This is appropriate for a team that is providing input to business decisions, is making some decisions on its own and has assumed some responsibility from the team leader for a number of business functions. It is especially appropriate for a team that is ready to expand its responsibility and whose members are ready to move on to the next stage of team development.

Through a variety of hands-on exercises and discussions you will learn:

• How to increase team member responsibility and accountability on your self-directed work team.


• How to understand the critical components of planning and managing the transition of roles and responsibilities on the team. (This includes development of a team plan for development with measurements).


• How to identify the 10 most common self-directed work team problems.


• How to use the 5 steps of graded intervention to know when and how to react to team problems.


• How to handle conflict and manage differences on the team.


• How to check the competency of your self-directed team on an ongoing basis to ensure progress through the stages of self-direction.