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Getting To Synergy‘: The Power of Valuing Differences
by J.D. Frailey

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Diversity in the workplace is a growing reality. Cultural, social, personal, and other differences between workers are greater today than they were yesterday and will be greater still tomorrow. Those organizations who celebrate the diversity of their employees will become stronger, more competitive, and more successful over time.

Getting to Synergy: The Power of Valuing

Differences is based on the No. 1 best-selling business book of all time: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. It will help participants learn how to recognize and leverage differences, and how to use the synergizing process to discover solutions that are better than "my" way or "your" way.

A Long -Term Approach to Sustained Results

Many training programs on diversity focus on how to deal with diversity, how to tolerate it, or how to avoid problems that arise from it. Getting to Synergy is different. It focuses on values rather than negative issues. Participants will discover how to:

Develop the ability to leverage differences for better results

Improve their decision-making , innovation, and problem-solving capabilities

Apply principles of creative cooperation to reach new, previously undiscovered possibilities, alternatives and options

Recognize their own perceptual limitations and appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.

Leverage Diversity within Your Organization

The importance of celebrating differences in the workplace is as crucial to performance as reaching goals, meeting deadlines, and controlling costs. Getting to Synergy: The Power of Valuing Differences will help members of your organization:

Decrease the level of frustration that results from dysfunctional teams

Encourage and increase innovation and creativity

Improve team action planning

Foster a renewed, shared commitment to team objectives

Tap into, and leverage, the vast pool of resources available in you organization.

"Capitalizing on diversity – in the creation of superior synergy – can enable any work team, division, or organization to masterfully accomplish goals and priorities. Think of diversity as one of the most important components in your business environment." - Stephen R. Covey



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