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Leading High Performing Teams

Place:  300 The Fenway, Boston, MA
Cost:   $1,800

Whether you work in an organization of 20 people or 20,000, the ability to lead high performing teams is crucial to your success and the success of your organization. This intensive, practical program will help you understand the elements that are critical to effective team leadership. Throughout the program, we will examine the often hidden gendered expectations which may have a differential impact on your role as a team leader, along with strategies to acknowledge and manage those dynamics.

 

Who Should Attend

 

This interactive workshop is designed for:

• New and experienced team leaders who want to develop cutting-edge strategies for enhancing their team's performance.
• Women from all functional areas and industries.

How You Will Benefit

As a participant, you will:

• Identify strategies for building goals, roles, and norms that allow for diverse members to contribute, pre-empt conflict, and increase the likelihood of optimal team output.
• Use a Communication Styles diagnostic that provides a framework on how to assemble and manage diverse teams.
• Learn how to manage the perception of your team's effectiveness and your own leadership throughout the organization. 
• Analyze case studies that highlight women protagonists and determine how gender expectations may have a differential impact on your role as a team leader.
• Network and share best practices with women team leaders from other organizations.
• Develop clear-cut action strategies that will increase your team's effectiveness.

In a recent survey of progam participants, 88% reported that they can now contribute to their company at a higher level

Expert Faculty

Mary Shapiro is a nationally recognized expert on team building, interpersonal communication and strategic career management.  She developed the "Communication Styles Diagnostic," a tool that has been used by more than 4,000 managers to improve their effectiveness with individuals and teams.

 

 

Program Fee includes:

• Classroom instruction
• Materials
• Most meals

 

Simmons grants 1.8 continuing education credits (CEUs) for this program.

Simmons alumnae are eligible for a 15% discount when they register and enter promotion code FL815F

Discounted hotel accommodations are available at the Eliot Hotel, www.eliothotel.com or 617-267-1607, for participants of this program.  Participants are required to make their own reservations, and should mention they are attending this program to ensure they receive our discounted rate.

 

Cancellation Policy

All cancellation requests must be received in writing. Cancellations received more than 30 days before the start of the program will receive a 100% refund. Cancellations received between 21 and 30 days prior to the program start receive a 50% refund. There is no refund for cancellations made within 20 days of the start of the program.

 

 

 

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"This program was a great investment in my professional development.  I feel more effective and ready to lead my team to even higher performance."

--Wendy John, Vice President, Fidelity Investments