The Savvy Colleague Workshop™

 

The organization's success depends on the ability and willingness of people at all levels in the organization to initiate positive change by bringing the best of what they have to contribute forward is a key to the organization’s success.  Often their best ideas never reach a decision makerwhere they can be adopted and implemented.  This because the idea’s originator anticipates the conflict and stress associated with moving their idea forward; balances that with the probability of adoption; and decides the conflict and stress just aren’t worth it.

Simply stated, they have a conflict between advancing the organization's business interest, bringing about positive change, and their personal interest in avoiding conflict.  As long as people see the risk of conflict being greater than the probability of adoption, they will continue to deprive the organization of their best thinking.

The Savvy Colleague™ Workshop provides participants with a coherent step by step process that minimizes the potential for conflict and maximizes the probability of adoption.  Participants (1) examine, discuss, and practice how to evaluate an idea’s potential for adoption; (2) create legitimate influence to move it forward; and (3) problem solve, persuade, and negotiate with stakeholders and decision makers to reduce and resolve conflicting interests in order to achieve adoption.  

Who Should Attend - 

  •   Project & Program Managers  
  •   Team Members & their Leaders
  •   Individuals and Managers at all levels
  •   Anyone who wants their ideas adopted

Participants Takeaway The Ability To  

  •   Qualify and idea to determine if it merits the effort to achieve adoption
  •   Develop strategies that maximize both outcomes and relationships  
  •   Identify & deal with the behaviors encountered in achieving adoption  
  •   Identify and align your, your colleague's, & your company's interests  
  •   Identify the decision maker and those that influence him or her
  •   Set the inspirational goals that facilitate adoption
  •   Use an Influence Balance Sheet™ to identify strengths & weakness      
  •   Identify the Moving Party and their critical role in achieving adoption
  •   Create & use a unique source of influence
  •   Obtain the support needed to achieve adoption
  •   Understand the roles of facts, standards, judgments & assumptions
  •   Use Integrative & Interest-based options to make adoption easier
  •   Advance your interests by controlling the settlement zone
  •   Use your counterpart’s interest to sell your ideas
  •   Develop a concession plan that satisfies you and your colleagues  
     

For more information on this breakthrough workshop and how we can customize a workshop to maximize participant learning and return on investment, please contact us.