Communicate

• Focus your team around a common vision and mission
• Establish an effective communication model for the team
• Develop effective communication skills which keep all team members fully informed and encourage feedback from all levels.
  
  Participation: Developing Your Team’s Vision and Mission
  Participants will work with their organization’s existing Vision and Mission Statement, or develop new ones, and learn how it can then be applied to improve performance.

Motivate

• Motivate a team through an appropriate reward structure
• Motivate the project team by empowering, where appropriate and recognizing the individual talents of each team member.
• Encourage team participation and involvement.
  
  Participation: Brainstorming rewards
  Participants will discuss and analyze their existing reward structure, comparing and contrasting with effective team-oriented rewards.

Apply Situational Leadership

• Identify and recognize the stages of team formation
• Manage conflicts of interest so that they do not jeopardize the success of the project.
• Deal effectively with difficult people and behaviors.
• Understand why team issues may arise and what to do about them
  
  Participation: Determining Your Management Style
  Participants will determine their leadership style and their ability to adapt to the demands of the situation.
  
  Workshop: Determine the Most Appropriate Leadership Style
  Working in teams, participants will identify the most appropriate leadership styles for various project situations.
  
  Workshop: A Problem-Solving Situation
  Given a problem to solve, you will work in groups to experience the effects of differing management and problem-solving styles on team performance, communications and productivity.