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Improving Individual, Team and Organization Performance
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Hallo
Welcome to the first of a quarterly series of newsletters from ArnzenGroup. Click on these links to learn more about our work to develop:
You can also read about our new website, or go directly to the site at www.ArnzenGroup.com.
Thanks,
Breck, Lani and Mick
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Breck Arnzen | 
Breck recently presented The CFO's Role In Driving Organizational Change at the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers' annual conference, partnering with Susan Ennis. They addressed techniques for
- Aligning Teams & Organization
- Defining & Cultivating Culture
- Managing Employee Performance & Development, and
- Attracting, Selecting, & Onboarding People
You can read more about the presentation, and Breck's work coaching a CFO, here in our blog.
If you are interested in attending a roundtable of executives facing challenges similar to those described in the blog, contact Breck@ArnzenGroup.com
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Participative Strategy Planning in an Energy Company |
Over the years we've designed and facilitated a number of strategic
planning processes, and we've come to 3 important conclusions that drive our work;
- Strategy planning and execution are concurrent and interdependent.
- Internally integrating and aligning an organization is an essential prerequisite for successfully connecting the whole organization with its customers.
- Strategy planning always requires a significant educational component - about the industry, and the business's priorities & capabilities.
Recently we helped the Corporate Functions within an energy company build and execute a Strategic Planning process which aligned their activities more closely with their business partners' priorities.
Read more about the importance of alignment to strategy execution here, and how we Align Organizations through Participative Strategy Planning here, or contact Breck@ArnzenGroup.com
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Learning from Cross-Functional Teams in an Online Service Provider |
Temporary cross-functional and even inter-organizational teams are commonplace, and provide an excellent platform for learning, particularly about team dynamics, personal leadership and organizational execution.
Recently we supported an executive Action Learning team at an online provider of marketing products and services, using a combination of individual coaching, structured conversations and Hogan assessments.
If you'd like to learn more, read Breck's blog entry here or contact Breck@ArnzenGroup.com
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Lani Peterson |  Lani has been working with executives and business teams, delivering workshops on the power of story, and coaching leaders to communicate powerful and engaging messages through their stories of challenge and success.
At the recent annual National Storytelling Conference, Lani designed and facilitated a Pre Conference workshop using a World Café process to explore The Power of Story. She also presented on the same topic at the Executive Development Roundtable (EDRT) at Boston University.
You can read more about why story is such a powerful communication tool here in our blog.
During the late Fall, Lani will run a half-day open workshop for executives on Leading with Story. The focus of this intensive will be to:
- Develop the skills of storytelling as an effective leadership tool.
- Practice the tools of mining, developing and delivering high impact stories.
If you'd like to learn more about the workshop, contact Lani@ArnzenGroup.com.
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Leadership Development in Healthcare |
In addition to providing training and coaching in the use of story as a high impact leadership tool, Lani also ensures we incorporate story in consulting projects geared towards organizational development and change.
You can read more about our use of story in our leadership development work in a Healthcare organization here.
Recent clients utilizing story in their development work include: Berklee College of Music, City Mission Society, Dana Farber, The HiIdebrand Family Center and The Seven Hills Foundation. Back to top |
Mick Verran | 
Boston has a thriving Start-up community, and Mick has been working with a number of Entrepreneurs to develop their Leadership skills as they establish their businesses.
Recently Mick taught about culture, team-building and conflict resolution at an innovative Micro MBA, and took part in a number of Speed Consulting events. You can read more about Mick's work here in our blog.
In the late Fall Mick will be launching a series of workshops from our Core Leadership Program, teaching techniques for managing the people & organization challenges that face all businesses.
For more information, contact Mick@ArnzenGroup.com
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Developing Project Leadership in a Biotech Company | |
When a biotech company asked us for ideas on how to develop their Project Leadership capability, we looked around to see what existing research we could leverage. We found that;
- What is written about Project Leadership in biotech is usually actually about Project MANAGEMENT
- Very little research has been done on Project LEADERSHIP in biotech; most of what we found had its origins in large-scale engineering & IT projects.
As a result, we developed a process and a suite of tools to clarify the responsibilities and assess the essential competencies of the company's Project Leaders. You can read more about this project here in our blog.
We're about to begin our own research to identify the most valuable developmental experiences for potential biotech Project Leaders. If you'd like to take part, contact Mick@ArnzenGroup.com
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ArnzenGroup's Expanded Website | 
We've upgraded our website at www.ArnzenGroup.com to enable us to share some of our Leadership Apps and Templates; tools our coaching and consulting clients have found useful.
Currently you can download
- a technique for Clarifying Roles and Responsibilities,
- our Team Charter Template,
- a guide to conducting a team meeting about Strategic Thinking,
- an article on how we use online surveys to maximize team involvement in meetings,
- an article on Appreciative Inquiry & Storytelling,
- and our survey of Leadership Development Strategies & Best Practices.
Click here to go straight to the downloads.
We'll also be blogging on topics which arise from our work. Click here to read our recent posts.
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