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Hazelden Foundation
Client
Background
Hazelden is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people recover
from alcoholism and other drug addiction. Providing residential and
outpatient treatment for adults and young people, programs for families
affected by chemical dependency, and training for a variety of professionals,
Hazelden provides high quality, affordable rehabilitation, education,
prevention, and professional services and publications. Since it's
founding in 1949 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Hazelden Foundation has been
a pioneer in the treatment of alcoholism and other drug dependency.
It has successfully helped guide thousands of men, women, and young
people back into productive, healthy, and sober lives. In addition,
Hazelden Foundation programs have served as models for many other
successful treatment centers all over the world and the organization
is known as the world's premier publisher of information on chemical
dependency and other related areas.
The
Challenge
As the
nation's leading provider of recovery services and the world's largest
publisher of recovery based materials, the Hazelden Foundation is
affected by the ever-changing world of economics and the internal
reorganization that often accompanies that change. In fact, Hazelden
had decided to combine three divisions into one. The new division
would be responsible for alumni relations, continuing care, and the
fundraising associated with operating these areas. For years, these
divisions had worked separately with different missions and cultures
and needed to quickly get up to speed on each other's work habits
and styles. Not surprisingly, the first line of business was to create
an innovative strategic plan for the future of the combined division.
In undertaking this process, division leaders needed to jumpstart
the team - first, by helping them get comfortable working together
and, secondly, by developing an environment that embraced a fresh
outlook and supported innovative idea generation. Many in the group
had been through similar changes at Hazelden already and so it was
even more important to motivate the new team toward new, redefined
goals.
The
Brave New Workshop's Role
The Brave
New Workshop was hired to help the new Hazelden division begin the
process of uniting under a single purpose, including setting some
basic ground rules and expectations for the new team. Beginning with
the group leaders, the Brave New Workshop taught a unique teambuilding
workshop that included exposing key players to the principles and
philosophies of ensemble-based improvisation. In sharing specific
exercises, the Brave New Workshop offered a new perspective on teamwork
and innovation that could be quickly implemented for immediate, positive
impact. In particular, the training helped the group to understand
the importance of accepting the variety of individual styles as a
gift. In deferring any type of judgment in the beginning stages of
a creative process, participants also learned how to create a safe
and non-threatening environment for their team members. As the beginning
step to the planning process, the Brave New Workshop's training helped
Hazelden's combined division come together with a renewed sense of
teamwork in developing a strategic plan, as well as the means and
vision to nurture innovation all along the way. |
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