"My time is very precious. These three days were a very worthwhile investment. I will use the tools as part of my permanent management style, and coach my people to do the same."
               – FC, Director, Pharmaceutical Company

This program is modeled directly from a cornerstone of Jack Welch’s turnaround at GE. It is a must for managers and leaders who need to draw from expertise around them and create alignment among a variety of strong stakeholders or competing agendas. Our most popular training.

The Business Case	The Solution	Expected Results
Collaboration is THE top skill set needed by today’s leaders: • When and how do you build true consensus? • How do you gain widespread buy-in to change? • How do you get people (both inside and outside the company) from vastly different cultures, functions, and geographies aligned and effectively working toward a common goal? • How do you improve decision making speed and focus on the customer?	J&S’s Collaborative Leadership Training is a feedback-intensive leadership development course, transforming your organizational challenges into applied learning labs. The emphasis is on deep learning of facilitation, collaboration, and group decision making skills, tools and techniques. The format is proven and used by top consultants, and features videotaped labs where participants gain personal leadership development PLUS analytical tools for strategic planning, problem solving, and project management in cross-functional teams. Collaborative Leadership Training targets the following objectives: • Increase customer-focused problem solving • Launch teams and projects to create shared expectations and accountability • Facilitate highly productive and effective meetings and team work sessions that draw upon the creativity and interaction from all group members; • Forge high quality solutions to business problems in less time • Create better decisions with greater buy-in. Read the case study for this program.	Collaborative (versus command-and-control) leaders who can: • Break down silos • Collaborate for greater innovation across the organization • Create consensus and commitment to change • Increase value to the customer