High Performing Teams - Apr 2024

Date

• Monday 29 & Tuesday 30 April 2024 (bookings close at 12noon Thursday 25 April 2024)

This course runs from 9am to 4.30pm on the first day, and from 9am to 1pm on the second day

Learn how to create and harness the power of a diverse, high performing team to help your business innovate and add value to your markets.

This two-day course foundational skills course will focus on the power of high performing teams and what needs to be in place for this to occur. Starting with the foundations of team performance, we will discuss complexities in team dynamics, and also how to navigate the noise around diversity and inclusion. It gives clarity about management and leadership, and discussion around important concepts that can undermine team and group performance.

What will you gain?

You will:

• Learn about leading and managing teams in an organisational context and how that translates to performance outcomes;
• Gather insight on current leadership models and determine which ones are meaningful and what’s topical;
• Understand what impact true diversity can have for your venture;
• Have confidence in debating the up and downsides of concepts like the Wisdom of Crowds and Group Think;
• Understand what it means to be a great leader when creating and harnessing the power of a diverse team.

Course structure

This course uses group discussions and reviews real world examples to understand why team make-up and performance matters, how it looks when done well, some of the challenges you may face and how and where to start when new teams are created or you’re tasked with leading a new team. You will also be provided with tools and techniques to take away and apply in your business immediately.

Course Facilitator

Melissa Davies
Professor of Practice

With deep experience over twenty years in commercialising thousands of new ideas and products in large listed engineering companies and agile tech start-ups and more across Australia and NZ, Melissa is committed to helping business shape and implement strategies that enable them and their leaders to thrive today and well into the future. To do so, leaders need to form and lead diverse teams and make tough decisions.

This course is $1500pp including GST and Humanitix booking fees.
Course fees include catering (all dietary requirements catered for), booking fees and on-site parking.