We get it – A business transformation is difficult!
That is why we provide the knowledge, tools, guidance and services to enable and support you on your transformation journey.
It demands a comprehensive set of fully integrated solutions.
Membership to the Institute
Transformation teams have access to the Institute's Library and Community. Membership is required for access by others. Other needs for access include, professional development, evaluation of the institute, and organizational access supporting virtual work operations. Membership in the Institute includes
- Access to the Virtual Workforce Library of Knowledge.
- Access to the iVWM Community.
- Discounts on services.
Virtual Enablement Team Building
Virtual team building games with a measurement dashboard and reporting. Beginning in Phase 1, they bring participants together virtually, in a virtual environment, simulating virtual working conditions, to perform team building activities virtually. They are an exciting, single or multiple group experience.
- Addresses all elements of team performance impacted by the negative effects of working virtually.
- Simulates a collaborative virtual environment targeting improvement in intra- and cross-team relationships.
- Makes an effective virtual or hybrid team possible.
Awarness Assessments
Awareness Assessments are used in Phase 2 to evaluate team and member alignment with personal and procedural needs for working virtually. The assessments are made after Virtual Enablement events, furthering Virtual Team Development efforts in Phase 1. The resultant reported readiness of the virtual team to support virtual operations is also used in the decision analysis supporting the transformation decision made in Phase 3.
Team Performance Awareness Assessment
A Facilitator led observation-type assessment and report.
- Addresses loss of insight on team health and status impacting team performance.
- Assesses, reports, and used to improve performance using certified game facilitators as assessors.
- Detects team problems before team performance is affected.
Team Personality Awareness Assessment
An online questionnaire-type assessment and report of alignment with desirable personality characteristics.
- Addresses determining who has the personality needed to work virtually.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and needs.
- Part of building a workforce best fit for virtual working.
Team Culture Awareness Assessment
An online questionnaire-type assessment and report of alignment with desirable cultural characteristics.
- Addresses determining who is aligned with the business culture needed to work virtually.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations & needs.
- Part of building a workforce best fit for virtual working.
Procedural Awareness Assessment
An online questionnaire-type assessment and report of alignment to Industry Process Management Standards.
- Addresses existence and acceptability of business procedures needed to work virtually.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations & needs.
- Part of a working environment supporting a workforce best fit for virtual working.
Virtual Workforce Capability Fitness Assessments and Models
Fitness assessments and models are organization-specific assessments, and the resultant representation, of the readiness of capabilities to support virtual operations. These services are used throughout the balance of the transformation lifecycle beginning in Phase 3.
VW Capability Fitness Assessment Model
An assessment, deficiency and action item database.
- Addresses capturing and resolving assessment deficiencies and actions needed against resources involved in virtual activities and compliance to requirements.
- Provides a tool for analyzing, planning, managing, controlling, enabling, and assuring your business transformation.
- Enables and assures a workforce and working environment best fit for virtual working.
Cultural Assessment
A self-assessment by each individual in a group of their alignment with desirable cultural characteristics providing individual and group modeling.
- Addresses determining who has the cultural characteristics needed to work virtually, in compliance with business requirements.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a workforce that is best fit for virtual working.
Personality Assessment
A self-assessment by each individual in a group of their alignment with desirable personality characteristics providing individual and group modeling.
- Addresses determining who has the personality needed to work virtually, in compliance with business requirements
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a workforce that is best fit for virtual working.
Organizational Assessment
An assessor-performed evaluation of your organizational capabilities, providing work environment modeling.
- Addresses determining the ability of the characteristics of an organization to support virtual work, in compliance with business requirements and workforce needs.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Technological Assessment
An assessor-performed evaluation of your technological capabilities, providing work environment modeling.
- Addresses determining the ability of the charactristics of an organization's technology to support virtual work, in compliance with business requirements and workforce needs.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Procedural Assessment
An assessor-performed evaluation of your business procedures and work product content, to Industry Process Management Standards, providing work environment modeling.
- Addresses determining the ability of process and inputs/outputs to support virtual work, in compliance with business requirements and workforce needs.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Talent Assessment
An assessor-performed evaluation of the skills and abilities of your workforce, providing work environment modeling.
- Addresses determining the ability of the characteristics of talent, differentiated by an organization's knowledge-domains, to support virtual work, in compliance with business requirements and workforce needs.
- Identifies alignment with virtual work situations and the ability to satisfy cross-functional work product dependencies.
- Enables and assures a working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Training and Certification
Training and certification of leadership in practicing and assessing virtual workforce management establishes the expertise needed to assess, analyze, plan and execute your transformation.
Practitioner Training and Certification
Online training for practitioners, differentiated by functional purpose based on associated knowledge domain, and involvement in virtual workforce capabilities.
- Addresses managing virtual activities and compliance to requirements.
- Trains and certifies practitioner for managing, controlling, and enabling virtual work and work products.
- Enables a workforce and working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Auditor Training and Certification
Online training for practitioners, to assess the workforce and other elements of the working environment representing your virtual workforce capabilities.
- Addresses managing virtual activities and compliance to requirements.
- Trains and certifies practitioner for assuring the ability of the virtual workforce and virtual working environment to perform virtual work, use and produce work products.
- Enables a workforce and working environment that is best fit for virtual working.
Facilitator Training and Certification
Online training for virtual team enablement events, to facilitate and assess the performance of the participants.
- Addresses managing virtual activities and compliance to requirements.
- Trains and certifies practitioner for assuring teaming ability.
- Assures a workforce that is best fit for virtual working.