Participative Designs offers a comprehensive team leader training program.  We start with your current team leader training and performance improvement training goals.  Our classroom training is custom designed based on our 4 stage team development model and the leadership tools that help teams align, develop communicate, cooperate, take initiative and learn.  

Applications:

1. Department and operational managers who want to implement a team work culture and style in their work units.
2. Team managers and leaders who want to motivate and engage their people through increased teamwork
3. Managers and team leaders who want to improve team meeting involvement and productivity.
4. Front-line supervisors who want to encourage a positive, more proactive work attitude.
5. Lean and quality/continuous improvement programs that want to develop the leadership skills of front-line leaders.

Features:
Some features of our Team Audit program include:

1. Alignment with your business and team development goals.
2. Full customization based on your team leadership learning needs
3. Training in how to develop a team mission and charter.
4. Training in how to assess and intervene to help teams development.
5. Training in how to hold positive, proactive team discussion sessions
6. Training in how to balance a highly directive, results oriented style with a collaborative team style of leadership.
7. Training in how to conduct highly participative and productive team meetings.
8. Training in how to conduct mini-team audits and facilitate team learning.
9. Team leader feedback and coaching follow through
10. Integration with our Team Audit and Horse Sense programs

Case Examples:

1. The Team Leader training has been used to support the transition of an entire manufacturing department to a team based work culture and style. 
2. The Team Leadership training has been used to teach Branch Managers to develop a fully engaged and collaborative work environment.  
3. The Leadership training has been used to enhance the skills of front-line team leaders and -line supervisors in key areas of team meetings, team communications and learning.