3 DaysManagers and Team LeadersUAE, KSA & MENAAED 51,500 + VAT
Building High-Performing Teams
Transform a group of individuals into a cohesive, high-output team.
Course Overview
Building High-Performing Teams gives managers and team leaders the tools to create environments where people do their best work. Drawing on Google’s Project Aristotle, Lencioni’s Five Dysfunctions, and cutting-edge team science, the programme is rigorous and immediately practical.
Participants explore what enables high performance — trust, psychological safety, clarity, accountability, and collective commitment — and develop a personal leadership toolkit to embed these qualities in their own teams.
Key Course Outcomes
✓Diagnose team performance gaps and identify the root causes of underperformance.
✓Build psychological safety and trust that genuinely unlocks team potential.
✓Define clear roles, goals, and accountability structures that drive measurable results.
✓Lead productive conversations, healthy challenge, and constructive conflict.
✓Design and implement a team development roadmap for sustained high performance.
Programme Structure
A structured, practical curriculum built for the MENA business environment. Select each day to explore the modules in detail.
Day 1: Team Foundations
1
What Makes a High-Performing Team?
The science of team performance: Project Aristotle insights
Tuckman's five stages and where your team sits
Team diagnostic: understanding your current state
2
Building Trust and Psychological Safety
The trust equation and how leaders build or destroy it
Creating an environment where people speak up safely
Behaviours that signal psychological safety vs threat
3
Clarity: Roles, Goals, and Expectations
RACI and role clarity frameworks in practice
Setting team goals using OKRs
Removing the ambiguity that kills team motivation
Day 2: Performance and Accountability
1
Accountability Without Micromanagement
The accountability dial from avoidance to ownership
Creating a culture of follow-through and delivery
Holding people accountable with empathy and directness
2
Managing Performance Conversations
The SBI feedback model applied to real team situations
Addressing performance issues early and constructively
Coaching conversations that build lasting capability
3
Conflict, Challenge, and Productive Tension
Why healthy conflict drives team innovation
Tools for facilitating constructive disagreement
Navigating interpersonal conflict as a leader
Day 3: Sustaining High Performance
1
Motivation, Recognition, and Engagement
Intrinsic vs extrinsic motivators across cultures
Personalising recognition for diverse MENA teams
Building team rituals that sustain energy and focus
2
Leading Diverse Cross-Cultural Teams
Cultural intelligence in UAE and KSA environments
Managing generational and personality diversity
Inclusive leadership behaviours and their impact
3
Team Development Planning
Building your 90-day team development plan
Peer review and commitment to specific actions
Leading through change and team disruption
What Participants Say
★★★★★
"Corporate Training Hub delivered a game-changing consultative selling programme for our sales team. The results were immediate — pipeline quality improved dramatically within weeks of the training."
Khalid Al Marzouqi
Sales Director, Major UAE Bank
★★★★★
"Outstanding delivery and deep regional understanding. Our management team left with practical tools they actually use. The facilitators' knowledge of the MENA environment set this apart from anything we have seen."
Sarah Thompson
HR Director, Global Manufacturing Co.
★★★★★
"The AI for Business programme opened our eyes to possibilities we hadn't considered. Excellent facilitation that made complex concepts accessible to every level of our leadership team."
Mohammed Al Rasheed
COO, Regional Real Estate Developer
Interested in This Programme?
Speak to our team about scheduling, group pricing, and delivery in UAE or KSA. All prices are per group of up to 12 delegates, excluding VAT.
