10 Ways Zenergy Can Help You Sleep At Night

No Surprises: As much as we all like surprises, there are also those that we don’t enjoy. By consulting carefully with clients at the initial stages of any project we ensure that there will be no unpleasant surprises regarding objectives or budget.

Practical Experience: An ounce of skill is better than a pound of knowledge. Zenergy consultants all have many years of practical experience in different fields and industries. Versed in the principles of organizational development, they have served their time ‘in the trenches’.

Customized Project Teams: When we engage with an organization we build the team that will carry out the work customized to the project. That way you have the optimal team working on your business objectives.

Project Planning Expertise: Zenergy consultants bring extensive project planning experience. Each project is planned to carefully match the client’s time and budgetary requirements.

Passionate People: All of the consultants that work with Zenergy PD are passionate about achieving results. Passion it is part of our culture.

Adaptive Learning System: We are flexible in delivery and not bound by ‘corporate procedures’. We will work with our client to ensure they receive the most effective solutions.

Everyone Is Different: And that includes your company. We endeavor to fit our system around your organization. No two people are a like and that is just as true of companies.

Obsessed With Outcomes: There are fundamental differences between activity and results. We are obsessed with outcomes and business results, after all that is what you are paying for.

The Master Leaves No Tracks: Ownership of the change and results must remain with your teams and organization at all times. We help guide the process of change and remain as invisible as possible while your company makes the desired transition.

Leading Edge Expertise: All Zenergy consultants are current with leading edge processes and systems. They are constantly updating their skill sets; as a result you receive state-of the art consulting services.

The Consultants

We have the talent and experience this project deserves; our backgrounds include completed projects in private, public and NFP sectors. We are sensitive to the speed and depth required of this project. Our team will optimize the collaboration with your leadership team and seek their wisdom as we work with your staff to achieve results. For contractual and administrative purposes, the key contact is Stephen Joyce.

Stephen Joyce is the principal of Zenergy PD Inc., a company dedicated to developing and building resilient teams and organizations. He is the author of ‘Teaching an Anthill to Fetch – Seven Skills for Building Resilient Teams’ due for publication in October, 2006. Stephen is currently the Resilience Content Expert for the Calgary Health Region. He had designed and facilitated programs for a broad range of organizations including the University of Calgary, SAIT, Calgary Board of Education, City of Calgary, Project Management Institute and the Leadership Lab in the Banff Centre.

Clifford Wessel is an Organizational Consultant dedicated to helping people and organizations develop their potential. With more than 10 years experience in Coaching and Training he has had the privilege of helping clients succeed in a broad range of industries such as Oil & Gas, IT, Marketing, Telecommunications, Finance, Construction, Health Care and Education. He has facilitated over 1000 hours of training and consistently earns excellent feedback. He teaches accredited Management, HR, Organizational Behavior and Entrepreneurship courses at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Cliff has lived abroad for 16 years and is skilled at bridging cross-cultural differences and is fluent in English, Spanish and German. Employment Branding & Collaborative Intelligence

Employment Branding & Collaborative Intelligence

Long term projections by Statistics Canada predict that the employment market will continue to tighten for decades to come.

Creating a premium brand experience is achieved through every interaction with every customer, external or internal. This is just as true for employment branding as it is for physical products. Branding the employment experience will result in an integrated staff team composed of members who are passionate about their jobs and place of work and who are committed to providing high levels of customer service both internally and externally.

Employment randing consists of three main areas; Organizational Culture; Human Resources and Training & Development.

An important objective of all businesses is to get the best bang for their training dollars. By developing training that is fully supported by day-to-day HR strategies and focused on a premium culture of customer service at all levels, businesses will reap cost savings through increased retention, decreased recruitment cost and increased service to customers. This is the first step toward sustainable emploment branding.

Organizational Culture

Organizational Culture is made of shared values, beliefs, attitudes, practices and ways of behaving. It drives performance and results. Culture is changed through an integrated and comprehensive management plan with rigorous execution. In recent years the term ‘culture’ is sometimes interchanged with ‘branding’ – defining and establishing a unique and compelling image that attracts employees, customers, suppliers, partners and retailers.

In order to establish a strong culture all components of the organization must be considered and aligned. In preparing for a new culture a clear picture of the current state of the business must be established. Identifying best practices, current successes, untapped talents and opportunities play a key role in sculpting the end result.

Growing a culture is much like growing a garden. Each one is unique and reflects the character and talent of the people that plant and maintain it. As every good gardener knows, nurturing and continuous care are as important as the seeds you sow. The result is a garden that brings pleasure and productivity in equal measure.

Systems & Conflict

An examination of natural systems reveals conflict as a basic and necessary element. Along with cooperation it creates a dynamic within all systems. The energy created by this dynamic enables a system to discover itself and learn about its environment. Another way to think of the role of conflict is within the relationship between self- assertion and integration. Like algae and fungus within lichen – they enable each other to survive in environments, which would otherwise be uninhabitable. A fundamental synergy exists between them.Conflict is an important element of any healthy system. The energy which emerges from conflict must be managed in such a way that innovation and self-generation remain a part of the organization / team. Katenzenbach and Smith claim that conflict is one of the essential ingredients for transforming a ‘work group’ into a ‘real team’.

The elements of managing conflict vary greatly in complexity. Some of the more important aspects are:

• Intrapersonal communication (healthy relationship with self)• Interpersonal communication (healthy relationship with others)
• Group dynamics (number, skills, performance goals, approach, accountability)
• Non-Verbal Communication (voice patterns, psycho- geography, rapport- building, body language)
• Culture of the organization (leadership models, control systems, higher purpose)
• Management of ‘Value’ and ‘Values’ (networks, organizations, markets, families and friends)

It is becoming increasingly apparent that ‘teaching’ people the “seven way to manage conflict” will not solve any problem in long term. ‘Human’ systems are much too complex and continue to change in nature as they grow. Enabling people to generate a series of practical strategies for embracing conflict (and cooperation!) offers greater promise. These strategies can adapt to and evolve with and the system within which they must operate.