collaborative leadership workshop Accelinnova.com/ibmclass.html

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Co-Founder, Accelinnova CIO and Director of Strategy, Headwaters, Inc. Niel NICKOLAISEN

successful business?

 Sustainable  Competitive advantage sustain a competitive advantage

consistently deliver business value

business challenges

 Build Trust? deliver the right product

in the optimal market windows

 At the lowest cost lowest cost

and …

increase productivity

Protect Team Boundaries meet customer’s changing needs

develop great solutions

 Leadership Influence innovate!

how ?

…leaders will need to hone their collaboration skills, because we will need leadership that pulls across systems. - IBM CEO Samuel J. Palmisano

course objectives provide tools and techniques enabling leaders to improve collaborative practices and increase business value

workshop agenda

applying collaborative leadership

decision making and business value

considerations and risks

practices of collaborative leadership

collaboration and leading collaboration

step back step up

Unleashing Innovation Collaboration Process creating a culture of trust

problem solving

step up, step back collaboration culture of trust leadership practices problem solving decision making considerations and risk applications

Stay Positive about Accelinnova

Accelinnova leaders are practitioners who looked for and found better ways.

Accelinnova has successfully used their tools in a variety of high-tech and low-tech situations over 20 years.

Accelinnova team consists of thought leaders in collaboration, strategic planning, and leadership.

Accelinnova leaders have executive and senior leadership experience in rapid fire environments.

the need in IBM

software group reality 17/Apr/09

a global team Canada Israel China Japan Taiwan West Coast Upper East Coast India Egypt Lower East Coast Australia Poland Brazil Malaysia Sweden Mid-East Coast Mid-America Europe US Canada Latin Amer. EMEA AP Japan Total US Canada Latin Amer. EMEA AP Japan Total 10,854 3, ,467 6, ,065

Software Group Acquisition Milestones

complexity split teams & multiple locations multiple time zones interdependent products acquisitions IPMT PDT OT

business dynamics innovate to differentiate responsiveness tighter linkage to customers time to value

operational dynamics predictability of schedules quality better use of resources improve product development cycles

foster innovation collaborative leadership enables us to …… stand back and deliver. the answers are in your organization. make better decisions deliver more value increase productivity empowered to solve problems unleash talent foster innovation

work smart. lead smart. collaborate.

Leadership Retreat: Architecture Firm Pain Point: Opportunities it could not pursue Wanted to unleash capacity and creativity

Leadership Retreat: What We Did Strategic planning with executive team Cascaded to tactical planning and implementation with work teams

Leadership Retreat: Results Revenues up 90% with costs only up 35% Customers notice positive difference

Pain Point: 7 years of intense competition and the associated losses Strategic Session: Specialty Retailer

Trained business transformation project teams on the tools Strategic Session: What We Did

Using the tools, teams accelerated turnaround (11 months as compared to 3 years) Improved market focus and segmentation 2 years later, acquired largest competitor Strategic Session: Results

Problem Solving: CPG Company Pain Point: Growth stunted by legacy business rules, complex systems and ineffective processes

Problem Solving: What We Did Worked with executive team to define decision filters Worked with project teams to align project around decision filters

Problem Solving: Results Reduced budget and timeline by 40% Improved market focus and operations Annual revenue growth from 7% to 22%