Course Outline
Communication and Collaboration
- Communication – what a communication style is and why it is important for effectively communicating goals, motivating, and interacting with a team and colleagues
- Components of effective communication
- Effective message – tools and techniques
The modern 'boss' – models of team collaboration and team self-organization
- If people 'want to want', the whole team has a chance to perform well
- 'Desire' to make decisions independently
- Aim for one goal
- For people to want something is one thing, to be able to do it is another
- Supporting effective team self-organization as a system
- Learning through experience
Communication – basics:
- principles of effective communication,
- leadership style and reactions,
- proactive communication
- barriers and distortions,
- feedback
- tools and techniques of effective communication.
Roles and communication styles:
- diagnosis and identification of preferred roles and communication styles
- effective communication between roles and communication styles,
- colors in communication – 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 environment,
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Partnership and collaboration in the organization - SRMM® model
- Model maturity levels - Spontaneous (Ad hoc)
- Procedural
- Relational
- Integrated collaboration
- Predictability and forecasting
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Who do I collaborate with?
- Partner Identification
- Mapping interactions with Partners
- Improvement plans
Summary - good and bad practices in communication and team management
Requirements
The training is designed to be interactive, with participant involvement accounting for over 80% of the time. Each session follows a similar dynamic: an opening exercise to build new habits (awareness-building), a mini-lecture on techniques (knowledge), and an exercise in new tactics and skills (skill development). After the closure of each session, participants receive supplementary materials related to the discussed topics. The practical component is summarized with mini-lectures that provide theoretical foundations and explain the basic psychological mechanisms that participants experience during the training.
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