Benefits of Team-Based Leadership Development

Effective leadership at all levels of an organization has never been more critical than it is today. The human and social services sector is resource strained in many ways but the need to sustain staff morale and productivity is still essential.

A team-based approach to leadership development is one of the most effective ways to build capability across an organization. Instead of independently focusing on sill building, this approach develops leadership collectively, which accelerates collaboration, culture change, and improved performance.

Some of the benefits of team-based leadership development include:

• Shared Language & Alignment: Learning together reduces miscommunication, establishes new norms, improves decision-making, and improves strategy.
• Stronger Trust & Psychological Safety: Colleagues can build relationships, test new approaches, and exchange feedback in supportive environments.
• Sustained Behavior Change through Shared Accountability: Peer-driven reinforcement increases the likelihood that new behaviors become long-term habits.
• Systems Thinking: Individuals move from siloed priorities to organization-wide goals.
• Rapid Application: With a group of staff, it’s easier to troubleshoot barriers and creatively implement solutions.
• Development of Collective Leadership Capacity: Equal development opportunities prepare organizations for succession planning and enhance adaptability during change.

Organizations should consider team-based leadership for various groups, including cross-functional leaders, emerging leaders, and new supervisors.

On-Demand Virtual Training and Consultation Through Social Current

Enrolling staff in on-demand virtual training through Social Current allows you to gain the benefits of team-based leadership development and accommodate differing schedules. These asynchronous trainings feature eight hours of content that can be completed anytime within a year of enrollment. Each tackles a timely topic with research-backed strategies.

To further support teams of two or more that enroll in these courses, Social Current will provide one hour of free consultation. This facilitation will assist your team in debriefing from the training—crystalizing lessons learned, prioritizing applications and next steps, and ensuring accountability.

Burning Bright: The Resilience Advantage

This course guides you through a practical, scientific, and reflective approach to regularly recharging and consistently bringing your best self—at home, at work, and your community.

Innovation Leadership

This course introduces core concepts from design thinking to help leaders use real business issues to frame problems, design experiments (projects), make decisions, and learn from mistakes. You’ll explore what innovation is and is not, what can impact innovation, and how to mitigate innovation challenges.

Managing Virtual and Hybrid Teams

Working remotely has its advantages; it can also be challenging. This course is designed to help you develop a new mindset, skillset, and toolkit to handle more complexity and ambiguity associated with navigating the virtual landscape with greater effectiveness.

These trainings were developed by The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL)®, a top-ranked, global, nonprofit provider of leadership development.

Log in to the Social Current Learning Community with your hub/COA Accreditation portal credentials or create a new account to get started.