Managing Processes and Resources: Unconventional Solutions training
Managers find unconventional solutions when no more people or budget will be added, and see them through to results: they define the problem precisely, generate and select ideas, match their style to the employee, delegate and control without unnecessary pressure.
Trainer license — one facilitator, who can also run it for their own clients. Company license — all trainers and managers in your company. Details
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A training you can run without the author
2 days, minute by minute
A trainer guide with what to say, exercise instructions, debrief questions and difficult situations.
15 exercises
Role plays, cases and cards — with print-ready handouts.
Tests with answer keys
A pre- and post-test to see what participants have learned.
An author with corporate experience
Stan Shaposhnikov: programs for PrivatBank, DTEK, Interpipe.
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Who this training is for
- Heads of departments, projects and operations units
- Team leads and managers responsible for results with limited resources
- Internal trainers and L&D teams who need a ready-made program
- Independent trainers who deliver programs for corporate clients
Problems it solves
- The result is needed, but no more people or budget will be added
- The team solves problems "the usual way" and gets the same result
- Tasks are misunderstood and redone
- The manager is drowning in day-to-day work and does not delegate
- Control swings between total and "occasional"
What participants will be able to do
Turn a vague problem into a clear task in nine steps
Know what gets in the way of unconventional thinking and how to get around their own barriers
Search for ideas using the DO-IT formula: brainstorming, the morphological box, change questions, analogy, inversion, empathy, fantasy
Select the best ideas by impact and cost and turn them into a test plan
See where time, money, people and information leak away in their unit
Choose a leadership style that matches an employee's readiness and set a task in seven steps
Delegate, assign tasks with team roles in mind and build control with checkpoints and variance analysis
Training program: Managing Processes and Resources: Unconventional Solutions
Two days, 10:00–18:00 · lunch and two breaks each day
| Day 1. Unconventional solutions | |
|---|---|
| 10:00–10:30 | Opening, introductions "A problem that can't be solved the usual way", pre-test |
| 10:30–11:15 | Business game "The Tower" |
| 11:30–12:30 | Game debrief. From problem to task: nine steps. The "Pact" case |
| 13:30–14:15 | What creativity is and what gets in its way. Exercise "My barriers" |
| 14:15–15:15 | The DO-IT formula. Analyzing the problem and looking at it from different points of view |
| 15:30–16:30 | A flow of ideas: brainstorming, the morphological box, change questions, four techniques |
| 16:30–17:30 | How to choose the best ideas. Practice "My own problem" |
| 17:30–18:00 | Summary of the day, task "One idea — one test" |
| Day 2. Processes and resources | |
|---|---|
| 10:00–10:20 | Warm-up "What I tested". Manager self-assessment |
| 10:20–11:15 | The management cycle and resources. Practice "Where resources leak away" |
| 11:30–12:30 | Situational leadership: four readiness levels and four styles |
| 13:30–14:30 | Setting a task for an employee: seven steps. Practice in groups of three |
| 14:30–15:15 | Delegation: what, to whom and how |
| 15:30–16:15 | The team and roles: who gets which task |
| 16:15–17:20 | Control: types, checkpoints, mistakes, variance analysis |
| 17:20–18:00 | 30-day plan, post-test, feedback form, closing |
What's included: slides, trainer guide, workbook
Slide deck
59 slides with presenter notes (PowerPoint)
Trainer guide
34 pages: a minute-by-minute script for both days with what to say, debriefs and difficult situations
Participant workbook
17 pages: nine steps, finding and selecting ideas, situational leadership, delegation, control map, 30-day plan
Exercises and cases
15 exercises with keys; "The Tower" game, the "Pact" case, points of view, employee cards, 6 situations
Tests and forms
Pre-/post-test, answer key, summary sheet, feedback form
Read me first
Preparation plan and printing list
License
Run it as often as you like, adapt it, add your own logo
License. Run the training as many times as you like, edit the materials and add your own logo. You may not resell the files or share them with third parties. License terms
Exercises from this kit
Business Game "The Tower"
Give the group a shared experience of working on a task with limited resources, which is then used to debrief goal setting, choice of strategy and roles.
Managing Processes and Resources: Unconventional SolutionsPoints of View
Reformulate a work problem through the eyes of different people and find new directions for solutions.
Managing Processes and Resources: Unconventional SolutionsControl Map
Build control of your own task in advance and without the typical mistakes: total, hidden or "occasional" control.
Need it tailored to your company?
We will rewrite the cases around your situations, apply your brand style and prepare your trainers.
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