Practical and Engaging Workshops

Imagine a workplace whose members are more:

• Positive and supportive
• Focused on solutions
• Accountable for their results
• Confident and authentic
• Understanding of one another's differences

We provide practical communication tools, effective modules and a variety of "hands-on" experiences to generate new learning and support higher levels of productivity.

We believe people learn best when they are enjoying the learning process while applying the content to their own work circumstances. Our workshops are delivered in a respectful manner with a good dose of humour!

Our seminars are content rich, results oriented, engaging, and insightful. The following are only some examples of workshops delivered over a half or full day:

Take Back Your Time
Meetings to Live For!
Effective Conversations that Get Results
Working Successfully with Different Leadership Styles

Take Back Your Time: We cannot manage “time” we can only manage our priorities. We all have the same 24 hours a day to complete tasks and we can all be more effective in how we direct our activities toward the achievement of our objectives.

• Learn the secret to Work-Life balance
  
  
• Identify your productivity challenges and how to overcome them
  
  
• Understand the benefits of planning and how to best integrate daily
  
  
• Learn to deal more effectively with Interruptions and Distractions
  
  
• How to effectively manage email, voicemail and other technology
  
  
• Fine tuning the use of your current time management tools
  
  
• Learn numerous practical tips that build focus and momentum
  
  
• Create your action plan for success

Meetings to Live For! The ability to run an efficient, effective and productive meeting is a crucial component of leadership. A meeting that is well planned and skillfully executed leaves people feeling energized, motivated, purposeful and with a feeling of forward movement toward a particular goal.

• Learn 5 key steps for creating effective meetings
  
  
• Learn several communication strategies for uniting, focusing and mobilizing the group
  
  
• Identify your strengths and areas you’d like to improve as a meeting chair
  
  
• Identify how you can impact meeting effectiveness as an attendee
  
  
• Learn key tips that will improve the quality of any meeting
  
  
• Learn how to improve the quality of meetings you attend at work
  
  
• Develop your action plan for future meeting success

Effective Conversations that Get Results: Highly successful organizations have demonstrated that what is behind their success is how their people handle critical conversations. Effectiveness in this area of communication relates directly to higher productivity, quality, safety and retention. Learn practical tools to prevent conflict and improve communication:

• Learn and practice an effective 4 step communication tool for conflict prevention
  
  
• Learn more about your conflict style and shifts you can make to be more effective in resolving issues with others
  
  
• Learn how to engage in the art of compassionate confrontation in a manner that lowers defensiveness and creates safety
  
  
• Learn how to stay present when emotions run strong and be in your cortex in the process
  
  
• Learn a practical model for giving constructive feedback

For example, let’s explore the work of a past client. This leader found that her staff was having challenges dealing with interpersonal issues that arose among team members or outside clients. She wanted them to be more proactive in solving their own issues without continually coming to her for solutions. The leader and her team learned key practical tools for engaging in these courageous conversations that they all have committed to utilizing with outstanding results.

Working Successfully with Different Leadership Styles: Greater understanding and acceptance of your work style and of those who work differently than you do.

• Learn how to recognize other communication styles quickly
  
  
• Learn how to flex your style so you are more effective in your business interactions
  
  
• Learn how to be get “buy-in” and create agreement with other styles
  
  
• Become a better leader in helping others grow and develop

To learn more about my Leadership program click here.

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