team building

Addressing the challenges of “multi-teaming” in project management

By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th September 2017 The nature of “multi-teaming” in project management Many of the organisations that I work with manage projects as the essence of their way of working.  The complexity of this approach is compounded in two ways: Operating a matrix model of management – where individuals have a line manager who …

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Appreciative Inquiry – a tool and philosophy for positive change

By Elisabeth Goodman, 5th November 2016 Asking questions sets the tone for what will follow – start from what’s working well It seemed obvious from the moment that our facilitator, Andy Smith (Coaching Leaders), mentioned it at the start of the two day course on Appreciative Inquiry (AI) that I attended this week. The minute you …

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The Kano model for team building – an alternative application for this Lean Sigma tool

By Elisabeth Goodman, 8th November 2015 The Kano model  is traditionally used as a ‘Voice of the Customer’ Lean Sigma tool I had the pleasure of co-presenting a seminar with Carl Halford  recently, for the APM (Association for Project Management) Thames Valley Branch, on behalf of the Enabling Change SIG. The full set of slides and the …

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Exploring NLP for enhancing team effectiveness

I recently graduated from Advance Coaching Consulting‘s and Magenta Coaching Solutions’ 7-day NLP Practitioner course in Cambridge.  It was a wonderful opportunity to explore some new resources for my work as a trainer, coach and consultant whilst also achieving some invaluable personal developments.  We discovered that the opportunities for applying NLP for enhancing individual and team …

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