10-WEEK TRAINING

XTC

Xtreme Team Collaboration

Know your value.

Know you're valued.

Influential U

Next cohort starts Wednesday 12 March 2025

Registration deadline is Friday 7 March 2025

The thinking model of XTC provides new insights into the persistent problems that plague most organizations.

ā€” Dan Murphy, Senior Director of DevOps, Western Digital
WEEK 1

Foundations of Team Collaboration

Topics Covered:

  • Introduction to XTC and the Influential U Framework
  • Biological, Linguistic, and Transactional Foundations
  • Establishing Team Aims and Vital Outcomes
Activities:
  • LMS Worksheet: Articulate team aims within specific ecologies
  • Homework: Identify a vital outcome that impacts team performance

WEEK 2

Understanding "The Current" and Team Dynamics

Topics Covered:

  • Exploring "The Current" and its influence on collaboration
  • Allegiances, Alliances, and Overlords
  • Personality and Behaving Transactionally™
Activities:
  • Group Exercise: Map team allegiances and alliances
  • Homework: Reflect on how individual personalities impact team dynamics

WEEK 3

Identifying Breakdowns and Solutions

Topics Covered:

  • Recognizing substantial breakdowns and personality looping
  • Articulating actionable solutions for these breakdowns
  • Ethical Influence: Balancing Influence and Compliance
Activities:
  • Worksheet: Map current team challenges and brainstorm solutions
  • Role-Play: Practice ethical influence strategies

WEEK 4

Specifying Ecologies and Customers

Topics Covered:

  • Understanding and defining the team’s ecology
  • Identifying “customers” (stakeholders, departments, or internal team members)
  • Building and Expanding Influence Ecologies
Activities:
  • Activity: Map the team’s ecology
  • Homework: Draft approaches to engage specific stakeholders effectively

WEEK 5

Mapping the Transaction Cycle

Topics Covered:

  • Inventing and mapping the transaction cycle for team collaboration
  • Defining phases and moves of the cycle
  • The Narratives of a Transaction: Understanding Mood, Personality, and Sequence
Activities:
  • Worksheet: Draft the transaction cycle outline for a team project
  • Homework: Test the cycle with team members and refine accordingly

WEEK 6

Applying Focus, Concentration, and Accurate Thinking

Topics Covered:

  • Strategies for maintaining focus and clarity
  • Accurate Thinking in General and Specialized Knowledge
  • Leveraging concentration to accelerate outcomes
Activities:
  • Activity: Practice techniques to enhance concentration
  • Homework: Research and apply new knowledge to refine team aims

WEEK 7

Building Influence Ecologies and Cooperation

Topics Covered:

  • Building and expanding influence ecologies
  • Securing buy-in and support for team initiatives
  • Leveraging diversity for innovation and success
Activities:
  • Workshop: Identify and engage key ecologies for achieving team aims
  • Homework: Develop a PSTI plan for nurturing influence ecologies

WEEK 8

Analyzing Environmental and Transactional Factors

Topics Covered:

  • Analyzing the environment and its impact on team collaboration
  • Identifying external and internal factors that influence success
  • Understanding the environment’s role in achieving aims
Activities:
  • Worksheet: Analyze environmental factors impacting the team
  • Group Reflection: Discuss findings and insights

WEEK 9

Knowing Requires Doing

Topics Covered:

  • The relationship between "Knowing" and "Doing" in achieving team aims
  • Fitness Requires Practice: Building competence through consistent action
  • Deliberate Practice: The key to refining skills and achieving mastery
Activities:
  • Exercise: Develop a practice plan to strengthen transactional competence
  • Homework: Implement deliberate practice in real-world team scenarios and reflect on results

WEEK 10

Reviewing and Presenting Team Outcomes

Topics Covered:

  • Reflecting on team progress and refining processes
  • Sharing team outcomes and next steps
  • Celebrating successes and addressing growth areas
Activities:
  • Team Presentations: Showcase key outcomes and plans
  • Group Celebration: Reflect on progress, knowledge, and actionable insights
  • Final LMS Worksheet: Feedback and program reflections

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