Programs: Team Development
Our programs are the gold standard for understanding relationships at work. We have been awarded the distinction as a top 2012 and 2011 leadership development firm from Leadership Excellence,( will send the logo) and the award winning book “Don’t Bring It to Work” by our company President, Sylvia Lafair PhD, has gained recognition as one of the top 20 books for emerging leaders.
Our research and unique perspective help countless companies understand the power of behavior patterns we bring into the workplace from our original organization, the family. These patterns: the pleaser, persecutor, victim, rescuer, martyr, avoider, and splitter (there are 13 to consider) show up when stress hits the hot button, and in these constantly changing times this is just about an everyday occurrence.
The following are our core programs that are available as two hour presentations or half and whole day workshops:
We can custom design a program for your specific needs.
Don’t Bring It to Work | Get the BUT Out of Your YES | OUCH | The Creative Edge | Build and Give
Maybe he’s the office clown, just like your uncle… or the woman who manages to look busy but avoids work like your sister…, or the long suffering victim like your mother-in-law. Does your office have a Pleaser, an Avoider or a Rescuer? These learned behavior patterns are the core reasons for the game called “office politics”, now playing at offices around the world!
It’s time to get to the bottom of workplace behaviors that limit productivity, collaboration, and profit. We help you find the way with the OUT Technique™:
- OBSERVE patterns and positive change happens
- UNDERSTAND where the patterns began and change is deeper and long lasting
- TRANSFORM patterns to be a leader who inspires and encourages others to be successful
RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT:
- Recognize the 13 most common workplace patterns
- Explore and change patterns that derail success
- Develop the ability to create a culture where everywhere feels valued & invested
- Learn how to “PRACTICE SAFE STRESS” at work
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Tips to create positive work relationships
- Keys to collaboration and a more profitable bottom line
- Creative ways to transform old, ingrained behavior pattern
- Methods to build a culture of trust, collaboration & accountability
Count the number of times you have either heard or said:
- “Yes, but…,”
- “I shouldn’t…,”
- “I can’t…”
Put a price on each one and you’d likely be rich! Negative phrases come at a very high price: They limit your ability to perform at your best, to advance your career and can derail important success.
Learn to run interference on this self-sabotaging inner voice.
Once you observe your style of communication and make appropriate shifts in words and tonality you will get your points across quickly and easily. This is a “must do” for anyone who coaches or supervises others.
Experiential and informative, you will learn short term tactics for long-term gain.
RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT:
- Understand why your customers & colleagues respond positively to your new language.
- Gain insight into the core of communication to build a culture of trust,and accountability.
- Develop tactics for keeping negativity out of your thinking.
- Use personal power to communicate with EVERYONE.
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Know Your Communication Style assessment
- Neuroscience of communication
- Formatting target questions for effective dialogue
- Reframing your language for optimum result
Confrontation with valued employees can leave everyone involved hurt and angry. The result is often a lack of resolve and ongoing tension which stifles creativity, slows productivity, and creates a less than optimal work environment for everyone. Elephants & gorillas take up most of the oxygen in meetings and in the hallway.
Becoming competent in handling conflict shuts down rumor mills, prevents the predictable defensiveness and disappointments that are the inevitable outcome. This competency is a must for anyone in or aspiring to a leadership position.
This lively and enlightening program gives you a new foundation for understanding the interpersonal aspects of conflicts:
- Blame gives way to accountability.
- Conflicts are handled with less hostility in less time.
- You’ll find the way OUT Technique™ of conflict by Observing, Understanding and Transforming stale, useless patterns to accelerate productivity
RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT:
- Get results rather than get even
- Understand the fight, flight, or freeze mechanisms in your brain
- Gain strategies to minimize conflict and maximize innovation
- Learn techniques to diminish conflict quickly and effectively; maintain high morale
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- Neuro-psychology and conflict triggers
- How to transform conflict cowards to conflict masters
- The OUT Technique™ for pattern transformation
- How to limit legal and human resource issues
Find the “aha” moments that make the creative experience fun and challenging. Getting to “aha”, “wow”, or “I never thought of that before” requires a complex blend of strict discipline and unbridled freedom. Once learned this is a formula you will never forget.
As you walk the creative edge with your teammates you will learn the newest methods that go beyond brainstorming. You will have the opportunity to master the art of blending didactic learning, logic, and intuition – a requirement for 21st century leaders.
This provocative program pulls together the newest research for collaboration in a refreshing, experiential, and innovative manner that produces great results.
RESULTS YOU CAN EXPECT:
- Understand the neuroscience that heightens creativity
- Evaluate your personal style for accessing creative ideas
- Develop ability to utilize others in accelerating your own “aha” moments
- Explore breakthrough patterns of new possibilities thinking
TOPICS INCLUDE:
- What it takes to lead a team through the creative process
- How to use the inclusion exercise to create an environment of safety
- The importance of our proprietary change model to source new ideas
- How to finesse the polar opposites of agreement/dissention so everyone wins
Remember your first bike?
Shiny, slick, and new – you couldn’t wait to get on and show your friends.
You can recreate that feeling for some children that have not yet enjoyed that experience and at the same time your team will be engaged, empowered and enthusiastic about a team building experience.
YES!! You can do this in 2 – 3 hours and have results and memories that last a lifetime.
- LEARN new business “tips” for effective collaboration and communication
- LAUGH together as your team “wins” parts to put bikes together
- LOVE the results when you “gift” community kids with shiny new bikes
Groups come together with common goals having some fun, learning how to work effectively together, and doing something good for your community.
Engage and motivate your staff and pay it forward to your community!
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