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Team development for management teams

Our team development services focus on the development of management and leadership teams.

Team development in management teams is a central component of a company's success. A trusting management team can not only increase productivity, but above all has a positive influence on the corporate culture.

What makes a real management team?

I am often asked what makes a really good team? In my article "From working group to team, to high-performance team", I outlined the criteria that make up a team.

From the working group to the team, to the high performance team

Why is a trust-based management team important for a company?

A trusting management team has a significant influence on the culture of a company. It consciously or unconsciously influences the way people work together at all levels. A genuine management team has the greatest influence on its direct managers.

What are the specific benefits?

1. improved communication

A management team that trusts each other communicates openly and honestly. This ensures transparency of information. Disagreements and problems are addressed more quickly and therefore have a chance of being resolved sooner.

2. higher decision productivity

In a trusting management team, everyone is equally willing to take responsibility for the company and the jointly defined goals. Decisions are made more quickly. The entrepreneurial power of the management team increases.

3. more co-operation at all levels

A management team that exemplifies trust and cooperation has a positive influence on the entire corporate culture. Employees at all levels are encouraged to work in a trusting and cooperative manner.

4. conflict as a constructive element for better solutions

In an environment of trust, conflicts are not seen as bad per se. On the contrary, as all members of the management team know that conflicts can be addressed openly and have a great chance of being resolved constructively. Conflicts are therefore a valuable part of the dialogue to find the best solution.

5. more agility in times of crisis

Managing director teams that work with confidence are more willing to take entrepreneurial risks and break new ground. This develops an attitude that enables them to react quickly to changing conditions and maintain agility even in times of crisis.

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Team development in management teams

Why should you invest in team development for your management team?

In addition to the potential benefits mentioned above, I would like to take this opportunity to discuss another aspect.

What is the consequence when mistrust prevails in a management team?

A lack of trust at the top of a company has devastating consequences, especially in medium-sized companies with up to 150 employees. This is because a lack of trust in the management team immediately leads to a reduction in the performance of the entire company:

  • Decline in performance, visible through many days of absence, high fluctuation, error rates and low degree of responsibility (9 to 5 job performance)
  • Signs of overload, which also become visible when things are left undone and goals are not achieved
  • Smouldering or open conflicts, bullying or other forms of exclusion

How do we proceed?

Team development of management teams takes place in several steps.

1. Comprehensive clarification of the assignment

We take appropriate time for the assignment clarification in order to understand four central aspects:

  • What do you want to achieve throughout this development process?
  • What are you giving up by making this change?
  • What do you gain?
  • Why is it necessary to start this process now?

2. Team Analysis - The "as is"

At the beginning of a development process, we start with a team analysis. In doing so, we draw on various analysis modules. As part of the basic analysis, we look at 18 criteria of successful teams and analyse how strongly these are developed in your team and how homogeneously these criteria are perceived by the individual members of the management team.

Your benefit from the team analysis:

What do you gain from such an analysis? Firstly, you receive a meaningful overview of your team's strengths and areas for development and we provide you with specific recommendations for action. On the other hand, the acceptance of downstream measures and necessary changes among employees increases significantly, as they were part of the team development process from the outset.

3. accompanied team development

Depending on the results of the team analysis, we begin the team development process. This includes workshops, confidence talks and additional executive coaching.

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The process is iterative. To measure changes in teamwork, the team analysis is repeated after 09-12 months.

Why should you carry out your team development with us?

our expertise for your teams

  • Profound systemic expertise
  • Visible success for your management team
  • Visible success for your company

There are many companies that support management teams in their development. Why should you get in touch with us? There are three key factors in our favour:

Profound systemic expertise

Every team, including a management team, consists of official and unofficial structures. We have a pronounced systemic understanding and a very good perception of the unspoken. We recognise dynamics and use them productively for the further development of the team.

Visible success for your management team

Our management and industry experience is also reflected in a pragmatic approach and realisable solution modules for your cooperation in the management team.

Our workshops are characterised by clarity and commitment, thus ensuring visible results in everyday life. If necessary, we hold regular retrospectives to monitor the implementation of the agreed measures and document successes.

Visible success for your company

As improved cooperation within the management team very quickly has an impact on the way the management team works together, our team development programme will also help you to achieve entrepreneurial success.

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"Team development with Sabine Walter and her team is difficult to describe. You have to experience it."

This is often the conclusion of the participants after the workshops. They feel that a lot has developed within them, in their cooperation and as a team. They see how much has been achieved and what concrete results there are. They remember trust exercises, creative exchange, constructive arguments and honest appreciation. And they start their next working day confident that they have achieved something that will last.

Customer feedback

I didn't think we could go so far in such a short time! And it was amazing to see that you always led us to do exactly what we needed at that specific moment.

Team member I&T, E.G.O. Group, Oberderdingen

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References

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Sustainable conflict resolution in teams

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Developing the potential of management teams pays off. It is important that you understand the team members' why before you start the development process.

In this article, I answer five questions:
What does it take for everyone to be effective on their own?
How can individual effectiveness be increased?
How can managers successfully influence the development of potential?
How does the team potential become greater than the sum of the individual potentials?
What are the business benefits of developing potential?

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When management teams work together in a spirit of trust, collaboration at other hierarchical levels is also more productive.

This has a positive effect on the competitiveness of companies in the medium term.

Read this article to find out how team development in management teams works.

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