The
Catalystworkshop
Harness your team’s collective
capability to achieve great results – fast!
cat·a·lyst:
an agent that provokes or speeds
significant change or action
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Smart Leaders realise
culture is the difference
If you lead a team or department
or have responsibility for cultural
efforts at a corporate level you
should attend this workshop
From experience, most managers now
know that culture matters and that they
need to create or improve the culture
in their business or team. But very few
know how to put into words what they
are looking for, let alone gain the “buy
in” from their team required for culture
change to be successful.
The Catalystworkshop is a 1 day
workshop that introduces you to a
simple yet powerful process and set of
skills that will give you the confidence
to help your team transition to a more
positive and productive team culture and
improve your performance as a leader in
the process.
In particular, you will learn:
■■ What a High Performing team culture
looks and feels like (Yoga and having
dogs at work are perks, not culture)
■■ Why some leaders gain buy in (and
why some don’t)
■■ What you can do to develop your own
unique high performing culture
■■ How to do it exactly!
“People will own what they help create. Your team will not want to go
back to blaming and making excuses, hesitating or holding back,
gossiping and sub optimal effort that many workplace cultures can
degenerate into.”
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The Catalystworkshop approach
is simple and practical
Apply the right
process
Draw on the right
skills
Create the right
environment
High performing team
assessment
Mind mapping
Active listening
People reading
Functional team
dynamics
Individual commitment to action
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The Process
In the first half of the workshop
you will be taken through the key
steps of a simple yet powerful
process to work through with
your team to help them rapidly
understand the “truth about us as
a team” and whether the culture
in the team simply needs a boost,
or in some cases, an extreme
makeover to ensure you get the
improved results you want.
In summary, the process includes:
■■ Conducting a fast but effective “audit”
of your current culture
■■ Defining the “core personality” of your
desired culture
■■ Identifying the non-negotiable “vital”
behaviours that will ensure success in
the critical moments
■■ Applying the “four actions framework”
to help embed your new culture and
bring the new behaviours to life.
■■ Identifying the “critical moments” that
determine success or failure for your
team
“I have been to, and delivered many presentations over the years,
however I was incredibly impressed with the content and the delivery
of this presentation. It cut right to the core of the issues facing so
many businesses. It was simply brilliant. On the surface, the simplicity
unmasks the complexity of the issues facing leaders and our teams.
The clarity it has provided me in asking the questions of my team has
been so refreshing.”
Tim Saunders, Managing Director, Saunders Property Group
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The Skills & Environment
The collective intelligence of a
team is a powerful resource that
is rarely tapped into effectively.
Quality facilitation can make a great
deal of difference to the experience,
outcomes and potential of our workplace
endeavours like improving the culture.
In the second half of the workshop you
will learn facilitation skills to ensure
the process is effective and you
generate ownership of the new culture
amongst the team and effective action.
Furthermore, gaining these simple
but powerful tools and techniques
in facilitation will also help you
increase your credibility, improve your
communication, and effectively manage
expectations in other components of
your role.
In summary, you will learn how to
effectively:
■■ “Mine” the collective knowledge of a
group
■■ Reach a consensus on the best way
forward
It is important to recognise that members
of your team will enter this discussion
about “their” culture in different mental
states. So you will need the following
skills sets and an understanding of the
environments that support constructive
group dynamics:
■■ How to set the scene. The
environment people interact in has a
significant impact on the quality of
dialogue. It is important therefore to
know the appropriate room set up and
how to set appropriate expectations
with the team which allows people to
break down barriers to constructive
conversations and achieves the
maximum input from the group.
■■ How to map ideas/thoughts to
capture the essence of powerful
conversations and not hinder the flow.
The resulting map shows not only the
facts but also the relationships and
threads from where they came.
■■ How to actively listen for insights to
help the team discover their real
needs, gain the team’s confidence,
and make sure the whole group
benefits from the exercise and the
collective knowledge in the team.
■■ How to read people and make it safe
for them to engage freely in the
dialogue. People have different
interacting styles and in order to
create a “level” playing field you need
to be able to read people’s styles as
well as your own. This means
understanding and monitoring your
communication style and applying
strategies for working with different
communication styles.
“It may take a long time for a manager to influence a person, but once
a collective culture is established it can change people in a hurry.”
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Additional Information
Workshop facilitator
Craig is a highly experienced facilitator
first and trainer second. His primary
interest is in you being able to use and
apply what you learn in the workshop.
He also has 10 years experience in the
elite team environment as a professional
AFL player and a further 11 years as a
performance consultant with Leading
Teams.
Specialising in Organisation
Development and Change Management,
Craig is now a Business Advisor on
Culture and Leadership for clients of
Crowe Horwath.
For enquiries, date information and
bookings, please contact:
Craig Biddiscombe
Business Advisor and Facilitator
Culture and Leadership
Level 1
200 Malop Street (PO Box 1)
Geelong Victoria 3220
Main: 03 5224 7774
Mob: 0410 484 606
craig.biddiscombe@crowehorwath.com.au
“Craig is one of the best
facilitators I have worked with. He
is energetic, insightful, not afraid
to face the hard issues or ask
the difficult questions and has
the unique talent of being able to
bring a group together to deliver
outcomes which are often hard
to achieve.”
Investment
Single Attendee
Corporate rate*
$695 inc GST
$495 inc GST
*Five or more people from the same
company in a 12 month period
(Includes workbook, morning tea, lunch
and afternoon tea)
Numbers are limited to 15 to ensure
every participant can maximise their
learning in a safe environment.
In-house workshops
The Catalystworkshop can also be run
privately “in-house”. Interested in your
organisation learning highly effective
leadership skills together? Please
contact us to find out more.
Campbell Rose, CEO Victrack
Tel 1300 856 065
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