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Leadership Communication Essentials: Navigating Trust, Conflict, and Feedback

December 12, 2023 with Deborah Grayson Riegel
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Being a successful leader requires having conversations that are difficult, not to mention important, awkward, tricky, meaningful, and powerful. The goal isn't to avoid these conversations; it's to find ways to have these conversations effectively. This program will provide you with proven strategies to excel at the top three communication challeng...
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Rising Together: How To Bridge Divides and Create a More Inclusive Workplace

December 13, 2023 with Sally Helgesen
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Using vivid, real-life examples, Sally helps participants recognize the common triggers that can undermine efforts to build strong relationships in a volatile and at times reactive workplace. These triggers include:
Book by Sally Helgesen
Book by Sally Helgesen

Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis

January 16, 2024 with John Baldoni
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
With the world turned upside down due the pandemic and the economic crisis, we are feeling pressures we never felt before. While there are no easy answers to the challenges in front of us, it is necessary to seek solutions for our organizations, our families, and ourselves. Crisis can bring out the best in leaders; they must rise to the challeng...
Book by John Baldoni
Book by John Baldoni

Leadership Essentials: 5 Skills that Lead to Success

January 18, 2024 with Dr. Richard Osibanjo
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In today's ever-evolving business landscape, it's essential for professionals to have a strong understanding of key leadership skills in order to truly be successful. But with the sheer amount of knowledge and information required to become an effective leader, how do you know what's really important?
Book by Dr. Richard Osibanjo

Winning Well: The Most Important Leadership Skills to Master

January 23, 2024 with Karin Hurt and David Dye
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Do you ever wish your team had more energy, would get more done, or solve problems on their own? In this highly-interactive program, you'll learn six proven approaches to build high-performance, high-engagement teams. Based on Karin Hurt and David Dye's Book, Winning Well, this program will leave you with practical, easy-to implement techniques to ...
Book by Karin Hurt and David Dye
Book by Karin Hurt and David Dye

Working Smart: Managing Priorities and Mastering Workflow

January 25, 2024 with Dr. Jason Womack
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Your work days are different now. There's as much (or more) to do as always, and to add to the pressure you feel, uncertain times lay ahead. Some priorities you are managing because they are in your job description. Other priories have been thrust upon you, while you handle the daily workflow of email in between attending phone and video meetings. ...
Book by Dr. Jason Womack
Book by Dr. Jason Womack

Smarter Choices: Use Strategic Thinking to Boost Your Influence

January 30, 2024 with Alex Brueckmann
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In today's constantly changing world, leaders and managers are constantly searching for innovative methods to achieve success. The question that frequently arises is how can we make sound judgments and distribute resources more strategically. Is there an alternative to excessive planning, busy work, and never-ending task lists?
Book by Alex Brueckmann
Book by Alex Brueckmann

Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way

February 06, 2024 with Dr. Jonah Berger
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Almost everything we do involves words. From emails and power points to phone calls and pitch meetings, words are how we persuade, communicate, and connect. But certain words are more impactful than others. They're better at changing minds, engaging listeners, and driving action. What are these magic words, and how can we take advantage of their p...
Book by Dr. Jonah Berger
Book by Dr. Jonah Berger

Dealing with Difficult People: Turn Tension into Collaboration

February 15, 2024 with Dr. Michelle Brody
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Difficult colleagues show up at work in many forms and lead to frustration and lower productivity. What can be done about a micromanaging, undermining, uncooperative or thwarting colleague? Team members who get impossibly defensive when you try to offer feedback? The intuitive methods leaders use to manage "difficult coworkers" often backfire, re...
Book by Dr. Michelle Brody
Book by Dr. Michelle Brody

How To Use Emotional Intelligence for Success

February 22, 2024 with Jen Shirkani
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Are you looking to elevate your leadership skills and avoid predictable leadership traps that can hurt your credibility and hard-won success? Look no further! Studies show a direct correlation between high emotional intelligence (EI) and successful leadership. This program will teach you about the dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) and why i...
Book by Jen Shirkani
Book by Jen Shirkani

Master Your Thinking: The Link Between Critical Thinking and Your Need to Perform

February 27, 2024 with Dan Pontefract
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Leaders are busy. Super busy. It's not as though that's going to change. In reality, people have become experts at doing - constantly being on to perform - causing us to minimize the importance of creative and critical thinking, of ideating and sound decision making. We need to sort out a much better investment in our time to make it happen.
Book by Dan Pontefract
Book by Dan Pontefract

Becoming a Leader: Strategies & Tools for New & Emerging Leaders

February 29, 2024 with Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This program focuses on equipping managers with the knowledge and tools they need to effectively manage people and increase productivity in their areas of responsibility. Participants explore basic managerial concepts, discuss common situations and challenges and learn how to apply specific strategies and tools to successfully manage people.
Book by Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper
Book by Dr. Ellen Burts-Cooper

Respond Not React: How to be In Your Power as a Leader

March 05, 2024 with Dr. Sharon Melnick
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Despite your good ideas and performance, you may feel unheard, or unable to make the impact you're hired for. Other people's actions might get under your skin or make you react defensively. Then you might rehash the situation all day, wasting your valuable time and energy. How you show up in those moments determines the quality of your leaders...
Book by Dr. Sharon Melnick
Book by Dr. Sharon Melnick

Flipping the Switch: Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability

March 12, 2024 with Kristin Lindeen
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
When an individual chooses to grow in Personal Accountability, using the powerful tool called the Question Behind the Question (QBQ!), the all-too-human and costly traps of complaining, victim thinking, entitlement, procrastination, finger-pointing, and blame are reduced and even eliminated. Only then do organizations enhance productivity, sales, t...
Book by Kristin Lindeen
Book by Kristin Lindeen

Leading the Best Team Ever: Strategies for Managing On-site, Hybrid & Remote Teams

March 14, 2024 with Dr. David Burkus
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Why are some teams more motivated, more innovative, and more successful than others? Why do some groups of talented and seemingly compatible people fall short against lesser teams with less suitable members? And why are we still so surprised about which team members excel, and which ones fail?
Book by Dr. David Burkus
Book by Dr. David Burkus

Powerful Women Leaders: How to Connect, Engage and Succeed

March 19, 2024 with Dr. Debbye Turner Bell
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In spite of this age of unprecedented access and opportunity for women in the workplace, women still lag far behind men in positions of power and leadership. This course will help women leaders and emerging leaders identify necessary tools for leadership, hone communication and negotiation skills, understand the role of emotional intelligence an...
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Communicating with Influence and Impact

March 26, 2024 with Stacey Hanke
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In today's virtual, in-person and hybrid world communicating with influence is harder and more critical than it's ever been. How you communicate determines whether others see you as credible, knowledgeable and trustworthy. Without doing this effectively, you inhibit your maximum potential to influence, increase profits and cultivate long-term relat...
Book by Stacey Hanke
Book by Stacey Hanke

How To Work With (Almost) Anyone

April 02, 2024 with Michael Bungay Stanier
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Your happiness and success depend on your working relationships. The people you manage. How well you work with your boss. The way collaboration happens with colleagues and peers. How you connect with important prospects and key clients. But the hard truth is this: most of us leave the health and fate of these relationships to chance.
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Mastering Tough Conversations: Communicate Best When It Matters Most

April 09, 2024 with Neil Staker
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This program is incredibly practical and engaging. You'll learn why most approaches fail in these tough situations and gain insights into what actually works. There will be lots of opportunities to practice to ensure what you learned translates to improved results back at work. Fun, active, and incredibly engaging, this program takes solid social s...
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Boosting Productivity: Time Management Tactics for Working Smarter

April 11, 2024 with Helene Segura
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This transformational program is designed for busy managers, project leaders, and senior individual contributors who are looking to operate more efficiently and strategically in order to maximize productivity. Whether you're working virtually, onsite or a hybrid, bolster your leadership ability and skills when you discover these critical strategies...
Book by Helene Segura
Book by Helene Segura

Leading vs Managing: The Difference is Key to Your Success

April 16, 2024 with Ann Tardy
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This session will explore the essential strategies and techniques required to powerfully lead and manage simultaneously from the same role. Being a manager is one of the most arduous and yet most valuable roles in any organization. The challenge lies in dealing with the expectations of those above and below you while also contributing to people's s...
Book by Ann Tardy
Book by Ann Tardy

Increase Your Impact: Influencing And Inspiring Others

April 18, 2024 with Ty Bennett
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Consider the adage, "Old ways won't open new doors." The world of work has shifted and leading with power and trading on titles is no longer effective. In their place, partnership, communication, inclusion, and connection have become the game-changers. To stay current in a rapidly changing world, leaders need to learn how to "open new doors" by ad...
Book by Ty Bennett
Book by Ty Bennett

From Player to Coach: Making the Successful Transition to Management

April 23, 2024 with Dr. Michael Woodward
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
The transition from star player to team coach is a tremendous leap. All too often new managers are thrown into challenging circumstances with limited support and resources. With the move to virtual environments, managing is more stressful than ever before.
Book by Dr. Michael Woodward

Wired to Resist: The Neuroscience of Change

May 02, 2024 with Dr. Britt Andreatta
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
The pace of today's change is pushing the limits of even the most nimble organizations. Change occurs in a myriad of ways from shifting technology to reorganizing functions to seeking new customers and operating globally. And no matter the size, every change requires new learning.
Book by Dr. Britt Andreatta
Book by Dr. Britt Andreatta

Leading with Emotional Intelligence

May 07, 2024 with Brenda Bailey-Hughes
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Developing your emotional intelligence can help you succeed at any stage of your life or career. It can also help you become a better leader, mentor, and coach. In this course, Brenda Bailey-Hughes defines exactly what emotional intelligence is and how it can help you manage your emotions and build stronger relationships. Learn how to understand ot...
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Leadership Presence: Sending All the Right Signals

May 09, 2024 with Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Leadership presence is that elusive quality that sets you up for the next promotion and gives your career an extra boost. It's a blending of personal and interpersonal communication skills that when combined, send all the right signals. It's the impact you make when you show up and contribute in meetings. It's knowing how to project confidence and ...
Book by Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman
Book by Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman

Cultivating Resilience During Times of Uncertainty

May 14, 2024 with Dr. Kristen Lee
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In this Age of Burnout and within The Great Resignation, leaders and employees need tangible ways to optimize work environments that foster resilience, camaraderie, psychological safety, and trust. Learn evidence-based habits, mindsets, and practices to help create organizational cultures that strive to protect against the risk of burnout, exhausti...
Book by Dr. Kristen Lee
Book by Dr. Kristen Lee

Dealing with Difficult People: Bringing Out the Best in Others

May 21, 2024 with Dr. Rick Brinkman
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This program is based on the best selling McGraw-Hill book Dealing with People You Can't Stand: How to Bring Out the Best in People at Their Worst, co-authored by Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner, which has been translated into 25 languages.
Book by Dr. Rick Brinkman
Book by Dr. Rick Brinkman

Motivating Excellence: The Science Of Fostering Passion, Loyalty And Top Performance

June 04, 2024 with Dr. Ron Friedman
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
How do you motivate others to produce their best work? For generations, leaders have received conflicting advice. But now, thanks to groundbreaking new research, we have clear, data-driven insights into the factors that generate employee engagement and sustain performance over the long term.
Book by Dr. Ron Friedman
Book by Dr. Ron Friedman

Powerful Communication: The Blueprint for a Successful Career

June 06, 2024 with Will Baggett
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Communication is the lifeblood of success in today's interconnected world. This virtual workshop on effective communication is your gateway to unlocking its full potential. In a world of constant distractions, honing your communication skills is the key to making a lasting impact.
Book by Will Baggett
Book by Will Baggett

Leading Technical And Subject Matter Experts: Making An Impact Through The Work Of Others

June 11, 2024 with Crystal Kadakia
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Years of study and hard work allowed you to become an expert in your field, and eventually a leader of experts. But leading a talented team of highly educated analytical people (engineers, IT teams, financial analysts, accountants, scientists, insurance underwriters, lawyers, health providers, etc.) brings unique challenges. The attention to detail...
Book by Crystal Kadakia

Influence to Impact: Leveraging Interpersonal Power for Women Leaders

June 18, 2024 with Dr. Jeanne Porter King
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Influence is a crucial competency that enables leaders to succeed in the global marketplace. This program is a highly interactive, leadership development workshop for women. In this course women come to understand the three levels of power involved in influencing, they discover their I2I (Influence to Impact) Influence Profile, they are taught the ...
Book by Dr. Jeanne Porter King
Book by Dr. Jeanne Porter King

Leading With Impact: How To Inspire Your Team To Greatness

June 20, 2024 with Dr. Sean Hannah
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
The goal of this program is to improve your capabilities as an experienced leader. Learn advanced strategies to navigate the profound challenges of your role in which the stakes are high, time is scarce, and there are no easy answers.
Book by Dr. Sean Hannah
Book by Dr. Sean Hannah

Accelerate: 9 Capabilities to Achieve Success at any Career Stage

July 11, 2024 with May Busch
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Being "good at your job" is no longer enough. Today, there are dozens of hidden rules to follow and skills to master in order to succeed - and thrive. But in a working environment that's long on stress and short on certainty, even the most capable professionals are often unsure as to what it really takes to maintain momentum, overcome slumps, and g...
Book by May Busch

Communication Mastery: A Model for Maximum Interpersonal Effectiveness

July 18, 2024 with Dr. Daren Martin
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Based on a model developed and used in companies all over the world including many Fortune 100, this communication model has increased performance and effectiveness for 100s of thousands of leaders. It is simple to understand and remember but will have a profound impact on every interaction, work or personal, you have on a daily basis.
Book by Dr. Daren Martin
Book by Dr. Daren Martin

Your New Toolkit for Managing Conflict

July 25, 2024 with Dr. Jason D. Patent
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Conflict is a daily reality in life and work - whether or not we call it "conflict." Different people have different wants and needs, providing the seeds for conflict. When in conflict, we often want to fast-forward to resolution.
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Why We Say Yes: The Hidden Forces of Persuasion

August 01, 2024 with Dr. Paul Zak
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Social creatures like humans constantly seek to influence and persuade others. Research from my lab and others has identified a brain state called "immersion" that indicates when one is being persuaded to take an observable action. This talk will describe the neuroscience of persuasion, share examples with neural data that identify why some commun...
Book by Dr. Paul Zak
Book by Dr. Paul Zak

Capacity Building: A Framework To Reach Your Full Potential

September 05, 2024 with Robert Glazer
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
No matter what you've accomplished in your personal and professional life, there is always another level you can reach. Robert Glazer, five-time entrepreneur, #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author and globally renowned thought leader, shares an actionable framework you can use to reach your full potential as a performer and a leader.
Book by Robert Glazer
Book by Robert Glazer

How to Build Your Executive Presence and Impact

September 12, 2024 with May Busch
VIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Having executive presence and impact is essential for leadership and career success. This program provides clarity on the actionable strategies participants can put to work right away to inspire confidence, command attention and gain the respect of senior decision makers from the moment they enter the room (including zoom) through to the end of th...
Book by May Busch

Courage at Work: How to take more risks and own your brilliance

October 03, 2024 with Candace Doby
VIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
An organization's ability to reach its highest level of excellence comes down to one thing: its people - courageously owning their brilliance, in both typical and transitional times. In this presentation, participants learn a process for how to manage fear, activate personal courage and take worthwhile risks - so they can unleash their potential an...
Book by Candace Doby
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