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Generations at Work

Today’s workplace is likely to have a workforce that is diverse not only ethnically and racially, but generationally, as well. The “Traditionalists,” the “Baby-boomers,” the “Gen-Xers,” and the “Millennials” require different methods of supervision and motivation. CBIL can help organizations:

• Identify the characteristics associated with the four generational groups represented in many workplaces.
• Communicate effectively with the different generational groups.
• Learn the motivational methods that work best with each generational group.
• Make the organizational adjustments necessary to get the best out of the different generational groups.

Meeting Planning and Facilitation

The next time you need to have a planning or project meeting, or an offsite retreat, consider using an outside facilitator from CBIL. A professional facilitator will

• provide a fresh, objective point of view and be free of biases based on previously established alliances inside the organization
• create a safe environment for frank and open discussions, and can identify issues that might be too risky for someone on the inside
• overcome communication blocks and get everyone involved, ensuring that important issues get a full airing from everyone concerned
• identify key issues and keep discussion focused on those issues without going off on unproductive tangents
• help develop clear goals and action items, with everyone knowing what their follow-up responsibilities are
• encourage outside-the-box thinking for more creative solutions to business problems

Of course, having an outside facilitator doesn't guarantee the success of your plan, but having one can ensure that you’ll achieve the thorough, objective, imaginative thinking required to create an effective strategy or carry out an important project.

 

Team Building

Team building is the process of influencing a group of diverse individuals, each with his/her own goals, needs, and perspective, to work together effectively for the good of the organization, and to accomplish more than the sum of their individual efforts. Effective team behavior is often referred to as “synergy.”

The Team Building Payoff

• More support for tasks
• More commitment for projects
• Improved communication
• Faster and better conflict resolution
• Individual sense of purpose
• Increased individual job satisfaction

Why Invest in Team Effectiveness Programs?

Any organization can bring a group of people together and call them a team. The key to organizational success lies in the effectiveness of the team. Look at some of the differences between effective and ineffective teams:

 

	Ineffective	Effective
Performance	Low	High
Objectives	Unclear	Clear
Commitment	To self	To team
Energy	Lethargic/unresponsive	Enthusiastic
Cooperation	Independent	Interdependent
Conflict	Unproductive, avoided when possible	Productive, encouraged
Trust	Subtle sabotage	High trust levels
Process	Unproductive game playing	High level of team process

 

Team Building programs are offered in collaboration with DDI and our newest provider, HRDQ, the developer of Jungle Escape, a simulation that surfaces issues in team planning, implementation, leadership, goal setting and problem solving.

• Working as a Team
  This four hour module supplies the foundation steps for teams to succeed. No matter how much or how little experience your organization has with team structure, the methods taught in this workshop help new teams get on track quickly and allow established teams to reach new heights of performance.

• Optimizing Team Performance
  There’s acceptable performance, and then there’s exceptional performance. Acceptable works, but wouldn’t exceptional work even better? That’s the idea behind this four hour workshop. It’s a hands-on working session designed to show teams how to take their performance to the next level, and how to move beyond performing adequately and efficiently to being top notch, reaching their optimal performance.

Other DDI programs designed to help build teamwork skills include:

Interaction Skills for Success Reaching Group Agreement Valuing Differences Communicating and Listening The Human Side of Lean

Fast Start for Teams Contributing to Meeting Success Building Trust Teams: Reaching New Heights

Each of the program modules runs approximately four hours, and may be delivered as a total package or as individual modules.

• Leadership: Facilitating Change
  Change almost inevitably leads to disorientation. The effective leader’s new strategic importance lies in being able to facilitate change and, in the process, minimize disorientation. This two-module (8 hours) workshop will help experienced and emerging leaders to learn to lead through vision and values, champion continuous improvement, build business partnerships, and facilitate learning in the organization.

Other DDI programs designed to build and enhance leadership skills include:

Supporting Leadership Development Adaptive Leadership Influential Leadership Managing Performance Problems Keeping Talent Rapid Decision Making  Leading Your Team to Optimal Performance Delegating for Productivity and Growth Guiding the Development of Others Partnerships: Creating Synergy

Achieving Your Leadership Potential Coaching for Improvement Coaching for Success Coaching: Developing High Performance Mastering Interacting Skills Resolving Conflict Empowering Leader Trust: Strengthening the Foundation Helping Others Adapt to Change Performance Planning: Reviewing Progress Performance Planning: Setting Expectations

There are two leadership streams within DDI course offerings, designed specifically for upper level leaders and first line supervisors. Each of the program modules runs approximately four hours, and may be delivered as a total package or as individual modules.

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