Our Best: transforming high performance individuals into a high performance team

Our best is a Leadership Development Programme designed for intact teams. It’s the fastest way for team leaders to get their people working ‘as one’ toward a common goal.

Overview

Getting people engaged with your overall (team) goals and ‘playing team’ can be difficult to say the least. When it comes down to it everyone has their own job to do. It’s only natural that each member should want to get their own job done first before considering the overall team. But this ‘silo mentality’ can cause interpersonal frictions that management will have to spend time sorting out.

Our Best provides you with a foolproof system that allows every member of your team to communicate more effectively and take responsibility for reaching overall team goals – not just defending their ‘patch’.

Here’s what Our Best will do for your team:

Eliminate individual ‘silos’.
Develop a leadership mentality at every level of the team.
Shift responsibility for team success to every member, not just the senior leaders.
Improve communication and relationships across the team
Get your team working towards a common goal with a shared set of agreements on how to get there.

But this isn’t just another ‘top-down’ initiative where your team will leave wondering “what’s in it for me”. There are benefits for each member, no matter their role. Including:

A chance to be involved strategically in the direction of your team.
A personal development experience that will benefit them well into the future.
An opportunity to really get to know the people they work with and finally resolve any interpersonal conflicts.

How does it work?

At the core of this team development workshop is the Instinctive Drives™ (I.D.™). The I.D™ is a tool that reveals to each member of your team (and those that work with them):

What drives and motivates them.
What their natural strengths and talents are.
Where their vulnerabilities lie and what are the practical strategies to manage these.

In a nutshell, it reveals exactly why people behave the way they do and gives teams a common language for understanding each other.

But you know a profiling tool alone isn’t going to deliver your team a dream result. So, while the I.D.™forms a fantastic basis for understanding each team member it’s the actual Our Best workshop where the real work happens. Bringing you team together for two days in a facilitated workshop environment means we are able to:

Provide you and your team with proven strategies to manage each team member according to their unique I.D.™
Identify linkages and potential areas of conflict within the team – get the right people working on the right projects.
Create a Vision and Mission (or take a look at your existing one) for your team.
Set ground rules and a set of shared agreements about how your team will work together to achieve your set Vision.

For more information about the Our Best Leadership Development Programme:

Our Best FAQ and Prices

How is it Different?

Not a radical change

Our Best does not require any radical behavioural changes or restructuring. Instead it relies on leveraging what comes naturally and recognising how our ‘leadership style’ may impact on others and visa versa. Most team workshops try to pinpoint specific behavioural problems and attempt to change them. This change is often temporary.

Whole Team Involvement

Our Best is so powerful because it allows all members, regardless of position, to contribute to the direction of the team. In doing this you’ll really get buy-in and commitment from all members.

Follow up Programme

To ensure the results of the workshop really stick we have put in place a 12 week follow-up programme for the entire team. Participants receive a one on one consultation with one of our experienced I.D™consultants and 12 weeks of practical ‘exercises’ they can implement in the workplace.

What Next?

If you would like more information about the Our Best Leadership Development Programme and how it could benefit your organisation simply:

Or phone us now on:
+61 2 9905 5535

One of our team will be able to answer your questions or you can arrange an obligation free meeting with one of our consultants.

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What Others Say

In a challenging turn-around situation, The Human Enterprise helped the new leadership team to identify their Instinctive Drives, set compelling ground-rules for high performance interaction, and raise the team effectiveness.

As a consequence, the team saw a significant improvement. Bolder, better decisions were carried out faster and as a result, the business performance improved at the end of the year.

Klaus Ridderbusch, Managing Director, STREETS’ Ice Cream, Unilever

The “I.D” and MLQ Team” programs, that The Human Enterprise tailored to our needs, have changed the way we look at ourselves, our teams, our relationships and our challenges every day. And it is not a one hit wonder. There is constant follow-up and planning to ensure we build something that evolves and lasts.

Brett Riddington, Ex Brand General Manager, Estee-Lauder

We were a mature team with most of the individuals having been in their positions for at least 3 years; hence we were able to work well together, particularly in a transactional capacity, but without necessarily making significant leaps forward as a team. The purpose of using the Instinctive Drives was to understand much more clearly what it was that actually drove ourselves individually and to share this with each other...I feel there is an atmosphere of willingness to more deeply understand others’ drives and needs than there was previously. The Human Enterprise did a fantastic job of introducing, explaining and connecting with each of us, so that the team moved to a new level of understanding.

Martin Wharam, Managing Director, Regional Head of Controllers APAC, Credit Suisse (USA) inc.

Having used The Human Enterprise on a number of previous occasions they were an obvious choice when bringing a group of diverse leaders of dissimilar functions together for the first time. The balance of understanding ourselves, then understanding each other and finally how we can leverage as a team towards a common set of outcomes has established a strong grounding for our team to continue to lead towards high performance in difficult circumstances.

Stuart McDonald, Group Executive Strategy, People and Corporate Services, Suncorp

The office has been a buzz with positivity since we returned from the course, and we’re all really dedicated to helping each other through the tricky times, and enjoying the times when we’re "in-stride." The exercises for understanding the times the team is in stride, and how we help each other through when we’re out of stride, has really stuck with me.

Our Best Participant, Alcatel-Lucent