All day, every day, teams rely on communication to get work done. But teams are made up of people—and people are human. That means teams will struggle with communication at some point in time. And that’s why it’s important for them to foster greater awareness of their own communication preferences and to exercise their capabilities for advocacy and inquiry. This way, communication becomes more than a process for transferring information; it becomes an important source of learning, transformation, and innovation.
Join subject matter expert David Hutchens for their upcoming live webinar, GO Communicate!: Exploring and Improving How Your Teams Interact. He’ll offer fresh ways to help you address the communication challenges your teams encounter through increasing both dialogue skills and self-awareness. Based on the work of Dr. Linda Berens, he’ll explore two unique lenses for communication: the “advocacy and inquiry” model and “directing and informing” style differences.
Attendees will learn
The disciplines of advocacy and inquiry to create productive team conversations
How to practice conversations that exercise advocacy and inquiry
How to develop a plan for purposeful team communication
Who should attend
Trainers and team leaders
Organization development professionals
Management team members
Human resources managers
Presenter
David Hutchens is a bestselling author and consultant who specializes in organizational storytelling, leading, creating and innovating, organizational learning, systems, and more. He has created award-winning communications and learning solutions for companies such as IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, Wal-Mart, GE, and Nike, IBM, L’Oreal, Dannon, and others.
A nationally recognized developer of innovative learning products, David’s work has been recognized with distinctions such as Training & Development’s “Training Product of the Year”; ASTD’s prestigious “Excellence in Practice”, Brandon Hall Gold award, and more.
He is creator of the Learning Fables — a book series that uses narrative and metaphor to illustrate principles of organizational learning. In partnership with The Conference Board, he is also creator and lead facilitator of The Team USA Leadership Experience, at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado springs.
Davis is the developer of “GO Team: Powering Teams to Perform,” a just-in-time team training resource. GO Team’s library of 18 team-related topics allows you to build your own learning agenda tailored to your team’s needs. His latest book is “Circle of the 9 Muses: A Storytelling Field Guide for Innovators and Meaning Makers”.