Course Outline
Communication and collaboration
- Communication – what communication style is and why it is important for achieving goals effectively, motivating, and interacting with the team and colleagues
- Components of effective communication
- Effective messages – tools and techniques
The modern 'boss' – models of team collaboration and team self-organisation
- If people 'want to want' to do something, the whole team has the chance to perform well
- 'Willingness' to make independent decisions
- Aim for the same goal
- What people want to do is one thing, and what they are able to do is another
- Supporting effective team self-organisation as a system
- Learning through experience
Communication – fundamentals:
- principles of effective communication,
- leadership style and reactions,
- proactive communication
- barriers and distortions,
- feedback
- tools and techniques for effective communication.
Communication roles and styles:
- diagnosis and identification of preferred communication roles and styles
- effective communication between roles and communication styles,
- communication colours – the basis for effective collaboration
Conflicts:
- problems and conflicts – characteristics and potential causes,
- the 'Conflict Spiral',
- effective problem and conflict resolution
Communication with the environment:
- the communication process,
- communication plan,
- information management,
- communication with the external environment,
- Partnership and collaboration in the organisation - SRMM® model
- Maturity levels of the model - Spontaneous (Ad hoc)
- Procedural
- Relational
- Integrated collaboration
- Predictive and forecasting
- Who do I collaborate with?
- Partner Identification
- Mapping interactions with Partners
- Improvement plans
Summary – best and worst practices in communication and team management
Requirements
This training is designed to be interactive, with participant involvement comprising over 80% of the time. Each session follows a similar dynamic: an opening exercise to build awareness of new habits, a mini-lecture on techniques (knowledge), and exercises on new tactics and techniques (skill). After each session closes, participants receive supplementary materials related to the discussed topics. Practical content is summarised with mini-lectures that provide theoretical foundations and explain the basic psychological mechanisms that participants experience during the training sessions.
Testimonials (4)
Meeting efficiency is something that's fairly "basic", but not thought about a lot and with really large implications on people/company time. Understanding these best practices and keeping them top-of-mind will be of immediate help.
Dan Moffatt - Chris Courtemanche
Course - Personal Efficiency and Managing Meetings
Provided and explained very clearly a lot of foundational concepts, which fit well with the team's level of learning. The exercises were very engaging and I believe my team were comfortable and participated very well. Coordinating with the trainer as well was very seamless.
Christlan Tolentino - Canadian Blood Services
Course - Critical Thinking
I especially appreciated the instructor’s ability to give thorough, well-explained answers to questions specific to my personal situation.
HASAN TAHA URLU - Huber Turkiye
Course - Assertiveness
the exercises and the way the trainer was explaining