Public Workshop
Problem-Solving Leadership (PSL)
A Workshop with Esther Derby & Don Gray
The most up-to-date information on this workshop is now on our Congruent Change website.
Manage Change and Practice Innovation by Becoming a Problem-Solving Leader
Learn and practice a leader’s most valuable asset: the ability to think and act creatively. We believe that leadership is the key to building a healthy organization that can deal effectively with change. We teach that leadership is the ability to create an environment that enables everyone to contribute productively. We focus on process rather than procedure, on personal effectiveness rather than prescriptive strategies.
The “Problem-Solving Leadership” workshop has been growing and changing since 1974 to meet the changing needs of people in the workplace. The fundamental principle, however, remains the same: a leader’s most valuable asset is the ability to think and act clearly, creatively, and congruently. This is what we teach.
Work on issues of most interest to you…and your organization. We have designed this workshop to be practical and applicable to the modern workplace. Your problems and concerns provide a frame of reference for all the workshop activities. At the end of the workshop, when you review your original learning objectives, you may very well discover that you have reframed the original problems and gained insight into the actual issues.
Through simulations and group activities
You Will Learn:
Through simulations and group activities
You Will Learn:
How to be a leader while being a member of a team.
How to focus your thinking while in chaos.
How to make change a productive, creative event.
How to build truly effective teams to design projects people really want to work on.
How to use tools of effective communication to handle conflict in problem-solving groups.
Develop your own problem solving style PSL is built on sound principles of adult learning theory, general systems thinking, group process concepts, creativity and congruent human interaction. The simulations and other activities are designed to involve you totally in the experience of improving your problem solving effectiveness. You will take away an increased awareness of your own problem solving style and an understanding and appreciation of the styles of others. You will see how valuing differences can enhance innovation and increase, rather than constrain, your problem solving options.
Upcoming Classes
Don Gray and I offer PSL one or more times a year, depending on our schedules. Currently, we are offering doing one workshop in the fall, and one in the spring, both in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
We occasionally arrange for private and overseas workshops. Click the orange Contact Esther button below to send me an email if you wish to discuss.
We’ll announce when workshops are open for registration at our Congruent Change website.
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About Don Gray
For those who don’t yet know Don, his quest to answer “What is the earliest indicator for a project’s status?” has led him to focus on such diverse topics as communication, personality types, team styles, systems thinking and human systems dynamics. For more than 25 years, his clients have ranged from small startups to Fortune 50 involving manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial, engineering and telecommunications. Don’s varied interests and client experience provides a platform for helping clients introduce and work through change as they transition to agile development practices. He conducts workshops on accelerating change, personality type, and retrospectives. Don occasionally writes articles that can be found in STQE, Better Software and on StickyMinds. His blog can be found at www.donaldegray.com.
About Don Gray
For those who don’t yet know Don, his quest to answer “What is the earliest indicator for a project’s status?” has led him to focus on such diverse topics as communication, personality types, team styles, systems thinking and human systems dynamics. For more than 25 years, his clients have ranged from small startups to Fortune 50 involving manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, financial, engineering and telecommunications. Don’s varied interests and client experience provides a platform for helping clients introduce and work through change as they transition to agile development practices. He conducts workshops on accelerating change, personality type, and retrospectives. Don occasionally writes articles that can be found in STQE, Better Software and on StickyMinds. His blog can be found at www.donaldegray.com.