CASE STUDIES
Aileen Armstrong, founder of achievingSYNERGY
PROJECT TEAM
A Financial Institution required their existing IT system to bereviewed and updated for future needs. It was a major capitalproject, with project team members being drawn from a range offunctional areas. The team was not a natural team as they had tooperate within their operational and project roles concurrently.
Problem: The team needed to form and problem solve quickly. Plusquickly gain support from a variety of company stakeholders.
Once the current situation and problem was understood the teamneeded to develop practical recommendations.
Action: HBDI and Whole Brain thinking framework was used.
Results: Team members got to know and understand one anotherswiftly.
Quickly formed cohesive and highly productive team.
Highly useful framework which could be used in a variety ofcontexts.
WBT allowed for influence upwards, directly resulted in theacceptance of their recommendations.
98% of recommendations were accepted by the board.
The project team stated that ”no other team had so manyrecommendations accepted by the Board.”
SMALL COMPANY
Problem:
Small company with a high staff turnover and low team cohesion.
Action:
Conducted a fun, short event with them the Amazing ScavengerRace.
Results:
Team and company identity strengthened through an enjoyableshared experience.
Event was referred to often as a positive touchstone.
Increased team communication and relationship strength.
LEADERSHIP COACHING
Situation: An experienced leader was moved to an established team.
She needed to establish her leadership position within the team quickly(e.g. respect, communication and getting to know the team).
The team knew there was a need for some staff to be made redundant.
Morale and productivity needed to be maintained or ideally improvedwhilst this occurred.
Action: Help establish the leaders position within the team whilstdeveloping the leader and team at the same time.
Results: The team loved the monthly Actionable Conversations as theyprovided a way to learn new skills and strengthen individual, team andleader’s relationship.
The individuals who were required to leave the organisation (due todeclining market conditions not due to performance) – left theorganisation – wanting to return to the team and leader when themarket conditions improved (and they did rejoin the team later).
Loyalty, engagement and team strength was strengthened. Morale (andproductivity) increased during declining market conditions andwidespread redundancies. Integrated robust communication processeswere created that were highly valued by team members.
Comment was made by the Leaders' Manager “your team is the ‘A’Team!”
CONTACT
"Actionable Conversations have transformed our team: we are nowmore cohesive, stronger, and more effective. Each ActionableConversations helps us reflect on our progress and grow as a teamand as individual leaders."
Michael Hansen, Head of Supply Chain, Clough
"Working with Aileen and achieving SYNERGY was a 5outof5experience for us. We engaged Aileen to facilitate a TeamManagement Systems workshop for us. Aileen simultaneouslyconfronted and encouraged us and the result has been thatwe now have a much better understanding of the way we work as ateam and can now focus on getting the work done andachieving results."
Daniel High, City of Perth
Please don't hesitate to contact Aileen and the achieving SYNERGYteam for a confidential chat about your situation:
Tel: + 61 8 9316 2823
Mob: + 61 400 406 955
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.achievingsynergy.com.au
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