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Transforming Your Senior Leadership Team
 Session overview
Successful organizations are led by Senior Leadership Teams (SLT) that work
together effectively and cohesively. Unfortunately, just because a team
resides at the top of the organizational pyramid does not mean that they
speak with one voice and function as a high-performance team. In fact,
many senior leadership teams face challenges that include: Conflicting
egos, personal agendas, silos, turf battles, poor communication
disconnects poor meeting managements, and lack of alignment on goals,
processes, and priorities. Sound familiar? If so, your senior leadership
team is not alone.
Session objectives
Transforming Your Senior Leadership Team is specifically designed to
transform senior teams into “real” teams. This session will address
real-world issues, such as:
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Driving a common
mission, vision, and strategy within the organization
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Establishing thematic
goals that drive alignment and break down silos
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Defining organizational
culture
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Creating team ground
rules that foster cohesion
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Creating a framework for
effective Senior Leadership Team meetings that build teamwork and
get results
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Improving communication
flow within the team and out to the organization
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Leading transformational
change
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Engaging in constructive
conflict
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Fostering mutual
accountability for behaviors and results
Pre-assessment: Senior Leadership Team Survey
The Senior Leadership Team survey is a web-based assessment that
identifies team strengths and opportunities for improvement. The survey
provides a compelling framework for discussing the current state of the
team and how people treat each other. Sample survey items include:
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Team members seem more
concerned about the success of the organization as a whole, rather
than just their department.
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Team members speak with
one voice and convey consistent messages regarding decisions and
policies made by the team.
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Team members examine the
impact of actions on other areas of the organization before
committing to action.
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Individuals speak only
in positive terms about other team members and departments who are
not present or represented.
 The process
Senior teams often perceive that team building is “below them” and they
don’t want to “play games” when they have serious issues to address.
This sessions honors the need of senior teams to get results while
acknowledging the power of creating alignment and cohesiveness. The
transformational process includes the following steps:
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Determine the type of
SLT that the team is and desires to be
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Establish a purpose for
the team
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Defining the culture
through identification of core values
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Identify
interdependencies
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Create desired team
dynamics
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Establish a structure
for team meetings
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Create a communication
strategy
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