You are invited to join members of the Executive Connection for our next speaker session, led by Ian Plowman on “Co-operative Conversations”

Co-operative COnversations

Want to bring joy to the workplace? Want to improve the level of employee engagement and retention? Want to improve the quality of workplace communication?

What would be the benefit to your organisation if employee turnover could be reduced?

What would be the benefits if every employee was creatively focussed on the market place?

What would be the benefits to morale if organisational communication was multi-directional?

What if your employees looked forward to communication as a vehicle for mutual respect and fun?

What if you could address each of these questions for minimal investment?

The problem

In Australia, the labour market is very tight. Holding your best employees is a strategic issue. And the cost of replacing a skilled employee is up to 12 months’ salary. So, it would make perfect sense for every employer to be tuned in to employee satisfaction and retention. Yet, what employees want from their workplace and what management thinks they want are rarely the same.

The pivot point for a person’s satisfaction in the workplace is often the conversations they have. It is during those conversations that a person feels validated or not. It is during those conversations that a person knows whether they are the right fit for the organisation or not. It is during those
conversations that a person’s creative contribution receives permission to fly or is quietly crushed.

The solution

‘Cooperative Conversations’ are a structured framework for productive organisational communication. But they are much more than that. ‘Cooperative Conversations’ operationalise a philosophy – a philosophy of empowerment and engagement. Every ‘Cooperative Conversation’ is also a team-building exercise, an innovation incubator, and a bridge between organisational layers and/or functional/geographic divisions. They build confidence within individuals, respect between individuals, and wisdom across individuals and groups with the organisation. They build morale, strengthen employee engagement, showcase talent in a non-competitive environment, liberate ideas and generate commitment. Cooperative Conversations are efficient (meetings take half the time), full of fun and yet decisive, with the power to unconsciously change a culture.

OUR SPEAKER, Ian Plowman

Ian Plowman specialises in revitalising organisations through paying attention to their internal communication. He has over thirty years’ experience as an organisational psychologist. His PhD examined the communication patterns within organisations that unconsciously block innovation. His professional practice involves helping organisations eliminate those blockages. Ian holds an Honours Degree in Clinical Psychology, an Advanced Masters in Business Administration, a Masters in Organisational Psychology and a PhD in Management Psychology.

TEC members are high-integrity business leaders from a diverse range of industries who meet monthly to support each other and address the challenges of leading in these increasingly uncertain times.

The speaker session is the first part of a monthly all-day meeting and is attended by between 14 and 16 people. During the afternoon, the TEC members continue with their Executive Session. Our speakers are subject experts focused on stimulating active discussion with the group.

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