Improvisation for Successful Team Management
We help managers learn improvisation tools for successful team management in a changing environment
training recommended for business & unit managers
optimal number of participants – 6-12
80% of the training are practical tasks
duration of the training: 3,5 h x 3 sessions
When do we recommend the training?
- there are changes coming in the company or team
- it is necessary to improve team engagement and cooperation skills
- the team must be able to adapt to a constantly changing environment
- there are conflicts and disagreements in the team
- the managers’ mindset should be changed to be more open to change and the unpredictable situations
What is the training about?
The goal of the program “Improvisation for Successful Team Management” is to increase the manager’s resilience to stress, dynamic environment, and change, so that manager can use his knowledge, skills and experience as efficiently as possible in critical situations.
The program helps managers understand their behavior in situations of stress or rapid changes, allows to learn and experiment with new behavior patterns and helps improve teamwork. The program uses a unique PLAY! model that combines applied improvisation with management psychology and reflection.
Training Curriculum
The V.U.C.A. world and the leader’s role in it
- What is the V.U.C.A. and how does it affect my company and my team?
- What is the recipe for successful leadership in the V.U.C.A. world
Improvisation structure for unpredictable situations in management
- What does it mean to successfully improvise as a leader?
- As a manager, how you can use this skill to successfully navigate through the V.U.C.A. world, changing events, stress, change and unpredictability?
Decision-making in conditions of incomplete information
- Identifying your current decision-making style
- Training for quick decision-making, the ability to take risks and do
2. An environment that stimulates team development
Generating ideas and solutions in a dynamic environment
- Creativity and ideas in a “quick” and “should have been yesterday” situation
- “Activating” individual creativity
- Methods for team involvement in idea generation
Creating a psychologically safe environment in the team
- Methods to ensure proactivity in the team as a normal behavior pattern
- Conditions and creation of a psychologically safe environment
- Leadership role in team engagement, openness, and safety
- The “Yes, and…” method
- for seeing and developing genius in a team
- for seeing opportunities in critical situations
3. Behavioral statuses and emotions in communication
Behavioral statuses in management
- Advantages and uses of low and high behavioral status
- How can statuses help to achieve different goals in everyday communication?
- Body language, non-verbal communication
Successful communication in a stressful and emotional environment
- The importance of emotions in communication
- The impact and importance of body language
- Identifying and using emotions to achieve the manager’s goal
What are the benefits for the training participants?
- understanding of their behavior in crisis and stress situations
- tools and techniques for leading a team through unpredictable situations
- the ability to use emotions and behavioral states to achieve the goal
- knowledge and tools for creating a psychologically safe environment in the team in the long term
- motivation and inspiration to take your team to the next level
What are the benefits for the company
- a team of stress-resilient managers who are able to effectively lead their team
