High Performing Organizations

Cascading the development efforts
of the senior leadership team
into the organization

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Program Overview​
 

• Overview of SLT HPT Journey

• Training / Communications /Tool

• This is the program overview.

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Program Outcomes
 

• Accelerate the team’s capacity to achieve results as a High Performance Team

• Become the model for team effectiveness by:

• Clarifying the current state of team development

• Identifying core areas / opportunities to address

• Engaging the team in structured dialog

• Agreeing on next steps / accountability

• Developing a common language to cascade Team Alignment into the organization

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Program Format
 

1. Welcome - 10 minutes 

   • Program Overview

   • Methodology

   • Learning Outcomes 
      

2. Introduction: HPT TO HPO - 45 minutes​

   • HPT Definition (5)

   • HPT Characteristics​ (10)

   • Stages of Team Development (10)

   • The Aligned Organization (5)

   • Application Exercise 1 (15)
      

3. Overview Company-Specific SLT HPT Journey - 60

   • Strategic Imperatives - Why HPT (10)

     • Executive Commentary​

   • ​​History and Critical Incidents of SLT development​

     • Executive Commentary (30)

       • Insights and Applications​​​​

       • Video Learnings & Interviews

   • SLT Leadership Vision Statement (5)

     • Values and Behaviors​ (10)

   • Application Exercise​ 2 

     • Self-Assessment, HPT behaviors (15)

   • Reflection and Feedback with peer 
      

4. Operating Principles of a HPT

   • Intro?

   • Revisit HPT Characteristics​ (5)

   • Behaviors of a HPT

     • Candor

     • Receptivity and Openness

     • Building and Sustaining Trust

     • Engaging in Tough Issues

     • Meeting Management​
        

5. Role of a Team Leader​​

   • Intro to HPT Leadership

     • Skills of an HPT Leader​

   • Creating a Productive Environment

   • Maintaining Team Alignment​

   • HPT Facilitation 

     • Team Member Engagement 

     • Process Observation​s

     • Procedural Suggestions

   • Assessing Teamwork​

   • Giving Feedback

   • Managing Resistance
      

6. Role of a Team Member

   • Team Roles and Expectations

     • Team Member Behaviors

   • Levels of Accountability

   • Maintaining Functional Alignment
      

7. Cross-Functional Collaboration

   • Intro to Matrix Management

   • Roles and Expectations

     • Team Leader​ / Facilitator

     • Team Member

     • Sponsor

   • Assessing Interdependencies 

   • Building Support for Functional Charters
      

8. Conclusion

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Content Areas:
 

• Journey of senior team to become a high performing team.

• HPT Principles and Models

• History and Critical Incidents in the Senior teams journey (video of leaders speaking and reflecting)

• Values / behaviors of the senior leadership team

• Embedding language

• Cross functional teams

• Senior Leadership Team as first cross-functional team in organization

• Finding the right level of interdependence what's right for our organization?

• Key issues to manage in a matrix organization

1. Authority and governance

2. Leadership

3. Roles and autonomy

4. Accountability

5. Decision Making

6. Communication

7. Aligning stakeholders

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