Naming Elephants-Uncovering the Real Issues

In this time of whistle-blowing, ethical quandaries, heightened scrutiny of accountability and a continuously increasing competitive environment, a focus on the skills needed to make tough issues explicit and deal with them head-on becomes even more important. People are fearful of naming the issues because they are afraid they will lose their jobs or lose face. The real challenge is to decide which is more destructive – acknowledging the issues and dealing with them or ignoring them at your organisation’s peril.

WHAT WILL I GET OUT OF IT?
• recognition of untapped productivity in the form of questions that are not being addressed
• understanding the value of identifying and sharing assumptions in team discussions
• understanding the importance of issue-naming in identifying risk.

KEY FEATURES
• skills critical to bringing these issues to light in a team environment
• language for raising these issues
• an action plan for raising issues in your own organisation
• a practical case study.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Anyone who works predominantly in teams, whether task forces or project teams or permanent working teams in finance, internal audit, corporate risk or any other part of an organisation, and wants to make those teams more productive.

LECTURER
Esther Ewing MEd, Consultant