DecisioNinjas! Developing Today’s Generation of Workplace Problem Solvers
Is today’s critical thinking gap sapping your productivity and aggravating your heartburn? According to a recent study by the Council for Aid to Education, 40% of graduating college seniors lack the complex reasoning skills to manage white-collar work. So, what do you do to fix this issue? Let Bob Wendover provide the solutions.
DecisioNinjas! Developing Today’s Generation of Workplace Problem Solvers
Will teach you how to turn those you supervise into contributors who think fast, act decisively and inspire others to do the same. Based on interviews with more than 3000 leaders, managers and business owners, Bob reveals the eight attributes top-notch decision-makers share in every workplace. Discover how you can compel those around you to embrace these attributes in their daily problem solving.
With a new generation of distracted, impatient, and technology-dependent professionals entering the workplace, now is the time to drive day-to-day decision improvement in measurable ways. Join Bob for this engaging and practical session. Walk away with the tools you need to compel those around you to become DecisioNinjas.
Takeaways
• Why successfully managing discomfort is the key to making effective decisions and the three-step process the best thinkers us.
• How daily decision fatigue saps productivity and what the best decision makers do to eradicate it.
• How to rid your team of safe decision syndrome.
• Why “What does success look like?” is the most powerful question to ask before making any decision.
• The four proven steps to improving and using your intuition to make better decisions.
• How effective supervisors use think-alouds to promote self-initiative and independent thinking.
• Why the best decision-makers make time for reflection and how they leverage these opportunities.
• How the 5Cs of Problem Solving can be used for a basis for most day-to-day decision-making within the workplace.
Whatever! Managing the Generational Divide in Today’s Digital Workplace
We all know about the generations in the workplace. The Boomers are hanging around. The Millennials are pushing hard to advance. The Xers are squeezed in between. Generation Z is on the forefront. The generational transition is here to stay, but what can you do to manage them right now? This entertaining and interactive session shows you how top workplaces foster engagement and enhance productivity among those from different age groups. Loaded with practical examples of how to manage a cross-generational team, you’ll walk away with simple, but powerful strategies for integrating the most diverse workforce the nation has ever seen.
Takeaways
• Engage impatient young contributors and get them to focus on the tasks at hand.
• Balance young workers’ expectation for flexibility with the demands of the work.
• Enhance the face-to-face communication skills of emerging professionals.
• Manage the “Millennial undercurrent” that can sap cross-generational cooperation.
• Eliminate the parade of constant questions in managers’ offices.
• Improve day-to-day critical thinking and decision making.
• Establish communication protocols between your digital immigrants and digital natives.
• Engage your “I’m always looking for the next opportunity” workers and improve retention among top talent.
• Keep seasoned contributors engaged as they near retirement.
• Unglue your front-line people from their screens and improve productivity.
Management Succession and the Emerging Generations
Management succession has become one of the most critical issues within today’s workplace. As emerging generations assume increasing responsibility for day-to-day supervision, they are altering many long-held practices. They are challenging the traditional ways most organizations promote and develop leaders. They are unwilling to work the long hours and sacrifice for the corporate good. They are confronting what they perceive as archaic management practices. They want to leave their mark on the establishments of the future.
Management Succession and the Emerging Generations
Is a unique program focused on how your organization can ensure tomorrow’s success by integrating the aspirations of young professionals with the wisdom of seasoned managers. Engage in a lively discussion on how to implement these ideas with your peers and walk away with implementable strategies that will help you leverage this transitional opportunity. Over time, Millennials are becoming the leaders of tomorrow and have more to offer than many might imagine.
Takeaways
• How to sell senior leaders on the value of implementing a management succession effort.
• Why emerging leader grooming should begin with orientation and how to develop and retain these contributors long-term.
• How to engage spirited young contributors who possess education and skills, but lack experience & wisdom.
• How to turn an impatient, action-oriented young contributor into a polished, aspiring leader.
• Why emerging contributors are skeptical of traditional leadership initiatives and how to model these values effectively.
• Why the transition to a new position is the most critical part of management succession and what to do to successfully facilitate this opportunity.
• What firms are doing to focus the impatience of young leaders toward the longer-term goal of being well-rounded contributors within the enterprise.
• How to measure the success of your management succession program and ensure its longevity.
