People ● Alignment ● Performance ● Results

The success of every business enterprise is contingent on one primary focus: people! From leadership & management to new initiatives & sales, at every level, the people-quotient defines an organization's success. Nina's coaching zeroes in on the heart of successful business: how we communicate and interact with clients & customers, with direct-reports, and with those to whom we report.

Accelerating Performance

The Problem

Most organizations inadvertently employ inter-relational processes that are full of waste. Negative communication habits cause initiatives and projects to slow down, seriously impacting the profitability of the business. Examples include:

Meetings that constitute huge time-wasters by:

·    Degenerating into debates, arguments, and lack of alignment

·    Failing to produce decisions and clearly defined actions

·    Lacking purpose and not providing real value

·    Taking 2 hours when they should take 30 minutes

·    Having to schedule repeated follow ups because issues are not resolved quickly and effectively

Interpersonal communication that provokes defenses, slowing down people, initiatives, and projects by focusing on:

·    Personality issues and individual agendas that don't align with corporate mission and initiatives

·    Keeping the status quo vs. moving forward

·    What's wrong vs. what's right or what's possible

·    Scape-goating vs. taking responsibility

·    Competition vs. cooperation and collaboration

The Solution

Accelerating Performance brings together executives and their teams, re-aligning them, streamlining their interpersonal processes, and getting everyone focused on producing results. Outcomes include:

·    Meetings that focus on initiatives, corporate mission and purposes, and genuine problem-solving

·    Positive communication habits that yield an environment of productivity

·    Interpersonal communication processes that provide real value by:

o   Getting projects moved forward rapidly and efficiently

o   Focusing on alignment

o   Focusing on what's working

o   Focusing on continuous improvement

o   Focusing on individual responsibility within teams

o   Producing collaborative team work

Who Should Do the Training

·    Executive and management level teams that need to be aligned on corporate objectives

·    Cross-functional teams that are responsible for achieving objectives together

·    Project teams, especially ad hoc, that need to get rapidly aligned on the objectives and quickly and efficiently create results

·    Established leadership teams that need to eliminate personality issues and re-align on corporate objectives and providing value together

·    Teams of business unit leaders, often in remote locations, that need to get rapidly aligned on initiatives and produce results

The Training Process

Accelerating Performance begins with team diagnostics via executive coaching:

·    Understand issues and problems that need to be solved

·     Select participants for the training

·     Establish objectives - what needs to be accomplished - for the training

·    Training takes place over one to two days in an off-site location

·     Follow-up and de-brief post training via coaching

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What Clients Say:

From a team of managers:

·          It was by far one of the greatest presentations that I have had the pleasure of participating in.  The growth that was gained by me as an individual and my colleagues as a group was invaluable and will truly propel us towards that next dimension of excellence as a team and as a leader in our industry. E.J., senior officer

·         The training that we received was phenomenal!  I know personally I gained so much.  I now feel like I am starting a long journey in communicating effectively with others.  It is constant work but from the training I received I feel that I have the right tools to put to use.  Thank you. D.M., HR Mgr

·         I felt that Nina’s style was perfect for our group and the subject matter.  While the subjects were heavy, Nina approached them in a subtle manner so as to let the participant understand the meaning, w/out Nina having to explain the meaning.  It was very effective, and has helped me grow as a person both in and out of the office.  I am looking forward to reading her books, and to hearing her speak again.  She was great!!!!!!!!! J.M., Operations Mgr

·         The entire experience was fabulous!! I feel as an individual and as a group we walked away with a totally new outlook on communication!! B.G., Coordinator ____________________________________________________

To explore your organization's training needs, contact Nina Atwood