The SmartGroups® Approach
enables the entire organization to become smarter. Increasing the competence
and effectiveness of working groups leads to more effective ad hoc task
forces and inter-departmental interaction.
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more about the SmartGroups® Approach - Building
Smart Working Groups
Groups composed of smart people
can be dumb. It is not the individual people who are dumb; it is,
too frequently, just how groups function. For many people ‘smart’ and ‘group’ are
mutually exclusive, two ideas that don’t fit together. The
SmartGroups® Approach changes that.
A Smart Group get results beyond what any member might achieve by
her or himself. The SmartGroups® Approach builds competence
among the members of a group, both in working individually and together.
Project work groups and informal two
and three person conversations work smarter. Smart Groups have the ability
to use the energy of conflict productively to find creative and powerful
solutions
to challenges and opportunities. Their members know when and how to use a
group.
Groups immediately become more focused and productive. This approach dramatically
enhances the accessibility, retention, and utilization of knowledge about
the mechanics of group collaboration.
The Focused Meeting™
The few simple practices in our Focused Meeting™ are easily learned and
applied. They alone will exponentially increase meeting effectiveness. Conversation
stays on track, issues get clearer not more complicated, and solutions are explored
productively. Conflicts and disagreements are used to arrive at a better solution.
Next steps – what is to be done by whom and by when – are explicit
and agreed to.
