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Provider:
AMA (American Management Association International)
Topic(s):
Leadership & Management > Leadership Skills
Who Should Attend?
IT and Technical team leaders, technical managers, technical professionals
Full Seminar Description
This interactive seminar defines the unique role of the technical team leaders and provides hands-on exercises designed to help technical professionals build and lead a team, evaluate the team's performance, and develop an action plan for leadership success. 3 days. CEUs: 1.8. Keywords: lead, leader, leaders, leadership, quality paradigm, team player, business savvy. Fee per person: $2345, $2095 for AMA members.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.
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
Who Should Attend
IT and technical professionals, including team leaders, managers, directors and others who want to enhance their team-building and leadership skills.
This Seminar Features Blended Learning
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.
Extended Description
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
Sponsor Background:
The American Management Association was founded in 1923. They have built a content control check into every one of their professional seminars. Plus a series of checks and balances to ensure that the content of every AMA seminar is precisely targeted to:- provide comprehensive, hands-on training that is of practical use when you return to the job
- focus on need-to-know specifics, relevant to the demands of global business today
- offer the expertise and personalized attention of top-ranking instructors
- facilitate your career development and business savvy
Whether you're looking for a solid foundation of business fundamentals or strategies to help you seize growth opportunities for your company, AMA offers expert instruction to help you:
- manage your priorities effectively
- cultivate more productive working relationships
- increase your on-the-job value
- align your skills with marketplace demands
- bring out the best in people, processes and yourself
Cancellation and Refund Policy
If you cannot attend a seminar you may contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply call. If you cancel with less than three weeks' notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee, however you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser value. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed, and do not cancel with a minimum of three weeks’ notice as described above, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.


