Every business faces competitive pressure to get things done faster and more efficiently—which is why a high-performance work environment is so critical in today’s marketplace.

The Creating a High-Performance Organization program helps managers develop the methods and skills needed to drive performance while maintaining a highly effective work culture. It will help you increase performance across the organization and support the achievement of business objectives, while building the leadership capabilities to meet future business needs.

This program provides you with a systemic view of the organization, best practices for creating a productive climate, and the tools and leadership practices to implement these ideas. Creating a High-Performance Organization features seasoned faculty who have vast real-world experience. You'll be prepared to assess the needs of your work environment on several dimensions: capabilities, competencies, teamwork, empowerment, systems thinking, and leadership.

Objectives

• Identify and leverage your competencies to become a more effective manager
• Develop and coach teams to achieve their full potential as high-performance work units
• Influence fast moving, complex organizations at the individual, team, and complex system levels
• Effectively implement change throughout an organization
• Build the critical leadership skills needed to set a motivational environment

Topics

• Patterns of effective managers
• Understand the concept of performance vs. potential
• Drivers of high-performance teams
• Build trust and empower teams
• Lead on purpose and from strengths
• Coaching individuals, teams, and peers
• Align the right skills to the task and work environment
• Think systemically about the organization and the best way to influence it
• Understand and support self-organizing forces in an organization
• Effective use of self to support a high-performance work culture

This program is designed for mid-level to senior executives who are responsible for improving the performance of their company’s employees. Typical titles include director, supervisor, manager, group leader, or team leader. Anyone responsible for organizational change, or coaching and supporting people would benefit from this program.

	John Busacker, Carlson Executive Education Instructor
	Karl Johnson, Carlson Executive Education Instructor
	Peter Krembs, Carlson Executive Education Fellow

Location
Executive Education
Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
321 19th Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0438

Teaching Approach
The faculty will facilitate practical, action-oriented discussions on best practices, with a lively transfer of knowledge among participants. Learning will happen in many ways, including group discussions, simulations, and self-assessment to determine competencies. This program also offers you an opportunity to create a customized individual development plan and work with a peer coach to help anchor new knowledge and skills.

Quantity Discount
A discount of 15% will apply to registrations of 3 or more people from the same company registering as a group for the same specific program. Please note that this offer is contingent upon all registrants enrolling in the same program having the same start date. Program cancellations and program transfers affecting the minimum number of people enrolled in the program for which the discount applied will void the discount.

Program Details (pdf)
(schedule, curriculum, faculty bios, and past participant titles)