Time: Tailored to your needs
Integration of key note speeches, scientific assessments and training based on the outcomes of the assessments
Simulations, training, case studies, group interaction and discussion facilitation are used to make the workshops customized around your needs and to increase employee learning and retention.

Leadership Lessons from Around the World
Leadership is a commonly used but not fully understood, term. Because of the ambiguous nature of leadership, and the many forms of it, this workshop focuses on three elements: approaches, types and skills. The approaches outline the ways to perceive leadership, the types segment common groupings, and the skills highlight universal principals of leadership. The workshop utilizes illustrative examples of leadership from around the world, which assists in the enjoyment and the content comprehension by the participants: Learn from the cannibals of Fiji, to Alfred Nobel's prize in Scandinavia, to Russia's Kremlin, and more!
Compatible Assessment: Checkpoint 360, Performance Indicator

Workshop Topics

Leadership Approaches: Trait, Behavioral, Situational, Leader/Member Exchange
Leadership Types: Formal/Informal, Power, Transactional, Transformational/Charismatic
Leadership Skills: Communication, Leadership, Adaptability, Relationships, Task Management, Production, Development of Others, Personal Development

Varsity Team
The ability of a team to work effectively is greatly influenced by the compatibility of the team members. While any team can adjust to accommodate compatibility issues, the fewer the adjustments, the more efficiently the team will function. The workshop utilizes illustrative examples of teams from the sports arena, which increases the enjoyment and content comprehension by the participants. Learn from the game plans, offense, defense, coaching and more!
Compatible Assessment: Team Analysis

Workshop Topics

Teamwork:
Values, Vision, Mission & Goals
Composition
Development
Decision Making
Conflict Experiences
Communication:
Problems
Strategies
Listening
Communication Plan

Corporate Cheerleading
Motivate your employees to do it faster, do it better, and do more! This workshop utilizes illustrative examples of motivation from cheerleading, which assists in the enjoyment and content comprehension by the participants: learn from cheerleading examples in collegiate, international, the Olympics and more! The topics covered include: motivation theories, pay as motivation, job design theories, and psychological contracts. The workshop is delivered by a former collegiate cheerleading coach, who has a degree in psychology.
Compatible Assessment: Performance Indicator

Workshop Topics

Motivation Theories: Need, Expectancy, Equity, Procedural Justice
Pay as Motivation: Merit Pay, Reward
Job Design Theories: Scientific Management, Job Enrichment, Job Enlargement, Job Characteristics, Social Information Processing
Psychological Contract: Feedback, Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Change!
No one likes change. Yet, every organization must change to stay competitive; so how do we do this effectively when there is inherent mass resistance? This workshop utilizes illustrative examples of change...the money kind! Learn how to implement a successful change management process, whether your organization is beginning a change effort or it is encountering resistance to a current change effort. The change illustrative analogies assist in the enjoyment and content comprehension by the participants and teach change management principles applicable in the workplace.
Compatible Assessment: Performance Indicator, Team Analysis, Profile XT

Workshop Topics

Plan
Lead
Manage
Communicate
Participate
Educate

Salesmanship
Salesmanship: developing the talents to sell — no matter what product or service you are attempting to move! This workshop utilizes illustrative examples of sales, which assist in the enjoyment and content comprehension by the participants. The topics covered include: turnover/persistence, qualities desired in salespeople, negotiation, and closing.
Compatible Assessment: Sales Indicator, Customer Service Perspective

Workshop Topics

Turnover/Persistence
Qualities to Have
Sales Presentation
Negotiation
Closing

Customer-Centered
Is your organization centered around the customer? Or is customer service a buzzword that is not readily applied daily? An organization's Customer-Service Perspective makes a difference to the bottom line. Keeping your customers satisfied, happy and buying more is essential to building a successful, growing business, as well as enhancing your company's reputation, productivity, profitability, and future. Examples in the workshop come from companies that you use almost every day! This talk is perfect for the company focusing on improving its attitude toward customer service, whether it is from average to good or good to great! Energize the crowd with illustrative examples teaching how to become Customer Centered in the workplace!
Compatible Assessment: Customer Service Perspective, Sales Indicator

Workshop Topics

Loyalty
One Face
Life Cycle
Becoming Customer Centered

Identifying, Developing & Retaining Peak Performers
How do you identify a Peak Performer when hiring, and then how do you develop them to the Peak Performance you know that they are capable of? Finally, how do companies retain their Peak Performers, instead of losing their capability, intellectual capital and customer relationships when they are enticed to leave and take their star services elsewhere? The answer is to know them better than they know themselves - find out how during this workshop, critical to your "Peak Performer" staff.
Compatible Assessment: Step One Survey, Profile XT, Performance Indicator

Workshop Topics

Identifying Hiring Problems
Quantify the Cost of Turnover
Understand What You Are Recruiting For
Use Innovative Prospecting
Prepare and Conduct a Winning Interview
Do Background Checks
Assess Applicants for Job Match

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