Managing organizational complexity and leadership ©
Today, people, teams and organizations operate in a climate of increasing complexity and ambiguity and in an environment marked by continuous change, increase performance requirements and needed efficiency.
In this context, managers at all levels are under pressures to be more flexible, creative and adaptable. They know how to manage change, innovate in processes, improve relationships with clients, employees and collaborators and, in brief, add value to their role by being more creative.
The Explorers Club animations are 4-hour heuristic learning seminars wrapped around sharing a meal in a convivial atmosphere that stimulates learning. Each theme animation offers a dynamic and multimedia presentation, small group discussions, the introduction and use of an empowering tool or technique and guided exchanges in plenary sessions.
During this seminar, participants will:
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Reflect on the importance of leadership and creativity when managing complex systems;
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Understand what constitutes complexity and how it benefits from creativity.
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Practice a thinking tool that enhances flexibility, receptivity, leadership and creativity and that can be integrated in their daily management processes.
* The Explorer’s Club Seminars©: Interactive group-training seminars that translate Nature’s organic processes into strategic management practices. Designed to allow leaders, professionals, decision-makers and people who manage complex situations to explore ideas that foster a creative work environment, innovation and self-empowered teamwork.
Objectives
At the end of this seminar, participants will :
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Have a better understanding of the creative management principles that they can add to their leadership skills;
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Recognize the mechanisms and processes of creativity;
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Will have practiced a tool that improves creative thinking and problem-solving by promoting a systems approach to the analysis of ideas.
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Participants
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For corporate leaders, managers, professionals, decision-makers and their team.
Trainer
Founder-president of Gestion Consult-IIDC Management Inc. and of Instituto Internacional de Desarrollo Creativo, a Costa Rica based educational initiative, Lawrence Poole transforms human capital into creative capital. Since 1988, he has taught more than 30,000 leaders the principles of motivated creativity, strategy and self-empowerment favored in Nature. A dynamic and inspiring speaker, Lawrence has acquired a solid reputation with the people, corporations, associations and public institutions he has served in Canada, Latin America and Europe.
Specialized in developing human potential, Lawrence Poole helps executives, managers and their teams make decisions that are strategic, fair, quick and innovative, to enhance their adaptability and flexibility and to exercise leadership skills that focus on adding value to the creative capital of the organization, by giving them the tools they need to think strategically. A pioneer in heuristic learning (self-discovery), Lawrence has created and animated hundreds of training activities and educational adventures whose whole-brain methods shorten the learning curve.
Author of the books SELF-Empowerment, Invest in your creative capital, The Way Of The Jaguar-kings and, with Suzy Ethier, Investissez dans votre capital créatif, Lawrence has also published many articles on Nature’s management strategies, and training programs for some of Canada’s leading organizations. He sees creativity as a precious resource and tells how developing that potential adds worth to both personal and professional life. He’s written a column called Lessons from the jungle… in the business magazine La Réussite (Success) for several years and he pens a weekly blog for La Métropole, Montreal’s online newspaper.
Languages
Our conferences, seminars and workshops are available in French (public session) and English (webinar).
How can you take this training?
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Public session*
This training will not be available for Winter-Spring 2018.
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Webinar
Some of our courses are available online. This course will not be available for Winter-Spring of 2018.
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In your business
Our teachers can train at your place of business. For more information, contact us* Thank you for considering our trainings. We wish to inform you that public courses require a minimum number of participants which may vary according to the training. If this number is not reached, the course may be cancelled or postponed to a later date. Moreover, the training location could be modified. If such a change were to occur, you would be notified at least 48 hours in advance.
Other courses offered by this trainer
- Complexity and leadership
- Cultivate creativity
- Persuasive communication
All our training can be tailored to your specific needs
If our regular training does not fit your corporate needs, we can adapt our offering to meet your objectives or elaborate a personalized training plan. Do not hesitate to contact us to let us know about your specific requirements.