. CONSULTING AND COACHING GREAT08 Improvement Process The ASAP Process: Ask, Synthesize, Analyze, Plan LD3: Leadership Development Series Breakthrough Coaching for Improvement Teams Now YOU can lead one of our most requested workshops . Busyness and proximity often conspire to limit the potential of a workplace. Think about your own organization: Are people so busy with their everyday activities that they rarely have time to think about ways to do things better? Regarding proximity, are they so close to their own situations and circumstances that they can't see the big picture? Do you get the sense that improvement opportunities are within easy reach -- if only people had the extra time and a fresh perspective? These are common problems, and the ASAP Process provides a solution. Designed for busy organizations, it condenses what typically unfolds over two months of traditional consulting, focusing it into one intense week of on-site interviews, analysis, and breakthrough discovery. The aim is to give you an experienced outside perspective -- efficiently -- so you can find those strengths and improvement ideas that are waiting to be leveraged. The week can focus on engagement, teamwork, trust, or another high priority. Or it can take a wider look, scanning for a full range of opportunities to strengthen the workplace. Tom Terez leads the process, bringing the knowledge and perspective that come from having worked with 150 organizations over the years. The exact timetable may vary depending on a variety of circumstances, but the following serves as a default schedule for the ASAP Process. Day 1: Tom arrives and meets with key contacts at the organization to review the process, finalize the schedule, and answer any remaining questions. Days 2-3: ASK: Through on-site interviews and focus groups with associates, Tom gathers information and insights. Day 4: SYNTHESIZE: Tom spends the fourth day off-site, reviewing the input and planning the next day's briefing. Day 5: ANALYZE + PLAN: A concluding session brings together key people. Tom presents the findings, answers questions, facilitates dialogue, and guides people in determining how they can best put the discoveries to work. (Depending on the size of the organization and the intended outcomes for this process, the session might be an informal sit-down conversation, a more formal presentation with on-screen visuals, a session that's repeated with different groups throughout the day, or something else.) Tom Terez is a veteran consultant and workshop leader. He has 20 years of experience conducting interviews, facilitating focus groups, synthesizing input, uncovering key insights, and presenting information in a way that gets to the point and prompts action. . For more information, click here to send a note or call 614-488-9721. Home | Talks and Workshops | Consulting and Coaching | About Tom Terez | Client List | Success Stories | White Papers | E-Letters | Contact Visit our other sites:..Organizational Performance: BetterWorkplaceNow.com ..Personal Excellence: InnerBest.com Copyright 2006-2008 by Tom Terez and Tom Terez Workplace Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. P.O. Box 21444, Columbus, Ohio USA 43221-0444. Tel. 614-488-9721. Online Contact Form TomTerez.com, BetterWorkplaceNow.com, Better Workplace Now, InnerBest.com, and Inner Best are trademarks of Tom Terez Workplace Solutions, Inc.