Strategic Planning Tools for Teams with Berrant Group

November 24, 2009 (Point Grey Campus)
Cost: $125
Registration Deadline: November 13, 2009
Please register before this date to ensure event is not cancelled.

Program Summary:

Thinking strategically is something that we all know is important; yet probably don’t spend as much time doing it as we should. It is particularly challenging when we’re working in a team-based environment.

This one-day workshop provides a series of tools and processes that keep groups and work teams moving and on track – “from creative chaos to detailed action plans”.
Anyone who leads a work group or team will benefit from this practical set of tools.

You Will Learn to:

• Involve others in decision making without digressing or getting off track
• Generate, categorize and reach consensus on hundreds of ideas in less than an hour
• Determine cause and effect relationships and identify the driving issues
• Identify and display gaps between current and desired performance in critical areas
• Utilize these tools to help build team consensus, create support for ideas, and generate buy in for action plans
• Allow team members to 'safely' contribute, openly and honestly
• Provide practical, easy to follow steps towards solutions.


Presenter Bio:

The Berrant Group is an international training and facilitation firm based in Vancouver. Since 1995 we have provided Management and Business Skills Training, Planning Facilitation and Consulting Services.

Grant Penner and Ian Berry are the principle partners of The Berrant Group and each provide over twenty years of training, facilitation, consulting and operational experience. A balanced perspective, good sense of humour and the ability to zero in on your business needs form the essence of The Berrant Group.

Our approach balances strong, results-oriented objectives with a unique style that supports our strong belief that work must also be fun to be effective.
Our clients range from private to public sector, high tech to manufacturing, and small to large sized organizations. We have conducted group sessions throughout North America, Asia and Europe

Program Information:

November 24, 2009
8:30 am— 4:30 pm
Student Union Building
6138 STUDENT UNION BOULEVARD (view location map)
Room 212A

Included with this session coffee/tea/snacks and lunch.

To Register:
Simply send an email to aaps.pd@ubc.ca with the event name in the subject line.

Introduction to Process Mapping with Berrant Group

October 14, 2009 (Point Grey Campus)
Cost: $125

Event is now full.

Program Summary:

Change occurs daily in our work lives, and often, that change is not reflected in our daily operating processes. Continually improving our work processes allows the organization to function at its peak, and allows everyone to spend less time fighting fires and more time preventing them. This workshop looks at work from a process perspective and will help you define, plan and implement improvements and optimize your daily management activities.

You Will Learn:

-The basic elements of a process improvement initiative

-To observe the impact of broken processes

-How to position themselves for success well in advance

-How to set realistic goals, identify typical problems, evaluate return on investment, put communication strategies in place to overcome people’s fears – all before starting time consuming and costly process analysis

-To observe how processes affect teamwork, output and communication

-How to Identify the best people to do the analysis and documentation

-To discuss what opportunities to look for and what problems to avoid

-Determine how to ensure changes are sustainable and support the objectives of the initiative back in the work environment

-Apply a five-step model that systematically defines and identifies opportunities for improvement

Presenter Bio:

The Berrant Group is an international training and facilitation firm based in Vancouver. Since 1995 we have provided Management and Business Skills Training, Planning Facilitation and Consulting Services.

Grant Penner and Ian Berry are the principle partners of The Berrant Group and each provide over twenty years of training, facilitation, consulting and operational experience. A balanced perspective, good sense of humour and the ability to zero in on your business needs form the essence of The Berrant Group.

Our approach balances strong, results-oriented objectives with a unique style that supports our strong belief that work must also be fun to be effective.


Our clients range from private to public sector, high tech to manufacturing, and small to large sized organizations. We have conducted group sessions throughout North America, Asia and Europe.


Program Information:

October 14, 2009
8:30 am — 4:30 pm
Student Union Building
6138 STUDENT UNION BOULEVARD
Room 205

To Register:

Simply send an email to aaps.pd@ubc.ca with the event name in the subject line. Registration will be on a first come first served basis, no exceptions.