Developing High Performing Teams: Better Results and a Positive Team Experience

Do you want to build your own dream team?  

Do you want to lead the team others want to join?

As a leader, are you wrestling with some of the key challenges of building a team?

  • Setting direction and priorities in a way that lets the team feel bought in
  • Determining who should work on what and where people need development
  • Working effectively when team members have different working styles and are in different locations
  • Communicating and sharing information to enable better decisions
  • Developing goals and improving accountability
  • Improving performance over time

If this describes you...

This course is for you!

If you want to develop a high performing team, then now is the time to build your skills. Maybe you've had some training on how to work with a team. You might have taken some leadership development courses.  You might have had a session on SMART goals. Maybe you've learned some things about communication or continuous improvement.  

This course brings all the elements of team development together - distilled and simplified for busy leaders.

You'll learn practical tips to help you develop a high performing team. With these skills, you'll get better results, a positive team experience, more engaged employees, and lots of learning & growth.

Start developing now!

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After this course, you'll be able to:

  • Summarize the foundations of a high performing team

  • Co-create a powerful ambition and priorities

  • Recognize individual strengths

  • Assess collective team strengths

  • Compare individual work styles

  • Establish operating principles

  • Build a plan for shared consciousness

  • Develop clear goals and ownership

  • Adapt team systems to improve performance

Meet your facilitator

Mike Sweeney

As an experienced leader, team developer, and online educator, Mike sets the conditions for powerful learning and skill development. His approach to facilitation is built on sound instructional practices, expertise in adult education, and over 15 years working in digital learning. His experiences developing teams across a range of industries helped him distill team development into a practical approach that works anywhere. Mike is both a coach and a digital learning professional who simplifies principles down to a set of actionable steps to help you build new skills. Learn more about Mike at www.sabercoaching.com.

This Course Includes:

  • On-Demand Videos

    Watch brief clips to learn distilled insights, hear real stories about do's and don'ts, and put content in context.

  • Meeting Agenda Templates

    Use helpful meeting agenda templates for critical team meetings to implement new insights immediately.

  • Checklists

    Access practical, memory jogger checklists to support and reinforce your learning after the course.

  • Exercises and Examples

    Download targeted exercises and example documents that support your learning and skill development.

  • Deeper research

    Find links to additional resources if you want to continue your learning and tumble down the rabbit hole.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

  • 2

    Foundations

    • Foundations

    • Dig Deeper

    • Foundations - Reflection Exercise
  • 3

    Ambition & Priorities

    • Ambition

    • Mad Libs & Examples

    • Ambition Meeting Agenda - Template

    • Priorities

    • Ambition & Priorities Checklist
  • 4

    Strengths

    • Strengths

    • Identifying Strengths - Exercise

    • Team Strengths

    • Team Strengths - Example

    • Mid point check in
  • 5

    Operating Principles

    • Individual Work Styles

    • Individual Work Styles

    • Working Styles - Example

    • Operating Principles

    • Principles Meeting Agenda - Template

    • Working Styles & Operating Principles Checklist
  • 6

    Shared Consciousness

    • Shared Consciousness

    • Shared Consciousness - Key Questions

    • Building Shared Consciousness - Exercise
  • 7

    Goals & Ownership

    • Goals & Ownership

    • Goals Setting & Ownership - simple but not always easy

    • Connecting Ambition & Priorities to Goals & Ownership Template
  • 8

    Adaptation

    • Adaptation

    • Adaptation

    • High Performing Team System Status Review
  • 9

    Wrap Up

    • Wrap Up

    • Where are you now?

    • Wrap Up Survey

Is this right for me?

Frequently Asked Questions about Developing High Performing Teams

  • Who is this course for?

    Any leader who wants to develop a high performing team! If you want better results, a positive team experience, engaged employees and lots of learning & growth, then this course is for you.

  • How long does the course take to complete?

    The course duration is approximately 2 hours broken down into 7 chapters (not including welcome and wrap up). The practical exercises can take longer depending on your leadership experience. For example, if you haven't yet discovered your strengths, that section might take you some time. Our recommendation is to complete the course a section at a time using all the exercise documents to ensure you can perform the skills.

  • How is the content delivered?

    In each section, we'll share videos for context and then provide additional text, links, and reflection exercises to help you implement the new skills. The course is designed to be completed in multiple sittings over time.

  • What will I learn?

    You will learn a lot! More importantly, you will increase your skills and ability to develop high performing teams. We are confident that after this course, you'll be able to: (1) summarize the foundations of a high performing team, (2) co-create a powerful ambition and priorities, (3) recognize individual strengths, (4) assess collective team strengths, (5) compare individual work styles, (6) establish operating principles, (7) build a plan for shared consciousness, (8) develop clear goals and ownership, and (9) adapt team systems to improve performance.

  • How long will I have access to the course?

    After enrolling, you will have unlimited access. You can come back to watch the videos, download tools, or access any additional content whenever you want.

  • Do you offer refunds?

    Due to the instant delivery of the content and downloadable tools, we do not offer refunds. We recommend you sample the content marked "free preview" and see what you think. We're confident the content is valuable. And feel free to reach out if you have additional questions that are not covered here.