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The OD process begins with your request to address a particular need or desire. Examples include staff development, process redesign, strategic planning, team development and restructure. An assessment of current reality, history and goals reveals information you and the OD consultant use to create a plan for moving forward. We believe strongly in following the code of ethics, principles and practices outlined by the Organization Development Network.

Following assessment a report and recommendations are provided. If there are recommendations, they may include:

Process consultation – working with a group of designated individuals to evaluate, assess, brainstorm, problem solve and develop processes and systems to support the work

Training– customized training in specific topic areas to increase awareness, knowledge and skills

Workshops- combination learning opportunity and functional activity to accomplish a specific task or objective for the organization

Meeting Facilitation – two or more individuals meeting for a stated purpose to increase effectiveness, establish new patterns and learn new skills through the use of a facilitator

Coaching – Executive, management, professional development, personal development coaching for individuals or groups

If your organization chooses to continue the OD process following the assessment & summary/recommendations phase, we may recommend incorporating the above methods in various combinations and

Some recent OD clients:

Vision, Mission, Team Development

  AQEDS, Computer Software Design, Holyoke, 

   MA, Margaret Lampron

  Abundant Wellness Center, Chicopee, MA,  

   Debee Boulanger

Annual Strategic Planning Retreat

  Commonwealth College, Univ. of MA, Amherst,

   Cory Pols

Strategic Planning for AQAD Review
  University of MA, Theater Dept, Harley Urbman

Process Re-Design, Strategic Planning and Performance Management
  University Health Services, Sally Linowski

Change Management and Team Development
 
Office of Public Relations, Dick Conner

Team Development
 
Office of Grants and Contracts Administration,

   Leanne Every

Work Flow Process Re-Design and Management Team Development
  
Office of Community Service Learning, John 

    Reiff

Employee Development
   Sicard's Ace Hardware, Rachael Carney

 

 

 

 

The Well Designed Workplace Learning Experience

Helping employees excel

 

Hiring and Retention

6 Advisors™ Candidate Assessment

 

How often have you had candidates who looked great on paper and interviewed well, but once hired, performed poorly or just did not “fit in”?

What does it cost in lost productivity, interpersonal conflict, management nightmares, and turnover when the wrong person is hired?

Imagine Knowing If Your Candidate Will……..

·         Get the right things done and get them done right.

·         Be an asset or a liability to you and the company

·         Cost you more than they will ever produce

·         Be more trouble than they are worth

·         Fit in well or cause disruption and dissension

·         Take direction and follow the rules or be a maverick

·         Be more focused on their agenda than yours

(and 30 other critical issues that can either support or sabotage success)

 

….All Before You Hire Them!

 How It Works

Once you have narrowed your field of candidates down to the final interview stage, they will take our online assessment, which takes less than 30 minutes and is impossible to manipulate. Our experts will then evaluate the results and provide you with a 6 Advisors™ Candidate Assessment report and a personal phone consultation.

They will pin point natural talents and potential risks with laser-like accuracy and provide you with insights into how to examine your greatest concerns with the candidates during their final interview.

Most screening tools simply measure skill sets or subjectively label behavior patterns. The 6 Advisors™ Candidate Assessment report goes below the surface and literally measures the underlying thought processes that drive behavior, performance and productivity. Previously un-measurable, these intangibles have long alluded and plagued employers.

Go to http://www.uwex.edu/ces/cced/economies/turn.cfm to calculate the cost of a wrong hire for your organization..

 

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Team Building Workshops

Managing Your 6 Advisors Workshops

Text Box: Every employee has somewhere between 12,000 and 50,000 thoughts per day. That is a lot of noise!   Some of these thought processes support your objectives. Many sabotage your efforts. 
 

 Most personal and staff development Workshops focus on skills training or behavior modification. To truly impact results long term, you will want to go below the surface and focus on the thought processes that drive personality, emotions, behavior, and performance.

“I endorse this system for anyone who wants to break through the barriers to achieve outstanding results. I have had amazing success which I can only ascribe to 6 Advisors. I am 300% more organized, 30 pounds lighter, and my business is 40% more successful.”
- Jeanne Martinson, Trainer, Speaker, Author

The Managing Your 6 Advisors Workshops merge scientific measurement as applied in our proprietary 6 Advisors Assessment Report with the time-tested principles taught in Og Mandino's perennial best seller, The Greatest Salesman in the World. The program has four steps:

Step #1: Assessment: Each participant will receive the
6 Advisors Assessment Report and debrief. Most debriefs are completed in 1 ½ hours to 2 hours. This is a very private and powerful time as participants discover underutilized strengths and identify challenges that have been holding them back from fully realizing their potential.

Step #2: Classroom:
In this experiential and informative classroom experience, participants will spend valuable time with each Advisor and leave ready to apply techniques and principles needed to maximize their strengths and take on their challenges. One-day and two-day Workshops are available.

Step #3: Follow-up: Participants will attend group coaching follow-up sessions conducted by your certified facilitator. Sessions last for approximately one hour held weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly. Participants will follow a structured follow-up program designed to improve retention and continued improvement. Personal coaching with each participant is also available.

Step #4: Re-Assessment: We can measure changes in thought processes and chart a course for the participant to follow to maximize benefits moving forward.

 

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Organization Performance Review

     

    “If only I could read their minds...”

Do you wonder why your organization doesn’t perform as well as it should even though you have good people?” 

Does it seem like your employees spend more time fixing things that are not broken than just getting the job done?

 

 

 

For the first time in history, there is a scientific, laser-accurate way to actually ‘read’ your employee’s thought processes.

 

You become a better manager. They become a better employee.

 

Your organization reaches new heights.

 

                Do you feel like you spend too much of your time  

                putting out fires started by your own people?

 

               Do you ever feel afraid to make needed changes for  

               fear of how your people will react?

 

               Do you have too many people that seem to have a sign  

                   on their door that says “Interruptions Welcome?” 

 

 

 

“SIX ADVISORS™ is unlike anything you have ever experienced. It is light-years ahead of the pack.”- J.M.

A organization’ performanc i th collective analysis of its individual members’ thinking.

 

 

We not only experienced amazing changes and realized new levels of success, but the proof of it was right there in green and white.” - S.S

Six ADVISORS™ identifies the very thought processes which sabotage or support the individual and team performance in your organization. We start by having each individual in the group take a groundbreaking, scientifically dated, and laser-accurate assessment. Taking less than 30 minutes to complete the assessment provides profound insights to  the  very  thought  process  that  influence  that  person’s behaviors,  emotions,  attitudes,  and  beliefs.  Then through a composite evaluation of all the individuals collectively, we can identify the cultural, systemic, and endemic issues that challenge the organization. These true issues underlie virtually every problem the organization faces.

 

That is Just Where We START!

And with this knowledge, we are able to provide highly-focused, customized solutions to address the issues at the level of individual and  collective  thought  (from  which  all  else  stems)  to  produce unprecedented, measurable and sustainable results -- guaranteed.

 
       

 

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WBOA

Women Business Owners

Alliance of Pioneer Valley http://www.wboa.org 

6 Advisors

Holyoke North BNI

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