Description
Leading High Performing Teams: Building Ownership and Excellence
Empower your supervisors to transform their teams into high-performing, mission-focused, and self-directed units.
This professional development course, Leading High Performing Teams, is an intensive program designed to equip supervisors with the five necessary behaviors required to drive productivity, foster growth, and ensure long-term employee retention. It shifts the supervisory mindset from control to facilitation and coaching, unlocking the full potential of every team member.
Course Objectives & Outcomes
This course moves beyond standard management theory by providing actionable strategies for direct implementation:
- Master the Stages of Team Growth: Learn to recognize and effectively guide your team through the four stages of development—Forming, Storming, Norming, and Performing—understanding that conflict, when handled correctly, is an opportunity to strengthen collaboration and trust.
- The Power of Coaching: Discover that regular, frequent, and balanced performance discussions are the most powerful tool for improving productivity and increasing employee performance.
- Cultivate Self-Direction: Learn methods to transition employees from being supervisor-directed to self-directed by using self-reporting in coaching meetings, making them active self-reflectors and independent workers.
- Align Action with Mission: Investigate the critical importance of creating a shared, common purpose and ensuring every employee’s daily actions directly contribute to achieving the team’s overall mission and “higher purpose”.
- Build Trust & Collaboration: Understand how consistent positive behavior and modeling trust from the supervisor influence team relationships, promoting shared knowledge, flexible workloads, high morale, and long-term commitment.
This training curriculum provides comprehensive materials designed for engaging adult learning, including:
- Visually impactful PowerPoint presentations: Featuring modern design, relevant imagery, and clear layouts to enhance comprehension and retention.
- Detailed instructor notes: Embedded within the PowerPoint slides, offering guidance on key concepts, discussion points, and activities.
- Comprehensive instructor manual: Includes a detailed training agenda, facilitator guidelines, tips for classroom management, and assessment tools.
- Interactive student manual: Provides space for note-taking, reflection activities, and application exercises.
- Engaging class discussion questions and activities: Designed to encourage participation, critical thinking, and real-world application.
Benefits of “Take and Teach”
- Cost-effective: Reduces the cost of external training by providing reusable materials.
- Flexibility: Train supervisors at your own pace and schedule.
- Customization: Adapt the materials to fit your agency’s specific needs and context.
- Consistency: Ensure all supervisors receive standardized training on essential topics.



