. 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 . Does your organization have a high-level group whose mission is to increase employee satisfaction and engagement? They go by a variety of names: Engagement Team, Workplace Improvement Council, Employee Satisfaction Committee, and so on. They're composed of people who represent different functions and areas of the workplace. Sometimes there's a main group for the overall organization and a network of subgroups for different departments or regions. These groups always start with good intentions, but all too often, they get stuck in a loop of one talk-filled meeting after another. They struggle to convert their big mission into specific objectives and practical action steps. They worry about a lack of support. They begin wondering whether the effort is worth their time. It doesn't have to be this way. In fact, these groups can become high-performing teams that bring about significant positive change throughout the workplace. Over the years, Tom Terez has worked with close to 30 councils, committees, and teams in a wide variety of organizations. He provides breakthrough coaching for improvement teams that are just beginning their work -- and for groups that are further down the road. Through meetings, special learning sessions, and coordinated conversations with similar groups from other (noncompeting) organizations, Tom can help your team to: Make better use of your meeting time Translate the group's big mission into a set of meaningful objectives Use those objectives to develop specific action steps that are practical, doable, and big enough to have an impact Become a learning group that leads the way in bringing new ideas and approaches into the workplace Build capacity by engaging and involving other people, even the skeptics and cynics, so workplace improvement becomes everyone's responsibility and not just the team's Ensure that all of this effort generates real results that benefit associates, customers, and the bottom line CLIENT COMMENTS: Our Employee Satisfaction Team had been meeting for several months and progressing slowly. Then we had the good fortune to hear Tom speak about workplace improvement at our company, and we had a follow-up meeting with him. Under his guidance, we quickly coalesced around the idea of employee engagement -- and all of a sudden our efforts took off. Through a continuing partnership with Tom, we have completed our research, made recommendations and seen them implemented, and launched a self-organizing learning group that provides opportunities for our people to become engaged as we explore ideas that will strengthen our workplace. Tom is a wealth of knowledge with a great style and sense of humor. He is adept at quickly understanding your culture and creating an approach that is rooted in his years of experience but also tailored to your organization. He is an inspirational coach and mentor to our team and to our company. ...-- Jim Bailey, Team Development Manager, Vertex, Inc. For more information, click 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.