Business Transformation Professional Role and Responsibilities A Business Transformation Professional is responsible for leading and driving change initiatives within an organization. They work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to identify areas of the business that require transformation, develop strategies and plans to achieve desired outcomes, and implement changes to achieve those outcomes. Some specific responsibilities of …
Recurring, Annual Operations Boards meet their responsibilities usually by conducting certain major activities at certain times of the year. Often, the bylaws specify when certain activities will be conducted. Activities include, for example, conducting regular Board meetings (every month, two months, etc.), conducting the Board self-evaluation, evaluating the chief executive, reviewing and updating Board and …
Basic Advice for Developing Standard Meeting Agendas Advice about designing agendas ranges from simple and straightforward to psychologically-basedanalysis of how people assemble, participate and learn from meetings. The followingarticles were selected for advice and samples for the most common and standardmeeting formats.
Meeting Preparation and Opening Much of what supports the active participation of group members lies in how the meeting is designed and managed. During the Meeting Consider some or all of the following in any order: During the Meeting Closure Recognize and document results at the end of each meeting. This shows progress, promotes satisfaction …
Guidelines to Successful Group Decision-Making and Problem Solving © Copyright Carter McNamara, MBA, PhD There are many techniques that can be used with groups to help them make decisionsand solve problems, for example, voting, consensus, reference-to-authority andnominal group technique. The guidelines in this document refer to the votingand consensus techniques. Voting (to Make a Selection from Among Alternatives) …
What is Intervening? An intervention is a technique, usually used by a facilitator, to stop a destructive process or enhance a constructive process in a group. Some of the most common situations that require interventions are when ground rules are being broken, the group seems stalled or stuck, there is prolonged conflict among members, or …
Planning Effective Meetings Meeting management tends to be a set of skills often overlooked by leaders and managers. The following information is a rather “Cadillac” version of meeting management suggestions. The reader might pick which suggestions best fits the particular culture of their own organization. Keep in mind that meetings are very expensive activities when …
It would be very useful, before evaluating a team or group, to first understand the broad context of team performance management and where group and team evaluation fit into that broad context. That can ensure that your evaluation is well-planned and that you will know what to do with the results of your evaluation. Then …
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What is Group Learning? In recent decades, researchers, educators, authors and leaders have accepted that people in groups can learn a great deal from each other. The learning does not always have to be from an expert who somehow conveys expert knowledge onto others. The benefits of group learning have spawned a wide variety of …
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What is Peer Learning? A Simple Definition While the phrase “peer learning” is used a great deal, it can mean many different things to many different people. Perhaps the best place to start is to offer a simple definition that “peer learning” can be the result from the interactions shared by peers. However, some might …