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The team was a blend of Chinese, American,
Irish, German, Japanese, Korean, Thai,
Australian, New Zealanders, and Indian members.
Use of the Team Management Profile was seen as a
safe way for them to talk about their
differences; much better than the local v. expat
conversation so was incorporated into this two
day session.
Action Taken
The TMP was used early on in the session and
informed their strategy work to some degree but
had a considerable impact on how the team
thought about the implementation of their
strategy. The group was strongly east wheel
preference focused with 14 of the 20 team
members having work preferences in the
Developing (3) Organizing (10) and Producing (1)
functions. Through facilitated discussion the
group suggested the possible points of impact
regarding their work preferences as a team:
Strengths:
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We can organize, drive and
execute
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We are aligned with where the
business is at right now
Development Needs:
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Perhaps not willing to
abandon a direction even if it’s not
working well
• If
we have conflicting goals or priorities,
we’ll be pulling in different
directions.
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• May
not have the right information gathering
mechanisms and infrastructure – risk in
decision making
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May be short term focused
– need to look 2-3 years out
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All of these strengths and development needs
were important for the team to understand if
they were going to maintain the momentum they
had just started to achieve and if they were
going to be effective in implementing their
strategy. It was very important for this very
driven, results oriented group to not only be
able to discuss their differences but at the
same time disucss those differences within the
context of the business needs. The TMP with its
focus on both work functions and the measures of
work preferences met this teams needs very well.
Results
Through continued facilitated discussion
informed by their TMP results and their
strategic plans the group suggested the
following short and longer term actions were
required.
Sample Team Actions for the Current Year
• Engage
the next level in organization regarding
strategy deployment and personally drive
the message multiple times in multiple formats
(town halls, workouts, rewards)
• Keep
policy management deployment front and center in
ongoing regional management meetings
Sample Team Actions for Longer Term
•
Build bench strength and local
perspective within our various regions
• Manage
more by interacting with people rather than
directing them
The team left the session energized and prepared
to take their plans forward while recognizing
that some of the actions listed above would be a
struggle for them and they would need to remind
each other to maintain their focus as the normal
pressures of work brought their preferences
closer to the surface.
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