LEARNING CENTER

Meetings

Mid South Chemical Group Meeting
April 5-7, 2006 in Pensacola, FL

People and the Productivity Challenge in the Chemical Industry
After a decade of rapid productivity growth in the 90's, productivity in the U.S, chemical industry began a significant decline in the new millenium. The capital tight environment now focuses leadership attention on the effectiveness of human resources. How will U.S. production facitlities react to this challenge? Mr. Bennett will describe the challenge, draw comparisons to the life cycles of other industries and give an example of how one client Tronox is applying the lessons learned to ready itself for the next wave of change.

The Collaborative Work Systems Design Workshop held in partnership with the Center for Collaborative Organizations - July 18-20, 2006 and November 7-9, 2006

Tools for Team Collaboration held in partnership with Fort Worth Project Management Institute - Saturday April 22, 2006

Please click here for an overview of each publication.

• Guiding the Journey to Collaborative Work Systems: A Strategic Design Workbook
• Critical Success Factors In Team-Based Organizing: A Top Ten List
• Developing Team-Based Support Systems: Conceptual Overview And Strategic Planning Workshop
• Keeping Teams Afloat: Critical Coaching Competencies in Today’s Team-Based Organizations
• Team-Based Organization: Creating An Environment For Team Success
• Navigating The Team-Based Organizing Journey
• The Realities of Developing Support Systems: A Case Study

• Coaching

• A Culture of Compassion: Employee Assistance Programs in the Workplace
• An Overview Of Team Effectiveness
• Characteristics of Effective Managers
• Conflict Resolution
• Critical Mass Interventions: Accelerating and Improving Organizational Change
• Empowerment as an Organizational Tool
• Experiential Training: A Stepping Stone for Work Teams
• External Leadership of Effective Work Teams: A Review of Emerging Theories
• Leader Impact on Group Effectiveness
• Learning and Innovating in Communities of Practice
• Shared Vision in Organizations
• Servant Leadership: The Complexity of a Simple Idea
• Team Decision Making: A Key Factor In Knowledge Work Team Effectiveness
• The Evolution of Job Analysis: Competency Assessment Comes of Age