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Collaborating Across Functions
The Systems Thinking Approach™
Delivered by
Many Centre Partners
A Two-Day Leadership Development Workshop
Workshop Purposes:
Collaborating Across Functions
- To apply Systems Thinking and Learning to collaborative efforts.
- To better value and manage people processes and differences as they contribute to
successful collaboration.
- To increase awareness and ability in collaborating between and among people and
processes of different organizational units.
Workshop Benefits:
Collaborating Across Functions
- Lead cross-functional project teams more effectively
- Facilitate cross-functional issues, problems, and differences more successfully
- Facilitate strategic alliances and partnerships effectively to achieve their joint goals
- Build more effective teams that become high-performance teams
Workshop Agenda:
Collaborating Across Functions
- Day 1 -
| Day 1 | Topics |
| 8:00 |
Introductions and Overview |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | I. The Systems Thinking Approach™ Unintentional Consequences Exercise Systems Thinking—ABCs ABCs Template—Apply to your case (E—A—B) |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | Current State Assessment II. Leadership Seven Levels Leadership Competencies 360° Self-Evaluation |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | Discuss Results of 360° Self-Evaluation • Three Essential Levels • Case—Fill in Strengths - Weaknesses |
| 3:30 | III. Leadership Skills Essentials: • Level 1 • Level 2 • Level 3 |
| 4:00 | Summarize the Day Tools—Tips—Teachings Process the day |
| 5:00 | End Day |
- Day 2 -
| Day 2 | Topics |
| 8:30 | Start Up—Day One Learnings/Issues |
| 8:45 | IV. Strategies and Actions Input, Cascade, and Glue Strategy Development Action Planning (Top three under each Strategy) |
| 10:00 | Break |
| 10:15 | V. Participation and Involvement Premise #2 Stakeholder Analysis Parallel Involvement Process Work Plan Development Large Group Department Reviews |
| 12:00 | Lunch |
| 1:00 | VI. Iceberg Iceberg—Implementation Structures Process—Grieving Cycle Rollercoaster of Change™ |
| 2:30 | Break |
| 2:45 | VII. Rollercoaster—Project Management Six Stages of a Project Rollercoaster—Survey Results Innovative Project Team Exercise |
| 4:00 | Stretch Break |
| 4:05 | VIII. Summary and Next Steps Summary Learnings/Next Steps (Round Robin) Celebration/Evaluation |
| 5:00 | End |
Workshop Participant Notebook
Collaborating Across Functions
Table of Contents
| Topic | |
| I. | The Systems Thinking Approach™ |
| II. | Centering Your Leadership |
| III. | Leadership Skills—Six Levels |
| IV. | Strategies and Action Planning |
| V. | Participation and Involvement |
| VI. | Iceberg Theory of Change |
| VII. | Project Management |
| VIII. | Summary of Next Steps |
Workshop Participant Testimonials
Collaborating Across Functions
This is a problem area for our organization—too many silos. The workshop gave me lots of ideas on how to personally bridge these gaps.
Outstanding framework—Systems Thinking—for looking at collaboration. I especially enjoyed the Rubik's Cube and its unintended consequences.
Analogies were terrific (Helicopter View and Rubik's Cube). These will be of great value in all my cross-functional meetings and projects.
Begin with the end in mind—it is a great idea and the only way to get diverse functions to work together—with a Superordinate goal.
This gave me much more confidence as a leader to deal with silos and crossfunctional issues and situations—Thanks to the Centre!
The Tools, Tips, and Techniques for cross-functional collaboration were simple and easy to use—I will apply them right away.
The ABCs template is a wonderful and simple tool—it is easy to use for all my cross-functional projects and major issues.
These easy to use tools will increase teamwork and collaboration, not only between my department and others, but within my department as well—great and practical workshop.