Background information

After two or three years of rapid growth, designers can normally grow into a team backbone. And if hardworking and lucky enough, you may have begun to manage a design team. There are new problems which can cause confusion like how to deal with the relationship between old colleagues and new subordinates; how to establish authority and expand influence; how to enhance the team as a whole professional force; how to set the team goals ...In this workshop, I will share knowledge on how to grow into design managers, how to manage common problems and common solution for problems in a design team;

Outline

Part 1: How to grow into a design team manager:

1.1 designer competency model and leadership model;

1.2 necessary requirements to become the backbone of a design team;

1.3 the difference between the design backbone and the design manager;

1.4 power and influence;

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Part 2: How to build and manage the design team;

2.1 different stages of team building and management;

2.2 optimize the design team structure;

2.3 enhance the team expertise;

2.4 expand the team influence;

2.5 optimize cross-team cooperation;

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Three: interactive discussion;

Participants will learn

• Understand the designer’s skill structure model and leadership model;

• Understand the similarities and differences between project management and team management;

• Learn how to build and optimize the design team architecture;

• Learn how to improve teamwork and expand influence;

• Learn about common problems and solutions in design team management