Leading teams | GPLD145

Working in teams can lead to innovative ideas and strong performance that you wouldn’t be able to achieve on your own, but it can also be stressful.  Join us for this 2 hour interactive workshop to learn about the how to thrive in a team environment and demonstrate strong leadership whether you’re the designated team leader or you play a different role in the team.   In this workshop you’ll learn expert views on the factors that affect team performance, discover the how team norms are created and the influence they have on team performance, and learn about how to manage team conflict. Whether you have experience leading teams or not, this workshop will equip you with the skills required to improve your performance in team settings in any setting.

• Identify and influence factors that affect team performance at an individual, team and organizational level  
• Identify positive and negative team norms, plus develop strategies to create them effectively at different stages in a team’s lifespan  
• Learn about different conflict styles and how to manage team conflict in ways that are sensitive to the context, required outcome and the needs of other team members  

Sarah is studying for a PhD in Social and Cultural Analysis at Concordia. Her research looks at the ways in which we talk about AI technologies and how that shapes the ways in which technologies are adopted and the direction of innovation. She has MSc in Sustainable Development and a BA(Hons) in English Literature and Language. Sarah has almost 20 years experience in media and advertising having worked in various agency environments and at Google. She  serves on the executive committee of the Canadian Anthropology Association, and is the Communications Manager for Concordia’s Ethnography Lab.