PeopleGro is an organizational development consulting firm with the unique ability to draw upon real world experience combined with practical application of research and theory to produce results. We provide customized solutions to increase efficiency, effectiveness, communication and coordination for organizations of all kinds. Our goal is to make our clients successful by focusing on how relationships and information are integrated. We have successfully worked with the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Community College, Martin Controls, NTH, Friends of the Detroit River and the City of Dearborn in such efforts.
The best of the best for organizational development success is driven by:
- Active and committed leadership support
- Multi-level collaboration
- Integrating research and theory with applied practice
- Working across all levels, vertically and horizontally, of the organization
- Actively seeking and welcoming participation
- Recognizing peoples' "humanity" with compassion and integrity
- Over-communicating the process, progress, and purpose
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Leadership development must be approached as a staged process rather than a universal "one-size-fits-all" program. To be effective it's important to focus on the individual as well as the leadership team of which they are a part. PeopleGro works to take a self driven desire for personal growth and leverages that by working with the individual as well as those who work around them. Our customized programs include valuing individual strengths, self-awareness, self-reflection, learning, and practice with the goal of more robustly integrating those strengths within the organization.
STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
Strategic development encompasses vision, planning and goals seeded by an organization's current situation yet focused on future desired results. The first challenge is forming a shared understanding of formalized and ad hoc organizational values. These shared values are the foundational piece necessary to create a cogent robust shared vision. Developing a clear, focused and realistic shared plan around the vision (the how) naturally follows. The single greatest pitfall of strategic development occurs at this point between the "what" of the vision and the "how " of the plan. Effective simple strategies make this pitfall completely avoidable! Specific goals with realistic resource allocation ensure the desired results. Great strategic development involves organizational commitment across all levels balanced with flexibility and adaptability to make needed course adjustments to prevent unintended consequences.
TEAM EFFECTIVENESS
1+1+1+1=? Is it possible that the answer to this simple math equation is a negative number? If those numbers each symbolize people within a group of an organization, it's possible, and unfortunately probable. You can build (add together people) a team, but how are you certain each individual is functioning effectively? Defining the feel, look, smell and science of high performing teams dramatically broadens team capapbilities. Learnable skills take the guess work out of getting repeatable and sustainable results from any team!
EXPLORATION LABS
Customized client engagements may be four hours or one day or multiple sessions over a period of time. There is a direct link between these workshops and our client's success. The exploration aspect helps clients self-discover what is most meaningful within their organization and a lab environment ensures active, playful, inclusive team learning. Exploration Labs provide learning in a participant driven environment which values and acknowledges points with video clips, hand-on activities, customized case studies, and simulations. Incorporating issues from our clients' workplace allows participants to impact current issues and a faster transfer of knowledge back to the workplace.
