Building a Balanced Team as a Manager
52mIntermediate2024-10-05
Authors

Tiana Sanchez
Course details
One of the biggest and most important responsibilities of a manager is putting together a team that optimizes each team member’s abilities. And one of the biggest mistakes a manager can make is placing people in roles where they don’t belong. In this course, learn how to strategically build and manage your team by increasing role clarity, optimizing team composition, leveraging employee strengths, and matching and combining roles for specific situations. Check out this course to find out how to transform good teams into great ones by leveraging diverse skills for cohesive teamwork—and avoid the role confusion and unhappiness that can happen in imbalanced teams.
Learning objectives
Recognize the significance of diverse skills and competencies in enhancing team performance and innovation.
Identify the nine critical roles within a team.
Match team members to roles and make adjustments to address overlaps and skill gaps.
Implement peer reviews and self-assessments to provide constructive feedback and foster employee growth.
Leverage specific roles for specific situations.
Learning objectives
Recognize the significance of diverse skills and competencies in enhancing team performance and innovation.
Identify the nine critical roles within a team.
Match team members to roles and make adjustments to address overlaps and skill gaps.
Implement peer reviews and self-assessments to provide constructive feedback and foster employee growth.
Leverage specific roles for specific situations.
Skills covered
Teams and CollaborationManagement SkillsProfessional DevelopmentLeadership and ManagementOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Making teams better
The Power of Skill Diversity on Teams
- Skills and how they shape our teams
- Competencies and how they help us shine
- How skills and competencies work together
The Nine Roles That Balance a Team
- The nine roles explained
- Matching team members to roles
- Making adjustments when there is overlap and skill gaps
Methods for Assessing and Building Strengths
- Using peer reviews to enhance feedback
- Using self-assessments for employee growth
- Enhancing job performance with workplace simulations
Optimizing Roles for Effective Collaboration
- Leverage specific roles to navigate organizational change
- Leverage specific roles for decision-making
- Switch roles to build new skills
Optimizing Roles to Achieve Results
- Social roles - Tackle challenges and grasp the big picture
- Thinking roles - Generate ideas and make decisions
- Task roles - Boost momentum and enhance completion
Conclusion
- Balanced teams in action