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IMS San Francisco leadership development programs are committed to helping you expand the capacity of your teams and improving the capabilities of your entire organization. IMS Leveraged Learning takes it even further with 30-days of blended-learning access. Call to learn more about our programs and how IMS San Francisco can help your employees learn, grow and thrive.
Unleashing Bottom Up Innovation & Improvement In Your Organization
September 27, 2022 with Dr. Alan RobinsonVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
80% of your organization's potential for improvement resides in the minds of your front-line employees. As a manager, how can you harness those ideas to improve efficiency and customer service, make more innovation happen, and improve the bottom-line? Dr. Alan Robinson has worked with or studied idea systems in over 450 organizations in 30 countrie...
Leading with Emotional Intelligence
September 29, 2022 with Brenda Bailey-HughesVIRTUAL 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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Overturning Overwhelm at Work
October 06, 2022 with Rebecca ZuckerVIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Even prior to the pandemic, overwhelm at work had become a pervasive issue. The pandemic only exacerbated the problem. The tidal wave of work and other demands coming at us is not likely to stop. To be sure, there are cultural and organizational issues that drive overload and need to be addressed. Nonetheless, there are things that we can do - and ...
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From Player to Coach: Making the Successful Transition to Management
October 11, 2022 with Dr. Michael WoodwardVIRTUAL 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.
During this program, Dr. Woodward will share the latest research on what makes a successf...
Authentic Leadership: Build Trust, Resolve Conflicts, And Inspire Others
October 13, 2022 with Mike RobbinsVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Authenticity is critical to success and effectiveness for 21st-century leaders. Now more than ever, it's essential for leaders to build authentic relationships to build trust, resolve conflicts, and create a true sense of inspiration and unity for their teams and organizations. This interactive program is filled with insight and practical technique...
Mastering Tough Conversations: Communicate Best When It Matters Most
October 18, 2022 with Neil StakerVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
How we individually and collectively talk about tough issues has a disproportionate impact on results and relationships. Unfortunately, we tend to be at our worst when it matters most. We avoid, hint, try sarcasm, and vent, as relationships deteriorate and problems go unresolved. On the flip side, individuals and teams that talk effectively about a...
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Leading from the Middle: A Practical Approach to Achieving Extraordinary Results
October 27, 2022 with Dr. Jackson NickersonVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
While much advice on leading change addresses challenges faced by the C-level suite, it is the leaders in the middle of the organization, the ones who commonly are tasked with building capabilities, who are on the hot seat. Unfortunately, few approaches to leading change are designed to help them succeed. This session introduces a new and specific ...
Straight Talk: Influence Skills for Collaboration and Commitment
November 01, 2022 with Dr. Rick BrandonVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This program teaches assertive, empathic, and positive communication skills that achieve greater accountability, results, teamwork, and innovation. Dr. Brandon will hone your core communication skills of Assertive Speaking and Active Listening and then funnel them into Gaining Commitments that last, with a Follow-Up Session that reinforces these sk...
Leadership Presence: Sending All the Right Signals
November 03, 2022 with Dr. Carol Kinsey GomanVIRTUAL 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 ...
Dealing with Difficult People: Bringing Out the Best in Others
November 08, 2022 with Dr. Rick BrinkmanVIRTUAL 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.
Negotiation Skills: Developing The Skills Of Getting What You Both Want
November 10, 2022 with Peter StarkVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Managers, supervisors, and employees frequently face situations requiring negotiation skills. Interacting with clients; agreeing on appropriate schedules and deadlines for projects; solving problems with clients; obtaining organizational resources; and maintaining high customer service standards with your team are just a few of the many situations...
Becoming a Leader: Strategies & Tools for New & Emerging Leaders
November 15, 2022 with Dr. Ellen Burts-CooperVIRTUAL 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.
Critical Thinking Skills To Improve Your Decision-Making
November 17, 2022 with Dr. Michael RobertoVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
This program shows you how to stimulate dissent and debate to improve your decision-making. Of course, conflict alone does not produce better decisions and improved results. Leaders need to cultivate debate and simultaneously build consensus. Whether you're a leader or a project team member, this program will help you leverage your team&#...
How Digital Leadership Is(n't) Different
November 22, 2022 with Dr. Gerald KaneVIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
Digital disruption won't end anytime soon; the average worker will experience numerous waves of disruption during the course of a career. The COVID pandemic accelerated many of these changes, and will make the coming years more disruptive than in our lifetimes. Many leaders mistakenly believe that they need an entirely different skillset to lead a...
Working Smart: Managing Priorities and Mastering Workflow
December 01, 2022 with Dr. Jason WomackVIRTUAL 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. ...
How Women Rise: Breaking The Habits That Are Holding You Back
December 06, 2022 with Sally HelgesenVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In this interactive workshop program, aimed specifically at senior and high potential women, Sally draws on her collaborative work with #1 ranked executive coach Marshall Goldsmith to help participants address habits and behaviors that can hold them back from moving to higher levels. Most of these behaviors are rooted in strengths that may have ser...
Leading From Anywhere: The Essential Guide To Managing Hybrid & Remote Teams
December 08, 2022 with Dr. David BurkusVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Research shows that employees are more productive and engaged when they have the freedom to work from anywhere-which means leaders need the skills to lead from anywhere. Learn how to handle the key challenges that remote leaders face: building a strong team culture, developing norms for communication, limiting distractions, ensuring accountability ...
Optimize Your Decision Making by Anticipating the Unexpected
December 13, 2022 with Dr. Kathy PearsonVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
In this program, you will learn how to increase the quality of your decision-making and those of your team, even in volatile, uncertain, complex and uncertain environments, as you work through engaging case studies and current corporate examples, to understand how to apply this knowledge in the 'real world'.
Strategies For Leading Innovation
December 14, 2022 with Dr. Vijay GovindarajanVIRTUAL SESSION (1-HOUR)
innovation, which deals with the problem of innovation faced by many organizations; how do you re-invent, while still meeting the performance requirements of the current business.
Execute the present core business at peak efficiency (box 1)
Avoid the inhibiting traps of past success (box 2)
Build a future day by day through breakthrough innova...
Breakthrough Ideas: Becoming a More Strategic Thinker
December 15, 2022 with Dr. Julia SloanVIRTUAL SESSION (3-HOUR)
Being strategically competitive in today's chaotic and complex global environment requires a different way of looking at how we approach strategic thinking. Leaders who are tasked with strategic responsibility must be attentive, agile, adaptive and innovative thinkers. Four key issues are addressed in this session: Why do organizations need str...
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