An effective innovation process hinges on engaged teams that combine diverse perspectives with practical implementation power. In modern organizations, these teams perform crucial innovation roles: from generating ideas and validating concepts to connecting departments and embedding innovation in the organization.
To best support teams, we deploy the VIEW assessment. This scientifically validated instrument maps three essential dimensions: Orientation to Change, Manner of Processing and Ways of Deciding. By understanding these preferences, teams can use their various problem-solving styles more effectively, leading to better innovation results and stronger team dynamics.
Team engagement
The power of VIEW for modern team engagement
In today’s business landscape, where hybrid working, rapid change and diverse teams have become the norm, organizations are looking for effective tools to strengthen team engagement. In this regard, VIEW stands out as a valuable assessment tool that specifically addresses the challenges of our time. With its scientific foundation and practical applicability, VIEW offers concrete solutions for improving team dynamics and organizational performance.
- VIEW offers deep insight into cognitive diversity within teams.
- Directly applicable in conflict prevention and management
- The tool enables leaders to understand their own style and deal more effectively with diverse teams.
- Data-driven approach
Cognitive diversity
Understanding cognitive diversity
VIEW provides deep insight into cognitive diversity within teams. By measuring three critical dimensions – Orientation to Change, Manner of Processing and Ways of Deciding – teams gain a clear picture of their collective thinking styles and preferences. This insight is essential at a time when teams are becoming increasingly diverse and working together remotely. It helps bridge differences and make the best use of complementary qualities, directly contributing to improved collaboration and innovativeness.
Cognitive diversity
Understanding cognitive diversity
- Proactive conflict prevention methodology
Where many consultants focus on conflict management, our program is distinguished by a proactive approach to conflict prevention. By deeply understanding different work styles and preferences, teams can identify potential tensions early and make them productive. This preventive approach creates stronger team dynamics and lasting partnerships. - Integrated Leadership Development
The seamless integration of leadership development into the team engagement process is unique. Instead of stand-alone leadership training, we develop adaptive leadership that directly addresses cognitive diversity within teams. This integrated approach enables leaders to more effectively navigate between different work styles and generations. - Directly applicable in hybrid work environments
Our program provides directly applicable solutions to the challenges of modern hybrid working. The VIEW assessment is specifically designed to support teams in bridging differences in a context of remote working and rapid change. This practical applicability provides immediate improvements in team dynamics and conflict prevention.
Solutions
Problems with team engagement
When we look at the underlying problems that cause a lack of team engagement, we see four fundamental challenges present within organizations. VIEW’s practical applicability and value-free nature – no one style is considered better than others – supports a number of solutions.
When individuals work together, differences in work styles can lead to friction and conflict. These differences are often seen as shortcomings rather than potential strengths.
VIEW addresses this by providing a shared, positive vocabulary to describe and respect differences, enabling teams to work together more effectively by creating an understanding of different working styles and making differences productive.
Employees often lack an understanding of their own strengths and potential contributions within partnerships. This leads to underutilized talents and reduced effectiveness in team settings.
VIEW helps individuals better understand their problem-solving style preferences, their natural approach to challenges, and the way they discover and define problems. This allows employees to better understand the types of ideas and solutions they naturally generate.
Teams struggle when team members do not understand or appreciate each other’s work styles, which can lead to miscommunication, reduced productivity and missed opportunities for synergy.
VIEW strengthens teams by promoting mutual understanding among team members and enabling appropriate contributions by all team members. It helps to develop new methods of collaboration and maximize team strengths while helping to address challenges.
Organizations often lack effective mechanisms to use diversity in individuals and teams productively, leading to reduced innovation, resilience and outcomes.
VIEW supports organizations by building organizational resilience through valuing diversity and developing mechanisms for productive use of individual and team diversity. This facilitates improved collaboration at all levels and improves the quality of products, services and outcomes.
Solutions
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