Partnering

     Partnering establishes the skills, methods, and cooperative environment needed for successful projects.  On partnered projects all parties agree to focus on creative cooperation and collaborative problem resolution. Emphasis is placed on teamwork, mutual respect, trust, and integrity.

     Successful partners develop new attitudes and exercise new behavior patterns. These attitudes and behaviors are developed in the partnering workshops and supported and sustained by follow-up workshops and frequent evaluations.

Key Components To a Partnering Workshop

Common Understanding

Mutual Respect

Team Building

Issue Identification

Issue Resolution


Results of Partnering

• Reducing cost growth by 80% to 100%
• Significantly improving safety records
• Meeting or exceeding all project engineering goals
• Putting enjoyment back into the daily work lives of all participants
• Meeting budgets and schedules
• Reducing or eliminating costly litigation
• Reducing paperwork up to 50%

 If you answer "Yes" to any of the following questions, then your projects need PARTNERING!

Would you like to have no claims at the end of the job?
Would you like to decrease budget overruns?
Would you like to reduce or eliminate time delays?
Would you like to increase safety on the job site?
Would you like to realize value-engineering savings?
Would you like to have minimal or no growth of the contract amount?
Would you like to have a quality project with all the above benefits?

 

 

Strategic Partnering

     Strategic Partnering is a firm commitment to establish improved working relationships between key stakeholders of a project.  Strategic Partnering is the process of discussing common objectives and the strategies for achieving these objectives.

     Creating these strategic partnerships is done through developing relationships, trust, and unity.  Another critical element is communicating, clarifying and solidifying the expectations of all parties.  This important step can eleminate conflict.

CONFLICT = VIOLATION OF EXPECTATIONS

     In spite of all the attention given to Strategic Partnering, anyone who has even tried to organize a project knows how hard it can be to get the whole team "on board" to ensure that everyone knows where the project is headed and agrees on what it will take to succeed.  A Strategic Partnering workshop will facilitate your project's success.

Team Building

    Team building is a process for developing group maturity and effectiveness.  In a survey of Fortune 500 human resource executives, Team Building was identified as the most widely used human resource development tool.

Together

Everyone

Achieves

More

     Team Building workshops usually include some structured exercises that may focus on unity, trust, or the importance of common objectives.  Team Building emphasizes interactive group processes, the "how" of effective group behavior.

     Teams that succeed have eight characteristics in common:

A clear, elevating goal	A collaborative climate
A results-driven structure	Standards of excellence
Competent members	External support and recognition
A unified commitment	Principled leadership

     Generally, the participants in a Team Building workshop come away with a greater understanding of their own strengths and areas needing improvement, and a greater appreciation of how they as individuals can contribute effectively to group activity.

     Possible content areas and team activities:

Stages of Team Growth	Team Problem-Solving Skills
Clarifying Team Roles	Dealing with Poor Performers
Identifying Mutual Expectations	Moving to Group Maturity
Resolving Team Conflict	Facilitating Team Communication
Group Decision Making	Holding Effective Meetings
Defining Team Goals	Defining Team Norms
Setting Team Ground Rules	Building Trust
Team Interaction Skills	Individuality and Team Accountability

Corporate Retreats

 Strategic Planning         Organizational Assessment

 Strategic Positioning         Team Building

 Integration of New Key Players

 Conflict Resolution         Improving Communication

 

Customized Facilitation

     Traditionally, consultants have been expected to provide solutions to a client's problem.  Customized facilitation is an approach and a process which allows the answers to emerge from within your organization.  As a result, participants own the solutions.  This ownership develops the strength, motivation and direction required to produce results.

Determine Desired Outcomes

Get Input From Stakeholders

Process Information

Facilitate Group Discussion

Develop Action Plans

Evaluate


Customized Facilitation has been used successfully with:

School Boards	Management Teams
Government Councils	Addressing Conflicts
Project Management	Forming New Relationships
Fostering Creativity	Building Consensus
Problem Solving	Improving Communications
Dialogue	Changing Group Dynamics
Internal Teaming	Managing Meetings
Community Groups

Strategic Planning

     Strategic Planning is the process by which the guiding members of the organization develop a vision of the future and define a road map for attaining that future.

VISION

MISSION STATEMENT
                        
GOAL        GOAL        GOAL
                        
OBJECTIVES    OBJECTIVES    OBJECTIVES
                        
ACTION    ACTION    ACTION
ACTION    ACTION    ACTION
 ACTION    ACTION    ACTION

     While strategic planning is usually conducted for the organization as a whole, functional units of the organization and particular lines of business may also conduct strategic planning for their domain.

     Strategic planning can be:

• In accordance to the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993, or
• Customized