Groups Readiness Assessment

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Assessing the level of 'collaboration' within your team(Required)

There is good co-operation and teamwork across the group; focus is on the greater good.

There is a siloed mentality across the business; lack of teamwork with an ‘us and them’ attitude.

Short Insight:

In your organisation there is the belief that everyone belongs to the same team and works together to achieve overall goals.

Full Insight:

In high-performing organisations there is the belief that everyone belongs to the same team and must work together to achieve overall goals. Today’s complex business environment requires a high degree of interdependence in organisations. Complacency is one of your biggest threats and there is a constant need to find new ways to work together to implement change and grow.

Our Recommendation:

Our BRAVE methodology will help you to consciously strengthen your collaborative way of working and build a high performing team. We’ll help you create an environment where your people will say “we can do hard things”.

Short Insight:

In your organisation money and time may be being wasted because self-interest is not being sacrificed for the greater good.

Full Insight:

Organisations are at risk of money and time being wasted where self-interest is not sacrificed for the greater good. Where there is a lack of working together for a common goal it can result in the loss of purpose and fulfilment and can be highly demotivating. Poor cross-organisational working and lack of collaboration can be extremely expensive. Central to addressing this is blowing out bureaucratic processes. This can be done by delegating decision-making and giving people access to the insights they need to guide their choices.

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Assessing your team and work environment for diversity of thought(Required)

Curiosity is encouraged; diversity of thought is respected and valued.

There is a lack of respect for diversity of thought; prejudice and judgement prevail.

Short Insight:

Diverse companies are more successful as they bring multiple viewpoints to the table which allow ideas to spark.

Full Insight:

Diversity of thought and life experience doesn’t just encourage a healthy competitive environment for people of different ideas to share. It opens up room for discussion and offers a safe space for people to voice their thoughts with confidence. It lets people with opposing ideas rub against each other until they can achieve a positive outcome. It values how everyone thinks. The challenge is to ensure that this is inherent in the process, not totally reliant on the people in the room.

Our Recommendation:

The THINK and DISAGREE modules of our BRAVE programme provides a framework to ensure diversity of thought is an integral part of your decision-making process.

Short Insight:

A lack of diversity of thought can result in Groupthink which values harmony and coherence over accurate analysis and critical thinking of individuals.

Full Insight:

Groupthink can result in bad decisions due to lack of opposition and a lack of creativity. Overconfidence in Groupthink may mean that optimal solutions to problems may be overlooked. Whilst diversity of thought and innovation are key to secure bottom-line results, our unconscious preferences for people who are like us challenges our ability to create these conditions.

Our Recommendation:

The THINK and DISAGREE modules of our BRAVE programme help create a culture of respect for difference and encourages diverse ideas to be expressed. We’ll enable you to think first, think better and to debate with purpose.

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Assessing how your team responds to differences of opinion(Required)

Differences of views and opinions are encouraged; issues are openly discussed.

Conflict is avoided or suppressed by authority; issues are discussed behind closed doors.

Short Insight:

A culture where disagreement is embraced is seen as a ‘good thing’, with openness and transparency leading to better performance.

Full Insight:

A culture of openness and transparency, where disagreement is encouraged and embraced as a ‘good thing’. If people are encouraged to speak out, they will prevent harm, make suggestions for improvement and come up with creative ideas which will lead to better organisational performance. Your people recognise that their contributions and thinking are genuinely needed and valued. Disagreement helps to strengthen ideas and results in improved decision making.

Our Recommendation:

The DISAGREE module of our BRAVE programme enables you to embrace the process and art of healthy disagreement consciously and skilfully. We will help you take the fear out of two things; disagreement and critical debate.

Short Insight:

The tendency to avoid conflict is very human. Most people want to be liked and fear that disagreements will create tension with people they interact with.

Full Insight:

The avoidance of conflict creates disconnects between business units and lowers standards of performance — all of which complicate decision making. Conflict avoidance is a coping technique designed to minimise fear. If it becomes part of your culture, your workforce will be focused on their own needs instead of what is best for the business. That can make creativity and innovation difficult.

Our Recommendation:

The DISAGREE module of our BRAVE programme will enable you to embrace the process and art of healthy disagreement and prevent conflict avoidance. We will help you take the fear out of two things; disagreement and critical debate.