Participative Management is the idea of utilizing the knowledge, strengths, creativity and ingenuity of all employees towards creating continuous improvement in the workplace. Companies are asking workers, in groups and teams, to get involved in making suggestions, setting goals, improving methods, solving problems, and enhancing the quality of the company's products and services. As progressive companies move deeper into participative management, they are creating high performance teams capable of managing their operating routines.

The participative management process requires significant changes for the supervisor who wants to stay in management in the future. The supervisor must learn to move away from directing the activities of workers and begin to move towards being the facilitator, coach and counselor who creates an effective team-building climate. This course is designed to help the supervisor make those changes.

Participants will learn:

1. How participative management evolved and what's in it for them.

2. The styles of leadership that support employee involvement.

3. Ten key needs of teams and how to meet them.

4. The five levels of participative management and when to proceed to the next level.

5. That everyone on the team is responsible for team growth and development.

6. The techniques necessary to become an effective facilitator who energizes the group.

7. Eight factors that support a climate for participation.

8. How to manage the conflicts that inevitably result whenever people work together.

9. How to achieve success even if senior management doesn't "buy in" to the team building process.

10. The diagnostic tools that allow you assess your team's strengths and weaknesses.

11. Specific, practical ways to make your department stand out in the organization.

12. How to conduct productive team meetings that get results.

13. That the atmosphere and spirit you create is the most significant factor contributing to the success of your team.