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Contents
Executive summary......................................................................................................................................3
Our Experience ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
About Think One Team International .......................................................................................................4
Think One Team Methodology ................................................................................................................ 5
Collaborative Problem Solving Program ................................................................................................ 7
Workshop Agenda ................................................................................................................................... 8
Program Road Map ................................................................................................................................. 9
Our Profile……………………………………………………………………………………………… ............10
Our Pricing …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
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Executive Summary
NOTES FOR REFERENCE:
Following client meeting and as part of the core proposal we recommend capturing the key elements
of the client meeting in an Executive Summary. The key elements that should be captured include:
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Proposal sponsor details and who attended the meeting-name , job title
Overview and context /key challenges for the Proposal – why the client is looking to engage you
Key goals to be achieved post implementation
Final summary paragraph introducing proposed approach and main structure of the following
Proposal
Our Experience
Summary of your experience and why you are recommending a Think One Team program to meet the
client needs
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About Think One Team International
Think One Team International is a specialist Australian consulting and training firm which is tackling the big
issues facing industry, Governments and communities. Applying principles from the company’s best seller
Think One Team, the firm specialises in building capability within organisations to address four fundamental
‘blockers’ to success:
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Disunity and poor leadership practices across organisations at all levels
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Lack of teamwork and collaboration within and between teams
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Performance management practices that disengage employees
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Inability to adapt to change with speed and agility
Think One Team are experts in developing unity of leadership and in guiding leaders to create working
environments that foster superior team and individual performance in challenging and changeable
conditions.
The implementation and integration of united leadership, teamwork, and alignment in organisations
achieves proven results. The diagram below demonstrates the key areas of focus for Think One Team
programs.
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Our Methodology
In the face of a complex, ever-changing world, the most powerful leadership strategy available to business,
government and community is to equip, engage and inspire people to think and act as one team.
Five practices
This ethos is embedded in the leadership, teamwork, performance and change practices of many of the
world’s most admired organisations. From one-to-one relationships to across the whole organisation these
organisations display a culture where leaders and teams act in five interrelated ways:
 Share the big picture more so than their own individual or business unit agendas
 Share the reality of the situation through open and constructive conversations
 Share the air by embracing diversity of ideas and opinions
 Share the load by working collaboratively while being personally accountable
 Share the wins and the losses by recognising success & progress, and continually learning
Conversations bring one team to life
The Think One Team methodology was created from the discovery of these five practices and the
realisation that it is the conversations within the organisation and with stakeholders that bring these one
team practices to life.
Accordingly the Think One Team approach is to instil the skills, discipline and commitment to a continuous
conversation cycle of alignment, collaboration and learning.
It will be the discipline of driving this loop into the operating rhythm of teams that will have the greatest
impact on collaboration.
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A Unique Blended Solution
The Think One Team approach embeds behaviour change through a unique blended learning process.
The most powerful performance strategy in a volatile business world is to inspire leaders and teams to think
and act as one team while embedding Leadership, Teamwork, Performance and Change practices into
their business.
The Think One Team methodology targets the four fundamental elements that create and sustain a high
performance culture. It brings an extensive suite of practical programs and tools to meet these needs.
Drawing from our suite of programs and resources, we ensure that businesses can benefit from our proven
models, concepts and tools, while enabling enough tailoring to meet the different needs of the
organisation.
Our blended model had these three core elements.
Warm-up
The Warm Up is all about getting the most from the program. It includes basic measures, our Think One Team
books, articles and time effective online briefings prior to workshops.
Workshop
The Workshop is where you work with your Facilitator to learn and practice the unique, effective one team
concepts and tools.
Workout
The Workout is where real change happens by applying the one team tools and techniques back in the
workforce. These are reinforced and supported by our online Toolbox.
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Collaborative Problem Solving Program
What is the Collaborative Problem Solving program?
Few things contribute more to business productivity and performance than frequent and effective
collaboration.
The Collaborative Problem Solving Program builds and reinforces these all important collaboration skills by
instilling a shared language, tools and commitment to tackle problems together.
Why collaborative problem solving?
Collaborative Problem Solving is individuals and teams working together to address problems and deliver
outcomes that are better than those that can be achieved by working separately. This capability is
fundamental to creating a one team culture.
What are the benefits?
The Collaborative Problem Solving Program teaches participants to:
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bring difficult issues to the surface
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make time to collaborate on problems
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respect and benefit from diversity
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get through the prickly issues with strengthened relationships
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make debriefing questions a habit
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address real business problems while embedding the new skills
Everyone from frontline to the Chief Executive benefits from the skills, tools and confidence that come from
the Collaborative Problem Solving program.
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Workshop Agenda
The Collaborative Problem Solving Workshop is an enjoyable and intensive experience that brings together
excellence in teamwork and partnering with the tools and techniques of practical problem solving. The
centrepiece of the Workshop is the guided practice session where a real business issue is tackled the core
Think One Team tools.
How Collaborative Problem Solving brings ‘one team’ to life
Defining what Collaborative Problem Solving means, how it plays out in day-to-day business and why it
should be a priority.
Five essentials of collaboration
Review the five critical success factors (Commitment, Awareness, Toolkit, Openness and Learning) and use
the diagnostic results to assess the current ‘culture of collaboration’.
Diversity – the power and risks of individual differences
Exploring how behavioural style affects the way that people address problems and how to avoid one of the
biggest barriers to effective collaboration.
Method and Tool – introducing and practising the PROBED tool
Establishing the essentials of collaboration (Issue, People, Data, Facilitation and Debrief) and then an
intensive Workout using the highly effective PROBED tool:
Step 1: Analysing the problem - how to define the problem, address reality and find root cause
Step 2: Creating and constructing the best options - idea generation and defining the best options
Step 3: Agreeing the plan and priorities - how to define a sharp execution plan with immediate action
Action debriefing
Using an action debriefing tool to reinforce what worked well, to find where improvement is possible and to
agree actions.
Making Collaborative Problem Solving the standard
How to build on what has been learned, and how to make collaborative problem solving a strong feature
of your organisational culture.
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Our Profile
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Our Pricing
The pricing is based on a blended learning model, of each team completing the Collaborative Problem
Solving Program including the Warm-up, Workshop and Workout phase.
Investment for program
Program Investment
Collaborative Problem Solving Program Warm Up and Workshop - including preworkshop preparation, diagnostic and one day workshop
$00.00
Collaborative Problem Solving Program Workout – facilitating deliberate practice and
liaising with team leader and team up to 6 hours over 8 weeks.
$00.00
Each participant will have access to the Toolbox for 12 months. ($110/participant)
$00.00
Program materials and merchandise ($35/participant).
$00.00
Initial Managers Briefing (Optional).
$00.00
NOTE additional coaching support can be provided as required in 5 x 1 hour blocks at
a cost of $00 per block.
$00.00
SUB TOTAL (EX GST)
$00.00
GST
$00.00
TOTAL (inc GST)
$00.00
Pricing quoted below is valid for 6 months from the proposal date.
Note: Pricing excludes travel, accommodation and flights which are an additional cost to the client.
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