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Team Roles and Responsibilities

Understanding Team Roles and ResponsibilitiesHave you and your team taken the time to figure out exactly how the "corporate vision" relates to your individual responsibilities? Do you truly understand the contribution that you make to the organization and how your work affects "the big picture"?

Unclear roles and responsibilities are common in today's workplace and they can result in duplication of effort, important tasks "slipping through the cracks", poor communication and conflict.

Upon completion of the "Understanding Team Roles and Responsibilities" workshop you will be able to effectively:

  • Understand the importance of establishing and implementing standard team roles and responsibilities;
  • Implement strategies for developing and clarifying your team's and your individual roles and responsibilities;
  • Negotiate deadlines and expectations.

Here are a few common problems that unclear team and individual roles and responsibilities can result in:

  • Differing and/or unclear expectations;
  • Interpersonal conflicts between team members and/or leader;
  • Resentment and blame; and
  • Important tasks are missed and/or there may be a duplication of effort around a task.

These are a just a few of the common AVOIDABLE problems that teams encounter when individual roles and responsibilities are not clearly defined! During this 1-day Understanding Team Roles and Responsibilities training workshop you will learn key strategies for establishing roles and responsibilities that meet the needs of your business/organization while ensuring a stimulating and equitable working environment for employees. This highly participative, learner centered course will provide you with the tools and skills to achieve this collaboratively.

Key Topics Include:

  • Establishing Team Roles and Responsibilities: What often keeps teams and individuals from establishing clear roles and responsibilities is not a lack of desire to do it, but rather a lack of knowledge of how to approach such a task. You will learn strategies and approaches that you will be able to apply, upon return to your workplace, to collaborate with co-workers and leaders in order to establish clear roles and responsibilities. (Note: If an "intact" team completes this course together, they will actually leave with some of these drafted!)
  • Decision-Making: Decision-making can be a great source of conflict, particularly when individuals and leaders have differing expectations around the process to be followed. The four common styles of decision-making will be discussed and you will have an opportunity to explore when each is an appropriate style to use in your workplace.
  • Individuals on a Team: The strength of a team is greater than the sum of the individuals on it – but how can individuals participate without losing their sense of individuality? You will explore techniques for negotiating and clarifying your individual roles and responsibilities as well as deadlines for your work.

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