Minor Award Name Team Leadership Minor Award Code 6N1948 Level 6 Suggested resources to support delivery: Theme/Topic Type Relevance Author/Source Web Link Stages of Team Development Book Chapter 12: Explains Tuckman’s 5 stages of team development: Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning. Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft & D. Marcic, (2014), South Western Stages of Team Development Webpage This webpage includes a video explaining Tuckman’s 5 stages of team development model as well as a section examining the actions of leadership at each stage. MindTools Types of Teams Blog This blog looks at the most common types of teams in the workplace. Capsim Blog Multi Team environment e-book This e-book provides a framework for organisations to build effective global teams. Global Teams: How Top Multinationals span Boundaries and Cultures with High Speed Teamwork Characteristics of Effective Book Chapter 12: Examines six elements that contribute to effective and successful teamwork. Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft & D. Marcic, (2014), South Western
the context and the outcomes) that contribute to leadership success or failure. Coaching and mentoring Blog A useful table showing differences between coaching and mentoring. : Association for Talent Development Coaching and mentoring Webpage This article outlines the key differences between coaching and mentoring. Management Mentors Coaching and mentoring Online document Chapter 2: Outlines the key differences between coaching and mentoring and the key principles that ensure quality coaching and mentoring. Fran Deans and Louise Oakley: INTRAC Leadership Skills Online document This is a guide which helps a person to review their interpersonal skills and leadership style. Failte Ireland Learning Organisation YouTube A 2 minute animated clip outlining what a learning organisation is. Aya Frankel Project Management Website This website provides information on project management, tools and processes involved. Business Balls Leadership YouTube A 3:30 minute video clip: What makes a great leader? By Peter Senge, Author of The Fifth Discipline. Peter Senge Leadership A 1:40 minutes clip: Peter Senge: Are Great Leaders Born or Made? Peter Senge Organisational Planning Blog How to create smart objectives. George Ambler Organisational Planning Blog This blog outlines how to write SMART goals and objectives. It also has a good graphic on SMART. Cognology Goal setting Document This paper provides an overview and refresher about setting goals. It shows how goals cascade through an organisation from Oracle
and objectives. It outlines the difference between goals and objectives and how they link to organisational planning. Strategy Webpage This webpage explains what strategy is and how it exists at different levels of an organisation Tutor2U Motivation theories Online Video Video explaining Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Tutor2U Motivation theories Online Video Video of Herzberg’s Two Factor Theory of employee motivation which explains Motivators and Hygiene Factors. Tutor2U Motivation theories Webpage This web link explains McGregor’s X Theory and Y Theory looks at how a manager's perceptions of what motivates his or her team members affects the way he or she behaves MindTools Strategies to enhance team motivation Webpage This web link evaluates how the different motivational theories can improve team performance. Educational Business Articles Strategies to enhance team motivation Book Chapter 12: Examines how managers can enhance team motivation by: Designing motivating jobs Using rewards appropriately Empowering people Giving meaning to work through engagement Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft & D Marcic, (2014), South Western Strategies to enhance team motivation YouTube video This HR video presentation describes how Supervisors can motivate staff, increase Employee Engagement and Productivity -How
employee retention, and create high performing employees. Supervisors Can Motivate Staff: MyHRpro Team Building Webpage This webpage outlines the steps to build an effective team. Berkley Resources Team Building Webpage This webpage outlines five team-building exercises that can help a team communicate better. MindTools Team Building TED Talk In this 7-minute TED Talk, designer Tom Wujec presents the example of a simple team building exercise he calls “the marshmallow problem” to highlight how a good design is an outcome of sound, skilled collaboration. Tom Wujec – Build a Tower, build a team Supporting the team Webpage This webpage examines the stages of team development in more detail by explaining the feelings and behaviours of team members at each as well as the team tasks required. Judith Stein - Using the Stages of Team Development Supporting the team as an effective team leader Webpage This webpage explains the characteristics of an effective team leader in supporting the team and getting the best out of them. Management Study Guide – Role of Team Leader in Team building Motivating the team Webpage This webpage describes a basic toolkit of motivational strategies to maintain team member cooperation. Jonathan Lister - How to Motivate a Team with Good Leadership Qualities Motivating the team Book Chapter 7: Examines the link between individual needs and motivation. The chapter includes an examination of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and the types of Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft &
rewards associated with both. It explains how to motivate people by shaping behavior. D Marcic, (2014), South Western Interpersonal Communication Book Chapter 6: Outlines the interpersonal skills required by an effective leader including: Socially Perceptive Showing Emotional Intelligence Handling Conflict Introduction to Leadership, Concepts and Practice, P. G. Northouse, (2015), California: Sage Publications, Inc. Interpersonal Communication Webpage This webpage outlines three key core aspects of interpersonal communication as it relates to leadership. C. Robert Newton - Interpersonal Communication Keys to Effective Leadership Meeting Management Book Chapter 12: Examines 5 keys to holding effective meetings. The chapter also gives consideration to running virtual team meetings. Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft & D Marcic, (2014), South Western Time Management YouTube video In this 4:41 minute clip Paul Mitchell examines the "Three Types of Time" that exist in any executive's life and explain why you need to address all 3 to be an effective leader. Paul Mitchell: The Three Types Of Time Team leadership and reporting structures Webpage This webpage looks at the specific challenges of leading a cross-functional team versus a single-function team. It also shows how to use the capabilities that a cross-functional team can provide. Mindtools
Team Negotiation Webpage This webpage outlines how a manager of a project should focus on his/her team when executing a plan. Jennifer Russell – Project Team Negotiation Webpage This team planning exercise involves all team members in planning and sharing out the workload. KnowhowNonprofit website The Skill of Delegation Webpage This webpage discusses delegation as a management skill. Business Balls Effective Delegation Book Chapter 9 pgs. 349-350: Discusses what it means to delegate effectively and considers key points to consider when you begin delegating. Building Management Skills: An Action First Approach, R. Daft & D Marcic, (2014), South Western Effective Delegation Online Video This video and accompanying webpage explains how a team leader can identify what tasks they are doing that could be delegated to other team members. Stephen Goldberg – Optimus Performance Monitoring and evaluation Document This document is a national (Northern Ireland) occupational standard and outlines making the best use of your team and its members so that they can achieve your organisation's objectives. It also covers the work of a team and providing feedback to them on their performance. Northern Ireland Fire Rescue Service Monitoring Document This document explains why and how a team’s performance can be monitored. Institute of Leadership & Management Establishing a team plan, Negotiation, Document This document outlines what an effective team is, shared leadership. It describes Achieving team goals
Theme/Topic Type Relevance Author/Source Web Link Research the elements and stages of team development, to include different of teams, a multi-team environment, the characteristics of an effective team and the need for different roles for individuals PowerPoint Introduces Tuckman’s “Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing” model for team development. Scialfa Ruth H Mora Website Investigates the need for different roles within a team Dr. Meredith Belbin PDF Examines the characteristics of an effective team. Offers activities that can be completed in class Adapted from Problem Solving Video, Workplace Videos 2000, Glencoe McGraw PowerPoint Characteristics of different types of teams California State Univerity Webpage Looks at the 7 team types required in successful business Beth Miller Website Lists of strengths associated with Leadership and groupings to identify which one individuals belong to. StrengthsFinder Evaluate the concepts of leadership and management, different leadership and management styles and the principal theories PDF Introduces the concepts of leadership and management – a comprehensive overview Kurt Darr YouTube Different leadership and management styles using clips to demonstrate Rehan Rasool Prezi Leadership Theories – leadership in different contexts Tim Marczak