Teams, Trust & Engagement
Leading a High-Performing Team
Clarify team goals, manage dependencies, and reinforce accountability to build the habits of high-performing teams.
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Participants explore habits of high-performing teams through common workplace situations. The course shows how to clarify goals, manage dependencies, and reinforce accountability and apply those decisions on the job.
What you'll learn
- Identify key characteristics and factors contributing to the success of high-performing teams
- Develop strategies and communication skills to build trust, foster collaboration, and create a culture of accountability
- Foster techniques to effectively motivate and inspire team members to drive team performance and achieve collective goals
- Use course methods to clarify goals, manage dependencies, and reinforce accountability in a workplace scenario.
- Develop a team performance plan aligned to a relevant work need.
What you'll be able to do
- Identify a workplace need connected to habits of high-performing teams.
- Select an appropriate way to clarify goals, manage dependencies, and reinforce accountability.
- Explain the reasoning behind that choice and identify its limitations.
- Produce a team performance plan that addresses a relevant work need.
- Set review points for a team performance plan and identify one adjustment.
High-performing federal teams are built through clear goals, strong trust, and consistent accountability. This course helps supervisors and managers clarify direction, manage dependencies, and motivate employees to deliver mission results. It supports OPM's Leading People Executive Core Qualification and its emphasis on a high-performance, high-accountability culture.
What you'll learn
- Identify the characteristics of high-performing teams in an agency setting.
- Develop strategies to build trust and collaboration.
- Apply techniques to motivate and engage team members.
- Clarify goals, roles, and dependencies across the team.
- Develop an approach for reinforcing accountability.
What you'll be able to do
- Set clear team goals linked to the mission.
- Build trust and open communication.
- Motivate employees through recognition and growth.
- Address performance gaps promptly.
- Sustain strong team performance over time.