Working as one : Building an effective European Works Council

• Get to know each other and build cohesion
• Communicate effectively in a large, multicultural and multilingual group
• Define practical ways of working together
• Prepare effective and constructive dialogue with Management

1- MEET - Get to know each other - 35 minutes

Objectives

• Create connection across countries and cultures
• Facilitate integration of new members
• Discover what each person brings to the Committee

Activities

• Fast-paced paired conversations
• Who am I?
• What do I bring?
• What do I hope we will achieve?

2- COMMUNICATE - Make every voice count - 55 minutes

Objectives

• Experience the impact of body, voice and presence
• Identify what helps people to hear and understand each other
• Define shared communication principles

Activites

• Short theatre-based body and voice warm-ups
• TRIZ: “How could we make communication as ineffective as possible?”
• Turn the worst practices into practical communication rules
• Spokesperson challenge and facilitator feedback

3- COLLABORATE - Build our ways of working - 1h30

Objectives

• Define how to prepare together
• Agree on effective ways of working during Committee meetings
• Clarify how to prepare and conduct dialogue with Management

Activites

• Work in subgroups around three questions:
• BEFORE- How do we prepare together?
• DURING – How do we work effectively as a Committee?
• WITH MANAGEMENT – How do we create an effective dialogue?

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A 3-step experiential workshop

The workshop design will take into account the specific challenges of a large, multicultural and multilingual group.

SIMPLE & ACCESSIBLE

• Clear and concise English
• Short instructions
• Visual support for all activities

SMALL GROUPS

• 4 subgroups of approximately 6 participants
• Groups prepared in advance according to language needs
• Mix of countries, cultures and new/returning members

INTERPRETATION-FRIENDLY

• Activities designed to allow time for interpretation
• French-English and Spanish-English interpreters integrated into the subgroup organisation
• Limited use of exercises relying on complex verbal improvisation

EXPERIENTIAL & ACTIVE

• Short theatre-based exercises
• Collective reflection
• Immediate practice and feedback

CONCRETE OUTPUT
At the end of the workshop, the Committee leaves with a first shared framework: OUR EWC WAYS OF WORKING

A small number of practical principles to guide communication, collaboration and dialogue with Management throughout the mandate. 

• Évaluation acquis par le formateur en sortie de formation​
• Évaluation à chaud juste après la formation​
• Évaluation à froid un ou deux mois après la formation​
• Questionnaire d'impact envoyé au commanditaire trois mois après la formation ou RDV annuel de point

Sur demande à notre chargée de formation par téléphone ou mail (délai d'accès et de réalisation).

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