Other Services

Here is an overview of the Leadership, Training & Organizational Development programs that we offer:

• Introduction to Situational Leadership II^(R) (Ken Blanchard companies program)
  • Be able to diagnose others' development levels and choose the appropriate leadership style
  • Know why there is no best leadership or coaching style
  • Learn to use a common language for coaching and developing others
  • Understand the negative impact of oversupervision and undersupervision on others' performance and morale

• Time Management for Peak Performance - Practical Plans for Practical People
  • Time is a resource that all leaders must be able to manage, just all their other resources. This workshop will help each leader through the following areas: Purpose, Planning, Prioritizing, Productivity, and Perseverance that will lead to increased Performance.

• Moving from Manager to Leader
  • What are the differences between managers and leaders? Can all managers become leaders? What practical tools can we use to develop our leadership skills?
  • We will look at these and many other questions in this course. While much of this program is designed for new leaders, it can also serve as a great refresher and/or re-energizer for seasoned leaders.

• Change Management
  • Based on the best selling book Managing Transitions by William Bridges.
  • "It isn't the changes that do you in, it's the transitions."
  • What can we do as leaders to help move our teams along on the change curve?

• Behavioral Interviewing
  • This session is designed around the premise that the best indicator of future performance is past behavior. We will look at all stages of the interview process including: preparation, legal issues, active listening, note taking and closing the interview.
  • Interview Guides - this is another service that is availible to assist in adding structure and consistency to your interview process.

• Recruiting for Talent
  • One of the greatest challenges we all face is finding talent to fill our key positions. In this session we will look at ways to create a pipeline of talent and how to develop a process for getting them to come apply with your company. This is not a "quick-fix" program, it is designed to be a long term solution.

• Business Communication
  • This is a very interactive session that focuses on the communication principle of feedback. Effective feedback is critical to performance enhancement or change. FAST feedback is presented as an effective method for the delivery of both good and constructive feedback. We will also cover how to receive feedback, conflict management and complete two group activities.

• Succession Planning
  • No matter how great your team may be today, chances are you will have to deal with an opening soon. Are you ready for that? How prepared are the leaders in your company to fill key positions in their areas? This session will help develop a process for dealing with changes in personnel in a proactive rather than a reactive way.

• Career Development
  • This is one of the most important areas for any individual or company, and yet we often leave it on the back burner. This session will look at ways leaders and their organizations can ensure there is continuous development going on and that people are ready for the next rung of the ladder.

• Effective Presentation Skills
  • How to prepare for your presentation. We will look at all aspects of the preparation, including PowerPoint, if that is needed.
  • Delivering your presentation. Tips and tricks to working with your audience.
  • Conclusion and transitions - How to effectively go from one topic to another. Ways to ensure you get results.
  • Feedback - How and when to get feedback from your audience.
  • Icebreakers and teambuilding activities.

• All DDI (Development Dimensions International) courses - for example:
  • Essentials of Leadership - Interaction Management: Exceptional Leaders...Extraordinary Results (IM: EX)
  • Achieving Your Leadership Potential
  • Adaptive Leadership
  • Leading High Performance Teams
  • Coaching for Improvement
  • Coaching for Success

see separate tab for more complete listing

• Special sessions on top Leadership books:
  • The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
  • Good to Great
  • Now, Discover Your Strengths
  • The Speed of Trust
  • Monday Morning Leadership
  • Blue Ocean Strategy
  • FISH!

Program Courses

All courses will be tailored to the needs of the participants. Most of the programs are designed to be done in 3 - 4 hours. Here are some of the common elements of these courses:

• Pre-work - for the participants to complete before attending the program
• PowerPoint - used to help facilitate the session
• Participant handouts - they will use these to take notes and to take with them after the session
• Job Aid - materials that they can use back on the job
• Exercises / Skill Practice - group activities designed to put learnings into action
• Video - some sessions may include a short video presentation that goes along with the program
• Feedback - participant comments on session presentation and application back on their job
• Assessments - these are available to ensure transfer of learning