The economic and business conditions in which many companies are struggling to survive and grow have made it imperative that individuals within the organization work together in synergistic teams.

Essentially, there are three basic types of relationships in professional situations.

Self-Destructive relationships require that the individuals involved devote more energy and effort into turf protection, missed communications and back-stabbing than into being productive. Static relationships are operating at a level of resource consumption which equals their level of production output. This is acceptable when conditions are calm and favorable. However, during times of change, productivity drops off dramatically.

Most companies can no longer afford the luxury of either self-destructive or static teams and internal relationships. Therefore, many organizations are investing their resources - time, money and energy - in teaching individuals to be more resilient and to become contributing members of synergistic teams.

Synergistic relationships use fewer resources than they generate. Individuals or groups work together in a manner which generates more benefits to the organization than the amount of resources consumed. Because their efforts are successful and productive, individuals tend to reinvest their energy and time into these professional situations.

Participants will learn:

• The skills to facilitate the process involved in building synergistic teams. This is especially appropriate as the individuals being trained will move from team to team during their tenure with the company.

• To surface diverse points of view.

• To develop a plan to merge surfaced concerns into a workable strategy.

• Operating in an extremely challenging economic environment, there will always be conflicting and quite legitimate needs and interests expressed by each department or team within an organization. The proactive company will train leaders to surface these concerns rather than allowing them to go underground. These leaders, at every level of the organization, harness the energy and creativity of different ideas thereby investing in a definite competitive advantage.