1. Optimally structure team roles to maximize potential
2. Set clear and engaging goals
3. Resolve conflict effectively
4. Communicate passionately
5. Persuasively advocate change
6. Strategically network your team
7. Unlock the creative potential of your team
8. Create a positive and supportive team culture

1. Evaluate your and your peers’ leadership and communication styles
2. Conduct a “team performance analysis”
3. Four types of high-performing teams and three threats to team effectiveness
4. Optimizing the performance of virtual teams and teams that work across distances
   

Power and Influence in Teams

1. Boundary spanning
2. Open versus closed-loop networks
3. Building and mobilizing organizational capital

1. Brainstorming effectively
2. Sharpen convergent and divergent thinking skills
3. Effectively sell creative ideas in your organization

1. Create an environment conducive for “good conflict”
2. Understand the psychological challenges inherent in getting your team members to learn from one another
3. Illuminate how to get beyond agendas and opinions to reveal the facts
4. Understand the real value of diversity in your teams

1. Understanding three key cultural style differences
2. Fusing cultural differences into effective teamwork
3. Leveraging cultural differences into high quality team decisions

1. Assess your EQ versus your IQ
2. Develop a personal plan to increase your EQ
3. Improving your coaching skills
4. Creating a community of active communication