TransAlta, one of Canada’s largest non-regulated power generation and wholesale marketing companies, was shifting its strategic focus to respond to a deregulated marketplace and increased competitive pressures. According to Lyall Samaroden, Senior HR Advisor, “We’re moving from being driven by operational excellence only, to an environment where we’re counting our nickels and dimes, and generating revenue, while maintaining our operations focus.”
According to Bob Dick, Director of Business Transformation, “Our CEO and President, Steve Snyder, asked us to design and implement an employee involvement program. PowerUp is a grass-roots process that involves people rallying to identify a work issue, working together to solve it, and then implementing the solutions they’ve come up with.”
“It became apparent that facilitation of these PowerUp sessions was going to be essential. We had a history of asking people’s opinions, but not following through properly. We saw that facilitation competence was one of our critical success factors.”
Facilitate High-Stakes Meetings
Learn facilitation techniques for high-stakes meetings. Learn how to guide groups whose members may have widely divergent backgrounds and views to successful outcomes.
Improve Performance Across Three Dimensions
When meeting leaders and facilitators apply The Interaction Method, groups produce better results, improve work processes, and build stronger relationships.
Build A More Collaborative Culture
Our facilitation workshops are also powerful tools for effective culture building. Our results demonstrate when people utilize the Interaction Method in meetings, the organization adopts a common collaborative language and a set of effective meeting routines. The results: less wasted time, shared responsibility, and more productive meetings.