Improving Collaboration & Teamwork

Strong teamwork drives success! This training program enhances collaboration and teamwork by aligning goals, building trust, morale and the strength of the team, and communicating effectively. It covers teamwork values, overcoming barriers, improving communication, and managing challenges.

Through interactive discussions, role-plays, games and team-building, participants will develop strategies to leverage strengths, overcome challenges, and resolve conflicts. Short practice sessions reinforce key skills for immediate workplace application. Walk away with practical tools to boost morale, cooperation, and team success.

Objectives

• Align individuals and the team with the same goals and values
• Find and build on strengths of team members
• Increase team morale and job satisfaction by helping everyone recognize his or her importance on the team
• Discover more effective ways to work together based on shared trust, effective communication and mutual support
• Establish and strengthen mutually fulfilling working relationships with their team members
• Resolve team conflicts to ensure win-win relationship
• Renew team members’ enthusiasm and commitment to excellence

Key Topics

The Value of Teamwork

• What is a Team?
• Differences between a team and groups of people
• Characteristics of an effective team
• Positive and negative experiences of teamwork

Breaking Down Human Barriers to Teamwork

• Determining factors affecting team performance
• Obstacles to effective teams and overcoming these obstacles

Improving Team Communication

• Benefits of having an open and trusting relationship
• Building trust and acceptance
• Developing team cooperation and gaining agreements to team decisions

Dealing with Team Challenges

• Determining what problems to work on and where team members need help in functioning as a team
• Breaking the old paradigm and increasing team’s potential through creativity
• Handling conflicts constructively

Teamwork Improvement

• Exploring ways to improve vertical and horizontal teamwork
• Improving both interpersonal relations and work-related problems