GrowthWorks Inc. 

Helping Leaders Create Great Places to Work

Facilitation, training and organization development consulting that helps you make full use of your organization's most valuable assets -- your people 

…If you are a leader who truly believes your organization’s people are its most important asset, we can help you make the most of the ideas and energy they can contribute to your success…

Imagine what you could accomplish if the people you lead were all strategically, intellectually, and creatively involved in solving your toughest problems and building on your biggest opportunities…

We can help you help your team:

·         Find and implement business solutions better, faster, and cheaper

·         Generate breakthrough ideas

·         Embrace and manage change

·         Align around strategic business goals

·         Make effective decisions

·         Execute and follow through on action plans

·         Manage conflict and resolve differences

·         Take personal responsibility

·         Build commitment and accountability

·         Develop new skills and knowledge while doing “real work”

Our expertise is in helping leaders fully engage people in their work. We can help you:

·         Do more with less in less time

·         Save you time and money by guiding diverse groups of people toward results more efficiently

·         Streamline the implementation of your strategic plans and projects

People come to their jobs with good intentions and a wealth of wisdom, creativity, and passion waiting to be tapped… Sometimes, even the best leaders need third-party help to maximize a team’s potential and move them toward action as quickly and effectively as possible

We will help you improve communication inside your organization in ways that will foster teamwork, participation and management of diverse groups of stakeholders

Each facilitation situation is unique, but in all cases, we will help you accomplish four critical goals:

·         Create a deep sense of ownership for your team’s most-pressing opportunities and challenges 

·         Identify what’s getting in the way of achieving your most-critical objectives

·         Generate dozens of ideas for creative and practical change, improvement, and innovation

·         Execute plans and lock in commitments and accountability for action

We will give you a structured opportunity to share best practices and generate ideas for dealing with problems, challenges, and opportunities in new, productive ways

We’ll help you have breakthrough discussions, overcome obstacles, and reach decisions about critical leadership challenges in ways that rarely happen when groups go it alone

Visit the GrowthWorks Website for more information: http://www.growthworksinc.com

Brian McDermott and Gerry Sexton are the Chief Storyteller and the Chief Explorer of GrowthWorks Inc. They are co-authors of Leading Innovation: Creating Workplaces Where People Excel So Organizations Thrive.  

They have developed an interactive, high-energy process that involves and engages clients strategically, intellectually, and creatively. Their process is  based on the conviction that people come to their jobs with good intentions and a wealth  of wisdom, creativity, and passion that's just waiting to be tapped. 

CLIENTS: They have worked with Microsoft, Pfizer, Caterpillar, AstraZeneca, American Express, Novell, Allianz Life, Textron Financial, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, Imation, the YMCA, Mayo Clinic, Meeting Professionals International, American Institute of Architecture, Search Institute, the University of Minnesota, and other organizations throughout the world with projects related to strategic planning, leadership, innovation, change, creativity, sales, teamwork, communication, service, and creating purposeful work. They speak frequently at corporate events and international conferences.