Leadership

Proximity determines influence.  If you are a manager this means you are the most important leader in your organization for those who report to you.  We have to accept responsibility for our own leadership and begin to develop an extensive repertoire of skills in order to be both more conscious and conscientious about how we use them.  Some of the leadership workshops offered are:

Leadership Expectations

The basic concept asserts that at different managerial positions the necessary leadership skills, time applications and work values are different and thus need to be developed appropriately. Using the book The Leadership Pipeline: How to Build the Leadership Powered Company by Ram Charan, Stephen Drotter and James Noel as a baseline to establish a common language, the workshop focuses on the development of the collective leadership skills required at all management levels.  Participants will analyze their current leadership level as well as skills, time applications and work values they need to "pick up" or "let go."

Six Thinking HatsÆ Thinking Skills for Decision Making

This session is The Six Hats Thinking program by Dr. Edward de Bono.  This world renowned program identifies the traps of our "normal" thinking patterns and develops a process to change thinking for improved decision making. Debra Blatt is a certified facilitator for Edward de Bono's thinking methods.  There is an additional cost for program materials for this session of approximately $135 per participant.  

This interactive session identifies how corporations and people really think.  It enables participants to discover how to change from adversarial thinking to parallel thinking, learn and practice the functions of The Six Hats Thinking program, separate facts from feelings and learn techniques to enhance the flow of innovative ideas

Creative Conflict Management

Participants identify existing workplace conflicts, and learn and apply various strategies for managing the conflicts.  The existing conflicts will likely diminish and participants will be able to identify and manage conflict in the future.

Once participants learn to identify and address the three major forms of conflict (personality-based, substantive-based or polarities-to-manage) they are able to improve collaboration and achieve goals.  Experience the power of managing conflict through "both/and" instead of "either/or."

Situational Leadership

This highly interactive session focuses on helping participants develop their knowledge and skill for leading individuals effectively.  Participants learn about their leadership styles and how to use a full range of styles to foster individual accountability and greater levels of performance.  Once participants identify their own preferred style, they are able to assess and intervene with followers at their readiness level. 

Coaching and Building Trust

In this session, participants learn that leading and coaching go hand-in-hand. Participants will practice using coaching as a strategic tool for improving the effectiveness of individuals and teams. This session covers a variety of coaching tools, techniques and best practicesófrom analyzing the cause of sub-par performance to creating a climate for effective coaching and learning; from giving reinforcing feedback to handling difficult responses to coaching.