In-House Workshop: The Integrated Management Team

Are your managers working as a cohesive, co-ordinated, mutually supportive team?

Does everyone on your management team share and positively support the same vision, values and mission? Does each manager help and support the others, working toward a common goal?

Is there an understanding of the role of the 'internal customer' in your management team? Does information, action and communication flow seamlessly from department to department, division to division, team to team?

Do your managers encourage cross-functional interaction between their respective team members? When a problem occurs, do they jointly, objectively and dispassionately analyze the issue, weight the data, and make a decision that's based on what's right for the organization overall?

Or are your managers mostly focussed on their own departmental or divisional issues? Do your people work in silos, with key information 'falling between the cracks'? Are managers sometimes more concerned about the issues they face in their own department than on the organization's needs as a whole?

Do your managers sometimes play 'the blame game', and engage in political or personal debate instead of working together as a unified team? Is there a sense of 'them and us' between some of your departments?

I've successfully coached hundreds of managers to work together in cohesive, co-ordinated, mutually supportive teams.

Management teams just like yours - in every type of organization: large and small, for-profit and not-for-profit, young and old.

I've helped management teams at every level in the organization improve their ability to work together, eradicate the 'silo' mentality, and remove the 'cracks' between departments, divisions and teams.

...and I can do the same for you.

Here's how we'll help your team:

The Predictable Success® Integrated Management Team Workshop

• How to develop the skill of working laterally ;

• How to get out of 'the blame game';
  
  
• How to break down silos;

• How to work cross-functionally;

• How to align their departmental goals with the organization's overall goals;

• How to objectively and constructively resolve cross-functional conflict;

• How to mentor and coach their team to work with other teams in the organization;

• How to never again allow key information to 'fall between the cracks';

• How an understanding of the internal customer delivers a better experience for the external customer;

• How to know when to 'stick their heels in', and when to accede to other departmental needs;

• How to use intellectual rigor instead of reacting emotionally to issues;

• How to speak with one voice to the organization as a whole;

• How to support their colleagues without giving up 'turf' or status.

As a result of taking this workshop, you will be see demonstrable, immediate changes in the cohesion, cooperation and effectiveness of your management team.

How Does It Work?

Once you enroll for the Workshop, we'll provide you with a team assessment form to complete. This will enable us to tailor the Workshop specifically to both your manager's needs, and your organization's operational challenges.

After you've completed the initial questionnaire, you will receive:

• An initial 45-minute telephone consultation, when we will use the pre-Workshop assessment as a jumping-off point to discuss your needs, goals, objectives and desires for the Workshop;

• An agreed Workshop agenda arising from points one and two above;

• The delivery of the Workshop itself;

• A post-Workshop summary and diagnosis from Les McKeown;

• An agreed post-Workshop personal workplan for each participating manager;

• Email support from Les McKeown for two months after the delivery of the Workshop;

• A complimentary copy of 'The Complete Predictable Success® Toolkit' - our acclaimed 2-DVD training program for every participating manager ($895 value per participant);

• One year access to the members-only area of the Predictable Success® Website for every participating manager ($1,150 value per participant);

• The monthly Predictable Success® Newsletter for every participating manager.

Can a day-and-a-half workshop really achieve all of this? No, it can't. And we're not suggesting it can. What will achieve all this are your managers - empowered by the Workshop, and working the action plan we agree with them as an output from the Workshop. Experience has proven to us that while The Predictable Success® Integrated Management Team Workshop can (and will) produce immediate benefits in your management team's cohesiveness, it takes time to make a permanent change in your working habits. At least 6 months, in our experience. By committing to a The Predictable Success® Integrated Management Team Workshop, you are ensured the necessary follow-up and accountability to make that permanent change, and to avoid slipping back to your old ways. How many times have you gone to a one- or two-day workshop, and come away with a binder full of great ideas, only to find months later that you hadn't really implemented any of them permanently? The Predictable Success® Integrated Management Team Workshop, that won't happen... We're committed to your team's Predictable Success® - not just to selling you a 'system' that sits on a shelf gathering dust.

Which of my managers should I enroll in the Workshop? All of them! Although (as with every organization), you will have some managers who are 'better' than others at working cross-functionally and cohesively, it is vital for the success of the Workshop that everyone on your management team participate. The reason for this is threefold: First, we will be teaching your managers a whole new way to talk about management, and it is vital that everyone shares the same methodology and vocabulary. Secondly, we will be showing your team how to hold themselves mutually accountable for the personal action plans they will produce during the Workshop - and this involves every manager being 'on board'. Finally, if you include only some managers and not others, the Workshop will seem like 'remedial training - which it is not - and those that are asked to attend will be seen as 'different' from those who do not - the exact antithesis of what we are seeking to achieve! That's why we have priced the workshop as a 'flat fee' rather than on a 'per-head' basis - to encourage you to include all of your managers - not just some. We're committed to your teams Predictable Success® - not just to providing 'remedial training' for under-performers.

Why Les McKeown?

Les delivers on average over 80 teaching sessions annually. He brings this unparalleled experience to your specific challenges - combining your understanding of your precise needs with his experience of many hundreds of similar situations to craft a customized, content-rich, results-driven workshop that your organization will be impacted by for years to come

Les' focus is on guiding executives at all levels to the peak of their leadership growth cycle -- a repeatable, sustainable state that Les calls Predictable Success®. Les excels at diagnosing the stages every executive goes through in their development, identifying what he calls "the DNA of leadership", and showing how these patterns are identified and refined, in order for leaders to experience Predictable Success®.

As well as teaching and coaching, Les is the author of * Retaining Top Employees; * The Complete Guide to Mentoring and Coaching; * The Complete Guide to Orientation & Re-Orientation.

Les' clients include:

Harvard University US Army Microsoft United Technologies Corporation [UTC] Pella Corporation

Chiron Corporation NSA (National Security Agency) UK Dept. of Enterprise, Trade & Investment Overture Services, Inc. (a Yahoo! company) Canadian Defence Department

MI-SWACO St Vincent Health KLA-Tencor SAIC Verisign

...and many, many others.

Who's It For?

Rest assured - if you've read this far, The Predictable Success® Integrated Management Team Workshop is for you!

How Much Does It Cost, And How Do I Get Started?

You can get started right away by paying a one-third deposit ($5,000), and we will get back to you right away to arrange a date that works for you, or feel free to click the no-obligation button on the right for more information.

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A Personal Message From Les McKeown

It also draws on my personal experience of launching and managing over 40 companies, as well as advising many hundreds more.

My commitment to you is to customize this Workshop to ensure it meets your specific needs. In our pre-Workshop discussions, I'll work with you to adjust the Workshop content, so that it's tightly aligned with your personal and organizational needs and goals.

I look forward to working with you!

Les McKeown
President & CEO, Predictable Success®