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Connections Online October 2009 Newsletter | ||
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Wednesday, October 14th This 30-minute training webinar highlights newly released functionality of Connections Online 4.0.
Connections Online 4.0 Migration Webinar II Tuesday, October 27th This 60-minute training webinar dives deep into an overall “how to use” Connections Online 4.0.
Jim Cardwell’s Educational Webinar Wednesday, October 28th In this 30-minute discussion Larry will share how he used Connections to transform his organization… Click here to register…
Past Educational Webinar Recordings - Go to http://www.connectionsonline.net/news Then click on the Events tab for a listing of our past webinars
Training Library Click here to link to our Training Library |
Leadership needs clarity. Without it a high performance organization cannot exist. This topic was one of the primary themes in
The challenges Cardwell spoke about included: 1. Leader buy-in 2. Resource allocation (people getting overworked) 3. Authority to hold people accountable (non-performers) 4. Keeping consistency with the project management process 5. Sustaining momentum on any practice
The Connections Consulting Team in this case can be anybody in your organization, but the members have to be varied – such as a CEO, HR manager, marketing person, and other senior executives. Each member has his or her role to monitor, analyze, coach, mentor, and coordinate.
For example, a member of the team may coach staffers to lead or simply help them to win in the workplace. A coordinating team member may recognize and share best practices.
Another member who analyzes may identify trends, discover underlying issues, and suggest alternative tactics that fit a particular person or issue.
As a result, a team needs to manage these aspects of the organization. Not one person can do it alone – which brings us back to the Five Biggest Challenges that faces the Connections Consulting Team that supports the leader.
1. According to Cardwell, it all starts with the leader setting company expectations and understanding that they are the role model for the organization. Good leaders make it personal, expect a team to perform, make tough decisions, and relentlessly pursue impact.
2. Second is resource allocation that calls for managing priorities (80/20 rule) and avoiding the classic issue of having a few “go to” people within the organization getting more than their share of work. Broadening the competency of staff to evenly distribute work is the goal here.
3. Third is having the authority to hold non-performers accountable, so your organization can move beyond a culture of mediocrity. Setting performance standards in-house can greatly help in raising the bar with these employees. But if they don’t, time to politely show them the door.
4. Fourth is consistency with the project management process that calls for priority setting, implementing discipline, teamwork, and recognition.
5. Fifth is simply sustaining the momentum related to any process – where Cardwell cited a
For details on Cardwell’s most recent Connect with Leaders webinar and previous ones, visit www.connectionsonline.net or call 800-395-1410. Click here to hear a recording of the presentation.
October Educational Webinar - Guest speaker will be Larry Biernacki – Wednesday, October 28th at 1:30 ET We ended our September “Half Hour” session by summarizing a recent study conducted at the
With this in mind, we are very pleased that Larry Biernacki, CEO of Arkansas Federal Credit Union will be our guest speaker at the next Half Hour with Five years ago, Arkansas Federal was a slow-growth organization with significant communication, teamwork and project management challenges.
Today Arkansas Federal is a Connections Online best-practice site. Since Larry arrived as the new CEO (4½ years ago) they have nearly doubled in size (a “Double in Five” We have asked Larry to share how he used Connections to transform the organization. He will provide insight on where they started; where they are today; and how they achieved such dramatic results. In the process he will show how Connections Online provides the skeleton that gives the Credit Union its strength. He will share how he has used a well-defined infrastructure; coaching and performance expectations to create a high-engagement workplace that is disciplined, productive and jazzed.
This session is intended for CEOs and members of your Senior Leadership Team. It will provide rich insight, tips and tactics. Please mark your calendar.
4.0 Tips of the Month New Webinar Series: We will be doing monthly 30 minute webinars on specific functionality of Connections Online. These sessions will focus on using newly released functionality, advanced functionality of the current system, tips, and answer questions you might have regarding the application. This session will be recorded. Please Note - Training Library – We have made changes to some of the links in the training library (old links are no longer working), so please be sure to upload the current document using this link: http://www.connectionsonline.net/docs/training-library.doc Security – We have created an FAQ Security Summary document. Please go to this link for a more detailed explanation of our security: http://www.connectionsonline.net/docs/IT-security.doc
Whenever we have additional information to add to security information for you, we will add it to this document, as well as add the security update to the Connections Online Forum.
Informational Webinar: If you know someone outside of your company who may be interested in learning more about Connections Online, we have an informational webinar scheduled on Thursday, October 8th, at
Client Care Notes To view previous Connections Online Newsletters, go to http://www.connectionsonline.net/news and then click on the Newsletters tab for a listing of our past newsletters.
Connections Online Migration In January 2009, we announced the migration from Connections Online 3.2 to 4.0. Since that announcement, we have completed a number of upgrades and are scheduling more. In fact, between new users and migrations, the number of users has doubled in the past five months. Our clients are very happy with the new features and functionality.
If you have not already done so, and are ready to migrate to 4.0, please contact
Monthly Calendar of Webinar Events Link: Go to this link and click on the Events Tab - then choose Calendar of Web Events from the list: http://www.connectionsonline.net/ShowNews.aspx?id=245
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