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When you want to develop collaboration on a team, we can help. We show members how to understand each other's preferred communication styles. We will show your team members how they can play to each other's strengths and understand each other's motivators and natural talent. When teams are merging together, or you have a newly formed team, or team members who are not performing well together we provide the solution.
Results of team collaboration include: reducing the time it takes a team to make great decisions, increasing engagement for each team member, and new innovations. Supporting the business vision is another desired outcome of our team development process.
The Professional Development Group has deep expertise working with teams. We focus on communications and effectiveness in getting people to work together to solve business problems and support business growth.
Do you have a team you'd like to be high performing? If so, call us to discuss possibilities, 888-959-1188 x 88 to talk with Shawn Hayashi.
Team Development Consulting
Solving problems with organizations, teams and work groups is the core of our consulting practice. We’ve worked with organizations to improve performance, establish a new culture, manage long term projects, merge departments, and cope with change.
Managers, Leaders and Coaches today have a long list of responsibilities beyond their primary task of leading a team of employees. Without clear and consistent communication, employees or mentees struggle with self-management. As the fast paced workplace puts pressure on time we want to ensure effective communication is maintained at all levels within an organization.
The Professional Development Group also uses a performance analysis model in consulting projects to have a better understanding of what is going on in an organization. Our process has to do with the Organization (Information, Tools, and Incentives) and the Individual or employees (Knowledge, Ability, and Motivation.) Read more.
To experience these tools first hand, we'd be happy to show you a demo of how they could work for your team.
People Development
Workshops, conference break out sessions, coaching, retreats and presentations can be designed to meet your needs. Large groups, team meetings or one-on-one if the topic is developing skills, ability and capacity, we are prepared. For specific examples of projects we've done please check out the Clients & Projects page.
Topics we’ve done recently include:
- Talent@Work®
- From Emotionally Illiterate to Emotional Intelligence
- Creating Meaningful Conversation
- When the Conversation Changes (TM)
- Designing a Powerful Presentation that Sells Your Ideas
- Mastering Your Influence (TM)
- My Managers Are Not Managing! What Next?
- Teams that Play to the Strengths of Each Team Member
- Understanding Human Behavior (DISC) at Work
- Saying No Without Saying "No"
- Customer Service by Building Rapport
- Avoiding Harassment in the Workplace
- Etiquette for Professionals
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"The techniques you taught me have been of great help, my presentations are now much better!!!!! I’ve gotten more business since I’ve been using the ideas you shared than I ever did in one month before!"— Sales Rep for Global Company
"You are such a good listener. Thank you for the questions you ask me – I’m thinking about several things in new ways. Your creative ideas inspire me."— VP, Coaching Client