Leadership Skills and Team Development for Technical Professionals

Join the technical professionals who are enhancing their team-building and leadership skills with AMA

Leaders of technical professionals face a substantial challenge: to achieve successful task completion through positive work relationships. Leadership team development is your ticket to getting things done. 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.

Seminar Number: 02569

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Who Should Attend

IT and technical professionals, including team leaders, managers, directors and others who want to enhance their team-building and leadership skills.

Classroom3 Day(s)
1.8 CEU, 18 PDU
Online4 Lesson(s)
1.2 CEU, 12 PDU

Overview
How You Will Benefit
What You Will Cover
Outline - Classroom
Outline - Live Online
Credits

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

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

Special Feature

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.

Learning Objectives

Lead Teams of Technical Professionals
Balance the Roles of Leading, Managing, and Doing
Deploy the Appropriate Type of Team for Each Specific Situation That Warrants a Team
Use the Team Meeting Success Tool to Improve Team Performance
Train the Team Members on 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 Professional 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

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LESSON ONE

Forming

Understand the Differences Between Technical and Nontechnical Professionals
Describe Why People Skills Are Important to Leadership
Differentiate Among Doing, Managing, and Leading
Describe Best Practices for Holding Successful Team Meetings and for Building a High-Performance Team
Identify Your Leadership Style

LESSON TWO

Storming

Describe the Stages of Team Development
Apply Your Insight Work Style to the Stages of Team Development
Identify Effective Approaches to Dealing with Team Conflict
Describe the Steps of Assertive Communication
Give and Receive Feedback

LESSON THREE

Norming

Explain How to Delegate Responsibility
Identify Effective Motivational Strategies for Your Team
Describe Effective Coaching Behaviors

LESSON FOUR

Performing

Describe the Stages of Team Development
List Ways to Avoid Groupthink
Develop a Plan to Improve Your Individual Leadership Skills
Apply What You Have Learned to Your Own Team

American Management Association (AMA) is accredited by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). AMA complies with the ANSI/IACET Standard, which is recognized internationally as a standard of excellence in instructional practices. As a result of this accreditation, AMA is authorized to issue the IACET CEU.

AMA has been reviewed and approved as a provider of project management training by the Project Management Institute (PMI).

Talent Triangle PDUs

Classroom [L] 14 [S&B] 4 / Live Online [L] 10 [S&B] 2

Classroom Schedule

9 Sessions Available

Online Schedule

1 Session Available

$2,445.00 Non Members
$2,195.00 AMA Members
$1,984.00 GSA

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Date	Duration	State	City	Zip
2019-06-17 2019-06-19 Jun 17, 2019 - Jun 19, 2019	3 Days	NY	New York	10019 New York	Register Now
2019-07-17 2019-07-19 Jul 17, 2019 - Jul 19, 2019	3 Days	IL	Chicago	60601 Chicago	Register Now
2019-08-12 2019-08-14 Aug 12, 2019 - Aug 14, 2019	3 Days	CA	San Diego	92101 San Diego	Register Now
2019-09-04 2019-09-06 Sep 4, 2019 - Sep 6, 2019	3 Days	DC	Arlington/Washington	22202-4807 Arlington/Washington	Register Now
2019-10-28 2019-10-30 Oct 28, 2019 - Oct 30, 2019	3 Days	GA	Atlanta	30309-7705 Atlanta	Register Now
2019-11-06 2019-11-08 Nov 6, 2019 - Nov 8, 2019	3 Days	CA	San Francisco	94103-3156 San Francisco	Register Now
2019-11-11 2019-11-13 Nov 11, 2019 - Nov 13, 2019	3 Days	NY	New York	10019 New York	Register Now
2019-12-09 2019-12-11 Dec 9, 2019 - Dec 11, 2019	3 Days	DC	Arlington/Washington	22202-4807 Arlington/Washington	Register Now
2020-02-10 2020-02-12 Feb 10, 2020 - Feb 12, 2020	3 Days	IL	Chicago	60601 Chicago	Register Now

	Date	Duration
	2019-10-15 2019-10-24 Oct 15, 2019 - Oct 24, 2019	4 Lesson(s) 10/15/2019, 2:00PM- 5:00PM; 10/17/2019, 2:00PM- 5:00PM; 10/22/2019, 2:00PM- 5:00PM; 10/24/2019, 2:00PM- 5:00PM;	Register Now

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