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Workteam Action Updates:
Rivet International, Organization for Tropical Studies and the Board of the International Feldenkrais Federation have arranged ongoing work projects around lists of key information, where team leads can update the current status of actions or programs and the entire team can review these at any time.
A Regional Economic Commission in Latin America supports dispersed inter-government teams to develop policies and standards for new uses of IT across the region.
Dallas Baptist University runs a graduate level online marketing course in which teams of students brainstorm and prioritize a set of problem solving criteria with which to choose a product solution.
Autodesk and Oracle use our team planning simulation to train managers in effective collaboration with virtual teams.
Face-to-Face Meetings -- Partners or Strategy:
Cadence Design, Valent USA, Intercontinental Hotel Group and Network Appliance have held multiple face-to-face meetings, in which they use GroupMind to build a sense of two-way partnership and closer alignment between company leadership and key stakeholders who are critical to the success of their enterprise.
These meetings involve a large group (usually from 50 - 300) to discuss their key issues at their tables and enter these into their GroupMind computer. Each individual then votes for their top choices from the combined list of critical challenges; results are viewed on a large screen and summarized by an executive. High scoring items are seen by all, discussed and referred to a task group.
Using repeated interaction, the group develops a shared sense of urgency, and the sponsoring organization gets focused feedback and heightened expectations from their partners.
Online Interactive Presentations:
Many departments within ConocoPhillips set up global online meetings -- presentations along with integrated questions and comments, as a way to provide staff in dispersed locations with up-to-date information on policy or strategy changes, yet with built-in interaction!. Some of these are educational in tone, some are structured as Town Hall meetings, to encourage give-and-take between senior managers and individuals who might not otherwise get a chance to get direct information.
360 Evaluations:
Cisco Systems, Cadence Design and New Leaf Markets have run teams through one or more rounds of leadership assessments in which the raters are identified by their relationship group to the subject, i.e. manager, peers, direct reports. The results, shared only with the subject, show scores for subject sections in addition to the individual questions, identify text comments by group, and show a summary of the top 5 and bottom 5 overall scores for the evaluation. |
