Members $199  Non-members $399

Don Yaeger is an Award-Winning Leadership Speaker, Executive Coach, and 12-time New York Times Best-Selling Author who collaborated on IFA’s virtual learning series, Great Teams: A Don Yaeger Series.

This course includes the 4 Energizing Management Session Recordings and accompanying workbook resources. Search the catalog to find the Great Teams: Full Series Bundle which includes all 16 session recordings.

This series is a comprehensive development initiative designed to elevate your organization's performance. Each session recording addresses critical aspects of building and sustaining high-performing teams, from identifying your corporate "WHY" and fostering leadership to managing change and maintaining efficiency. Through practical exercises and real-world examples from successful teams in sports, business, and the non-profit sector, the program equips your organization with the tools needed to achieve lasting success and foster a culture of continuous improvement. Tailor the lessons to your current priorities and watch your team thrive in any environment.

Energizing Management Session Recordings Include:

• Great Teams Have a Roadmap

The journey to achieving greatness may be long but great teams have a roadmap or plan that guides them there. The plan is the fabric of their culture, and all involved understand the importance of following the plan to reach their desired success. In this lesson, you will learn more about establishing a training program that allows core values to become non-negotiables for future team success.

• Great Teams Strive to Build Camaraderie & Collective Direction

Team building requires buy-in to what the collective direction and goal of the company is supposed to be. Within that is the art of fellowship among your professional team. The development of camaraderie doesn’t happen by accident; it is an intentional effort. In this lesson, you will learn what some of the Great Teams and businesses have done to promote camaraderie and a sense of collective direction.

• Great Teams Manage Dysfunction, Friction & Strong Personalities

While camaraderie is the dream scenario for any team, dysfunction is very real. Conflict is a common variable in team environments. When your team has strong personalities and talented people, many times there will be friction. Great Teams know how to keep those challenges from derailing the achievement of success. In this lesson, you will learn how to manage dysfunction by hearing examples of how the Great Teams promoted a culture where the members didn’t always have to like one another, but they were driven to appreciate their respective value to the team’s overall goal.

• Great Teams Build a Mentoring Culture

Many organizations have "mentoring programs" that are required as a component of corporate advancement. The Great Teams instead encourage a "mentoring culture" that is inspired by wanting to teach and learn every day. Mentoring may seem informal, but done correctly, it is far more valuable than a mandatory check-in over coffee. Great Teams openly discuss the responsibilities of both mentors and mentees to make the business relationship successful. In this lesson, you will learn how the Great Teams unlocked consistent winning by establishing parameters for a strong mentoring culture.

Search the catalog to find the Great Teams: Full Series Bundle which includes all 16 session recordings.

Members $199  Non-members $399

Estimated completion time: 4 hours

Course access length: 6 months upon enrollment 

Awards 4 CFE education credits upon completion 

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