Importance of Improving Performance in People

There are many barriers to teamwork and collaboration in today's organizational model. The largest barrier being the people involved. The people in your organization are vital to your success. There are many differences between teammates and people that can stifle creative behavior and lead to unproductive tension. Understanding your colleagues preferences when solving problems can help relieve that unproductive tension during meetings and collaborative teamwork.

Understanding a person's preference for solving problems helps you to develop and promote their creative strengths. Some people prefer to generate radical, new, and novel ideas. While others feel more comfortable generating incremental, fine-tuned solutions to existing ideas or problems. Understanding colleagues, and your own style preferences increases productivity in teams and workgroups as well as reducing creative tensions.

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How to Improve Performance in People

The following services will help Improve Performance in People.

Teamwork for Transformation
The Teamwork for Transformation course uses a measure called VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style to analyze different problem solving styles.  We then show you how to use that style make-up to foster successful teamwork.

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Igniting Creative Potential
The Igniting Creative Potential (ICP) course is designed to help develop the necessary skills to think differently and build creative momentum in your organization. ICP uses a deliberate approach to creativity through teaching a proven skill-base and providing attendees with a hands-on learning experience.

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Improving the Climate for Change
The Improving the Climate for Change (ICC) intervention provides a snapshot of the climate for creativity within your organization.  Using the Situational Outlook Questionnaire® (SOQ), a multi-method, reliable, valid and useful tool built upon 50 years of research and practice, helps to gauge your organization’s readiness for change.  Understanding your climate will help to assist you in providing meaningful and lasting change in your organization.

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Leading Strategic Change
Research shows that leadership behavior at the organization and team levels is the most important influence on creating an environment that supports innovation and creativity.  The Situational Outlook Questionnaire® can be used not only to assess your organization's climate, but it can be used to assist leaders in improving the functional working of teams and groups.

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Research Articles

Read research articles on people courtesy of our Creativity Research Unit.

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Clients Success Stories

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