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Title: Teambuilding - How To Get People To Work Together
Class Date: November 9, 2010
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Debra A. Smith
Location: One Highland Center, 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 403, Austin, TX 78752
Price: $225
Early Bird Discount: $199 if you register by October 9, 2010.
How will you benefit from this seminar?
Your job title or level in an organization does not determine your ability to be a productive team player. Just because you work in a group environment does not mean that it is a positive and constructive team environment. Too often group members play as individuals rather than committing to a common purpose and integrating skills to accentuate strengths and minimize weaknesses. This program emphasizes how to build team members from group members and achieve excellence by working together. Teamwork can be created by committing to a common purpose, creating a climate of care and cooperation, developing relationships that are based on trust and respect, and encouraging members to work well together. How to achieve these objectives is covered in this seminar.
Who Should Attend:
This seminar is for anyone who has asked these questions:
Why do teams matter?
What are the basic requirements for teams?
What characteristics distinguish high-performance teams?
How do you communicate and work with members who do not have “compatible” personalities?
What are ways to conduct well prepared and well organized team meetings so they don’t turn into a waste of valuable time?
What strategies can you use for handling differences among team members?
How do you build trust and encourage commitment to achieve team goals?
Attend with your team members to learn the answers to these questions and to reinforce the communication and relationship building concepts of this seminar.
What You Will Learn:
Differentiate between a group and a team
Turn group members into high performing team members
Develop team relationships by fostering a climate for open communication
Communicate more effectively by adapting your communication style to others
Conduct effective team meetings that stay on track
Manage team conflict and resolve differences
Build and sustain team effort and get a team going again
What are some of the topics?
The important differences between a team and a work group—and the reasons a team gets better results
7 characteristics of high performing team members
How to communicate with team members using the four basic social styles
Social style strategies for strengthening team communication
Techniques for keeping meetings on track—before, during, and after
Using the Meeting Planning Tool to run razor-sharp meetings
Understand the 8 main sources of team conflict
Drawing team conflict and dissension into the open—and dealing with it honestly and productively
Exploring the 5 classic approaches for resolving team conflict
How the power of collaboration can break deadlocks peacefully and productively
The importance of trust and clear goals in building and maintaining strong teams
14 factors for motivating a team and keeping it growing
Putting it all together—practicing your new skills of teambuilding
Instructor Bio: Debra A. Smith
Debra Smith's program specialties include communications, time management, stress management, conflict management, teamwork, and customer relations. Drawing on a store of practical business knowledge, anecdotes, and examples gleaned from her years of personal experience, Debra inspires, encourages, and coaches more than 20,000 people a year through her seminars and workshops. She has helped hundreds of organizations increase productivity and develop a more committed, cohesive workforce.
Debra holds a M.B.A. degree in management from Golden Gate University. She is the author of three books—How to Create High-Impact Letters, Memos, and E-Mail, How to Create High-Impact Reports and Proposals, and Powerful Proofreading Skills—as well as the audio and videotape programs Professional Telephone Skills, Powerful Presentation Skills, and Proofreading and Editing Skills. Several of her programs have been syndicated internationally.
CPE: 8 hours
TX Board of Public Accountancy Sponsor Number: 009317
Cancellation Information: Cancellation Date: October 19, 2010
To cancel your registration from this course, please call or email the course
contact listed below. If a cancellation is received after the cancellation
date, the registrant will be charged $75 for course materials.
If you are making travel plans to come to the training, please make "refundable" air and hotel reservations or wait until 14 days before the class to actually book your reservations. Courses are occasionally canceled or rescheduled due to low enrollment. We determine whether a course has enough participants approximately 16 days prior to the course date. If we cancel or reschedule, we will email the participant no later than 14 days before the original class date. Solutions Training will not pay for cancellation/change fees associated with travel and hotel arrangement changes.
Class participants will
be billed after the class. Payment should be made to SOLUTIONS TRAINING GROUP,
Federal Tax ID: 20-2732184 and mailed to 2701 Maria Anna Rd, Austin, TX 78703.
If you have any questions, please contact Shannon Bieberdorf at (512) 914-5557
shannon@solutionstraininggroup.com. For
additional information about this class, please contact Laurie Garrant at laurie@solutionstraininggroup.com,
(512) 914-5567.
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