MetaSkills Consulting Group

Tools

Listed here are tools created by MetaSkills for cross-functional and virtual teams.  Email MetaSkills if you would like more information or to purchase one or more of the tools.

Create the Purpose

  • A Structured Approach for Clarifying Purpose
  • Developing a Charter
  • Building a Shared Purpose

Orchestrate Commitments

  • Forming Teams
  • Identifying Appropriate Team Members
  • Ensuring Sponsorship/Sponsorship Assessment
  • Understanding the Values, Beliefs, and Needs of Others
  • Active Listening and Communication Skills
  • Aligning with the Goals of Others
  • Examining Systemic Issues
  • Exploring Customer Considerations
  • Developing a Stakeholder Alignment Plan

Manage Projects

  • Effective Team Building
  • Brainstorming
  • Idea Mapping
  • Project Planning
  • Using Nominal Group Technique
  • Process Redesign
  • Effective Meetings

Share Leadership

  • Looking for Opportunities to Share Leadership
  • Clarifying Roles of Project Members
  • Sharing Leadership—Tips and Exercises
  • Examining Your Own Predispositions to Share Leadership
  • Examining the Needs of Others Around Leadership
  • Acknowledging Others and Recognizing Contributions
  • Addressing Performance Bottlenecks
  • Expanding the Influence of the Project

Facilitate Transitions

  • Examining Your Own Responses to Change
  • Overcoming the Fear of Change
  • Navigating the Waves of Change
  • Anticipating Changes in Direction
  • Facilitating the Capture of Learning
  • Holding Post-Project Reviews
  • Moving People On and Off Teams
  • Preparing Yourself for Transitions
  • Facilitating the Transitions of Others
  • Seeking New Project Opportunities
  • Planning for Individual Development

"Recent interviews involving members from several hundred teams (in multi-national corporations) showed that the 'average' team member believed that his/her team was currently at a '5.8' level of effectiveness but needed to be at an '8.7'."

Marshall Goldsmith
and Howard Morgan
"Team Building without Time Wasting"