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Leaders need more than management training to be successful – they need vision, judgment, and the ability to skillfully navigate a changing business environment. Our customized leadership programs enhance leaders’ ability to motivate their teams, communicate effectively, manage conflict, and make effective decisions. After completing our program, leaders have the skills and focus to excel at moving organizations forward. Our leadership development programs are especially helpful in addressing the needs of women and minority leaders, emerging leaders, and issues inherent in leading across cultures.
We begin the strategic planning process by thoroughly assessing your organization and building a collaborative spirit among your team members. Then we assist you in creating a plan that maximizes your organization’s mission and strengths and is realistic and results-oriented. Finally, we engage your team in putting your strategic plan to work and taking responsibility for its successful implementation.
Organizational change can be motivated by a desire to improve performance, develop a new strategic direction or driven by external events such as a shift in market conditions. No matter the origin of your change initiative, you must manage the change process with clear goals, a solid plan, and a committed team. We work in partnership with you, sharing our knowledge, tapping into your team’s collective wisdom, and helping you create an environment of continuous opportunity for improvement.
Working in teams poses unique challenges, from defining group priorities and making decisions to resolving conflicts. We work with teams to improve communication and collaboration and increase productivity and performance. We assist teams in various developmental stages – during startup, when the team is moving through transition or a change in leadership, or when it needs to revitalize and find a new direction.
In addition, we coach teams using Action Learning, an approach that enhances problem solving and group learning, and creates accountability among team members.
We develop and deliver experientially-based training programs, emphasizing skills that can be easily applied in the workplace. We create highly interactive training environments, and we tailor both informational content and interactive exercises to the particulars of your workplace. We work with training participants to identify ways they can continue to develop their skills after the training is concluded, such as creating a development plan, forming support groups, beginning a mentoring relationship, or supplementing their learning with readings we recommend.
Customized to meet client needs, our training programs include:
- Conflict Management
- Staff Supervision
- Program Planning and Management
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Leading and Working on Teams
- Communication Skills
- Diversity
- Conducting Effective Meetings
Professional facilitation can make all the difference between a successful meeting that moves your agenda forward and one that falls flat or is quickly forgotten. For high stakes meetings such as retreats, strategic planning sessions, and meetings to grapple with contentious issues or difficult conversations, a facilitator can create an atmosphere of openness and trust, help clarify issues, and lead a group to consensus. As a neutral party, we keep a group focused, manage personalities, encourage participation and honesty, and ensure that participants leave a meeting with clear outcomes and a positive outlook.
Time for meetings is a limited commodity and should be used wisely. We ensure that your meetings and retreats are efficient and effective by thoughtfully designing them to meet your goals. Our design process begins with interviews of the participants and discussions with you to clarify what you hope to accomplish. You and your staff will return to the office with new skills, improved focus on organizational objectives, and renewed energy to reach your goals. We have designed and facilitated meetings for groups of all sizes, from 10 to 500 participants, including multi-stakeholder meetings.
We often find it useful to use various diagnostic tools and assessments. Assessments are useful as benchmarks to measure organizational and individual growth, and they are excellent tools to develop high performing teams. Our consultants are qualified to administer and train on the following assessments. These assessments are typically delivered through a Web-based application.
- Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI)
- Strengths Deployment Indicator (SDI)
- Thomas Kilman Inventory (TKI)
- DiSC
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