While intuitively many people understand and proclaim the benefits of working together, the practice of collaborative work through teams that leads to high-performance is very difficult and demanding. The challenges of getting work done efficiently and effectively often causes people to favor individual work over team work. However, our knowledge today regarding the impact of collaborative work suggests that there are significant economic and organizational benefits when effective collaborative practices are employed. Change Leadership 3-day program back to top Change requires leadership. The discontinuous nature of change in organizations today requires a focus on leadership through those changes while maintaining a balance on management control and stability.
Leadership creates momentum and movement while management creates control and stability.
Both are required in times of change, but often what is missing from change efforts is leadership. Leaders challenge the way the organization works, help people within the organization focus on a common vision of the future, model the new behaviors, allow others in the organization to help drive the change and understand that people should be encouraged and recognized as they experience the dynamics of change. This one to two day workshop helps participants understand the importance and the process of developing a mission statement for their organization or department. Also of critical emphasis is the alignment of the vision and strategies to achieve the mission. Mission, vision and strategy alignment helps indivuals and departments focus priorities and produce coordinated activity.