Hollard Insure’s IT Manco Team takes performance to new heights
A big shoutout to the Hollard Insure IT team for dedicating a day to an important workshop led by Melanie Kiley, our Managing Director. Following their successful Whole Brain® Journey with CreateConsulting, Viren Naidu, Chief Information Officer at Hollard Insure, sought our facilitation expertise for a Manco Team Workshop. This session was designed to strengthen the new IT Manco team, elevating their performance to new levels.
Through a series of engaging activities and deep discussions, the team gained a clear understanding of their vision, developed plans to leverage opportunities and strengthened their commitment to accountability and leadership excellence.
The workshop’s main goals included:
Creating a vision for success
Understanding the team’s current reality
Identifying opportunities
Developing plans, and
Discussing the leadership approach required to effectively execute their renewed strategy.
Key concepts, activities and discussions
Melanie began the day with a powerful quote from Patrick Lencioni:
“Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.”
The workshop incorporated various core concepts, activities and discussions, such as:
Unpacking the importance of trust and relationships underpinning success within a leadership team
Building team connections and revisiting Whole Brain® Thinking principles
Utilising the HBDI® Digital Dashboard tool for deeper team insights
Analysing their results from the Herrmann Team Effectiveness Dashboard®
Defining and aligning on a shared vision of successs
Brainstorming plans to leverage opportunities
Committing to actionable plans for future progress.
Reflecting on the workshop, Melanie shared:
“I loved working with the energised and engaged IT Manco team. Their positive attitude, curiosity and willingness to be experimental and creative is commendable. Despite the intensive day, their openness, vulnerability and readiness to show up were key in achieving so much. I’m impressed with their progress. This team is well on their way to delivering on their strategic goals. Well done.”