Refocusing the Organization 

 

In the past year, the world has been radically changed by unanticipated and unprecedented events. What has your organization done to both adapt and prepare itself for the next unpredictable circumstance? And what responsibility do you have to ensure it does? Because, make no mistake, there will be at least one (if not more) in your future. 

The work of leadership at all levels is to continually refocus the organization – to make things better, more effective and efficient. To become agile, innovate, grow and stay competitive. Understanding exactly how to use discontinuous, dispruptive change to achieve sustainable advantage is the one ability every leader and senior manager must possess. The fact is that upwards of 80% of change adaptive strategies, planned by smart executives, fail miserably. And the price is considerably more than just lost dollars and lower quality – it’s an ingrained immunity to further attempts to improve your workplace. 

If you don’t possess the knowledge, skills, tools and insights needed to encourage your workforce to become more productive, accountable and resilient, outside experts can’t help you. They’ll gladly take your money but, in the end, your organization will become just another sad statistic. Your services will become a “commodity” and your survival will be at the mercy of price alone. And the proof is now clearly a matter of public record. 

Today’s leader has no option but to invest in learning how to get people to work smarter, use time more productively, make better decisions, align key roles and responsibilities, operationalize critical corporate values, and deal with inbred resistance. Real leaders know how to motivate and engage people in work that matters. They have figured out that doing the same thing and expecting different results is an exercise in futility. Simply because they are receptive to new ideas and practical insights for ensuring the organization is focused on doing the right things in the right way at the right time. If this is what you seek, this residential executive development program was designed with your needs in mind. 

In this fast-paced, highly interactive learning experience you will learn how to:

  • Diagnose the current health of your organization
  • Identify the critical drivers of change in the new/innovation economy
  • Forecast, monetize and manage the cost/speed dynamics of refocusing efforts
  • Understand the realities of paradox, complexity, disruption and chaos in your business
  • Overcome the inordinate costs of a “tuned out and turned off” workforce
  • Isolate, define and treat organizational “cancers” with precision and workable solutions
  • Gain buy-in by dealing with resistance, excuses, apathy and push back
  • Nurture, harness, leverage and harvest intellectual and structural capital
  • Develop strategic plans that people can actually understand and can act upon 
  • Increase worker productivity (and satisfaction) – get results rather than just effort
  • Reduce workplace stress and debilitating conflicts in practical and proven ways 
  • Improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness – do real work in less time
  • Dissect and build organizational trust – the fuel that drives innovative, agile organizations
  • Motivate and adequately compensate Gen X, Y and Boomers to work smarter
  • Customize and apply tools that make people accept and act on corporate values
  • Overcome inbred apathy, aversion to risk and resistance to needed changes
  • Transfer “ownership of the process” through self-directed and well-led teams
  • Foster a culture shift to accountability and innovation with practical tips and techniques
  • Improve decision making about “what's really important” to the organization
  • Present a compelling case for change in politicized (unaligned) environments
  • Refocus your own life and your future career progression.   

Who will benefit:

  • Managers who aspire to be real leaders;
  • Executives who are simply fed up with worker inefficiency, apathy, resistance and entitlement;
  • Leaders who want and need to make better strategic decisions about the future of their organization; or
  • Anyone who wants to design a future of choice and discover the means and skills to achieve it.

The program:

Session topics include the following:

  • Why Refocus? – Assessing New Realities and Changing Priorities
  • Dictates and Demands of the Information/Innovation Economy
  • Nurturing, Harnessing and Leveraging Your Intellectual Capital
  • Achieving Trust, Accountability, Buy-in and Alignment
  • Creating Strategic Plans that People Actually Understand and Act Upon
  • Improving Worker Productivity, Performance and Motivation
  • Fostering and Managing an Achievable Culture of Innovation
  • Refocusing Yourself by Doing Things Differently

For registration information, see Dates and Places.