DURATION: 2 days

LANGUAGE: Khmer

TRAINEE LEVEL: Staff, Supervisor, Manager

 

Course Description:

This Team-Building Training is designed to strengthen collaboration, trust, and communication within teams. Through interactive activities, group discussions, and self-reflection, participants will gain the tools and strategies necessary to enhance team dynamics and foster a culture of high performance. The course will explore key aspects of teamwork, including goal setting, conflict resolution, communication, and trust-building, while helping participants develop skills to become effective team members and leaders.

 

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, participants will:

• Understand the essential elements of effective teamwork.
• Learn how to build trust, resolve conflicts, and foster open communication within a team.
• Improve team collaboration and problem-solving skills.
• Recognize and leverage the strengths of individual team members.
• Develop strategies for maintaining high-performing teams in the long term.

 

Day 1: Foundations of Teamwork and Trust Building

1. Introduction to Teamwork (1 hour)

• The importance of teamwork in achieving organizational success.
• Characteristics of high-performing teams.
• Challenges teams face and how to overcome them.

2. Building Trust within Teams (1.5 hours)

• The role of trust in team dynamics.
• How to build and maintain trust.
• Trust-building exercises and activities.
• Activity: Trust fall exercise to foster mutual support.

3. Defining Roles and Team Goals (1.5 hours)

• Importance of clear roles and responsibilities.
• Setting team goals aligned with organizational objectives.
• Ensuring team members are accountable for their roles.
• Activity: Team goal-setting workshop.

4. Enhancing Communication within Teams (2 hours)

• Understanding different communication styles.
• Effective communication strategies for team members.
• The role of active listening in team success.
• Activity: Communication styles assessment and interactive group exercise.
• 5. Problem-Solving and Decision-Making in Teams (2 hours)
• The team approach to problem-solving.
• Consensus-building and decision-making processes.
• Tools and techniques for collaborative problem-solving.
• Activity: Problem-solving challenge – collaborative group exercise.
• 6. Reflection and Team Insights (1 hour)
• Group discussion: Lessons learned from Day 1.
• Reflect on individual contributions to teamwork and areas for improvement.
• Activity: Team reflection session.

Day 2: Collaboration, Conflict Resolution, and Sustaining Team Success

1. Icebreaker and Day 1 Recap (30 minutes)

• Fun team-building icebreaker to energize participants.
• Recap key lessons from Day 1.

2. Understanding Team Dynamics (1.5 hours)

• Stages of team development (Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing).
• Identifying team strengths and areas of growth.
• Activity: Group discussion on team experiences in different stages of development.

3. Conflict Resolution within Teams (2 hours)

• Common sources of team conflict.
• Techniques for managing and resolving conflicts effectively.
• Encouraging constructive feedback and open dialogue.
• Activity: Role-play scenarios to practice conflict resolution skills.

4. Collaboration and Creativity in Teams (1.5 hours)

• The importance of collaboration in driving innovation.
• Techniques to foster creativity and innovation in teams.
• Brainstorming strategies and idea generation.
• Activity: Group creative brainstorming challenge.

5. Leveraging Team Member Strengths (1.5 hours)

• Understanding individual strengths and roles in the team.
• How to align team tasks with each member’s strengths.
• Activity: Strengths assessment and group exercise.

6. Sustaining High-Performing Teams (1.5 hours)

• Maintaining team motivation and engagement over time.
• Leadership's role in nurturing a high-performance culture.
• Continuous improvement strategies for teams.
• Activity: Group discussion on best practices for sustaining team success.

7. Final Team-Building Challenge (1 hour)

• A fun, collaborative activity designed to incorporate all team-building skills learned during the course.
• Activity: Team project or outdoor challenge (e.g., build a structure, complete a task with limited resources).

8. Reflection, Action Planning, and Course Wrap-Up (1 hour)

• Reflect on the key takeaways from the course.
• Action planning for applying team-building techniques in the workplace.
• Course feedback and final remarks.
• Activity: Participants create an individual and team action plan for post-training application.