• How do we keep the ideas from Insights for Personal Effectiveness fresh and exciting for staff members?  
• What can we do to ensure our employees are getting the most from their Insights Discovery learning and applying what they have learned?  
• Is there a way to develop additional capacity within our own organization to support the work of our internal Insights Client Practitioners?

These were questions Coastal Community Credit Union asked.  They had already adopted the Insights Discovery System, and offered introductory workshops with all 600+ employees.  Internal Client Practitioners were busy delivering or planning follow-on programs.  To keep the learning alive, on a team by team basis they decided to build on their use of internal Champions.

Champions fulfill an important role that helps co-workers apply Insights knowledge and skills at every level of their member, employee and community experience. Champions were recruited from interested non-management employees to facilitate Discovery based exercises in their respective locations.  In December, 2011, successful applicants received a customized training workshop delivered by Insights Vancouver, and have access to a suite of exercises, video demonstrations and resources to deliver about thirty-five 15 to 20 minute mini-sessions, often as part of a team meeting. 

And is the Champion's Program successful? Here are a few comments:

• "This is very exciting to me.  I am looking forward to starting the meetings in our Branch...It will be very beneficial to building relationships within the Branch and that will filter out to our membership."
• "I am so excited to be an Insights Champion!  Insights has already made a dramatic difference in my work and personal life by getting to know myself and others, and how to communicate with them." 

Congratulations to Coastal Community for their continued leadership in raising the bar in the application of learning.

For further information about the Champions project contact Joyce Gwilliam, or your Client Manager at Insights Vancouver. For a detailed overview of the Insights Champions program, outlining the purpose, structure and strategic considerations for your organization, follow this link. 

 

We know Insights provides immediate impact and endless possibilities.  

Katey Brown of brightsolid, a UK based technology group pioneering the expansion of the genealogy market with leading family history websites, really brings the concept to life in a short 5 minute video available HERE.  

This is a great resource you can share with staff and fellow Insights practitioners. 

Let us know what you think!

Many of you may know Joyce Gwilliam, President of Insights Vancouver, is also a Senior Faculty Member with Insights Global.  

Last month, she was called on to deliver an Insights Discovery Accreditation session in San Jose, California at the company headquarters of the world's largest search engine (who coincidentally already uses the same four colours as Insights.)  If you get the chance, ask her about
some of the amazing staff perks she saw there!  

Congratulations Joyce, and thank you for sharing your depth of knowledge and experience with the Insights System and continuing to grow the Insights community world-wide.  

A manager of a provincial ministry division recently wrote to say "Sharyn, I wanted to take a moment to say 'Thank you' for the incredible service you provided our organization last month. I understand from Kim White that one of my colleagues did not complete his Insights Discovery Evaluator before Kim's session. I was informed by multiple sources about your quick turn-around of his profile on the morning of the meeting.

Thank you so much for your extra effort and for always providing such positive support when I send you email requests!"