Creative Collaborative Work Environments

Overview

Master collaboration skills to enhance team outcomes, adapt communication styles, and leverage strengths for success.

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Creative Collaborative Work Environments

No matter what organisation you work for, or what industry you work in, collaboration is the key to success. Working successfully with others towards common goals is proven to drive faster outcomes and better results.
As Antony Starr says, “Collaboration is the best way to work. It’s only way to work, really. Everyone’s there because they have a set of skills to offer across the board”.
This course will give you the necessary skills, knowledge and techniques to understand the needs of others and to work with them in an open and inclusive environment that allows everyone to contribute and to feel valued.
A manager’s day is difficult to plan out generally on a daily basis let alone plot it out-to-the-minute precisely. So how do we conquer our day, how do we get all our tasks done effectively and efficiently? With some careful planning, some great time management and delegation skills, that’s how.

Outcomes

At the end of this course the participants should be able to:

Examine preferred and adapt behavioural and communication styles
Leverage individual strengths to achieve better outcomes
Create a collaborative plan and assign tasks based on key strengths
Incorporate the characteristics of collaboration into your organisation

What to expect

This interactive and practical course blends self-assessments, group discussions, and hands-on exercises to provide a comprehensive understanding of collaboration. You’ll explore real-life scenarios, uncover your collaboration strengths and areas for growth, and create actionable strategies to enhance teamwork, leverage individual strengths, and build a more collaborative workplace culture.

Who is this Creative Collaborative Work Environments course for?

This course is designed for professionals at all levels who want to enhance their ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders in their organisation.

How will this Creative Collaborative Work Environments course help me?

By completing this course, you will:

Build stronger, more inclusive relationships with team members and stakeholders
Gain confidence in your ability to facilitate collaboration that drives results
Foster a positive, open workplace culture that values diverse contributions
Equip yourself with the tools and techniques to achieve greater personal and team success

“I am very happy with the content, how Brendan facilitated the training etc. Everything was concise, meaningful and respectful.”

“Mary was very knowledgeable on the material and able to answer any queries quickly and effectively, there are many strategies that I took from the training that will allow me to build on previous knowledge and be more effective working within Outlook.”

“I was hesitant on how much I could learn on an 8 hour outlook course but the course exceeded my expectations and I was surprised by how much I took away from the course.”

“Outlook to me was just a repository for emails, but now it is transformed into a powerful automated planning tool. Thank you Mary! I also like how you consider typography when setting up the layout and solution.”

“Brendan was awesome, I liked the way he made the training engaging and interactive although it was virtual. One of the very few virtual trainings I have enjoyed”

“As a school Principal, I greatly value practical training that delivers immediate and measurable improvements in productivity. The “Working Sm@rt with Microsoft Outlook” workshop facilitated by Priority Management exceeded all expectations.”

“Thank you Jackie so much again for putting together such an insightful presentation. As I mentioned, the feedback so far has been really positive and a few people I have spoken to in the office today have already made some tweaks to their default settings. Your presentation skills were some of the best I’ve seen, and I was impressed with how you were able to navigate between screens despite the technical challenges. Thank you again!”

“But also the programs were fabulous because they are really practical. It’s not just here’s how you use it. It’s really about how you embed it into your everyday work life which is what I like about it.”

“Went into the course thinking I would learn a few tips on using MO more efficiently, came out with a breakthrough on how I could be the high performer I want to be and still have a life.”

“Brilliant presenter, kept the session engaging. Very knowledgeable without overloading”

“It changed my life really. I felt like I’d been baptized at the end- I really felt so much lighter and freer! I’m in control of my life, actually I can, I can work the way I want to work.”

“The course and facilitator were great and therefore was served well. I learnt so many new things. Our facilitator was a great teacher. Very knowledgeable, spoke at a good pace.”

“A HUGE thank you for the OneNote training that I completed. Having completed courses previously, I was expecting similar basic content and a struggle to say engaged. I was pleasantly surprised by Marys knowledge and ability to engage all attendees from beginners through to more advanced users, covering a range of skills, including more advanced use scenarios. I learnt a lot and have already applied many of the skills that I learnt.”

“I thought it was great! Probably one of the best trainings we’ve had at our face-to-face.”

“Nicky had had obviously prepared well and had customised the training for our unique needs. She made learning fun and delivered the content at the perfect pace.”

Learn more about Creative Collaborative Work Environments course

Identify Your Own Needs And The Needs Of Others

Examine your own preferred behavioural and communication styles
Identify the behavioural and communication styles of others based on their observable behaviour
Learn to adapt your style to the needs of others to make communication and collaboration easier

Understanding Multiple Intelligences

Relying on IQ isn’t enough.
Look at Gardner’s 8 multiple intelligences to determine:

The importance of seeking different perspectives to make good ideas into great ones
Where do people’s individual strengths lie?
How can you leverage individual strengths to achieve better outcomes?

Examine Your Organisation’s Culture

Assess the current culture of your organisation to determine the best way to collaborate.

The Characteristics Of Collaboration

True collaboration requires skills such as:

Effective listening, strategic risk-taking and knowledge sharing
Motivation and engagement
Learn the techniques for developing and integrating these skills into your workplace

Bringing It All Together

Begin to create strategies for incorporating the characteristics of collaboration into your organisation.
Create an action plan for:

What you are going to do next
When you will do it
What your expected outcomes are
Who you need to involve

Format

This is 1-day program that can be delivered face-to-face or as a virtual program (MS Teams)