Friday, November 6, 2026, 12 – 1 PM EST

Leadership is one of the most prolific areas of research in the behavioral sciences. While leadership has important implications for individuals, teams, and organizations; this workshop will focus on the importance of team leadership. Team leadership has been shown to be instrumental to team performance as it serves to create the conditions that foster effective team performance. This 60-minute workshop will provide a basic understanding of the team leadership landscape, the importance of motivation in teams, and the role that leaders occupy in creating the conditions for that enable motivation. Graduate students, post-docs, and all levels of academic faculty are all welcome to attend this workshop. 
 
 At the conclusion of the workshop, you should be able to: 

• Describe the mechanisms that leaders use to create conditions that enable teams to perform. 
• Describe how leaders can build leadership capacity within teams (and its limits) 
• Describe the role of leadership in promoting team learning 
• Understand the importance and mechanisms for facilitating and maintaining team motivation. 
• Apply the knowledge gained to analyze team interaction.