Leading High-Performance Teams: Accountability, Trust & Collaboration

Course Overview

This course provides a practical system for building teams that perform under pressure. Many teams are full of capable people yet still underperform and this is the fault of the leader, who bears ultimate responsibility for performance. Perhaps it is because priorities are unclear, accountability is inconsistent, meetings drift, delegation is weak, feedback is avoided, or difficult conversations never quite happen. In fast-moving organisations, those costs show up quickly in missed commitments, silo behaviour, slow decisions, avoidable friction and a compliance rather than contribution mindset.

What You Will Gain

• Analyse the behaviours and conditions you create that impact team performance
• Evaluate your default conflict patterns and personal triggers to overcome them effectively
• Formulate a clear team purpose, priorities, roles, and decision-making processes
• Develop coaching skills through effective questioning, feedback, anddevelopment conversations

You Will Learn

This course is for you if you feel your team is not fulfilling its potential and know it is your responsibility to unlock it. We provide practical tools to move beyond theory, helping you strengthen trust, alignment, and constructive challenge within your team.

• Receive one-to-one coaching and use leading 360 diagnostics to understand your leadership strengths and impact
• Gain a blueprint to make your team’s invisible operating system visible and learn practical ways to strengthen it

Who Should Attend

This practical intermediate-to-advanced course is designed for leaders who need to strengthen trust, alignment and execution in fast-moving, cross-functional environments. It is particularly valuable for those who want to lead teams more effectively through complexity, improve how people work together, and build the conditions for sustained high performance.

• Executives Leading Cross-Functional Teams
• Directors and Heads of Function

Certification Criteria

To qualify for a Certificate of Completion from Informa Connect Academy, learners are required to meet two criteria:

• Assessment: Give a presentation on how you will apply the principles of high-performingteams in your workplace
• Punctuality and Attendance: Eligibility for the end-of-course assessment is linked to full attendance | Unavoidable absence of up to 2 hours of the total course duration may beconsidered upon prior written approval to Informa Connect Academy

Delivered by David

David is a leadership adviser, facilitator and executive coach whose clients include C-suite leaders and CEOs in billion-dollar organisations. He helps leaders build stronger teams, strengthen alignment and accountability, and improve performance in complex organisations.

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