 Aim for success, NOT
perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you
will lose the ability to learn new things and to move forward with
your life. Remember that fear always lurks behind
perfectionism...Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the
right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and
more productive person.
Dr. David M. Burns, professor of family
and preventive medicine, University of California San Diego
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What does Parallax do?
At Parallax we want to help organizations shift from a perspective of
“hard work” to “hard fun”.
Excuse me? What does that mean?
Performance in today's knowledge-based organizations is largely driven
by the environment in which people work. Organizations that genuinely
and consistently consider employees an asset and treat them that way
can meet and exceed performance measures of all kinds. In those
organizations people are having “hard fun” – being engaged in and
creatively stimulated by their work in support of a larger goal.
Knowledge organizations that don’t maximize the potential for “hard
fun” may find that their true competitive advantage – employees – is
underemployed, distracted by barriers, internal conflict or
competition, or literally walking out the door.
Parallax helps clients envision, create and sustain “hard fun”
environments to support long-term performance by focusing on:
learning collaborativelyresolving differences
constructively and quickly
balancing personal and organizational expectations
Ok, so how does Parallax do this?
Everything starts with a conversation. First we reach a shared
understanding about the issue being addressed. Then we begin a learning process within the organization to explore the
situation systemically and identify what needs to be done in this
organization, at this time, to address this issue. There are no
standard fixes. No off-the-shelf programs. There is a process and the
result of the process is an answer that has the best chance of
working. Why? Because it was developed by the people who know the
situation the best working along side Parallax associates who help
them break through limiting thinking, offer perspectives and support
and stand ready to help ramp up learning efforts throughout the process. The result is not only a specific solution,
but also increased organizational capacity so that clients can more
independently address other issues by “learning their way to the future.”
Parallax provides
Learning Support SM to
help organizations make sense of the present and prepare for the
future:
Learning about the present (individual and organizational
assessments, guided reflection and action planning)
Learning and planning for the future (large group
participative processes to establish shared vision, goals and
strategy)
Learning ConversationsSM (small group exchanges
designed to result in shared understanding about all kinds of issues)
Other Services (a wide range of services including:
communication and listening skills training, developmental coaching,
facilitated communication and mediation services and more.)
Contact Parallax for more
information.
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