Services

The Proper Angle Approach to Unconscious Bias

Each individual views the world, the work, and team relationships through his or her unique cultural lens.  We have designed a tool, the Cultural Identity Matrix™ that helps individuals develop a better understanding of their own cultural identity and how it impacts their decision making and interactions.  The tool can also be used to facilitate discussions with co-workers and team members to inform the ways that cultural identity impacts group decision making and choices.  This tool can be used to look at the way that assignments, promotions and succession planning is managed.

The Proper Angle Approach to Program Design and Implementation

• Apply stakeholder relationship management to align interests of all stakeholders in the value chain
• Employ four key elements to build trust with employees: respect for individuals, transparency, empowerment, and team building
• Explore integration of cultural characteristics of high achieving companies
• Merger/Acquisition support to enhance cultural integration

The Proper Angle Approach to Facilitation

The Proper Angle facilitation goes beyond techniques and behavioral skills. We recognize the emotional and thought processes that define individual perspectives and shape corporate cultures. Based on a rich background in diverse cultures, our facilitation can assess and respond to the communication challenges created by differences in department, group and individual culture. The emphasis continues to be on performance measurement to retain a focus on outcomes and results. The goal is to experience a shift in the way participants relate to each other, customers, colleagues, employees and investors.

• structure the process to focus on the desired outcomes
• assist the team to handle conflict productively
• address any lack of trust, or assist group members who may feel that they are too close to the issues and need an objective perspective
• improve the quality of a group’s solutions and insure that outcomes will be actively supported by team members and other stakeholders.
• keep the group on track with summaries of accomplishments and next steps

What Does a Facilitator Offer?

Whether in person or with a virtual team, as Facilitators we will:

• Work with you to clarify the goals for your meeting or series of meetings so that they are meaningful, clear, concise and achievable.
• Develop an agenda that focuses interactively on what really matters to your leaders and group members.
• Facilitate the session to keep the group focused, on task and on time.
• Assess any aspects of your meeting or group design that prevents the achievement of the group’s goals.
• Document the results of the meeting to capture the key decisions and action plans.
• Provide post-meeting follow up for effective implementation of your meeting’s action steps.
• Ensure that your meeting design and planning process create outcomes that exceed your expectations in powerful and engaging ways.
• My facilitation is flexible, inclusive, and interactive, yet always results-oriented. The goal is to be sure action plans and shared agreements are implemented.