Developing and Leading High-Performance Teams

Well-constructed and well-managed teams are a necessity in today's work environment, and organizational success relies upon the ability to both create and lead high-performance teams. This three-day program designed for executives in leadership positions or on the cusp of assuming leadership responsibility integrates and applies Columbia Business School’s thought leadership to prepare you to develop and guide your team to its highest potential.

In a highly interactive learning format, Developing and Leading High-Performance Teams will allow you to immediately apply techniques and tactics to hone your team's strategic objectives and improve your leadership abilities.

You will gain immediately applicable knowledge to better manage your team and its strategic challenges; you will also develop a team success strategy for high performance and a detailed team-meeting plan for desired results by the end of the program.

During this intensive, three-day program, participants will learn to:

• Utilize the success formula for high-performance team leadership
• Leverage your behavioral style as a team leader
• Improve team performance by leveraging your role and your team members roles
• Match the right people to the right tasks
• Apply proven tools for optimal teamwork including communication, decision-making, and learning
• Influence and persuade others to buy-in
• Lead change from your current state to your desired future state
• Maximize the potential of diverse teams
• Generate high-quality decisions in order to gain support from key stakeholders who possess unique agendas and interests

Through an exercise-based curriculum, you will identify direct applications of the learning to your role. You’ll walk away from the program with an action plan for your team, ready to implement improved team leadership and work towards a higher team performance.

You will further benefit from:

• CBS interactive learning process
• Learning from highly acclaimed Executive Education faculty
• Direct application to your strategic challenge
• Tested team tools to optimize your team's performance

Upon completion of this program, you will earn three credits towards a certificate with select alumni and tuition benefits. Learn more.