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THRIVE Intensive Workshop - Cracking the Code on Employee Disengagement

2/13/2017

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Join us in Las Vegas and help your business THRIVE!

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Lynda Silsbee will be presenting at THRIVE 2017 for the second year in a row. Join her workshop at the conference and learn how to Crack the Code on Employee Disengagement.

May 11, 2017
​10:40 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

High levels of employee engagement translate into increased customer satisfaction and bring other competitive advantages.

​During this workshop, you'll receive actionable and innovative instruction on:

* The #1 reason for disengagement
* The downward spiral of disengagement and reduced productivity and morale
* How to develop your leadership skills to encourage an engaged culture change
* 4 steps to take right away to re-engage a languishing workforce
* And much more.

​SAVE $100 off registration
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Use Lynda's exclusive discount code: SILSBEE
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Improvements that lead to increased team performance

2/13/2017

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During our 1/2 Day Team Alignment Workshop, teams to step out of their day-to-day together, get to know each other, identify similarities and differences and explore tough conversations, and then learn how they can work together to be more effective -- ultimately driving to higher performance.

​Here are the top three measured changes that participants collectively report after the workshop:

  • 30% increase in individual's ability to participate as a ONE Team member
  • 15% increase in individual's ability to set aside personal agendas in favor of team success
  • 18.3% increase in belief that team members are bought-in and fully committed to important decisions

Do you see how these changes lead a team to higher performance?
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What type of team do you belong to?

2/13/2017

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What makes a high performing team?

A high performance team is a self-managing, multifunctional group of people organized around a whole process and empowered with full authority for their success. Characteristics include:
  • A shared mission or purpose that motivates and inspires members
  • Autonomy and authority for task performance
  • Interdependence and shared leadership
  • Broadly-defined jobs and many responsibilities
  • Meaningful participation in decision making
  • Higher performance than individuals not organized into teams

All teams do not fit the same mold.

Although all high performing teams share certain characteristics in common, there are also some important distinctions between them.  Organizations need to recognize these distinctions. If you take a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach to teams, you very likely will experience some problems such as:
  • Poor performance as team members try to use a structure that doesn’t fit with the nature of their work processes.
  • Frustration at the difficulty of working together productively.
  • Disillusionment with the team concept as relationships grow difficult and people thing fondly of the “good old days before those nuts in management put us into this crazy team.”

​For example, these are four very different types of teams. Each type is differentiated by their need for specialization and coordination.
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​Key Points for each Type:

Type 1 – Swim Team: high specialization and low coordination. Work is divided between various specialties. Each specialty consists of a distinctive set of skills. There is little coordination needed between specialties.  Examples:  Geriatrics team providing care for elderly, High School Teachers.

Type 2 – Football Team: Made up of people from different disciplines. Requires a high degree of coordination. Examples: Product Development Teams, Hospital E.R., Executive Leadership Team.

Type 3 – Bowling Team: Low in both specialization and coordination. Team members share same skill set but have little need to coordinate or communicate. Examples: Telephone operators, Bill Collectors, Bank Tellers.

Type 4 – Volleyball Team: Members share common skills. High need for coordination. Generally organized around completing a “whole task” and cross-trained to do one another’s jobs.
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What type of team do you belong to?

What about the other teams that you interact with? Are they the same, or different? How might the way you approach each differ?
Are you part of a team that needs alignment? Ask us about our 1/2 Day Team Alignment Workshop.
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    Lynda Silsbee is Founder and President of the Alliance for Leadership Acceleration. She has spent more than 30 years creating and leading high performance teams. Along with the other LEAP Certified Coaches, she reports that helping managers make the LEAP to leader is one of the most fulfilling aspects of her work.
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