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Staff Training and Development for Organizational Change
An Interview with Nancy Brooks-Lane

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Team of People in the Organization

* Everyone is on the team.
* The most important person is the customer.
* It works in a real problem solving and decision making process.
* The consumer drives the process.
* We developed self-directed work teams.

Transcript

Interviewer: I would like to just ask one other clarification point. I can tell as I am listening to you speak that there is a team, of people in your organization that are working together. I did not know whether you could elaborate on whom is on that team, how that team functions?

Nancy Brooks-Lane: Actually, everybody is on the team and the most important person, of course, is our customer. It works in a real problem solving, decision making sort of way and those can be some of the most fun opportunities where people are relaxed and you are just letting your brain go. There is no right or wrong in terms of that initial phase of trying to solve problems or make decisions or work through issues. The consumer really drives that process. It is who is important to that person and who can help support them. Then of course, as we shifted our organizational structure, we spent time working with staff on how to develop self directed work teams. That is a key piece, and for that to work, it has got to be very respectful of the staff in terms of their skills, their talents, what they bring to their jobs. They have got to have the freedom in an authentic way, to be a part of that process.



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