0319 - Team Development: Awareness and Tactics

Course Description

This Professional Development course, applicable for any team member, not just team leads, allows you to explore the factors that enhance and inhibit team development. Whether working in a new group or in an established team, every group/team has its strengths and weaknesses. Exploring strengths and weaknesses enables you to intentionally, both as an individual and as a team, transform weaknesses into strengths. 

Utilizing course participant groups, some of the activities and discussions will focus on: 

• Experiencing being part of a new group (course participants) and exploring tactics to move from a group to a team.
• Completing various assessments.
• Completing a group decision making activity (typically online).
• Exploring a synergistic problem-solving model and a Group Styles Inventory.
• Assessing areas for improvement for course participant groups.
• Team development models and tools for back at work.
• Exploring actions individuals can take back to work to improve groups/teams.

Learning Outcomes

• An understanding of your group’s “personality” or styles of interaction.
• Examine group interactions.
• Identify productive and counterproductive group styles.
• Learn a model for effective group processes.
• Identify, initiate and implement changes in how you work with others to improve your group process skills (both interpersonal and rational skills).

Notes

Time Zone: All listed class times are held in ET (Ontario, Canada)

For more information contact the Faculty of Social Work Professional Development office:

Email: fswprofessionaldevelopment@wlu.ca
Phone: 548-889-5128

Cancellations and Transfers
Be sure to carefully review our cancellation and transfer information before registering.

Website: wlu.ca/fswpd

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Management and Leadership Certificate : Management and Leadership