Training and Corporate Activities
- Management Skills
- Creativity
- Outdoor Activities
Teamwork on a Sailing Boat
A well-managed company is one that ensures effective coordination and communication between its departments. Bring together the best finance, production, procurement and marketing managers, and you will probably still not create the best company. Unless these individuals work together in harmony, they cannot be expected to succeed as a team.
This simple principle of systems thinking forms the foundation of the programme. Like a commercial organisation, a sailing boat consists of different functional units, including the headsail, mainsail, helm and navigation. Unless these units work in harmony, the boat will not move forward successfully—even when each individual performs their own role perfectly.
The programme brings people who work closely together into a different physical environment—the sea—so that they can experience first-hand that they are inseparable parts of a greater whole. It also aims to help participants understand and appreciate the importance of both their own roles and those of their teammates when performing their responsibilities in professional life.
What Will Participants Learn?
- A system is a whole and cannot be separated into independent parts. The individual excellence of each component means little on its own. For the entire system to succeed, harmony between its parts is more important than the isolated excellence of each one. Participants will experience and learn the fundamental principles of systems thinking through practical activities.
- How leadership emerges within a team and the leadership roles assumed by each team member
- Rotating leadership—leadership changing hands—and its impact on teamwork
- The importance of sharing and empathy in achieving success
- Why team members need to support one another and understand every role within the team
- How to resolve disagreements and build consensus within a team
- The impact of differences in values and ethical perspectives on team performance
Number of Participants
The programme requires a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 15 participants. Each boat can accommodate a maximum of 5 participants; therefore, a programme involving three boats can host up to 15 participants.
Duration
3 full days
Participants must board and settle into the boats on the evening before the programme begins. Each boat is accompanied by a captain with at least 15 years of experience.
Management and Leadership in VUCA Conditions
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity
Programme Objective
The purpose of this programme is to explore how changing management paradigms influence the success or failure of companies in the new world order. It also introduces the leadership, decision-making, change management, strategy development and innovation approaches required to operate successfully in a VUCA environment.
Module 1: When Did the VUCA Era Begin and What Changed?
- What changed during the Agricultural Society, Industrial Revolution, Information Age and Industry 4.0?
- The management paradigms of each era
- Turkish culture and VUCA
Module 2: Is Our Corporate Culture Compatible with VUCA?
- Defining our corporate culture
- Power culture
- Role culture
- Achievement culture
- Support culture
- How do corporate management values influence decision-making from an agility perspective?
- Creating a performance culture
Module 3: Leadership
- Leadership and management in VUCA conditions
- Visionary leadership
- The impact of delegation
- The importance of talent management
- Teaching
- Coaching
- Mentoring
Module 4: Change Management
- Understanding the chain of change
- Pressure for change and transformation
- Envisioning the future
- Developing the capacity to implement change
- Taking the first steps
- Strategic planning
- Inactive planning
- Reactive planning
- Proactive planning
- Interactive planning
- Change leadership
- Excellence: improving today’s conditions
- Innovation: managing innovative approaches within the organisation
- Foresight: understanding the new rules of tomorrow’s world
Module 5: Decision-Making and Risk Management
Information Management
- Making information usable
- Identifying missing information
- Accessing the information required
Identifying Opportunities
- Discovering hidden opportunities
- Turning opportunities into competitive advantages
Risk Management
- Critical thinking
- Understanding the impact of risks
- Identifying potential threats
Innovative Thinking
- Problem-solving
- Generating alternatives
- Developing creative solutions
Intuitive Foresight
- Evaluating past experience
- Listening to your intuition
- Gathering ideas and reaching conclusions
Decision-Making
- Adapting to new conditions
Number of Participants
Maximum 20 participants
Duration
2 full days
