Building and Managing Effective Teams

Name: Building and Managing Effective Teams
Rating: 4.4 (24 reviews)

Science of Team Development

Created byAlbert Samah, PhD

Last updated 8/2025

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What you'll learn

• Understand the core differences between groups and effective teams.
• Learn the components that make a team successful, including clear objectives, defined roles, and healthy dynamics.
• Master the leadership skills necessary to manage, support, and empower teams.
• Apply practical strategies to build cohesion, foster collaboration, and enhance team performance.

Course content

1 section • 7 lectures • 31m total length

Introduction1:40
Explore how to build and manage effective teams by understanding groups and teams, components of a team, team dynamics, and the differences between effective and ineffective teams.
Module 1-Understanding Groups and Teams4:30
Define the differences between groups and teams by highlighting clear objectives, vision, and shared purpose, and illustrate how teams collaborate, support one another, and pursue a common goal.
Module 2-Components of a Team5:04
Explore how a team anchors its success with a defined vision and mission, clear leadership, and active participation from members through communication, collaboration, and deadline discipline.
Module 3-Team Dynamics and Development6:18
Explore team dynamics and development by strengthening the leader-member relationship and navigating the five stages—forming, storming, norming, performing, and adjourning—to boost collaboration, engagement, and outcomes.
Module 4: Effective and Ineffective Teams5:55
Explore how effective teams achieve clear objectives, vision, mission, purpose, and supportive relationships, and contrast with ineffective teams marked by weak leadership, lack of trust, and personality conflicts.
Module 5-Strategies for Long Term Team Success7:32
Understand team members' histories, aspirations, and strengths to build commitment; define clear roles, tasks, and a jointly crafted mission, and regularly evaluate team performance.
Course Wrap up0:22
Apply key principles to build or revisit your team and identify improvements, using the course takeaways to strengthen team performance.

Requirements

No requirement needed.

Description

This course is designed to equip leaders, leaders of faith based organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, community leaders, team leads, human resource professionals, and aspiring managers with the skills and strategies necessary to build cohesive, high-performing teams. Learn to distinguish between groups and teams, navigate team dynamics, resolve conflict, and create an empowering team culture that fosters growth, collaboration, and results.

The objectives of this course is to;

Understand the difference between a group and a team.
Identify the critical components of effective team structure.
Master the key stages of team development and how to lead through each.
Recognize and develop healthy team dynamics.
Apply principles to manage and optimize performance across teams.

At the end of the course participants will be able to;

Define and articulate their team’s vision and mission.
Establish and assign clear roles and responsibilities.
Navigate and manage conflict in teams.
Build trust and cultivate team culture.
Evaluate team performance and implement continuous improvement.

I’m thrilled to have you on this journey. Whether you're a seasoned leader or building your first team, this course will provide practical insights, proven strategies, and real-world tools to take your leadership to the next level. This course will provide you with opportunities to reflect and grow.

Who this course is for:

Leaders, team leads, human resource professionals, and aspiring managers.