate/allocate tasks effectively.
- Be able to implement a range of approaches to monitoring team performance.
- Have considered how to keep a team motivated.
- Have explored how to work with team dynamics and deal with any difficulties.
- Have considered how to properly ‘disband’ the team at the end of the project.
Topics Covered Include
- Identifying who you need on the team and bringing them on board.
- Agreeing direction and objectives.
- Sharing the work and keeping the team motivated.
- Managing team members’ performance.
- Dealing with clashes and conflicts through an understanding of team dynamics.
- What to do at the end of the project to bring the team to closure.
The ‘Small Print’
The course will run from 10am to 4:45pm (light cold buffet 1pm to 1:45pm). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.
