Beyond One Happy Team: Self-Selection for a Better Culture The talent shortage is real. According to CareerBuilder research, 60% of US organizations today can't fill their open positions in 12 weeks or more. Combined with a high turnover rate, this leads to a massive loss of profit opportunities.How can we create a culture that attracts people and keeps them engaged, motivated, and well-jelled with their teams? And after they join, how do we build resilience into our teams and the organization? Empowering people to choose their own teams - a 'self-selection' - is a great vehicle to build happiness, resilience and a better culture.In this session I will share stories from running successful self-selection events in New York, Dublin and Chicago, and how I prepare technology teams and management for their first self-selection events. Participants will learn about the ingredients of successful self-selection and its positive effects on employee retention and company resiliency. They will leave this session with actionable steps, excited about their first self-selection experiment. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies.
Persuading the Bear Learn How to Build Engaged Communities Through Horizontal Influencing It was 9 pm on a Friday and I was at work. My spouse called asking when I'd be home; my boss was all over me. I had been working on a proposal for 5 months and couldn't get team, vendor and client's buy in! I became insufferable (even Ron, my best friend, declined our traditional Wednesday beer date). I changed jobs frequently, feeling disengaged, until I became physically ill. After a third round of antibiotics, I decided to quit another position and start working for myself.My feeling of disengagement was not unique. According to the Gallup engagement study, nearly 70% of employees suffer from work place disengagement - a true epidemic!For over 20 years, my personal transformation journey as a consultant and later as a leadership agile coach taught me to look for patterns in organizations. I have recognized recurring behaviours that plague unsuccessful and disengaged organizations.The overarching problem is the traditional approach to organizational power/influence which I named vertical influencing. Unsuccessful organizations suffer from high employee disengagement since they adopt vertical influence patterns.On the other hand, I discovered that successful organizations adopt a fresh paradigm of horizontal influencing. Presently, these horizontal influencing structures manifest themselves in lean agile approaches.Horizontal influencing includes a set of skills fundamental to building Dyad and Triad relationships; creating a true win-win environment at the individual, team and organizational level. Experience how to create engaged communities together, through building Horizontal influencing.
Kaizen Land - Gamifying Daily Stand-Up and Overcoming Anti-Patterns Learn how the gingerbread men are taking over the daily Stand-Up and forever changing the mornings of development teams everywhere. Have your Daily Stand-Ups become stale? We'll talk through the evolution of an idea that ended up demolishing monotony, obliterating anti-patterns and spawning smiles. We'll talk through the implementation of a game board during one team's stand-up through the infectious adoption and evolution of its existence. You'll hear how teams tackled some of their greatest impediments and helped build a zone of psychological safety all while having fun. By the end of this session, you'll be prepared to bring this back to your team and create your own success stories. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.
Dynamic Reteaming at Fast-Growing Companies Team change is inevitable, especially when your company is hiring like crazy and doubling in size. Your teams might grow and split - like mitosis. Twenty people might arrive in one day. What feels like tectonic shifts happen as you morph structurally to refocus people and work. How can we bring a humanistic stance to this dynamic reteaming? How can people be empowered to have ownership over their team change? How can we integrate new people without losing our sense of culture? We will explore questions like these and will discover practical strategies to master dynamic reteaming. This and other IIL Learning in Minutes presentations qualify for PDUs. Some titles, such as Agile-related topics may qualify for other continuing education credits such as SEUs, or CEUs. Each professional development activity yields one PDU for one hour spent engaged in the activity. Some limitations apply and can be found in the Ways to Earn PDUs section that discusses PDU activities and associated policies. Fractions of PDUs may also be reported. The smallest increment of a PDU that can be reported is 0.25. This means that if you spent 15 minutes participating in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.25 PDU. If you spend 30 minutes in a qualifying PDU activity, you may report 0.50 PDU.
Description Want to increase the business growth of your company by enhancing the workplace environment? Enrol the Workplace Essential Training: Team Player course and learn the workplace essential skills for becoming a good team player. Teamwork is one of the secrets of success for any business organization. However, to ensure good teamwork required a plethora of things including good leadership and the way a leader treat and engage other team members, communication skills, and more. Throughout the course, you will learn how to become a good team player. The course explains team player and non-team player and shows the difference between them. Instead of these, the course discusses the qualities of a team player. You will know the different types of teams and the types of teams a successful organization needs. The course helps you to identify what type of team player you are and what is your role in the workplace. In short, the course guides you to develop strategies for enhancing teamwork. Assessment: At the end of the course, you will be required to sit for an online MCQ test. Your test will be assessed automatically and immediately. You will instantly know whether you have been successful or not. Before sitting for your final exam you will have the opportunity to test your proficiency with a mock exam. Certification: This course does not involve any assessment. Students can order their course completion Certificate at an additional cost of £39 for hard copy and in PDF format at £24. Who is this Course for? Workplace Essential Training: Team Player is certified by CPD Qualifications Standards and CiQ. This makes it perfect for anyone trying to learn potential professional skills. As there is no experience and qualification required for this course, it is available for all students from any academic background. Requirements Our Workplace Essential Training: Team Player is fully compatible with any kind of device. Whether you are using Windows computer, Mac, smartphones or tablets, you will get the same experience while learning. Besides that, you will be able to access the course with any kind of internet connection from anywhere at any time without any kind of limitation. Career Path After completing this course you will be able to build up accurate knowledge and skills with proper confidence to enrich yourself and brighten up your career in the relevant job market. Modules Overview 00:05:00 Being a Team Player 00:15:00 Being a Good Team Player 00:30:00 Team Work 00:20:00 Why Teamwork Fails 00:30:00 Strategies 00:15:00 Course Certification Order your Certificate 00:00:00
Giant's Shoulders - Making Project Connections All projects are a journey to towards a goal. All projects share the characteristics of being a temporary endeavor with a uniqueness of scope or environment that makes them very different from operations type work. The temporariness of the project requires that we manage time - that valuable resource that will consume and surprise us if we don't manage it well. A project schedule is our representation of future time - or future memories - that we build together to provide us with confidence, guidance and measuring points along the journey. A well-built schedule requires three key ingredients: An agreed scope representing the requirements of the stakeholders Estimates of task durations by the performers Solid connections between the tasks - Dependencies and sequencing What you will learn: This session and exercise will focus on that third element - the connections. It is no more or less important than the other two. However it does often provide an opportunity for conversations that can be referred to as 'storming' - in the Tuckman/Jensen model of Team Development (Forming/Storming/Norming/Performing/Adjourning). The game is designed to provide an opportunity to practice and improve our ability to identify connections/ associations/links between famous individuals from the Arts, Science and Craft worlds. We can use the same skill and ability to identify connections/ dependencies/ sequences between our project tasks.
Gain insights into the pressing issues of workplace loneliness and feelings of exclusion, and examine how these issues increasingly affect individuals and organizations. This course explores the detrimental impacts of exclusive behaviors on teams and personal well-being while emphasizing the importance of fostering inclusive workplaces. Participants will learn actionable strategies to combat loneliness and promote inclusivity, benefiting their teams, organizations, and personal lives. Learning Objectives Analyze and assess the prevalence and impact of workplace loneliness and exclusion, utilizing personal and team experiences to recognize these issues.;Recognize the significance of personal relationships in the workplace and the role they play in enhancing team productivity and individual well-being.;Apply a range of practical strategies to combat exclusive behaviors and foster inclusivity within teams, including proactive measures as team members and effective coping strategies if experiencing loneliness.
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Everyone dealing with day to day work environment Overview Wherever two or more people come together, there is bound to be conflict. This course will give participants a seven-step conflict resolution process that they can use and modify to resolve conflict disputes of any size. Participants will also learn crucial conflict management skills, including dealing with anger and using the Agreement Frame. Participants will learn crucial conflict management skills, including dealing with anger and using the Agreement Frame. If left unchecked or not resolved it can lead to lost production, absences, attrition, and even law suits. Getting Started Icebreaker Housekeeping Items The Parking Lot Workshop Objectives An Introduction to Conflict Resolution What is Conflict? What is Conflict Resolution? Understanding the Conflict Resolution Process The Thomas-Kilmann Instrument Collaborating Competing Compromising Accommodating Avoiding Creating an Effective Atmosphere Neutralizing Emotions Setting Ground Rules Choosing the Time and Place Creating Mutual Understanding What do I Want? What Do They Want? What Do We Want? Focusing on Individual Needs Finding Common Ground Building Positive Energy and Goodwill Strengthening Your Partnership Getting to the Root Cause Examining Root Causes Creating a Cause and Effect Diagram The Importance of Forgiveness Identifying the Benefits of Resolution Generating Options Generate, Don't Evaluate Creating Mutual Gain Options and Multiple Option Solutions Digging Deeper into Your Options Building a Solution Creating Criteria Creating a Shortlist Choosing a Solution Building a Plan The Short Version of the Process Evaluating the Situation Choosing Your Steps Creating an Action Plan Using Individual Process Steps Additional Tools Stress and Anger Management Techniques The Agreement Frame Asking Open Questions Wrapping Up Words from the Wise Review of Parking Lot Lessons Learned Completion of Action Plans
Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for organizations engaged with remote workforce teams. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to identify and create high performance teams. In this course, teams will learn the importance of developing performance skills while working remotely. Getting Started Workshop Objectives Action Plan Remote Workforce What is a Remote Workforce? Types of Remote Workforce Benefits of a Remote Workforce Materials for Remote Workforce Practical Illustration High Performance Teams What is a High-Performance Team? Benefits of High-Performance Teams Leadership for High Performance Team Understanding Team Dynamics Practical Illustration Characteristics of High-Performance Teams Excellent Communication Goal-Oriented Flexibility Committed Practical Illustration How to Create Teamwork Identify Group & Individual Responsibilities Give Permission to Take Action Build Relationships between Team Members and Management Give Feedback Practical Illustration Types of Communication Virtual Team Meetings Telephone Conferences Email Communication Intranet, Webpage, and Social Media Communication Practical Illustration Training Your Team Telecommute Training Web-based Training Peer Training Training Assessment and Retraining Practical Illustration Types of Communication Tracking Team Performance Counseling Employees Positive Recognition for Employees Training Never Stops! Practical Illustration Effective Team Meeting How-to 43 Have a Clear Agenda Have a Clear Agenda Use Screen Shots or References Create a Safe Place Team Meeting Don?ts Practical Illustration Keep a Happy and Motivated High-Performance Team Watch for Signs of Conflict or Unhappiness Employee Feedback and Concerns Give Opportunities for Additional Education Impart Opportunities for Career Growth Practical Illustration Don?ts? with High Performance Teams Don't Forget to Share Success Don't Delay in Responding Don?t Assign Vague Responsibilities Don?t Lead as a Dictator Practical Illustration Wrapping Up Words from the Wise