HPO Jumpstart

The HPO Jumpstart Process is a structured, holistic program whose primary objective is to make the necessary changes to any team or organization that will move it to High Performance and keep it there. Equal focus must be placed on how we are structured, what are expectations are for each other, how we effectively communicate, how we hold each other accountable and how we will treat each other with respect.

Target Participants

• Knowledge worker organizations who are trying to get better results and increased productivity even though their resources remain the same
• New teams that are attempting to blend dissimilar cultures or create a new High Performing culture
• Consultant organizations that wish to do a better job of meeting client needs and increasing client trust
• Organizations that want to ensure greater employee satisfaction and engagement

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Program Content

• Examine our processes to ensure leaders are supporting our efforts appropriately
• Specifying team member roles, responsibilities and interdependencies
• Address leadership deficiencies or inconsistent results by setting standards/expectations
• Incorporate accountability process for leaders
• Identifying critical success factors and barriers
• Establishing meeting and behavior norms

Outcomes

• Improved execution and employee engagement
• Individual roles/responsibilities defined
• Increased high performance potential
• Improved communication
• Improved accountability
• Behavior norms identified and agreed upon
• Increased trust and enthusiasm
• More satisfied clients and employees

Team Acceleration Process (TAP)

The Team Acceleration Process is a one to two-day program whose primary objective is to create the conditions resulting in a high performing, interdependent team. The program is designed to address a specific project team or a newly put together team that must move quickly with outcome accountability.

Target Participants

• Natural work groups
• Multi-discipline project teams
• Ad hoc teams and task forces created for special projects
• Employees working in a partnership model with customers
• Partners working together for the first time (partnering session)

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Program Content

• Defining a project’s scope and elements of the project plan
• Specifying team member roles, responsibilities and interdependencies
• Communication training
• Feedback process template
• Identifying team skill sets and establishing subject matter experts
• Identifying critical success factors and barriers
• Establishing meeting and behavior norms
• Developing an issues resolution process
• Establishing scope control strategies
• Designing internal and external communication plans

Outcomes

• Clear understanding of entire project: scope, objectives, expectations and interdependencies
• Individual roles/responsibilities defined
• Increased high performance potential
• Participatory team decision-making and issues resolution processes
• Behavior norms identified and agreed upon
• Communication strategies identified
• Building of trust and enthusiasm

Leader Assimilation Workshop (LAW)

The Leader Assimilation Workshop is a half-day program whose primary objective is to introduce a leader to a new team and to take steps which will allow the leader to quickly connect with her team and the team with her and move them to high performance more quickly.

Target Participants

• Leaders who are new to an organization and the team they will lead
• Leaders who have been recently promoted to lead teams they have been a member of
• Any leader who may have experienced a difficult transition and needs to make improvements quickly

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Program Content

• Define the leaders expectations of the team
• Leader response to team needs/expectations/questions
• Communication training
• Feedback process template
• Assess team member’s communication styles and how they may impact team interaction
• Establishing meeting and behavior norms
• Developing an issues resolution process

Outcomes

• Shared vision and understanding of organization’s direction
  
• Individual roles/responsibilities defined
  
• Increased high performance potential
  
• Inventory of team talents developed and methods to leverage
  
• Behavior norms identified and agreed upon
  
• Communication strategies identified
  
• Building of trust and enthusiasm
  

Other Facilitated Sessions

Dave has extensive facilitation experience in the following areas:

• Strategic Planning
• Process Improvement
• Partnering Sessions
• Issues Resolution
• Requirements Gathering
• Conference Facilitation​