How do you find growth in new markets? How do you beat your competition and lead? As the world becomes more dependent on technology, and as trade borders become seamless, companies need to acquire the tools and skills necessary on how to compete, innovate and succeed in the global market. The webinar will illustrate the skills needed to build a successful global execution platform that will stand the test of change and still be on target, on budget and on time. It covers how to anticipate change in global decision making and execution, how to assess trends, and how to respond to differences between internal corporate culture and the target culture.
This webinar will trigger proven effective approaches and leadership strategies to use when entering new regions of the world or expanding your base in the international arena.
Just about everyone has jumped on the social media bandwagon. Companies are falling over themselves to engage customers and stakeholders in social media spaces, for fear of missing out on the social media “revolution.” Indeed, marketing and PR have been permanently changed by social media. Traditional marketing methods haven’t disappeared, but our increasingly social-savvy audiences have changed their expectations about how companies interact with them online. But the “revolution” in marketing is actually just the tip of the iceberg. Companies that are the most engaged in social media are seeing the impact not just in marketing, but also in key organizational processes, structures, and even culture.
In this session, authors Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant will show how the prevailing leadership and management models have been stuck in “machine thinking” for decades, and social media is now shining a light on a new, more human approach to organizations. By embracing the principles of open, trustworthy, generative, and courageous, organizations can solve perennial problems of agility and engagement and become more compatible with social media in the process.
Leapfrogging is about changing the game – creating something new or doing something radically different that produces a significant leap forward. Most leaders and organizations want breakthroughs, but many struggle with the often unspoken leadership principles and practices required for creating them. Soren Kaplan shows how “strategic innovation” isn’t just about products and services anymore. Through real-life examples and practical tools, he reveals how any organization or business function can leapfrog over existing mindsets and barriers to find and create new opportunities. His presentation delivers a deep dive into the ins, outs, ups and downs of what it actually takes to lead game-changing innovation – both personally and organizationally.
Progress doesn’t come from standing still. However, in the ever-changing world of business, many of us have become resistant to change because it can be exhausting and difficult. We’ve become so focused on internal processes and procedures that there’s no time for big-picture thinking and value-added work. This perfect storm has led to the rise of two evils: complexity and, even worse, complacency.
We can’t keep doing what we’ve always done. Stuck in the land of status quo, we’ve forgotten how to think differently, and lack the simple tools to solve problems creatively. The exact structures that were intended to grow businesses are now holding us back. So it’s time to Kill the Company. It’s time to start a revolution in how we think and work.
This provocative webinar unveils a striking new perspective on how to create the killer culture of tomorrow. The key lesson: if we want people to approach change differently, we have to change our approach. Instead of expensive, sweeping culture change initiatives, Bodell shares how teams can do less and achieve more. Leaders will learn why providing their teams with guardrails instead of handcuffs can reignite critical aptitudes like curiosity, inquiry, and creative problem solving. Rethink business-as-usual to reimagine your organization.
Sustainability is not a problem to be solved. It is a future to be created. True leadership is about cultivating the collective capacity so that people shape futures they truly desire. In this webinar, Peter Senge will offer insights and practical methods for leaders across sectors who are seeking to foster innovation for environmental, social, and economic sustainability while operating in a rapidly changing, interdependent environment. In particular, he will address some of the following core leadership competencies for sustainability:
•Develop an organizational culture worthy of people’s highest aspirations
•Cultivate systems thinking to bring about lasting change
•Harness collective aspiration and create a shared sense of purpose
•Cultivate the practice of reflection as a key element for change
•Improve one’s own leadership through personal mastery and the creative orientation
The webinar will be very interactive and you will have the opportunity to share challenges and ask questions that really matter to you.
GE’s former boss, Jack Welch, once said, “The Jack Welch of the future cannot be like me”. Leaders at all levels are now being called on to work in new and different ways, particularly during these tough economic times. This highly interactive webinar will help leaders: challenge their assumptions about what it takes to be a successful global leader and learn new perspectives and skills to be more holistic and effective leaders.
In this interactive, engaging presentation, the presenter will help convert the impressive ideas in the Fifth Discipline into a few easy to use tools that will also illustrate two key tenets of Systems Thinking - discipline and curiosity. The tools will include, “The Context Awareness Hierarchy,” “Systemic Curiosity Worksheet,” and the “Implications Wheel.” Paul will also frame the 5 criteria for making the distinction between complex versus simple problems, and provide a brief overview on the impact of Mental Models on setting the context that determines our worldview.
The goal of this webinar is to increase your systemic thinking and decision making so that your relationship to what’s possible is impacted. Also, to share the value of a few key tools so that you can see that the problems you face today - and the future you are living into – can shift from one of impossibility or merely repetition of the past, to one of real possibility.
As the size and reach of our organizations increases, the percentage of the problems that managers have to address continues to increase in impact, and complexity. Yet most of us use the same decision-making models on every problem - regardless of the level of complexity! Simple, dynamic and complex – it doesn’t matter, all are treated the same.
In fact, we are so busy using our standard decision-making models - evaluating problems and then treating them as isolated incidents - that we fail to understand the implications of our decisions. We use event-focused firefighting techniques rather than a systemic approach as the base of our decision-making. We just want to “fix” the problem – and then go on to the next one.
The issues in a large and/or growing enterprise are very complex and cannot be successfully resolved by application of a linear event-focused or “break it down” process. A linear process or one in which problems are broken down into manageable pieces, keeps us from understanding the implications and consequences of decisions, and puts blinders on any possibility thinking.
Systems Thinking, especially as shaped by Peter Senge in his seminal work, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, provides a way to alter the context of our approach to problem solving, especially for the dynamic, complex, “can’t-find-an-easy-solution” situations that have become all too common.
Systems thinking is being recognized as the most effective means of encouraging growth and change in organizations today. This “big picture” approach involves new ways of reasoning, interacting with others, and facilitating changes that have long-term impact.
Systems thinking allows an organization to be viewed as one whole system, not as separate functional silos. In this webinar, we will explore how a systems approach helps leaders to determine what underlying fundamental relationships cause problems. This frees leaders from finding themselves in situations where they are forced to react and continuously “put out fires” to a position of creating the results that encourage growth and change for the long term.
Meaningful conversation leads to project completion, innovation, and results. Leadership requires clear communication. Learn how to use emotional intelligence and communication to produce change inside your organization. Shawn will walk us through three chapters in her recent book, Conversations for Change, that focus on making your conversation more meaningful and effective for leadership and everyday life.
With the amount of change going on in most companies, imagination is critical; you must remain flexible in order to remain afloat. In this webinar, David will show you how to see beyond your own limitations, break your boundaries, and “find your genius.” With humor and insight, he’ll introduce the ten key points of self-transformation he’s experienced in his 25-year theatre career. He’ll show you how adapting to change by re-imagining yourself can yield a surprisingly rewarding result.
The need for innovation has never been stronger. Yet, making innovation happen is easier said than done. In this webinar, 40-year-innovation expert Robert “Bob” Rosenfeld will share his insights as to how he created Corporate America’s first Office of Innovation as well as how people can become more effective innovation leaders. Bob will share his experiences as a leader in helping make innovation happen in countless organizations. Bob is the author of, Making the Invisible Visible: The Human Principles for Sustaining Innovation, the creator of the ISPI™ (Innovation Strengths Preference Indicator™),as well as the Innovator in Residence Emeritus at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL).
When a business faces new obstacles, the management invariably turns to one of two approaches: option-narrowing and rule-following. They either apply logic to define and narrow down a seemingly complete set of options or they follow a formula of behaviors that have proven successful in the past. However, both approaches are ineffective at delivering truly innovative strategies.
To bring innovation to business strategy, individuals need to learn from innovative thinkers in other competitive domains, such as chess, athletics, and military combat. Kaihan’s decade-long research into the underlying patterns of competitiveness shows that truly creative strategists abandon logical approaches, and instead use time-tested patterns to seize growth strategies others ignore.
In this session, Kaihan presents his proprietary approach to discovering and seizing hidden strategic opportunities. He will expand attendees’ repertoires of strategic patterns which will enable them to see new tactical options in an ever-changing economic environment. He will show how companies can embed deep and powerful strategic narratives within their people, and thereby grow faster, increase profitability, sustain their competitive advantage, and capitalize on strategic investments.
Priszm Brandz (KFC Canada) is one of the largest owners and operators of quick service restaurants in the world. Prior to beginning its transformation, Priszm’s stock price had declined from 9.78 to 1.75. Its past thirteen campaigns had not generated the desired results; same store sales growth had declined; the customer base had eroded, and the brand had not resonated with customers. To dramatically improve overall business performance, the company needed to transform its operational, marketing, product development, merchandising, and human resources processes. The Klapper Institute was asked to help the company begin the transformation through the creation of “Model Store” which would provide tremendous insight as to where value was created (and lost) and serve as a template for the national roll-out. Finally, “Model Store” was executed with one budget goal in mind… make it happen in 45 days!
The shine is wearing off and many people who were excited by the allure of positive, conflict free change have been disappointed by their experience of appreciative inquiry (AI). Yet, stories of amazing transformational outcomes from AI continue to surface. So what’s up? In this webinar one of the pioneers of Appreciative Inquiry will share what he’s learned to date about what AI can and can’t do, and what is causing so many people to have less than successful experiences.
During the webinar Gervase will share the models he’s developed to guide successful AI processes and use polling techniques to inquire into your experiences and perceptions and that of other participants. As a group, you will guide some of the direction the webinar takes.
For years, The Gallup Organization has estimated a loss in US productivity of $278B. Think about it. At least 20% of the time 56% of employees and 45% of executives are not productive. You must be asking yourself, “How can that be?” Here are three examples.
•Your top sales person could sell snow to Eskimos. And yet despite numerous conversations, a significant number of his deals come in with sales that have low to non-existent margins.
•You promoted a highly skilled and well respected director of finance a role overseeing competitive analysis and new product introduction. She had all the technical skills and during the interviews for the job seemed to have the personality to be successful. But now she’s failing in the role.
•The meeting Monday morning went very well. You’re confident that everyone there knew what they were to do, yet now everyone is acting completely different than what was agreed upon.
The intended results of each example are less than expected because up until now we’ve been taught to evaluate personality and behavior. Now there’s a relatively unknown assessment, the Hartman Value Profile that reveals how people make decisions. Decisions that dictate your behavior and results.
In this webinar, Denise Cooper, President/CEO of Coach HR, will discuss how and why this assessment works, compare it to other more popular assessments and how you can use this assessment to increase trust, the speed of implementing new endeavors and ultimately capture higher levels of productivity. Peter Drucker said a 5% increase in productivity can double a company’s operating profits.
Poor communication is always a major factor when organizational change falls short of the desired results. Communication is an extremely complex process and unfortunately, most organizations make it more complex rather than simpler in how they approach this challenge.
This enlightening webinar clarifies what is required to ensure communication is engaging for everyone throughout a changing organization. We will develop a framework that clearly spells out what messages must be communicated and determine the requirements managers and leaders at all levels must fulfill in order to ensure the changes are successful.
A leader's most important job is to reveal and shift the boundaries of peoples' thinking; starting with our own. Igniting and sustaining context shifts will be the most important leadership competency of the 21st century. Governments, multi-national corporations and not-for profit agencies have all been successful in using Rayona's approach to achieve results that seemed impossible before they began.
Organizations are built to perform, not to change. But in today’s highly competitive business environment, organizations must be ready to change and change frequently. Organizations cannot sustain excellent performance unless they embrace change.
The webinar will focus on identifying practices and designs that organizations can adopt so that they are able to change. It will include information about creating strategies, structures, reward systems, communication processes, and human resource management practices that are designed to facilitate the ability of an organization to change.
Ed Lawler
Best Practice Institute
Best Practice Institute is the research organization behind Most Loved Workplace® certification, the SPARK Model, the Love of Workplace Index™ (LOWI™), and The Workplace Report.
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