collaborative leadership workshop Accelinnova.com/pdtclassdev.html

Pollyanna PIXTON Co-Founder, Accelinnova President, Evolutionary Systems Director, Institute of Collaborative Leadership Pollyanna PIXTON

Niel NICKOLAISEN Co-Founder, Accelinnova CIO and Director of Strategy, Headwaters, Inc. Niel NICKOLAISEN

successful business?

sustain a competitive advantage Sustainable Competitive advantage

consistently deliver business value 6

business challenges

deliver the right product Build Trust?

in the optimal market windows

At the lowest cost lowest cost

and …

increase productivity

meet customer’s changing needs Protect Team Boundaries

develop great solutions

innovate! Leadership Influence

how ?

- IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano …leaders will need to hone their collaboration skills, because we will need leadership that pulls across systems. - IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano

Leadership Retreat: Architecture Firm Pain Point: Opportunities it could not pursue Wanted to unleash capacity and creativity

Leadership Retreat: What We Did Strategic planning with executive team Cascaded to tactical planning and implementation with work teams

Leadership Retreat: Results Revenues up 90% with costs only up 35% Customers notice positive difference

Strategic Session: Specialty Retailer Pain Point: 7 years of intense competition and the associated losses

Strategic Session: What We Did Trained business transformation project teams on the tools

Strategic Session: Results Using the tools, teams accelerated turnaround (11 months as compared to 3 years) Improved market focus and segmentation 2 years later, acquired largest competitor

Problem Solving: CPG Company Pain Point: Growth stunted by legacy business rules, complex systems and ineffective processes

Problem Solving: What We Did Worked with executive team to define decision filters Worked with project teams to align project around decision filters

Problem Solving: Results Reduced budget and timeline by 40% Improved market focus and operations Annual revenue growth from 7% to 22%

enabling leaders provide tools and techniques course objectives provide tools and techniques enabling leaders to improve collaborative practices and increase business value

workshop agenda

applying collaborative leadership

decision making and business value

considering risks

practices of collaborative leadership

collaboration and leading collaboration

step up step back

Unleashing Innovation creating a culture of trust Collaboration Process

problem solving

applications leadership practices decision problem solving making collaboration step up, step back considering risk problem solving culture of trust 37 37