People Management and Team Building

Increased employee engagement, teamwork, productivity, and management skills

How are managers chosen and developed in your organization?

How do they get the necessary knowledge and skills to manage effectively?

How pervasive is the team spirit within your organization?

How is conflict brought to the surface and resolved?

Organizations are effective when employees are able to work together toward a common goal, and when leaders and managers have the necessary knowledge, skills, and development to support and guide their staff. We partner with our clients to help them achieve this goal.

People are often asked to work together on teams, without having a clear understanding of others and how to work with others. Managers are often promoted for being excellent individual contributors without having an awareness of the different skills necessary for effective management.

They may be inadvertently set up to fail because well-intentioned organizations don’t provide the necessary skills, support, and resources to foster constructive communication, conflict resolution and team building. We partner with our clients to address these issues and offer the management development and support necessary.

Based on a variety of team skills and managerial models, we offer People Management and Team Building consultations, training, and executive coaching that supports individuals, teams, managers, and organizations in being more effective.

Possible consulting and executive coaching focus areas
Our People Management and Team Building consulting and executive coaching work is tailored to the needs of our clients. These projects can include:

High performance team development
Team effectiveness assessment
Organizational effectiveness assessment
Leadership and management development programs
Managerial skills review
Interviews and focus groups
Facilitated team meetings/retreats
Team building sessions
Team or group coaching
“Shadow” coaching of managers in work settings

Custom-designed programs
We custom-design programs to specifically fit our clients’ needs and situations. Some of the areas we cover are:

Leadership training and coaching
Management training and skills
Team building and team roles
Presentation skills
Conflict resolution
Effective corporate communication
Organizational communication
Business and management communication
Interpersonal communication

Possible training program components
Our people management and/or team building programs are tailored to the needs of our clients. Program options can include:

Program duration: 1-10 sessions (half-day or full-day)

Target audiences:

All staff
Intact work teams
Fast track or high-potential managers/leaders
New or newly promoted managers/leaders
Transitioning managers/leaders
Executives with identified developmental needs

Program component options include:

Topics selected and customized to the specifics of an organization and/or target audience
Indoor and outdoor experiential exercises, when and where appropriate
Group coaching or related individual coaching
Customized case studies that highlight the issues covered during sessions
Feedback and behavioral assessments, with related training and consultation

For more information on how to utilize today’s leadership development consulting and executive coaching for tomorrow’s leaders,
please email info@chatsworthconsulting.com or call us at 877-405-7288.

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“You presented a wonderful learning and development experience for our leadership team. With the right blend of flexibility, pace and structure during the training sessions, you connected with our managers and helped us reflect upon the ways in which we approach our teams. The insights and exercises that you offered already have engendered many productive changes at LDF and would be of equal value in for profit or not-for-profit environments.

The work we do is so vitally important, and your work with us better prepared us to move forward more effectively. The results far exceeded our expectations.”

John Payton,
President and Director-Counsel
NAACP LDF, Inc.

Downloadable Article:

"Create a Winning Team-Building Strategy for Your Firm"

Effective team skills are essential for “high-functioning” teams, groups, departments, and organizations. Discover key aspects of effective team skills and learn how to transfer them to your work environment.

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