Leadership Skills and Team Development for IT and Technical Professionals

Each year, hundreds of technical professionals gain the “people” skills they need to master the art of leadership at this powerful seminar!Leaders of technical professionals face a substantial challenge: to achieve successful task completion through positive work relationships. In this highly interactive seminar, you will learn how to build and lead a team...evaluate your team's performance...and develop an action plan for continued leadership success.

Also Available as:

• Live Online
• Onsite

How You Will Benefit

• Hands-on practice building and leading a team
• Maintain team performance during times of change
• Manage and resolve team conflict
• Develop the skills to manage the day-to-day challenges of team leadership

What You Will Cover

• Technical vs. nontechnical professionals: differences that impact the leader’s role
• Various types of teams: functional, cross-functional, self-managed and self-directed—how to vary your leadership style to meet the needs of the team
• Key steps to building high-performance teams
• Evaluating individual and team performance
• Using discipline, coaching, communication, problem-solving and authority to better manage your people

Extended Seminar Outline

Print this page Extended Seminar Outline Seminar #2569 Learning Objectives

• Lead Teams of Technical Professionals
• Balance the Role of Leading, Managing, and Doing
• Deploy the Appropriate Type of Team for Each Specific Situation Which Warrants a Team
• Use the Team Meeting Success Tool to Improve Team Performance
• Train the Team Members in Effective Teamwork
• Analyze Changes in Team Dynamics and Take Effective Action
• Use Conflict Constructively
• Coach and Provide Feedback to Individuals and the Team
• Demonstrate Effective Motivation, Communication, Coaching, and Leadership without Authority
• Evaluate Individual and Team Performance
• Develop a Plan, Monitor and Measure Performance
• Move a Team Toward High Performance
• Develop a Plan to Improve Your Individual Leadership Skills

Forming

• Identify the Unique Characteristics of Technical Professionals
• Identify How Technical Professionals Are Like Most Other Professionals
• Use Your Understanding of Technical Professionals to Lead Teams
• Differentiate among Doing, Managing, and Leading
• Plan Your Time Appropriately
• Rise to Some of the Challenges of the New Team Leader
• Deploy the Appropriate Type of Team for Each Specific Situation That Warrants a Team
• Assign Teams Appropriate Activities
• Use the Team Meeting Success Tool to Improve Team Performance
• Execute the Role of Team Leader and Train Team Members
• Establish the Basic Necessities of Team Building
• Use Your Leadership Style Effectively
• Analyze Changes in Team Dynamics
• Take Effective Action with Changing Team Dynamics

Storming

• Use Conflict Constructively
• Prevent or Minimize Destructive Conflict

Norming

• Manage the Team Day to Day Applying Planning, Discipline, Problem Solving, and Delegating Responsibility
• Coach and Provide Feedback to Individuals and the Team
• Lead the Team Using Motivation, Communication, and Leadership without Authority
• Evaluate Individual Performance Looking Forward, Not Backward
• Evaluate Team Performance Looking Forward, Not Backward
• Plan for Success Strategically and Tactically
• Monitor and Measure Performance
• Take Responsibility and Improve Performance
• Plan and Improve Your Individual Leadership Skills

Performing

• Move a Team toward High Performance
• Articulate What You Have Learned
• Decide Whether Your Concerns Have Been Addressed

Who Should Attend

IT and technical professionals, including team leaders, managers, directors and others who want to enhance their team-building and leadership skills.

Special Feature

AMA Blended Learning combines instructor-led training with online pre- and post-seminar assessments, tune-up courses and other resources to maximize your training goals. Through a blend of proven instructor-led seminars and powerful online technology, AMA Blended Learning provides a compelling and more comprehensive experience for the learner - producing a greater return-on-investment for the employer and the seminar participant.