Aspire     Network Security Specialist to CloudOps Security Architect     Business & Leadership for CloudOps Security Architect

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Many organizations have discovered the advantages of using cross-functional teams, such as diversity of skills, perspectives, and experience, to accomplish their goals. While the diversity inherent to these teams can present certain challenges, successfully managing teams is worth the reward.
In this course, you'll learn about the benefits of cross-functional teams. You'll also learn about the various development stages of cross-functional teams and the risks at each stage. Finally, you'll learn about the team leadership skills and abilities a cross-functional team leader should have and best practices for the related teamwork.

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Objectives

Cross-functional Team Leadership Strategies recall advantages of a cross-functional team sequence examples of stages in the life of a cross-functional team match examples of problems at the creation and formation and launch stages of cross-functional team development with the corresponding stages identify problems encountered at the development and initial success stages of cross-functional team development recognize examples of issues that occur at the cynicism and zone stages of cross-functional team development identify characteristics of a successful cross-functional team leader recognize examples of how to manage cross-functional teams successfully recognize issues that arise in cross-functional teams and strategies for successful team management