Executive Programme
Leading New Teams
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Overview
The success or failure of a team is often determined in its earliest days. When a new team forms—whether through promotion, organisational restructuring, new projects, or leadership transition—the leader faces a critical challenge: transforming a group of individuals with different expectations, backgrounds, and motivations into a cohesive, confident, and productive unit.
The Commonwealth Institute of Advanced and Professional Studies (CIAPS) presents Leading New Teams, a two-day executive programme designed to help leaders build trust quickly, establish clarity of purpose, and create a culture of collaboration and accountability.
This programme equips participants with the insight, tools, and leadership frameworks needed to guide newly formed teams from uncertainty to performance.
Learning Outcome
Participants will gain practical insight into how to:
- Establish clear directions and shared purposes for a new team
- Build trust and credibility as a new leader
- Align team members around common goals and expectations
- Manage different personalities and working styles
- Address early conflicts constructively
- Create communication systems that support collaboration
- Build a culture of accountability and performance
Participants leave the programme with tools they can apply immediately within their teams.
Who is this programme for?
This programme is particularly valuable for:
- Newly appointed managers and team leaders
- Project managers leading new initiatives
- Department heads responsible for new units
- Executives managing organisational restructuring
- Entrepreneurs building new organisational teams
- HR professionals responsible for leadership development
The programme is ideal for professionals seeking to strengthen their leadership effectiveness and accelerate team performance.
Registration Fee
Per Delegate
Programme Fee
£200
Per Delegate
The cost of the programme per delegate is £200
The programme fee covers:
- full participation in the two-day programme
- course materials and resources
- certificate of participation
- networking opportunities
- refreshments
Discount available for Group Booking
Other details
Why This Programme is Important
Leading an established team is difficult. Leading a new team is even more demanding. New teams often struggle with:Â
- unclear expectations and roles
- lack of trust among members
- competing priorities and personalities
- ineffective communication patterns
- pressure to deliver results quickly
Without deliberate leadership, these challenges can lead to confusion, conflict, and underperformance.
Effective leaders understand that team cohesion does not happen automatically—it must be intentionally built.
This programme helps leaders accelerate trust, alignment, and productivity from the earliest stages of team formation.
Programme Structure
Day One – Building the Foundations of Team Success
The first day focuses on the essential foundations that enable new teams to function effectively.
Topics include:
- Understanding the dynamics of newly formed teams
- The leader’s role in shaping team culture and expectations
- Establishing purpose, roles, and accountability
- Building trust and credibility as a team leader
- Creating effective communication frameworks
Participants learn how to create clarity, alignment, and psychological safety within their teams.
Day Two – Driving Team Performance
The second day focuses on strengthening collaboration and sustaining team effectiveness.
Topics include:
- Managing diverse personalities and work styles
- Constructive conflict management and decision processes
- Motivating and engaging team members
- Monitoring performance and providing feedback
- Sustaining team momentum and resilience
By the end of the programme, participants will understand how to move teams from formation to high performance.
Learning Experience
CIAPS programmes combine intellectual insight with practical application.
Participants benefit from:
- expert-led sessions grounded in leadership research and practice
- case discussions reflecting real organisational challenges
- interactive learning and peer exchange
- practical frameworks and tools for immediate use
The learning environment is rigorous, reflective, and highly practical.
Benefits of Attending
Participants will:
- Strengthen their ability to lead new teams effectively
- Learn proven methods for building trust and collaboration quickly
- Improve their skills in managing team dynamics and conflict
- Develop practical leadership frameworks that they can apply immediately
- Expand their professional network with fellow leaders
- Receive a Commonwealth Institute CertificateÂ
Faculty
Programmes at the Commonwealth Institute go far beyond simply teaching skills and theories; these courses provide practical lessons in the classroom that can be effectively applied within organisations.Â
Each programme is designed and led by carefully selected experts and leading authorities in their respective fields.Â
Our aim in selecting them is to give you the chance to gain a fresh perspective on global operations through our innovative curriculum, world-renowned faculty, and a skilled group of elite peers from across the globe.
