Emergenetics - Meeting of the Minds Training

Designed for:

• Leaders at all levels seeking to improve team dynamics and communication,

• Team members and contributors aiming to increase collaboration,

• Professionals interested in self- and social-awareness for better performance.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Define “preference” and understand how it affects work style,

• Deepen their knowledge of Emergenetics® behavioural and thinking attributes,

• Explore the interaction of different preferences,

• Apply the intent vs impact framework in communication,

• Build a personal dashboard for continued development,

• Translate insights into improved collaboration and leadership.

Online element:

1. Completion of Emergenetics® questionnaire
2. Short e-learning module covering:
   1. About Emergenetics® and the profile
   2. Behavioral attributes
   3. Thinking attributes
   4. Types of profile
   5. The numbers of Emergenetics®

Workshop:

Topic 1: What do we mean by ‘preference’?

• What do we mean by ‘preference’ in personality profiling?
• What does it mean to work in and out of your preferences?

Topic 2: Emergenetics® attributes revisited

• Recap on learning about the behavioral and thinking attributes covered in the pre-course eLearning.
• Participative activities to explore the attributes in more depth and build greater understanding.

Topic 3: If this room were a brain. . .

• Interactive activities to explore the diversity of behavioural and thinking preferences.
• How our preferences impact our own behavior and others.
• How to best work to your strengths and brilliances.

Topic 4: Intent vs impact

• How our, and other people’s, intentions and actual impact can become misaligned, leading to misunderstandings and conflict.
• How we can ensure that our intent and impact are aligned and understood.

Topic 5: Summary activity

• A fun, team-based activity to explore the importance of diversity in thinking and behaviour, and to identify how the knowledge from the program can be used to maximise leadership, individual, communication and/or team effectiveness.