X-Stream LEAN has several Leadership Development  courses available, from a 4-hour “getting to know the team” overview to multi-day/multi-week courses that involve either/or both high and low ropes courses, team building exercises, Team Challenges with competition between different work groups, and other exciting opportunities to grow and develop your teams effectiveness.  These courses are specifically designed around your specific requirements to help teams learn to trust each other and are conducted at sites other than the typical office.  Our instructors will work with your teams and, based on the team dynamics or problems, design the course to assist in specific problem solving.

The outcome of the X-Stream LEAN team training is to develop high performance / smoothly functioning teams that learn to not only improve their individual skills but more importantly, to depend on each other to achieve the organization’s goals. The most important aspects of developing a High Performance Work Team are:

·        Focus

The hallmark of a High Performance Work Team is a clear focus on specific goals and objectives and what the team is doing at all times.  The fastest way to fail is to try to be everything to everybody.  By learning how to clarify and specify clear and unambiguous goals and objectives, you can increase your ability to achieve those goals and significantly improve your chances of success.

·        Accountability

A major aspect of a High Performance Work Team is developing the understanding that objectives have to be delivered and actions have to be completed when promised.  Failure to meet these expectations has consequences for the individual and the organization.  Raising the level of understanding and “buy-in” to this concept is critical in order to truly perform to your best potential.

·        Discipline

This means many things to many people.  In this context, it represents the understanding that your membership in the Team carries with it the expectation that you will meet your obligations and commitments.  We develop within the Team the expectation that they have to sometimes work harder, change faster, learn a different approach, or learn to be persistent.  A great example is an Olympic athlete.   While we may run for fun or for our health, we “accept” many excuses for why we might skip a day.  An Olympic athlete is an Olympic athlete because he/she trains no matter what.  They have the discipline to train no matter the weather, no matter the situation, or no matter that doing something else would be more fun.  They have the discipline to be committed to their decision to be the Best-of-the Best.  That is also the hallmark of a High Performance Work Team:  the discipline to meet goals and objectives without excuse or delay.

·        A Clear, Unambiguous Understanding of What Constitutes Success

A major failure mode for most organizations is that almost anything can be submitted to meet a goal or objective and be called successful because there are no clear and unambiguous definitions of what constitutes acceptable success.  “Wiggle Room” is the kiss of death for a High Performance Work Team because nothing is more frustrating than working extremely hard and not knowing whether you actually succeeded or not.  Making the effort to clearly define success before one even begins is critical in order to know how you are doing, whether you are ahead or behind schedule, and what you have to do or change to make your goal.  This effort is needed and it is often very difficult to get a clear definition of a successful outcome.  However, failure to achieve this in the beginning guarantees a mediocre outcome that may or may not be acceptable to the organization or the organization’s customers.

We also provide specific training to teach your organization how to create the environment to develop High Performance Work Teams.  This includes, but is not limited to:

·        How to motivate people

·        How to create the desire to excel

·        How to create high standards and clear expectations

·        How to make decisions and achieve progress

·        How to identify the correct metrics for organizational success and what to do with the information and data you collect