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Insights Vancouver is a leader
in developing programs that meet the learning needs of
individuals and organizations. By partnering with our
clients, we have been able to deliver over 40 different
programs over the past year that fully engaged the
participants and led to lasting and meaning change.
Our objective is to provide
our clients with unique solutions to the development issues
they face. Unique because all of the tools and services we
blend together are linked by the common language of
colour, and unique because all of our work is customized
to complement or incorporate those elements that are most
important to you - corporate values, key results indicators,
existing learning and development imperatives.
Profiles for Individuals – including the Insights
Discovery Personal Profile
Profiles for Groups – from teams to entire organizations
and cultures
Some samples of how we can have served the needs of clients
in five key areas:
Individual
Team
Organization
Sales
Leadership
Insights
for Personal Effectiveness
Whether you are interested in
Leadership Development, Team Building or simply optimizing
your influence in business and personal situations, this one
day workshop is the starting point for achieving your goals.
Designed as our core program, the workshop delivers a
personalized introduction to your Insights Discovery profile
and the Insights System that is fun, interactive and which
leaves participants with language and framework for
understanding themselves and others.
Using each participant’s
Insights Discovery Personal Profile, the program enables
everyone to understand their own personality better, to
identify other types of personalities and adapt to different
communication needs. The use of our four Insights colour
energies: Fiery Red, Sunshine Yellow, Earth Green and Cool
Blue creates a memorable common language and framework on
which participants can base their interactions in the
future.
Designed for people that want
to:
- Participate in a
powerful personal development experience
- Increase team
effectiveness within their organization
- Take the most meaningful
step in their leadership development
- Increase understanding
about themselves and others
- Improve how to recognize
others' styles and connect with them
- Improve your ability to
communicate with intention
- Develop personal
strategies that optimize your strengths, acknowledge
your idiosyncrasies and maximize your efforts
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Insights Quest for Sales Professionals
A flexible, modular program of development for sales
executives and account managers. Clients can select from a
series of 24 modules which address learning needs at every
stage of the sale from preparation to follow-through. The
Insights Discovery Profile Effective Selling Chapter
complements each customized program by helping individuals
understand their personal strengths and challenges at each
stage of the sales process.
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Insights for Team Work
Using your foundational learning about Insights, this
half-day workshop focuses on the different personality
preferences and the sixteen critical factors for high
performing teams.
Designed for individuals and
teams that want to:
- Extend their self
understanding as it relates to a team environment
- Increase their sense of
value for others who draw on different energies, strengths
and skills
- Develop strategies for
improved team effectiveness
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Insights for Dealing With Conflict
Learn how to adopt practical strategies for communicating
and dealing with your "opposite type". Become increasingly
aware of your own triggers and how your communication can
positively influence the achievement of your goals.
Designed for those that want
to:
- Connect with their own
physical and emotional triggers
- Identify signs of conflict
in others
- Apply the "Simply Connect"
communications model for building productive relationships
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Insights for
Situational Leadership
Blanchard and Hersey
characterized leadership style in terms of the amount of
direction and support a follower requires – naming this
situational leadership. Since leaders tend to have a
preferred style, it takes intentional focus to assess the
situation and determine the most powerful approach – and not
just choose the approach that would be most in line with
one’s own preference.
The
Insights for Situational Leadership program is
designed for leaders who want to be the best they can be
while they coach for increased performance. Participants
build on the Insights Discovery language and framework for
understanding themselves, understanding others, and adapting
and connecting. The format of the program is practice,
practice, practice. All participants will have numerous
opportunities to try on new skills for different coaching
situations. If you are committed to applying your coaching
skills to a range of practical day-to-day coaching
situations this program will meet your expectations.
A
pre-requisite of this program is attendance at an
Insights for Personal Effectiveness or participation in
the two introductory on-line modules, The Key to Personal
Effectiveness, and Recognizing
Type and Connecting with Others.
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Insightful Coaching
Coaching is a
collaborative partnership that builds on
the
strengths
of participants
and adds the missing links to achieve lasting success.
Coaching assists in creating a clear picture of
professional, organizational and personal goals providing
strategies and tools to go beyond previously abandoned or
delayed goals with a new, sustainable determination.
Just as
successful athletes work with coaches to improve
performance, you too can work with a coach to advance areas
in your life. Each coaching session will utilize the
framework of the Insights Discovery System, designed to
build on each person’s strengths, while also identifying key
areas of improvement.
Each coaching session is built upon a
series of questions, which are intended to guide the
dialogue between the coach and the client. Examining and
gaining commitment to key areas of action closes the
coaching cycle.
Coaching can take place with individuals or groups.
Face-to-face coaching can be supported by telephone or
e-mail contact. A coach can work to a specific schedule,
provide long term support, or be brought in to accelerate
change or a specific project.
What are
the corporate benefits?
In a corporate
environment, coaching is most applicable in work settings
where high performance and continuous personal improvement
are a requirement. Organizational benefits of coaching
include:
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Improved communications
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Increased productivity
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Enhanced employee engagement
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Improved knowledge transfer and application
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"A whopping 98.5% of
coaching clients said their investment in a coach was
well worth the money, according to an International
Coaching Federation survey. 'Coaching is the most
potent tool for inducing positive personal change,
ensuring better-than-average odds for success and
making the change stick for the longer term.' The Ivey
Business Journal recently stated."
Excerpt from April 2001 issue of BC Business Magazine. |
Coaching
outcomes focus on the corporate team and corporate vision,
mission, values and strategy. Results are measured against
the performance requirements of the organization. Once a
needs assessment is complete, a customized program and ROI
measurement can be designed to assess success. Following
this, individualized coaching commences and addressing the
following:
Coach - Client
Partnership:
an initial 2 hour
meeting to debrief the Insights Discovery Profile and set
out goals for the coaching process. This may be accomplished
in person, via e-mail, or over the phone. Please note, some
of the tasks involved in designing the alliance can be
accomplished by the client individually reducing the time
allocated to this process.
Commitment:
an
initial 3 month commitment is required with options to
extend. The frequency of sessions will be mutually
determined.
Follow-up and
follow through processes
to ensure clarity
of direction and success.
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Insightful Mediation
"A team-member's commitment to the team and
the team mission can decrease if intra-team conflict remains
unresolved. ...if unhealthy conflict goes unresolved for too
long, team members are likely to leave the company or use
valuable time to search for alternatives."
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What is Insightful Mediation?
Every interaction raises issues that have the
potential of raising difference, so, of course conflict will
occur. The workplace is filled with people who have
different wants, needs, and expectations. So, of course,
conflicts will occur. The trouble isn't necessarily the fact
that conflict exists; it's how we deal with those conflicts
or what happens when they aren't resolved. The impact of
unresolved conflict in the workplace can be devastating - to
the parties involved, to colleagues and teams, to clients,
and to the business as a whole.
Insightful Mediation is a productive way to
address issues that arise on the workplace. Through
facilitated dialogue, each party gains insight into the
cares and concerns that underlie the conflict. Using the
Insights Discovery Profile, the mediator assists each party
to discover their interests, appreciate differing
perspectives and is encourages each party to create a shared
experience of resolution. Thus, supporting the foundation of
the Insights Discovery Model:
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Understand self
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Understand other
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Adapt and connect
Who might benefit from Insightful Mediation?
A co-operative and productive workplace is
the goal of all organizations. Disputes are often time
consuming and costly disrupting the workplace and
distracting all parties. Whether conflict exists between two
parties or amongst team members, coming to appreciate the
interests of others is a key part of resolving conflict and
re-engaging employees in the workplace.
Mediation is a voluntary, informal process
for two or more people who are in dispute and wish to engage
in a facilitated discussion to jointly agree how better to
work together. The timeframe for mediation depends on the
size of the group, the length of time the issue has been
left unresolved and the nature of issue in dispute.
How does it work?
The process of mediation begins with an
assessment of the appropriateness of mediation as an option
for resolution and an assessment of the willingness of the
parties to engage. Once these essential elements are
established, a pre-session interview meeting is set-up to
establish rapport and build understanding of the issues to
be resolved. The Insights Discovery Profile is also employed
to provide a foundation for effective communication and
assisting in identify potential barriers to effective
resolution. A pre-session meeting lasts for approximately
1-2 hours.
* Barnes-Slater, Synthia and Ford,
John,[online] MGH Consulting, Measuring Conflict: Both
The Hidden Costs and the Benefits of Conflict Management
Interventions, LawMemo.com, 2005.
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