This course explores teamwork as a dynamic system shaped by purpose, structure, roles, influence, leadership, culture, technology, and resilience. Learners will examine why teams lose alignment, how informal influence affects performance, how collaboration breaks down, and how teams can be redesigned for clarity, accountability, adaptability, and long-term effectiveness.

Teamwork: Build and Sustain High-Performing Teams

Teamwork: Build and Sustain High-Performing Teams

Instructor: Martine Abboud
Access provided by Skills Development Fund
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level
No prior experience required
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
What you'll learn
Identify how team purpose, structure, roles, and routines shape performance, alignment, and collective accountability.
Analyse hidden influence, informal decision-making, cultural dynamics, and barriers that affect collaboration inside teams.
Apply practical frameworks to improve role clarity, team resilience, adaptive capacity, and future-ready teamwork.
Skills you'll gain
- Accountability
- Team Management
- Collaboration
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Virtual Teams
- Team Collaboration
- Team Building
- Cultural Diversity
- Teamwork
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Accountability Frameworks
- Trustworthiness
- Drive Engagement
- Team Motivation
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Intercultural Competence
- Leadership
- Team Leadership
- Diversity Awareness
- Team Performance Management
Details to know

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Assessments
1 assignment
Taught in English
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July 2026
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