The Training of Trainers was successful completed last week. The program for the pilot Introduction to PDPM workshop is confirmed for June. The course will be taught in Turkish language for a group of 12-15 participant managers.
Dates: 15 - 16 June 2010
As the space in limited, please contact Suna immediately with names of potential nominees. This course will focus on the basics of PDPM, with a focus on the attendees real projects, and will provide an overview for the beginning of ongoing coaching.
A short update of the Legnar project showing the processing operation in full action. At this time, the company is quickly approaching the deadline to receive proposals for equipment modernization of a portion of the production line.
During the training of trainers, performance expert Timm Esque, took a few minutes to lead a discussion on application of the method in the Turkish Cypriot Community. Some excerpts are below:
The final of 3 workshops was completed this past week. The workshop included progress briefings on all the 14 active projects, further focus on performance coaching and change management, and characteristics of high performing team leadership. The workshops have been supplemented with on-site and distance coaching over the past 6 months.
During the workshop, a focus is placed on leading high performance project teams.
Key characteristics of these teams are identified:
clear shared objectives
appropriate leadership
qualified members
effective planning
creative problem-solving
open 2 way communication
available resources
management of deadlines
To experience these conditions in real-time, participants execute two simulations that involve short deadline projects. Success requires team application of the high performance traits as portrayed in the following video clip:
