Building and Developing High-Performing Teams

KR WORKSHOP SERIES | CAPE TOWN

Build teams that can sustain high performance.

Most teams are managed against KPIs, but sustainable performance requires more than targets.

This workshop explores what happens when teams operate with trust, autonomy, intrinsic motivation and shared accountability.

Participants will learn practical tools to help leaders develop teams that are capable, connected and increasingly independent.

DAY ONE

Foundations of High-Performing Teams

Explore:

• High-performing teams and the characteristics of exceptional teams
• Trust as the foundation of sustainable performance
• Leaders as capability multipliers
• Intrinsic motivation
• Connection, competence and autonomy
• Eight levers of motivation
• Team development stages
• The 3×3 framework for team commitments

DAY TWO

Applying Trust-Based Leadership

Learn how to:

• Calibrate autonomy to capability
• Diagnose team maturity
• Reflect on leadership behaviours
• Embed trust-based leadership into HR systems
• Strengthen onboarding and performance management
• Build culture-specific engagement approaches
• Coach managers to develop autonomous teams

Practical Deliverables

Participants will:

• Diagnose team maturity
• Apply an autonomy-readiness checklist
• Build a team charter
• Develop a high-performance model
• Strengthen their ability to coach managers

Key Outcomes

Participants will leave with practical tools for developing teams that are trusting, intrinsically motivated and able to work autonomously.

Who Should Attend

• Senior Managers and Executives
• Line Managers
• Team Leaders
• HR Directors, Managers and Business Partners
• People and Culture Professionals
• Learning and Development Professionals
• Organisational Development Professionals
• Leadership Development Professionals
• Managers responsible for team performance
• Leaders looking to strengthen trust, autonomy and accountability
• Professionals responsible for building workplace cultures that support high performance

Dr Charles du Toit Managing Director, Trust-Based Leadership Academy

Dr Charles du Toit is a leadership expert with a PhD in Leadership from the University of Johannesburg. His doctoral research, The Role of HR in Creating a Leadership Brand, shaped his focus on trust-based leadership as essential for organisational success. He has more than 30 years of corporate experience, including senior HR and training roles at VWSA, Eveready (Pty) Ltd, and MA Automotive. Today, he heads The Trust-Based Leadership Academy, where he works with academic and corporate clients on leadership, HR, and conflict management. An experienced lecturer, Dr du Toit has taught leadership and HR at postgraduate level at NMMU, Stellenbosch University, and TUT. He is the author of 14 Leadership Commandments: Trust-Based Leadership in Action; Onboarding: Strategies for Getting Employees Up to Speed Faster and Trust-Based Leadership: The 9 Principles.