Many of the top managers we work with are overloaded. Everyone is looking to them for direction and answers, but as a top manager, you don’t always have them; you need to check with your boss, board, and/or other stakeholders first. And no one appreciates that you’re caught in the middle of too many competing pressures and interests; this person needs one thing from you, and that group wants something completely different.

Sound familiar?

Amidst these conditions of overload and crunch, many of us respond with what human systems pioneer Barry Oshry calls “The Dance of the Blind Reflex” – a series of unproductive moves that are especially common in hierarchical organizations. Executives continue to absorb even more work. Entry-level workers blame and shun the higher-ups. Folks in the middle run themselves ragged trying to make everyone happy.

It’s time to break out of these unproductive patterns and learn more effective ways of working and collaborating.

In this workshop, you will:

• Learn about the common patterns of unproductive behavior in hierarchical organizations and notice where you might be engaged in them

• Explore new strategies for breaking out of these patterns and apply them to your real-life work challenges

• Meet like-minded, like-hearted practitioners

This workshop is best suited for:

• Executives and team leads who’ve become the go-to person for problem solving and hope to get better at enrolling others to take initiative

• Change agents or activists tackling complex challenges in their workplaces and getting stuck in bureaucracy

• People and learning professionals interested in developing employees’ capacity to manage complexity and drive change See this document

This workshop takes places on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, 10.00-11.30 am ET / 16.00-17.30 CET.

The workshop fee is $119. You will receive an email with payment link after registration. If you have a discount code, please enter it in the registration form.