Project-Based Courses

Breakthrough Project Implementation (BPI)

The biggest enemy of an organization that is committed to producing unprecedented results is "business as usual". Expecting a different result is futile. A new way of operating is required. 

 

In times of shifting market conditions, increasing competitive pressures and accelerating rates of change, what is called for is a high level of flexibility, innovation, and an uncompromising focus on delivering strategic results. In this course, you will gain facility with the tools required to design, lead and implement chartered projects that elevate productivity and achieve significant and unpredictable outcomes for your organization.

 
How You Will Benefit

• Formulating and launching a well-defined “breakthrough” project
• Learning and practicing key tools of language that supports you in intervening on “business as usual” and delivering unprecedented results.
• Communicating with and engaging others – up, down and across the organization – in sharing your commitment and working together to support your objectives
• Identifying and dealing swiftly with obstacles that could slow progress or distract the team from the task before them
• Confronting and dealing with opposition, resentment or resignation, and turning negative attitudes into fresh conversations for what’s possible in your organization 
• Delegating power and authority to others, and enabling them to step up to the bar, take ownership, and deliver impeccably on what is required
• Completing a project powerfully, in a way that leaves others strengthened and inspired by what has been accomplished and learned
• Translating and replicating new leadership skills to meet emerging challenges or opportunities as they arise

Who Should Attend

Leaders of Breakthrough Project Teams

 

Logistics of Sessions

5 sessions over a period of six months

9 classroom days

Sponsorship Training

Critical to the success of a project is the ability to provide clarity, support and direction for your project teams to WIN. 

 

Teams charged with delivering extraordinary results - often within an unyielding environment or amid rapid and unpredictable change - need the clarity and steady guidance of a skilled sponsor to keep them true to their course. It is the sponsor’s role to provide the constant focus that keeps them oriented toward the ultimate objective, and to help them navigate the bumps and barriers, twists and turns that can halt momentum or derail the project before it reaches its end.

• Understanding, formulating and leading solid breakthrough projects that can advance or accelerate significant strategic objectives within the organization
• Grounding in the tools of clear contracting and accountability, including managing by requests, promises, declines and offers
• A grasp of what it means to take authentic ownership and accountability for a project, and of how to elicit that same level of commitment from others
• A clear methodology for identifying, understanding and resolving breakdowns swiftly and effectively, and getting the team back on track
• A facility with communicating and engaging others, in a way that invites their partnership in delivery of the outcomes
• An understanding of the three-phase architecture of transformational change, and clarity about what is present, and what is possible, at each stage

Who Should Attend

Sponsors of Breakthrough Project Teams

 

Logistics of Sessions

5, 1 day, sessions over a period of six months

 

 

 

Managing Breakdowns

Many teams get paralyzed by stops, roadblocks and challenges. Unleash your teams’ ability to deal effectively and efficiently with obstacles to success.

 

When a team commits itself to an unprecedented future, the team is faced with accomplishing what they do not yet know how to do. Clearly, this challenge will result in a series of problems, ranging from attitudes and beliefs (“this can’t be done!”) to opposition (“it’s a ridiculous idea anyway!”) to real-time obstacles that must be overcome (“Doubling production with fewer people in less time? That’s crazy!”).

• Learning a proven methodology for anticipating, identifying, confronting, and resolving Breakdowns
• Gaining important meeting management practices to resolve the Breakdown
• Engaging in a powerful series of conversations that renew the commitment and generate solutions that were previously unseen
• Practicing techniques for having direct conversations that promote action 

Who Should Attend

Leadership Team Members, Sponsors, Team Leaders and Team Members

 

Logistics of Sessions

1 day session

 

 

 

Introduction to Breakthrough

You are asked to change the way you have always worked; to produce and operate beyond what has been expected of you in the past. What does that all mean?

 

Organizations are designed to deliver the results, and the level of performance, that they already achieve. Delivering something outside what is predictable – something people do not already know how to produce – requires an interruption in “business as usual.” It requires what we call a Breakthrough.

• Gaining a clear understanding of what is meant by a discontinuous, “breakthrough” result
• Experiencing what it takes to engage others in committing to and delivering a breakthrough result
• Learning a powerful way to deal with – and embrace – the inevitable surprises, pitfalls, obstacles and distractions that they can expect to encounter along the way.   

Who Should Attend

All levels of the organization

 

Logistics of Sessions

1 day session

 

 

 

Breakthrough Training for Supervisors

If you want to influence the successful implementation of new projects, engage the front-line supervisors. 

 

Often supervisors are left out of the original commitment, only to find themselves surprised and overwhelmed by what seems an impossible challenge on top of an already- steep workload. The result is supervisors who may be confused, uncomfortable, or even resentful about new projects that impact their areas. Supervisors may also be unprepared for the demands that they now face.  

• Gaining a better understanding of the building blocks of breakthrough projects
• Learning how to manage the dual demands of day to day accountabilities and requests from project teams
• Practicing various coaching scenarios to engage people into the breakthrough approach
• Exploring and agreeing upon the impact of breakthrough practices on work teams
• Creating action plans for involvement  

Who Should Attend

Front-line Supervisors

 

Logistics of Sessions