Creating A High Performance Team

Course Overview

Creating a High-Performance Team helps leaders and teams strengthen the people dynamics that drive results, trust, alignment, collaboration and clear communication.

In busy organisations, it’s easy to focus on outcomes and overlook the fact that performance is delivered through people. High-performing teams work with and for each other, and they build consistent performance through strong team habits, shared expectations and the ability to address misalignment early.

This program supports participants to assess where their team is in its development, understand current dynamics, and build a practical strategy to lift performance. The workshop can also be supported by an optional High Performance Team (HPT) Survey to diagnose current effectiveness and guide action planning.

What will you learn? 

After completing Creating a High-Performance Team, participants will be able to:

• Identify what makes a high-performing team
• Define the three elements of high performance and recognise stages of team dynamics
• Review current team effectiveness using a High-Performance Team approach (and survey where used)
• Identify potential causes of team misalignment or conflict
• Outline a process for problem solving and conflict resolution
• Identify team strengths and opportunities for improvement
• Design strategies and create an action plan to move the team forward together

Who is this course for?

• Leaders and managers responsible for team performance and culture
• Team leaders wanting to strengthen trust, alignment and collaboration
• New or reshaped teams building ways of working
• Teams experiencing misalignment, conflict or inconsistent performance
• HR/P&C and L&D teams supporting leadership and team effectiveness programs

Topics Covered

• Defining the elements of a high-performing team

• What makes a high-performing team?

• How are we currently performing? (team effectiveness reflection)

• What do we do if we are not aligned or in conflict?

• Building our own high-performing team strategy (action planning)

Course Outline

Session 1: What high performance looks like

• Defining high performance in your context

• The key elements of high-performing teams

• Stages of team dynamics and what to look for

Session 2: Assessing current team effectiveness

• “How are we currently performing?” guided reflection

• Optional: reviewing HPT Survey insights (if included)

• Identifying strengths, gaps and patterns

Session 3: Alignment, conflict and problem solving

• Common causes of misalignment and friction

• Practical approaches to problem solving and conflict resolution

• Communication techniques to maintain trust and clarity

Session 4: Building the team strategy

• Designing team behaviours and ways of working

• Agreeing priorities and accountability

• Action plan: what will change, who owns it, and how progress will be measured