Evidence based consulting: Rapid Evidence Assessments for large organizations

1. Evidence based consulting: Rapid Evidence Assessments for large organizations Karen Plum Director of Consulting Advanced Workplace Associates Eric Barends Managing Director CEBMa

3. Clients

4. Rapid Evidence Assessment? CriticallyAppraised Topic Systematic Review Rapid Evidence Assessment

5. 6 Step Approach

6. ASK

7. ASK “Which of the factors that have an impact on the productivity of knowledge workers are most widely studied and what is known of their effect?”

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9. The 3 hardest words in management I Don’t Know (but I know how to find out)

10. ACQUIRE • ABI, BSP, PsycINFO • Scholarly journals, peer reviewed • 1980 – 2013 • English • performance, productivity, knowledge work*

11. APPRAISE

13. FINDINGS

14. FINDINGS

15. Social cohesion?

16. Social cohesion? • What is cohesion? • Task cohesion vs social cohesion • Association with team performance • How does social cohesion enhance performance? • What determines the level of social cohesion in a team or group? • How can social cohesion be measured?

17. Enhance? ✗ • How does social cohesion enhance performance?

18. 6 Step Approach

19. APPRAISE II • To get feedback on the deliverables and process • Critically appraise the findings / cross validate with professional experience • Discuss practical use / applicability of the findings (guidelines, tool?) • Discuss next steps

21. APPLY Social cohesion Perceived supervisory support Information sharing Vision and goal clarity External communications (boundary spanning) Trust

25. APPLY Evidence-based findings Measurements A practical approach Suggested actions: leadership, people, workplace

26. Reactions?