This course explores the nature and benefits of innovative and collaborative teams. Increasingly, companies see innovation and collaboration as a key source of competitive advantage, with benefits for motivation and engagement, talent development, and team and organizational performance. However, achieving these benefits places new demands on leaders and requires new leadership skills to create a more collaborative environment.

Learning objectives:

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Appraise the key features and benefits of innovative and collaborative teams
• Assess their team's current and aspired innovation and collaboration skills and create an appropriate development plan
• Evaluate key approaches for creating the right environment for innovation and collaboration
• Examine common approaches to developing shared purposes and goals
• Apply leadership practices that inspire and support team innovation, collaboration, and success.

For whom:

This course is designed for senior executives, line managers and experienced supervisors with team performance and management responsibilities. Leaders developing team skills and capabilities.  Additionally, HR and Learning and Development professionals with responsibilities for developing organizational skills and capabilities can also benefit from this program.