High-Performance Teams: Embracing our Differences
June 18 – July 8, 2024
4-week LIVE VIRTUAL course Live sessions once a week – Tuesdays 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Eastern Time (New York)Teamwork can be tricky, but it doesn’t have to be! Differences can present critical opportunities to enhance team performance, and this course teaches you how to uncover them. If you are curious about human behavior, and what makes us uniquely different, with a burning desire to enhance team collaboration and synergy, this 4-week live virtual course is made for you. Using the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator personality test as our guide we will reveal insights into the motivations and behaviors shaping us all. From expanding your own personal awareness and discovering your unique MBTI leadership style, to an in-depth analysis of your team’s personality traits and approach, you’ll learn how to see team cohesion in a completely different light.
Teamwork can be tricky, but it doesn’t have to be! Differences can present critical opportunities to enhance team performance, and this course teaches you how to uncover them. If you are curious about human behavior, and what makes us uniquely different, with a burning desire to enhance team collaboration and synergy, this 4-week live virtual course is made for you. Using the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator personality test as our guide we will reveal insights into the motivations and behaviors shaping us all. From expanding your own personal awareness and discovering your unique MBTI leadership style, to an in-depth analysis of your team’s personality traits and approach, you’ll learn how to see team cohesion in a completely different light.
Who should take this course?
High-Performance Teams is purposefully designed to be applicable for all ages and career levels and across a variety of fields. Participants often share some of the following characteristics:
o A curious mind with a passion for people that drives them to learn more about their own behavior and the behavior of others.
o They lead or are part of a diverse team.
o They are committed to enhancing teamwork and collaboration.
o They have a self-reflective nature and a desire to improve interpersonal relationships.
o They are professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills and improve team dynamics.
o They are interested in gaining insights into their personality preferences, decision-making styles, and communication tendencies.
Who should take this course?
High-Performance Teams is purposefully designed to be applicable for all ages and career levels and across a variety of fields. Participants often share some of the following characteristics:
o A curious mind with a passion for people that drives them to learn more about their own behavior and the behavior of others.
o They lead or are part of a diverse team.
o They are committed to enhancing teamwork and collaboration.
o They have a self-reflective nature and a desire to improve interpersonal relationships.
o They are professionals seeking to enhance their leadership skills and improve team dynamics.
o They are interested in gaining insights into their personality preferences, decision-making styles, and communication tendencies.
INTERACTIVE SESSIONS AND COMPELLING CONTENT
Turn on your webcam! The ‘live virtual’ sessions replicate face-to-face interactions as if we were together in the same room. We will be dynamic, using break-out rooms, real-time polls, and interactive activities.
WHAT TO EXPECT: COURSE SKILLS AND BENEFITS
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This course counts as part of a Diploma in Social Innovation or Global Leadership.
Week 1: Who are you? An Introduction to MBTI
Week 2: Get Creative! Learn how to understand yourself and others with team-type tables
Week 3: My Team and I: Capitalize on team strengths to find common ground during conflict
Week 4: Bring it all together: Final Project – Team MBTI Analysis and Leadership Styles
The course will be led by David Espinoza Gamboa. David is a certified practitioner for the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator test with about 6 years of experience facilitating and interpreting MBTI results. He has facilitated sessions with the consulting firm McKinsey and Company and as an independent instructor with his own consulting firm Intendere Strengths Consulting. He is also certified in the Clifton Strengths Finder tool. In his free time, David is a Licensed Tour Guide in the city of San José and an active member of the music band Republica Fortuna.
Beginning on June 18th, this live virtual course takes place over 4 weeks, with 1 live Zoom session each week on Tuesdays from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Eastern Time (New York). The course will be complemented by readings, videos, and assignments in-between sessions as well, allowing you to delve deeper into the topics and put what you’ve learned into practice! This course will end in a final project on your MBTI team analysis.
$650 tuition rate for the 4-week live virtual workshop. A certificate is awarded upon completion by the Centre for Executive Education at the University for Peace, established by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Have a question? Contact us at centre@upeace.org , or visit our Frequently Asked Questions section.
