Course Description

 

 One of the great truths of life is our interdependence. Everything we accomplish within a company is through the efforts of people working together. No matter how technologically advanced we are, especially in the engineering world, we have to work together effectively as a team. Effective teams are made up of effective members. Engineers and technical professionals are notoriously bad at working together in teams and this course is a great opportunity to learn and then apply the skills of working in a high performance engineering team. The workshop consists of eight modules containing instruction on the key principles, skill assessments, participative discussions and many, many exercises and case studies to make the training come alive and ensure that you can apply your skills to your job immediately you complete the training. The program is designed to be fun and dynamic as well as strongly beneficial to you working in your engineering team. On this workshop you will learn the basic and critical team skills which will enable you to make a much greater contribution to the success of your engineering team.

Course Objective

 

·         Create a high performance engineering team

·         Improve team communications

·         Develop superb problem solving abilities

·         Make quicker and better decisions as a team

·         Resolve team conflicts

·         Manage and keep a high performance team

·         Determine Emotional intelligence quotas

·         Identify team weaknesses and strengths

·         Improve team productivity and time management

 

Who Should attend?

 

 This program is intended for all individuals who have a stake in building Successful engineering teams. Managers and leaders will learn how to Develop and lead teams and avoid the pitfalls of unsuccessful teams. Individuals will learn how to be effective team players.

This workshop is aimed at:

• Engineering Professionals

• Technical Personnel

• Maintenance/Supervisory Managers

• Project Team Members in:

- manufacturing

- process industries

- research & development utilities

- local authorities

Course Outline

 

 INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING TEAM BUILDING

WHAT MAKES AN ENGINEERING TEAM DIFFERENT RADIANT THINKING FOR ENGINEERS

• Introduction to Radiant Thinking

• Group Discussion - How to use and apply Lateral Thinking

• Group Exercise - Mind Mapping

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

• Communication Styles

• Barriers to Communication

• Understanding the Skill of Listening

• Nonverbal Behaviors of Communication

• Speaking Effectively and Providing Successful Feedback

• Improved Questioning Techniques

• Team Communication

MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR

• Personality Types

• Benefits for Engineers

• Group Discussion

TEAM MANAGEMENT PROFILE

• Identifying your role in the organization

• Group Dyamics in Actions

• Personal improvement plan within the GroupProcess

• Strengths and Weaknesses

• Team Management Wheel

  EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

• Four Domains of Emotional Intelligence

• Assessing and Measuring Emotional Intelligence

• EI in the Engineering Context

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

• Root Cause Analysis

• Assessing Conflict Styles

• Attribution Theory

• Handling Engineering Team Conflict

• Principles and Processes of Conflict Resolution

• Skills for team-based problem-solving

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

• Group Brainstorming Techniques

• Decision Making Principles

• Objectives and Time Frames

• Time Matrix for Engineers

• Time Wasting Activities

• Progress Reporting

• Delegation and Follow up Techniques

NEGOTIATION FOR ENGINEERS

• How to create win-win negotiation Skills

• Leaning about your negotiation style

• Guidelines and challenges to effective

negotiation