The Oxford Leadership Seminar: Leading High Performing Teams

Introduction

This leadership training course is designed for organisations seeking to strengthen leadership capability in an increasingly complex and people-driven environment. Effective leadership today requires more than authority; it demands self-awareness, communication excellence, and the ability to motivate and develop high-performing teams. This training course equips leaders with the skills and insights needed to lead confidently through change, influence others positively, and deliver sustainable results.

This course focuses on developing the practical leadership behaviours that directly impact team performance, engagement, and decision-making. Participants will explore how leadership style, communication, motivation, and feedback shape workplace outcomes. Through a structured and progressive learning journey, leaders will gain a deeper understanding of how to align people, purpose, and performance while building trust, accountability, and resilience within their teams.

This training course will highlight:

• Leadership effectiveness and self-awareness
• Communicating with clarity and impact
• Team problem solving and decision making
• Developing and sustaining high-performing teams
• Motivation, feedback, and leadership development

Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will learn to: 

• Understand effective leadership behaviours
• Develop impactful communication skills
• Analyse team decision-making dynamics
• Apply approaches to team development
• Design personal leadership development plan

Training Methodology

This training course uses a highly interactive and participative learning approach combining facilitator-led discussions, practical exercises, reflective learning, and group interaction. Participants will engage in structured discussions and applied learning to reinforce key leadership concepts. The methodology encourages experience sharing, critical reflection, and practical application to ensure learning transfer to the workplace.

Organisational Impact

The Organisation will have the following benefits;

• Stronger leadership capability
• Improved team performance
• Better decision-making quality
• Increased employee engagement
• Consistent leadership behaviours
• Enhanced communication effectiveness

Personal Impact

At the end of this training course, the participants will gain the following;

• Greater leadership self-awareness
• Improved communication confidence
• Enhanced team leadership skills
• Stronger decision-making ability
• Practical motivation techniques
• Clear personal development focus