Course Outline
Communication and Collaboration
- Communication – Understanding communication styles and their importance in effectively communicating goals, motivating, and interacting with teams and colleagues
- Components of effective communication
- Effective messaging – Tools and techniques
The modern 'manager' – models of team collaboration and self-organizing teams
- If people "want to want it," the entire team has a chance to perform well
- The desire for independent decision-making
- Aiming for the same goal
- Wanting to do something versus being able to do it
- Supporting effective team self-organization as a system
- Learning through experience
Communication – Basics:
- Principles of effective communication,
- Leadership style and reactions,
- Pro-active 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 different roles and communication styles,
- Color profiles in communication – the foundation 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 planning,
- Information management,
- Environmental communication,
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Partnership and collaboration in organizations - SRMM® model
- Model maturity levels - Spontaneity (Ad hoc)
- Procedures (Procedural)
- Relational (Relational)
- Integrated collaboration (Integrated)
- Predictability and forecasting (Predictive)
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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 engagement comprising over 80% of the time. Each session follows a similar dynamic: an opening exercise that builds awareness of new habits, a mini-lecture on techniques (knowledge), and practice exercises for applying new tactics and skills (skills). After each session concludes, participants receive supplementary materials related to the topics discussed. Practical content is summarized through mini-lectures that provide theoretical foundations and explain the basic psychological mechanisms experienced 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
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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
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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
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the exercises and the way the trainer was explaining