A Core team is selected from the worker, professional and management ranks in the affected areas.

They and our consultants become the core team, guiding process design and leading implementation.

Experience has shown us that the entire skill set needed for successful change in any organization does not naturally exist in that organization. It requires content expertise in the unique characteristics of the operating areas (manufacturing, engineering, maintenance, purchasing, accounting, etc). You need to understand how these areas are affected by the industry and the individual company’s culture. Add the people skills to manage significant change at all levels. Finally, get this all in place on an accelerated schedule achieving measurable financial results. The necessary skill set becomes quite complex: project management, process design, team building, corporate communications, financial and performance measurement, to name a few.

The answer to the challenge is to form a special team, a Joint Team. This team combines the industry and change management skills of Fact Based Management’s consultants with the company-specific skills of client employees. We work with our clients to select a group of employees based on their credibility in the organization and knowledge of how to get things done. They are selected from the worker (including union), professional and management ranks in the affected areas.

We begin working with them at the start of the project, training them in our techniques. Their training continues throughout the project, delivered just in time for the next series of major events. They get the training and then exercise its application in the live operation with Fact Based Management. They and our consultants become the core team, guiding process design and leading implementation. Their training includes:

• Team Dynamics: the roles on teams and how successful teams develop.



• Seven Elements: application of Fact Based Management’s template to their specific work environment.



• Communication Planning: preparation of ongoing communications concerning the project.



• Team Charters: process for clarifying team deliverables with sponsors and the organization.



• Brown and White Paper Fairs: leveraging the participation and input of the entire organization during process design.



• Meeting Management and Facilitation: getting the most out of work sessions.



• Implementation Primer: the ten requirements for effective process and organizational implementation.



• Coaching: the process for individual feedback, critical to successful behavior modification.



• Implementation Deployment: the roles and responsibilities, progress tracking and daily activities necessary for successful implementation.