Gallup has produced an excellent tool for people to learn their strengths. This offering can be a standalone workshop or a tool that is used as part of another workshop. Participants will do the Strength Finder online and bring their results to the workshop. Through a series of exercises and discussions, participants will learn about themselves and the other participants.
Using either a self-assessment or a 360 assessment, participants will learn how they are emotionally intelligent. Through activities and discussion, participants will identify strategies they can use to enhance their emotional intelligence.
To accomplish our jobs we need to influence others. We can influence using positive approaches or negative strategies. In this session, participants will assess and identify the influence strategies they tend to use most. A model for influence planning will be introduced. Participants will us the planning model to prepare for an upcoming situation where they need to influence someone.
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In the hustle-bustle of day-to-day work, we rarely take time to look at ourselves and understand who we are and where we are going. This session is designed to help you do just that. What are your strengths? What are your interests? What are your values and are you living them? Does your attitude need a checkup? Come spend some time answering these questions and creating a plan for moving forward.
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Allowing employees to work from home is becoming quite common in organizations. People can be very productive working from home. However, it can be challenging to manage the family's expectations and to manage the work/home boundaries. It can also be challenging to manage the expectations of one's manager and co-workers.
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This offering builds on the 2 day offering above by going into more depth on the topics as well as providing practice opportunities for every participant. Working in groups, facilitator practice includes feedback and the opportunity to adjust based on the feedback.
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Research shows that the average worker is unproductive 25% to 33% of the time. E-mail is a significant contributor to that productivity problem. This interactive session is designed to provide insight to participants about their approach to using e-mail and to identify key e-mail time wasters. Exercises demonstrate the value of conversation over e-mail for complex and important issues. Small group discussion and the sharing of best practices provide many practical and easy to implement e-mail tips. Participants also learn techniques to influence others to use e-mail more effectively.
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Stress seems to be common in today's work environment. When we feel stressed our productivity tends to drop. In this session participants will identify how their personality influences their stress. They will learn antidotes for these stressors.
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An employee's relationship with his or manager is important to success. This session helps participants think about their manager's perspective and the impact that has on them as employees. Exercises and discussion provide tips and ideas on how to work more effectively with one's manager.
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Facilitating meetings or problem solving sessions is a real challenge unless one has the appropriate skills and tools. This workshop clarifies what facilitation is and provides an opportunity to assess one's facilitation skills. Understanding group dynamics is critical to a facilitator's success, and is explored in depth. Focus is spent on decision making, problem solving and conflict resolution tools. A third day is recommended for practice and feedback on use of the tools and approaches.
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Subject matter experts are often the best people to train others on technical or functional skills. The challenge, however is that subject matter experts often don't have strong training skills. Participants in this one-day workshop will gain a foundational understanding of Adult Learning Principles, both through the course content and through experiencing effective adult learning first hand. A key area of focus in the workshop will be on platform skills -- using ones physical presence to support a presentation by effective use of eye contact, gestures, movement, etc. Another key area of focus will be on facilitation skills -- managing group dynamics, creating and maintaining group involvement, and keeping a course on track and on schedule. With the addition of a second day, participants will practice delivery and receive feedback from the instructor and other participants.
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