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Topic 4 – Leadership, individual and conflict management
In today's rapidly evolving world, the ability to lead effectively is more critical than ever. Leadership is not just about holding a position of authority; it's about influencing, inspiring, and guiding others to achieve common goals. This topic will introduce you to the concept of leadership as a meta-competence and help you understand the essential skills and behaviors that make a great leader.
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Module 2: Working in Teams

    What does it mean to be skilled at teamwork? It means being a collaborative person, who accepts other people’s opinions, who is available to help others, a person with patience and empathy. 

     

    Working in a team means trusting the work of others and relying on colleagues without fear. 

     

    Joining a team and being able to work in harmony with others improves the working climate and consequently brings advantages in terms of productivity and efficiency. In fact, group work determines a reduction in working times, because when more people collaborate fruitfully the times are shortened. 

     

    To make this possible it is also necessary to know the 8 key competences identified by the EU, and specifically for working in a team, knowing the competence “Cultural awareness and expression”: 
     
    Competence in cultural awareness and expression involves having an understanding of and respect for how ideas and meaning are creatively expressed and communicated in different cultures and through a range of arts and other cultural forms. It involves being engaged in understanding, developing and expressing one’s own ideas and sense of place or role in society in a variety of ways and contexts.1 

     

    There are no fixed rules for developing good teamwork skills but this skill is better assimilated and developed in contexts that can count on:  

     

    • Defined roles: each team member must know what they do, and their role must be known and recognised by everyone. Entrust the individual members of the group with the roles that best suit their abilities; 
    • Team leader: it is necessary to identify a member of the group who holds the reins of the work, moderates it and verifies its progress. 
    • Clear objective: the purpose of the group work must be clearly established for everyone. 
    • Mutual trust and solidarity: only by being able to trust all the members of the group, and knowing that you can count on their support, is it possible to achieve the pre-established goal. 
    • Motivation: each member will encourage the others to complete the work and achieve the goal. 
    • Transparency in communication: the dialogue between team members must be fluid, understandable to all and very clear.