Targeted Audience:

• Employees, Teams, Workgroups, Frontline Supervisors, Leads, Managers and Executives

Class Length:

• 8 Hours

According to management expert Tom Peters: “Self-directed work teams are the basic organizational building blocks of the new millennium."  SDWT is a group of employees from diverse backgrounds who have been empowered to accomplish a specific objective for the organization.  SDWT represents the ultimate step in team evolution toward peak performance, high quality and grass roots accountability. A recent national survey found that employees want to work hard, contribute to a team effort and get a sense of accomplishment from personally doing their best.  However, because of the way their jobs are structured, arranged and compensated they often only give a half-hearted effort which leads to long term resentment.

The set of skills and techniques learned in this workshop will help you understand the SDWT concept and determine if it is right for your work group.  You will also be able to shorten the learning curve and implementation time in forming your SDWT.