fountain park icebreaker for new ceos
DESCRIPTION
When you come into an organisation as a new leader, you are expected to reel in results. And you need to move fast. But, do you know what lies beneath the surface? What gets people going? What should be your first priorities?TRANSCRIPT
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As a new leader
Your clear early priority is to identify
what people expect of you
the barriers and enablers of success
how to take control of the situation.
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You’ll be pressed with time
People want to know immediately what course and goals you’ll be settingMeanwhile, they’ll be idly waiting around for new directions.
People want you to focus on key issues First impressions of a new leader are formed quickly.
“I would act faster”, is the most typical answer to the question what you would do differently if you could start again in the same position.
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ICEBREAKER: Understanding Your Organisation in a Week
A web service that allows you to get the situation under control. You’ll be making sound decisions from the get-go.
What ever people have got to say, you’ll hear it, straight up.
You’ll identify the enablers and the barriers for growth. During the busy start-up phase, you won’t seem distant;
instead, you’ll be addressing issues important to people. You don’t exhaust yourself during the first months.
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Icebreaker reveals
”I got the feeling that I was sharing tables with thousands of people.”
”It was truly amazing how unexpectedly people were thinking.”
”I was able to examine the situation through multiple sources of information.”
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Be more efficient and effective as a decision maker
1. Gather information and test the waters.
2. Propose an initiative. Get feedback from your immediate
subordinates.
3. Make a decision based on the data, the feedback and your vision.
4. Sell the decision to your subordinates, spiced up with their own
thoughts and ideas, spoken in their own language.
5. Help, demand, and monitor.
Early wins.
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How does it work?
ICEREAKER GATHERS THOUGHTS AND IDEAS, AND ANALYSES THE RESULTS.
YOU MAKE THE DECISIONS.
Processed information. Unlimited number of
participants. Works in decentralised
organisations. Ready in a week.
Traditional methods slow and expensive.
Invitation via e-mail and/or intranet/internet page.
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Information gathered through brainstorming
One open theme encouraging people to share their thoughts and ideas in their own words. E.g., ”What helps us achieve
excellence?””Can we identify any hidden
potential for growth?””How can we build our
performance capabilities?”
An easy and motivating way to glean information.The result: a database of analysed information
A shared mindset extracted through data analysis.
The most important issues are placed in
the middle of the board.
E.g., ”What would by my first priority if I
was the new leader?”
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The relevant themes and their meanings in one image
Dispersion of thoughts and ideas
Esti
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Strong signals, a shared mindset
Should definatetely be taken into account when planning.
Potential elements
Are there any new ideas and perspectives on how to do things better?
The most insignificant elements
Respondents agree on the insignificance of the matters
Wid
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High significance
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Deepening analyses by units and teams
What are the participants reflecting on, what are they not? How do the participants express themselves?
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Which themes are inter-related, which remain unconnected?
Quantitative comparison of themes
Comparison by respondent groups
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1. Making the most of the start-up phase
2. Balancing opposing thoughts and ideas
3. Balancing the age structure
4. Improving innovational processes
5. Building the capabilities and leadership skills of superiors
Strengths
• Hunger for doing things better
• The introduced thouhgts and ideas strongly supported
• Core processes in good trim
Challenges
• Management and leadership issues
• Strong opposing views
• Introducing innovational processes
• Added motivation through well-balanced training
TOP 5 -iniatives
The most important issues in compact format
An example
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ICEBREAKER-week
MondayStart-up
meeting 9–11 a.m.
Theme and name
Final approval 5 p.m.
MondayReportResults meeting1–3 p.m.
TuesdayIcebreake
rpublicatio
n7:30 a.m.
Wednesday
Monitoring and
processing of data
ThursdayReminder 7:30 a.m.Closing6 p.m.
During the week Fountain Park will deliver you
The production version of Icebreaker for commenting/accepting
The published (final) Icebreaker version Participation links and reporting links Invitation letter for commenting/accepting Reminder draft for commenting/accepting Summary of results as PowerPoint document (print and
electronic) The entire material (print and electronic)
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How to get it?
Fountain Park ICEBREAKER® is delivered turnkey. Customizing, customer support, analysis, summary of the
results, and the whole body of data included. Ready in a week. It’ll only take 5 hours of your time. Prices at:
19 800 € with 100-500 participants29 800 € with 500-1000 participants39 800 € with over 1000 participants
Access to reporting afterwards 330 euros/month
Follow-up recommended in 6 months time.