Training Programmes

creating for managers

:: Duration: 4 Days

:: Objective
Managers will learn Creating is not about creativity, or so called lateral thinking, or thinking out the box, or problem solving or finding the correct view, or finding seven ways to change your life, but rather it is about … …..enabling you to create what you want to create.

:: Target audience
The workshop can be conducted for all levels of management, including: Supervisory, Middle and Senior Management levels.

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Research at the University of Michigan on the ten basic dangers to our society, listed the quality of the leaders of our institutions as the third factor that could lead to the destruction of our society.
Jack Welch, one of the world’s greatest business leaders, states,

“When the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight.”

In South Africa, with its many changes and challenges, leadership, and the development of its leaders at all levels has become a critical need. The outcome of effective leadership is simple: Leaders bring aspirations (visions and goals) into existence.

Effective leaders know it is not enough to talk about or write vision statements and plans, but rather they focus daily behaviours and actions to deliver the envisioned individual, departmental and organisational goals.

More than ever, leaders at all levels need the competencies of leadership and creativity in order to move our organisations into a prosperous and envisioned future. People are NOT our most important asset…… proactive, creating people are – and this is what this workshop aims to achieve! contracted.

:: Is your organisation experiencing any of these symptoms?

Large amounts of resources spent on meetings, initiatives and projects which start out successfully and then don’t go anywhere, with few tangible results…
Low morale and an unclear sense of direction and purpose?
A lack of commitment, ownership and a reluctance to take initiative?
A reluctance to take initiative and accept responsibility?
Dysfunctional, negative attitudes and a resistance to change?
A communication gap between departments and all levels of staff?
Average or below average performance? – Are staff doing what is necessary and no more…?

Then this workshop is for your management team!

:: What is this powerful 4 day workshop all about?
By nature and instinct, people are creators, and yet while we all wish to give birth to our ideas, aspirations and visions, we do not always have the means to bring these desires into reality.

When staff do not have a clear sense of purpose and the creative means to achieve it, feelings of frustration and hopelessness develop along with many of the dysfunctional organisational symptoms described above.

This workshop teaches creative principles and tools that will enable a manager / team to:

Create a clear path, energy and momentum to the goals/results that truly matter to them
Understand how some organisations/teams consistently advance , building success upon success, while others seem to consistently oscillate and struggle
Understand how Effective Leaders use the Creative Process to create envisioned results

::What will you learn?

The Fundamental Principles of the Creative Process

The Path of Least Resistance
The Reactive-Responsive orientation
The Orientation of the Creative
Structural Tension

The Creative Process in Action

The Mechanics of the Creative Process
The Critical Role of Action Skills

The Path to Advancement

Organisational Structure: The Path to Success or Failure
Laws of Organisational Structure
Structural Tension: The Secret of your Success
Structural Tension Charting: How to Create the Results you Desire

Organisational Conflict: The Path of Oscillation

Structural Conflict: Why Organisations Oscillate
The Problem with Problem Solving
Addressing Structural Conflict: The Key to Structural Redesign

Elements of Organisational Design

Purpose: What Unifies the Organisation
Effective Business Strategy
Frames: The Best Way to See Reality
Discovering our True Vision
The Power of Shared Structural Tension

Creative Leadership

How Great Leaders use the Creative Process to mobilise others to get extraordinary things done
Developing a Creative and Mastery Mindset - “making the impossible more probable”
Creating Meaning and Purpose in your Work
How to Organise your Life/Work/Team around your most important Aspirations

::Project Work (Optional)
Delegates complete a work related improvement project to present to a panel 3-4 months after the programme. This encourages a culture of continuous improvement, transfer of learning and a high return on investment.

:: About the programme facilitator

Clyde van Zyl has been a Human Resources Training Specialist and Consultant for the past fifteen years, specialising in the areas of leadership and life management skills. He has trained a wide spectrum of industries and organisations throughout the financial, local government, mining and business sectors throughout Africa as well as in Europe.

He has Post Graduate Degrees in Psychology (Cum Laude) and Personnel Management. His passion is inspiring and enabling people and organisations to create a better life for themselves and others.

Outside of his professional life, Clyde is a Qualified Childline Counsellor, Squash Coach and International Scuba Dive Master. His latest passion is golf, which is providing extensive material for his Stress Management Programmes. investment.

"When the skill of creating is used: In music or painting, the result is art; In business, the result is production; In relationships, the result is deep bonding and love; In your life, the results are tremendous involvement, vitality, adventure and expansion".

"Whilst some people may be engaged, contributing and energised in their work, research suggests that the vast majority of the workforce possesses far more talent, creativity, intelligence and capability than their present jobs require and organisations allow. People face a new and increasing expectation to produce more for less in an increasingly complex world, and yet, staff are often not allowed to use a significant portion of their talents, creativity and intelligence."
(Covey, The 8th Habit).