Effective teams often require the right mix of people, skills, resources and a focus on building good working relationships. How to be effective team players and team leaders, solve problems and work towards common goals?

Most of the organizations today we work for are matrix based organizations where the relevance of team based approaches has gained even more importance. The biggest challenge that leaders face while working with such structures is, how do they as team leaders ensure the empowerment of employees and start sharing their leadership responsibilities with the team members to maximize creativity and productivity. This online free course on "Team Management & Team Leadership" focuses on building the skills necessary to launch, develop and maintain effective and dynamic teams.

This course from TechnoFunc will help you develop a new set of skills, and make use of these new tools and techniques at your workplace. This course will help you learn and understand the key management activities of organizing, motivating, developing and communicating with your team. The target audience for the course is any individual who is a member, or leader, of any team, whether project, temporary, virtual or intact work team. Team leadership learning objectives will range from choosing the right people and deciding who does what, to communicating with, developing and motivating people.

Quickly enhance your team management skills and boost your abilities as a People Leader as well as a great Team Player!  Take this short course to quickly navigate through essential concepts that every professional and people manager should know and boost your management and leadership abilities!

Theories of Team Development 

Team is formed as a result of interactions and influence of members who strive for the achievement of common goal. After the formation the teams take time to develop and usually follow some easily recognizable stages, as the team-members transition from being a group of strangers to becoming a unified integrated team chasing a common goal. In this process, the team members try to understand others behavior, realize the appropriateness of the behavior and the roles of the team members. A team is not formed merely by declaring some individuals as a team. A lot of research has been done on group formation and development, and different theories of group development have been suggested.

The development of teams is an ongoing process because the composition of the team may keep on changing. The new members may join and the old members may leave the team. The team members pass through several stages for the development of the team and there has been a lot of research to identify these stages. In this course, we will take you through the common theories of team development.

Practical Team Leadership

The use of formal work teams is commonplace in modern organizations. But why we have teams? What are the benefits or advantages that teams provide for organizations and employees? Do we really need to adopt formal team structures and use team-building approaches in organizations?

If you visit an organization, you will find that most of the activities of the organization are performed by a group of persons. Most of the work in organizations is done in teams. In an organization, activities are arranged in such a way that requires collective contribution. In fact, new organizations can be described as composed of teams. In modern organizations, individuals are required to work in different types of teams. Even though individuals are important, their effectiveness depends, to a large extent, on the teams of which they are members. Every individual contributes to the achievement of a common goal. The individuals interact, collaborate, coordinate, and influence among the members. Thus, most of the time individuals work in a team.

Teams are part of the modern organizational culture. Whether you are a team leader or a team member, having a better understanding of how teams work, and being able to identify where the team is in the process, is a critical part of ensuring the team is ultimately successful. Take this course to explore the basics and understand what a team is and what role they play in an organization.

Start Your Journey towards being an effective Team Leader

How do we create effective teams? What comes to mind when you think about an effective team? High performing teams exhibit accountability, purpose, cohesiveness, and collaboration. It is a team that works seamlessly as a whole. Everyone brings unique talents and strengths and support each other to bring out the best in everyone. How do you create one?

Effective teamwork is essential in today’s world. Based on your experience you would have noticed that a team does not become effective from the very onset. For teams to function effectively, they must be created properly. It is really challenging to do things right in the beginning to make sure that you get the level of effectiveness you desire when you're putting together a new team. The task is much easier if you have a plan in place. This course will provide you a toolkit and step-by-step process for building and maintaining an effective team.

We will provide you with all the materials you need to successfully complete the course. Anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to join in this course at any time, and there are no completion deadlines. You have the excellent opportunity to broaden your knowledge, pick up new skills, and consider different careers with the help of our professional courses. If you want to deliver your next project on time, on budget and to specification, you can't afford not to take this free course being offered by TechnoFunc.

Learning Outcomes - What you will learn!

Some of the objectives that we have tried to address while creating these tutorials are:

• Theories of Team Development
• Practical Team Leadership
• Benefits of Teams in Workplace
• Eight Types of Teams
• Phases of Team Development
• Practical aspects of team leadership
• Creating Highly Effective Teams
• Role of Diversity in building a Creative Team
• How you can Make a Difference