Things are getting back to… normal? New normal? Sort of normal, but still work from home sometimes? With no masks… some masks … We Don’t Need No Stink’en Masks, usually… well, if you have a cold… ok not back to normal-normal!
Let’s face it, our teams have been scattered for quite a while now and we can look forward to getting back to the office unless of course we’ve decided not to work that way anymore. Whatever the business decides, I’m thinking we need to take steps to Get This Band Back Together!
A great way to get people to reconnect (virtually or on site) is to get them calibrated to the structure of how we are doing business now. We can find a couple of great tools for this in the Wiley Products I offer as an Authorized Partner. That means I can facilitate or set your organization up to do your own facilitations. Here are my favorites for 2021.
Cohesive Teams as a Self-Development Tool
This one is for individuals working on various teams. It could be given to an intact team, or a group of project managers working on different projects or a combination. It’s for people who work on teams as a project leader, SME, general team member and even our beloved extended team members. It even works for a functional team like, Stability Ops or, Regulatory Affairs or the Cross Functional Management Team, or an executive team. Ok, you get it right?
It operates on the Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team pyramid that originated in Patrick Lencioni’s best seller the Five Dysfunctions of a Team. A best seller for over 17 years now. Attendees tune into the 5 behaviors, shown here:
Team Application of Emotional Intelligence
Another valuable option is the new Everything DiSC Agile EQ. It gives attendees the opportunity to calibrate to the same definitions of the 8 instinctual responses known as mind-sets. Attendees learn what their own go-to mindset style is, and then they learn how apply the other mindsets that may be better suited to a given situation. This role playing is great for learning and bonding. Again, perfectly suited for intact teams or complete strangers at any level in the organization.
Over the next few months I’ll be sharing more information on these tools through Facebook Live recordings and perhaps a webinar or two. Stay up-to-date by following me on LikedIn and Facebook.
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A. Z. Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2021