Overview

The thinking environment Master Class is for excellence in one to ones, meetings, away days, strategic thinking and getting the best contributions from yourself and your colleagues most of the time. 

Thinking together can; inspire activity, build productive relationships, solve difficulties, make progress on personal issues, distil ideas into decisions, provide direction and make people feel a valuable part of something worthwhile.

When last did you do something that did that?

The Thinking Environment Master Class will give you principles and structures that guarantee beneficial outcomes for your company and the people that work there.

Objectives

Programme.

Objectives

At the end of the training session participants will have:

• Outlined the value of a productive meeting on a corporate and individual level
• Speculated on the cost of poor events versus the gain of excellent ones
• Demonstrated understanding of how their behaviours effect the quality and outcomes of meetings
• Reflected on the 10 components of a Thinking Environment
• Enhanced their listening skills
• Experienced a meeting run in a different way
• Made progress on a business issue
• Reflected on business applications for the Thinking Environment principles
• Enjoyed some time to think to work on key issues
• Used a tool for removing the barriers to productive outcomes

Programme

Welcome Introductions and Objectives

• How would it help you to make more of your staff interactions?

The Full Benefit of Thinking Together

• What do you think is the most a meeting or event could achieve?
• If it could do more what would it be?
• The power of profound listening: practice in pairs

The Environment and Structure of Excellent Meetings

• What behaviours and structure help or hinder your meetings.
• The 10 components of a Thinking Environment
• Identifying and removing limiting assumptions

Meeting

• Bring a real issue that will be of value to your business to work on in the meeting. An example meeting will be facilitated by a qualified Time to Think Consultant.

Evaluation of Meeting

• Compare the results and experience of this meeting with others you have experienced

Other Applications of the Thinking Environment

• Consider how you may use the principles of the Thinking Environment in appraisals, coaching, innovation and motivation for your company. 

Learning Review

• Summarise the learning and changes you need to make.

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