Tools
At Distinct Planning we use a variety of tools to complement our programs. Assessments, workbooks and other products all aid in the delivery of our leadership development programs.
Assessments are one of the primary tools we use. Though often thought of as a screening tool for potential employees, these tools have many other functions in today’s workplace. They are invaluable in helping leaders meet challenges with their personnel. By allowing a focus on how an individual thinks, these tools also help leaders provide employees with the most suitable options for training and development.
We also offer a wide range of other tools and workbooks to help with your leadership development goals.
Why We Use Tools
These tools help improve your organization’s effectiveness by helping you identify and act on the strengths of your people. As a leader, you have likely faced problems with your personnel at one time or another. Your responses to these issues can be made much more positive and effective if you know how your employees think and if you learn where their unique contributions can best be used. The tools we use help in many areas, including: poor customer service, absenteeism, turnover, low productivity and low sales.
All of these problems have the same source: employee stress and frustration. Employees who do not feel they are getting the most out of their jobs are unlikely to make a positive contribution to the organization. As a result, the organization suffers. Employees who are fulfilled and happy will stay in a job, call in sick less, work harder and more efficiently, and help boost the bottom line.
Our tools offer you several benefits:
- Low cost – they are a cost-effective way of bringing the advantages of coaching to your staff.
- Efficiency – there is little time required to plan and implement these tools.
- Independence – with our self-study tools, employees are empowered and motivated to succeed.
- Reference – you can build a collection of resources that employees can access at any time.
How Our Tools and Coaching Work Together
Coaching is all about bringing out the best in people. In the workplace, it is focused on helping leaders and employees work with their strengths, improve in areas where they may have weaknesses, increase self-discipline and, ultimately, set and attain the goals they have for themselves and the organization.
The tools we use can help with the coaching process by analyzing each individual to see what types of coaching and training will work best for them, by helping them know what their personal goals are and how those fit within the organization, and by determining what projects are the best fit. Here are just a few examples of how coaches use our tools:
- Management – Help find the right leadership development tools to make ineffective managers better.
- Employee motivation – Look at each individual and see how to align their goals with those of your organization.
- Engagement – Analyze the level of employee engagement with the organization. Employees who are not interested in the organization perform poorly. By knowing where motivation is lacking, you can start to fix problems and get your staff excited about working again.
- Right person in the wrong job – Sometimes great employees are in the wrong place in your organization. By moving them into a more suitable position, you can put their strengths to work.
- Ineffective teams – Learn about each individual so you can assign them to the right teams, in the right roles.
- Sales – Increase sales by streamlining your team and making sure people are working to their strengths.
Talk to us today about the valuable tools we have available and get ahead of personnel challenges in your organization.