Building Effective Teams: Design for Success
5-week virtual workshop
May 18 – June 15th, 2023
Thursdays 1pm – 2:30pm Eastern Time (New York)
The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team. – Simon Sinek
The ability of a team to collaborate effectively is critical to an organization’s success. Whether you’re putting together a team for the first time, or trying to make an existing team more effective, intentional team design is worth the effort. Many once extremely well-performing teams are now dealing with deep challenges. And of course, the higher the complexity, the more unprecedented the challenges, the more critical collaboration and effective teaming becomes. The COVID-19 pandemic has made this evidently clear. However, effective collaboration does not develop naturally. It must be clearly and thoughtfully designed.
Most teams have not been designed intentionally. They have structure, but it is not questioned or examined. They have norms that exert a powerful influence on team behavior, but they are implicit and elusive. They have tasks that can only be completed through collaborative work, but these tasks are never articulated.
Who should take this course?
This online course is purposefully designed to be applicable at all career levels and across a variety of fields. Participants often share some of the following characteristics:
o Leaders who want to cultivate high-performing teams
o Team members who want to understand how to work more effectively together
o Those who wish to connect with professionals of diverse backgrounds
o People in fast-growing career fields wanting to stay ahead of the curve
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND COMPELLING CONTENT
Turn on your webcam! The ‘live virtual’ workshops replicate face-to-face sessions as if we were together in the same room. We will be dynamic, using break-out rooms, real-time polls, and interactive activities.
This course is designed to equip leaders and team members with a conceptual framework and practical tools to systematically design and improve collaboration with intention and purpose. Participants will confront and reexamine their assumptions about teams, team leadership and team effectiveness. They will re-design their most pressing collaborative work, guided by two expert facilitators.
What to expect: course skills and benefits
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Practical Tools
Learn practical tools for key team design features that support the growth and effectiveness of a well-functioning team.
Key Facets
Learn the key facets of team design that will greatly increase a team’s ability to work together effectively.
Team Design
Learn how to create a cohesive team culture where individuals understand their role and are more engaged.
Understanding
Promote a rich, inclusive workplace through understanding the symptoms and causes of team dysfunction and poor performance.
Feedback
Get personalized feedback from your instructor to apply what you’re learning in your own life.
Certificate
Get a certificate from the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace, established by the United Nations.
Dynamic Learning
Expect an engaging, dynamic experience that replicates the interaction of face-to-face sessions.
Network
Network with a group of international leaders across all sectors during the workshop and beyond.
Practical Tools
Learn practical tools for key team design features that support the growth and effectiveness of a well-functioning team.
Key Facets
Learn the key facets of team design that will greatly increase a team’s ability to work together effectively.
Team Design
Learn how to create a cohesive team culture where individuals understand their role and are more engaged.
Understanding
Promote a rich, inclusive workplace through understanding the symptoms and causes of team dysfunction and poor performance.
Feedback
Get personalized feedback from your instructor to apply what you’re learning in your own life.
Certificate
Get a certificate from the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace, established by the United Nations.
Dynamic Learning
Expect an engaging, dynamic experience that replicates the interaction of face-to-face sessions.
Network
Network with a group of international leaders across all sectors during the workshop and beyond.
Each week of the online course will present a new topic area.
Agenda highlights include:
o Structure drives behavior. What does the research really say about what makes a high performing team?
o Intentionally designing your team. How can I start intentionally designing my team to set us up for success?
o Symptoms versus root causes. How can I best support the team when things get tough?
o Putting it all together. How can intentional team design make me a better leader and team member?
Jason Ighani is an accomplished team development specialist with over 15 years of global experience in helping teams become more responsive, aware and agile. He is the co-founder of KITE, a consulting firm specialized in supporting leaders and teams within the humanitarian and development space. He has worked extensively within the United Nations system, specializing in assessing, launching and coaching leadership teams in both emergency and development contexts. Jason’s clients include mission-driven organizations including Global Fund for Women, Humanitarian OpenStreetmap Team, UNICEF, UNFPA, and IOM. Jason is also the founder of The Humanitarian Coaching Network, an organization that enlists coaches worldwide to help humanitarian organizations support the engagement and wellbeing of their staff and accelerate organizational change.
Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and Development and a Master of Arts degree in Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology. Jason is based between Seattle and Costa Rica, and is bilingual in English/Spanish.
May 18th - June 15th, 2023: Thursdays 6:30pm - 8:00pm Eastern Time (New York). This course generally runs twice a year, so if this date does not work for you, please ask about future offerings at centre@upeace.org.
$595 tuition rate. Certificate awarded upon completion by the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Enroll with someone else and each will receive a 10% discount.
Have a question? Contact us at centre@upeace.org , or visit our Frequently Asked Questions section.
