Session 1 – Creating a positive team climate (Wednesday 5th March 2025)

• Understand the impact of a positive team climate
• Learn to recognise the symptoms of a poor climate
• Recognise the main differences between good and poor climates
• Understand the scope of your team’s climate in the context of your organisation
• Understand the six drivers of team climate
• Consider at least one response to each driver
• Understand the extra team climate challenges of a virtual team
• Develop a game plan to lift your team’s climate
• (Post session) Complete a personal or team climate assessment

Session 2 – Using different leadership styles (Wednesday 12th March 2025)

• Understand the link between leadership styles and team climate
• Learn the nature of the six main leadership styles
• Discover when and where each style is and isn’t effective
• Understand generational responses to leadership styles
• Learn how to improve each leadership style
• Understand which leadership styles to adopt to lift each team climate dimension
• Understand what leadership styles are needed for transformational leadership
• (Post session) – Complete a leadership style assessment – your and your team’s perspectives

Session 3 – Building your influence (Wednesday 19th March 2025)

• Realise the difference between formal and informal influence
• Understanding the role of informal influence
• Learn how to use 6 principles of informal influence
• Understand how to influence with integrity
• Learn how to use the principle of reciprocation
• Understand and use the 5 types of influence currency
• Using your understanding of informal influence in your organisation to build an influence game plan
• (Post session) – Create and implement an influencing plan

Session 4 – Increasing Motivation (Wednesday 26th March 2025)

• Consider the range of diversity in team members
• Understand the 5 main drivers of motivation
• Learn how to redesign people’s roles to suit their interests and skills
• Understand the range and order of personal needs people need to satisfy
• Learn how to make goals more motivating
• Understand how to help team members feel that they are being treated fairly
• Learn how to use rewards to motivate people
• Understand the general difference in motivational approaches in the 5 generations
• (Post session) – Complete a personal job map and consider getting your team to also do it

Session 5 – Coaching for Performance (Wednesday 2nd April 2025)

• Understand where coaching fits in the performance management process
• Learn the 4 essential aspects of coaching
• Learn how to use 7 essential skills for coaching
• Learn how to actively listen
• Understanding how to improve your diagnostic skills
• Learn how to use a questioning sequence
• Understand how to give and receive feedback
• Learn to use the GROW coaching model
• Understanding when and how to micromanage
• (Post session) – Conduct a coaching session with the GROW Model

Session 6 - Team Organisation (Wednesday 9th April 2025)

• Understanding the 5 essentials of a functional team
• Learn how to create a RACI Chart
• Learn how to use a RACI chart to improve processes and communication
• Learn how to delegate effectively
• Understand the range of potential types of team goals
• Understand how to set team and individual SMART goals
• Learn how to lead effective meetings and discussions
• (Post session) – Complete and implement a RACI Chart for your team

Session 7 – (Project) Management Tools (Wednesday 16th April 2025)

• Understand the nine knowledge areas of project management
• Key tools for scope management including work breakdown structures
• Key tools for project time management including Gantt and Pert charts
• Key tools for project cost management including payback analysis and Net Present Value
• Key tools for quality management including process control tools
• Key tools for risk management including threat identification and risk estimation
• Key tools for project HR management including load charts
• Key tools for procurement management including make or buy analysis and supplier evaluation
• Key tools for integration management including project charters
• How to do a stakeholder analysis and form a stakeholder game plan
• Project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile and Scrum

Session 8 – Improving your Presentation Skills (Wednesday 23rd April 2025)

• Dealing with speech anxiety
• Verbal and non-verbal elements of delivery
• Understanding your audience
• Developing a presentation plan
• Structuring presentations
• Introductions, transitions, previews, summaries, signposts and conclusions
• Using supporting material
• Preparing for questions
• Reviewing and evaluating your presentation

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