“Wisdom resides in the audience.”
Eileen McDargh, CSP, CPAE
Using her skill as a counselor and facilitator, Eileen is often asked by groups to come “inside” and help them with communication or team issues. Each session is a one-of-a-kind interactive forum designed to accomplish a specific objective. The following information on ALIGN, a Management Forum details a specific intervention which Eileen has designed to assist senior-level groups explore critical business issues.
ALIGN—A Management Forum: Why Bother??
- Most organizations tend to head first toward “logos” or logic without checking for alignment in principles, purpose, and relationships.
- Without alignment, millions may be invested in product development and only to be rejected by the market.
- Without alignment, conflict, backstabbing, and mistrust haunt corporate corridors and more time is wasted in redressing people problems rather than dedicated to solving productivity problems.
- Without alignment, there are meetings with no imperatives; and action with no results. In short, too many forums first begin in the mind (logos) without understanding who sits around the table and why they are gathered.
ALIGN—A Management Forum: What Does it Do??
- Aggressively serves the stakeholders through an action-orientation
- Tackles tough issues, seeking to impact the bottom line with a long-term vision
- Engages participation and commitment for specific outcomes and deliverables
- Honors and respects individual differences while supporting the team concept
- Affords a framework for improving communication and relationships by creating a supportive environment for authentic dialogue
- Provides congruency of vision and action
- Offers improvement in innovation teams
- Engages the mind and spirit
- Allows for creative problem-solving in an informal, relaxed atmosphere
- Reinforces corporate identity and forward-looking themes through the use of customized tools and collateral
ALIGN—A Management Forum: How Does It Work??
- Uses one-on-one interviews with participants in order to condense data into core themes and issue statements.
- Uses a facilitated, group-paced process for discovering, learning, solving, and creating action items and deliverables for the organization
- Flows according to the sequence of the ancient Greek thinkers: ethos, pathos and logos.
- Beginning with ethos, participants work on the establishment, recommitment, and rejuvenation of personal and corporate principles and purpose.
- Moving into pathos, participants work on the connection and alignment of relationships.
- In the logos phase, participants hone the problem-solving ability of the group to create and make strategic moves for an agreed-upon outcome.
Who Presents ALIGN—A Management Forum?
McDargh Communications is often joined in this endeavor by Bench International a consulting organization dedicated to designing and building teams in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, consumer product, and chemical industries.
“When it comes to creating a team that’s high-performing and resilient, the first person I call is Eileen McDargh.
Eileen has worked for my organization on two major projects. Both times, we brought together senior leaders – from different departments, around the world — so they could better understand one another, address critical issues, create action plans, and present a united front.
As a result of her efforts, we became an energized, resilient team, committed to each other and our vision.
She has the ability to draw together disparate groups, distill out the issues, and create an experience that is practical, provocative, and profound, yet playful.
Everyone involved thought this was one of the most magical moments of their career.
Eileen knows how to take strong leaders and make them stronger.”
- Rob Kowalski
Senior VP Global Head of Drug Regulatory Affairs and U.S. Head of Development
Novartis Pharmaceutical Corp.
Contact Eileen at 949-496-8640 today to discuss how the ALIGN Management Forum can help your organization!
McDargh Communications
(949) 496-8640
Eileen@EileenMcDargh.com
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