As industrial-organizational psychologists, we can bring a broad toolkit and set of perspectives to working with teams. This workshop provides an overview of evidence-based approaches to teams, building off decades of research and practice. We share ways to work with teams including assessment, development and building capabilities among teams, and working with team leaders and their HR business partners. We also look at working with teams in the broader context of organizational consulting, considering how to simultaneously engage in individual and dyadic coaching, balancing team development with team coaching, and how organizational design and HR practices that shape team efficiency and effectiveness. Participants will come away with a better understanding of how to weave teams into talent management practices and scale teamwork within large organizations or when many teams require development and support.
Questions? Contact the Program Coordinator: Michael Petty, MS, San Diego Gas & Electric
Presenters

Gordy Curphy (PhD, I-O Psychology, University of Minnesota) helps companies select, develop, and promote leadership talent and build high performing teams. He has written 25 and sold over 100,000 leadership and team books and is the lead architect of The Rocket Model and the Team Assessment SurveyÒ–tools intended to help companies scale effective teamwork. Gordy was a tenured professor at the United States Air Force Academy and a General Manager at Personnel Decisions International before starting his own company, Curphy Leadership Solutions. He has built leadership and team assessments, certified 2,000 consultants on the use of assessments, conducted over 2,000 in-depth executive assessments, facilitated 600 senior team engagements, and trained 20,000 leaders on a variety of topics. Among Gordy’s areas of expertise are executive and organizational assessment, executive coaching and team facilitation, leadership development, succession planning, 360 and team surveys, scaling teamwork, and international business development.

Marc Sokol, PhD, Industrial-Organizational Psychology (University of Maryland, College Park), has worked in large and small firms, in the public and private sector, and in internal and external roles, across 25 countries, and has led his own firm, Sage Consulting Resources, for more than a decade. He has worked with virtually every C-level leadership role and many leadership teams, and consults to and partners with boards, CEOs, presidents, chairs, and vice-chairs, helping them extend impact across the firms they lead. Active in professional communities of practice, he has been executive editor of People + Strategy; on the editorial board of Consulting Psychology Journal; associate editor of OD Review; author/editor of several books, including the SIOP Professional Practice volume, Strategic Workforce Planning; past president of a local applied psychology association in Minnesota; and president of the Society of Consulting Psychology. He is a fellow of SIOP, APA, and the Society of Consulting Psychology.
Intended Audience
Intermediate. Solid understanding of the basic concepts covered in this learning program is assumed and may not be discussed or only discussed briefly in this learning program. Intended for someone with some experience in this content area.
Learning Objectives
- Describe three evidence-based models or frameworks for team effectiveness.
- Identify three different ways to gather diagnostic information about team dynamics and performance and the benefits of each.
- Describe how aggregated individual assessments can be leveraged into a team diagnostic and incorporated into team engagements.
- Describe how team-level assessments can be leveraged into team engagements.
- Illustrate three approaches to team facilitation and when each might be a preferred approach.
- Describe how teams can be integrated into the larger set of talent management practices and, in doing so, help organizations scale teamwork.
Times Offered
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- Wed Apr 2nd 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- Wed Apr 2nd 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Delivery Type
In-Person
Certification Type
Continuing Education (CE)
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