Building and Managing High-Performing Teams

About Course

A group of talented people does not automatically become a strong team. Unclear roles, reactive hiring, weak onboarding, unnecessary meetings and avoided performance problems can make growth slower and more expensive. This course gives founders and managers a practical system for designing, building and operating a team that delivers reliable results.

You will map required capabilities, create role scorecards, structure interviews, onboard new hires and clarify goals, decision rights and accountability. Practical exercises help you establish working agreements, communication channels, meeting rhythms, performance conversations and development plans. You will also diagnose conflict, underperformance and team-health problems before they spread.

By the end, you will become a more systematic team builder—able to align people around outcomes, develop capability and improve performance without micromanaging. Successful learners receive a Scalelab Academy certificate, lifetime access and future updates, plus hiring, onboarding, accountability, communication and performance templates and course-specific AI tools.

Design a team around business outcomes and capabilities.
Create role scorecards and structured interviews.
Build effective onboarding plans.
Clarify goals, roles, decisions and accountability.
Create practical team working agreements.
Design effective communication and meeting rhythms.
Run useful one-to-one and performance conversations.
Diagnose performance gaps accurately.
Address conflict and underperformance fairly.
Build a team-performance dashboard.
Review team capacity and capability needs.
Use AI-assisted team processes responsibly.

Course Content

Section 1: Design the Team Your Business Actually Needs
Build the team around business priorities, capabilities, workload and dependencies.

Start with Business Outcomes
Map Essential Work
Identify Capability Gaps
Choose the Workforce Mix
Sequence Team Growth
Apply It: Capability Map

Section 2: Select and Onboard the Right People
Define roles, assess candidates consistently and accelerate productive onboarding.

Section 3: Create Clear Roles, Goals and Accountability
Clarify outcomes, responsibilities, decision ownership, measures and dependencies.

Section 4: Build Trust and Effective Team Culture
Translate values into working agreements, psychological safety, inclusion and reliable behaviour.

Section 5: Run Communication and Collaboration That Works
Design channels, meetings, documentation, handovers and decisions for on-site, remote and hybrid work.

Section 6: Manage Performance and Develop Capability
Build continuous expectations, feedback, coaching, recognition and development.

Section 7: Address Conflict, Underperformance and Team Change
Respond early and fairly to issues affecting the team.

Section 8: Build a High-Performing Team Operating System
Combine goals, responsibilities, meetings, performance, health and capability into a repeatable rhythm.

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Course Content

Section 1: Design the Team Your Business Actually Needs Build the team around business priorities, capabilities, workload and dependencies.

Start with Business Outcomes

Map Essential Work

Identify Capability Gaps

Choose the Workforce Mix

Sequence Team Growth

Apply It: Capability Map

Section 2: Select and Onboard the Right People Define roles, assess candidates consistently and accelerate productive onboarding.

Create Outcome-Based Roles

Build a Role Scorecard

Use Structured Interviews

Assess Fairly

Check References and Fit

Apply It: 30-60-90 Onboarding Plan

Section 3: Create Clear Roles, Goals and Accountability Clarify outcomes, responsibilities, decision ownership, measures and dependencies.

Set Team Outcomes

Clarify Individual Responsibilities

Map Decision Ownership

Choose Useful Measures

Manage Dependencies

Apply It: Accountability Map

Section 4: Build Trust and Effective Team Culture Translate values into working agreements, psychological safety, inclusion and reliable behaviour.

Define Team Culture Practically

Build Psychological Safety

Strengthen Reliability

Create Inclusive Participation

Address Blame and Politics

Apply It: Team Charter

Section 5: Run Communication and Collaboration That Works Design channels, meetings, documentation, handovers and decisions for on-site, remote and hybrid work.

Choose Communication Channels

Design Meeting Purposes

Run Focused Meetings

Document What Matters

Improve Handoffs

Apply It: Communication Map

Section 6: Manage Performance and Develop Capability Build continuous expectations, feedback, coaching, recognition and development.

Set Clear Performance Expectations

Run Useful One-to-Ones

Give Actionable Feedback

Diagnose Performance Gaps

Recognise and Develop People

Apply It: Performance Conversation

Section 7: Address Conflict, Underperformance and Team Change Respond early and fairly to issues affecting the team.

Productive and Destructive Conflict

Diagnose the Team Issue

Address Missed Commitments

Manage Underperformance

Lead Through Team Change

Apply It: Improvement Plan

Section 8: Build a High-Performing Team Operating System Combine goals, responsibilities, meetings, performance, health and capability into a repeatable rhythm.

Design the Operating Rhythm

Build a Team Dashboard

Review Capacity and Capability

Learn from Delivery

Use AI Responsibly

Capstone: Team Operating System

Create a 90-Day Improvement Plan