| How to Get Long-Term Performance
From a Temporary Workforce |
| The contingent workforce
has become a strong presence in the workplace. Managers
and employees need to shift their thinking about the temporary
worker, whose business output is long-term, and often permanent.
Participants will get several important strategies, including:
4 job aids to get workers started
A specific
framework for setting performance expectations
Performance
tools for managing projects and contingent workers
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"I've
just become a manager of a group of contract workers. The
tools I received from this presentation will help me set
my workers up for success. The checklists also help me know
what my responsibilities are."
-
Jennie Brown
Vice President and Manager Barclays Global Investments International
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How to Manage Yourself
Through Organizational Change and Transition
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Incessant organizational change is the
norm in corporations today. Having a personal plan to manage
yourself through the confusion, new management, and new
expectations is critical to your well-being and personal
productivity. Participants will receive:
12 tips for managing yourself through organizational change
4 thought-provoking
questions for a healthy inquiry
3 ways
to find personal purpose and meaning through organizational
shifts
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"We've
had nothing but change, change, change for the last two
years. Our productivity is really bad because we're all
worried about losing our jobs. Learning how to manage change
at the personal level gave me good ideas for a plan so I
can feel some semblance of control over my career."
-Yoshio Takamura
Vice President
Sumitomo Bank of California
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| How to transform a work
group into a team |
Teamwork is one approach for achieving
the organization's targeted business results. Teamwork also
provides employees the opportunity to make a contribution
and develop their skills and abilities, while tapping into
their creativity.
Participants will learn:
How to transform a group into a team
How
to build an effective team
The
characteristics of an effective team
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"My
team is a group of stars, not a star team. Everyone wants
to shine individually. The workshop tools gave all us of
us good tips on how to work more effectively together."
-Mary
Jane Smith
Team Facilitator
Axis Technologies
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| Effective Meeting Management
|
Work groups have a strong
capacity for problem solving, decision making and planning.
The primary purpose for meetings is to gather work group
members together, engage their minds in processing information
to:
Solve problems
Make
decisions
Plan
All meetings have specific outputs:
Achieve a superior quality of thinking and understanding
Engage
different minds in a variety of perspectives
Yield
a product in the form of coherent analyses, solutions, decisions
and plans
Participants will:
Learn
the secrets of productive meeting management
The workshop will provide specific meeting
management tools an techniques so your meetings will immediately
become productive and results-oriented.
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| Recent speaking
engagements
- "Leading on Purpose. Practical
Approaches to Targeted Leadership." Presented to
the International Society for Performance Improvement.
2003 Annual Conference
- " The Real Culture Shock:
How Culture Impacts Organizational Strategy." Presented
to the International Society for Performance Improvement.
2002 Annual Conference
- " Improve Performance. Yours.
Your Clients'." Presented to the International
Society for Performance Improvement. 2001
Annual Conference
- "Take Charge! Don't be a
Victim! Manage Yourself Through Organizational Change."
Presented to the International Federation of Training
and Development Organizations. 2001 Annual Conference
in Brazil, South America
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