Masterclass

Normally $4,999

Special introductory offer: $2,499 for first cohort group

Overview

Become a champion of the Vital Behavior Blueprint process in your organization. Learn how to implement this powerful methodology to sustain improvements in process, strategy, daily operations, and project performance. Get hands-on guidance to lead teams through our 5-Step process using the Behavior Blueprint Builder, an interactive, video-guided tool. Discover how to engage employees at every level in creating Vital Behavior Blueprints to support lasting change.

Target Audience

This Masterclass is designed for internal and external performance improvement consultants seeking effective strategies to drive sustainable behavior change. It is especially valuable for process improvement specialists, quality and safety professionals, program managers, project leaders, and strategic initiative champions.

“This book reveals the missing link in my career of mainly successful, but hard to sustain transformation efforts. I plan to implement these focused steps in each of my major transformation initiatives this year and next!”

Steve Hoeft, VP of Continuous Improvement at SSM Health
Author of Shingo Award-winning books Stories From My Sensei, and The Power of Ideas to Transform Healthcare.

Masterclass Benefits

  • Join a cohort of professionals seeking a clear, easy method for creating sustainable behavior change at scale.

  • Understand Vital Behaviors and their critical role in building habits that dramatically improve targeted results.

  • Learn to implement the Vital Behavior Blueprint to align teams and motivate productive habits.

  • Gather innovative tips from real-world examples of how to implement the Vital Behavior Blueprint.

  • Get immediate answers to your questions from Performance Ally’s expert team and other cohorts.

  • Easily transfer this behavior change technology to multiple teams in your organization using our DIY Behavior Blueprint Builder.

Quarterly Schedule

New cohorts start quarterly. Sessions are held on the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 3:00-5:30PM EST. Sessions are recorded for easy access in case you have to miss a session.

Facilitator

Dr. Julie M. Smith, a global expert in large-scale behavior change, leads this Masterclass. With experience across private, public, and government sectors, Julie brings real-world success stories to life with engaging storytelling. She delivers practical, straightforward advice and ensures key takeaways resonate long after the Masterclass ends.

Personalized Advisory Support

Each participant receives an additional 2 hours of personalized support from Dr. Julie M. Smith and/or Dr. Lori Ludwig, co-authors of Vital Behavior Blueprint: 5 Action Steps to Embed Mission-Critical Habits into Your Organization’s DNA.

Bonus—Success Stories from Seasoned Experts

Julie is joined by a team of experienced colleagues who’ve embedded Vital Behaviors across organizations. Their success stories include:

  • Customizing executive Vital Behaviors to lead a global strategic initiative.

  • Integrating Vital Behavior Blueprints into the business planning process of a major company division.

  • Shifting a state’s Department of Agriculture from punitive to consultative audits.

  • Reducing HIV transmission between spouses in Africa.

  • Transforming a small community nursing home through CNA retention.

  • Turnaround of a drug manufacturing site under FDA control.

  • Improving forecast accuracy for a European division of a global CPG company.

  • Vital Behaviors for managing major capital projects.

  • Achieving a "Perfect Day" at a manufacturing site.

Masterclass Sessions

Each session will include (1) a video-guided overview of core topics that can be shared with others in your organization, (2) additional expert insights about the topics, (3) hands-on practice in using the Behavior Blueprint Builder to create your own Blueprint, (4) success stories, (5) Q&A and time for discussion with your cohort community.

Session 1: Introduction – Embedding Mission-Critical Habits

  • Introduce the Vital Behavior Blueprint and showcase a real-world success story.

  • Share a potential project each participant might choose to work on during the Masterclass.

  • Establish the cohort as an Ally Network for ongoing support.

Session 2: Targeting Behavior-Driven Improvements

  • Set up your team to build a Vital Behavior Blueprint for your project or organization.

  • Dive into Steps 1 and 2 of the Vital Behavior Blueprint—Prioritize Behavior-Powered Results and identify Key Performer Groups.

Session 3: Finding the 20% of Behaviors that Deliver 80% of Results

  • Complete Step 3 of the Blueprint—identify the high-impact behaviors that drive outcomes.

Session 4: Building Behavior-Changing Feedback Loops

  • Complete Step 4 of the Blueprint—design feedback loops that power sustainable behavior change.

Session 5: Creating an Environment that Locks in Habits

  • Complete Step 5 of the Blueprint—set up the systems and environment to cement new habits.

Session 6: Creating an Implementation Roadmap

  • Explore different ways to embed Vital Behavior Blueprints across your organization.

  • Draft a high-level implementation plan tailored to your organization.

Masterclass Tools

Book, Vital Behavior Blueprint: 5 Steps to Embed Mission-Critical Habits into Your Organization.

One-Year subscription to the Behavior Blueprint HUB, which includes the Behavior Blueprint Builder.