In today's competitive environment it is critical to leverage the power of teams to provide solutions to problems, too innovate and enhance organizational capabilities, and to take advantage of emerging business opportunities. The potential effectiveness of a high performing team far exceeds the ability of any single manager.

To build a successful team requires a leader who possesses the knowledge and skills to build a climate of trust, leverage personal strengths of team members, manage team weaknesses, and set meaningful goals and expectations. Successful team leaders focus on both team purpose and individual tasks, promote shared responsibility for results, identify appropriate methods for rewards and recognition, and communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders. They also coach team members and help manage the change process.

This certificate is designed to help individuals develop the necessary skills to lead and manage effective teams. The courses in the program have been developed for bankers, and are presented in a banking context. The program is appropriate for bankers who have direct supervisory responsibility for team members and for bankers who collaborate with others in the bank on occasion to meet common objectives and achieve specific results.

This certificate is also available as a AIB Self Paced Online Course.

AIB Certificate Code: 43