Team Working: How to Succeed

Gain skills for working in a team

Being able to work in a team is a crucial skill that is transferable across many industries and roles.

On this four-week course, you’ll develop your ability to work with others to become a valuable member of any team.

You’ll gain insights and practical skills to help you become more self-aware, understand group dynamics and office politics, and boost your motivation to find a job that aligns with your personality and career goals.

Learn how to practise self-awareness

First, you’ll delve into the practices of self-awareness, curiosity, and self-reflection to help you understand your potential and where you fit in a team.

You’ll also create a space for thoughtful consideration of your role at work to help you explore mindfulness and effectively manage anxiety and stress.

Understand your influence at work

With a deeper understanding of yourself, you’ll learn how to use your authority, power, and influence at work.

You’ll investigate your identities and intersectionality, gaining insights into projection and learning how to improve your assertiveness.

Learn how to navigate group dynamics

In the final week, you’ll unravel the complexities of group dynamics. You’ll gain an understanding of how groups behave and explore the bigger picture of organisational culture.

This will help you develop a holistic view of conflict and systems thinking to help you navigate group dynamics effectively.

Learning from the experts at Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, you’ll finish the course with the tools and skills to excel in a team environment.

This course is designed for anyone wanting to improve their team working abilities. The skills you’ll learn will be useful in any industry and role as you’ll build your self-awareness and confidence.

• Understanding yourself
• Welcome to the course and introducing week 1
• Looking below-the-surface at work
• Becoming more self-aware
• Becoming more mindful
• Working with other people
• Introduction to week 2 - Identity & Intersectionality
• Projecting & Taking in
• Finding your voice: Influencing, Assertiveness & Listening well
• Finding your voice: managing Anxiety & Stress
• Your role at work
• Introduction to week 3 & BART
• Authority at work
• Boundaries!
• Power at work
• Understanding groups at work
• Introduction to week 4 & Group Dynamics
• How organisations work - the bigger picture
• Putting it all together
• Course wrap-up and continuing the learning