Bambi Betts - Leadership Tools for team leaders

Working with Bambi Betts - here are the key points we are looking at :
ROLE OF TEAMS IN A LEARNING ORGANIZATION
 Your beliefs about teaming
 What we mean by a ‘team’
 Why we need teams and why they can fail
 Characteristics of effective teams
 Stages of development of teams
 Why some resist teams
YOU AS A LEADER
 What it means to ‘lead’
 Characteristics of effective leaders
 Establishing your vision – where are you taking us?
 Understanding change
 Building relationships
 Essential communication skills
YOUR SPECIFIC ROLE
 Defining your day-to-day work
 Curriculum Leadership Skills:
Developing, Implementing, Monitoring
LEADING TEAM PROCESSES
Practice specific leadership strategies including:
 Creating and monitoring ‘norms’
 Setting learning goals
 Symbolic Leadership strategies
 Decision-making models
 Using collaborative time effectively (meetings, agendas, timing, etc.)