Generational Diversity: Leading Cross-Generational Teams.

This is the first time in America’s history that we have four generations working side by side in the workplace. This course is designed to equip participants with knowledge and skills to work with and lead cross-generational teams.

As a result of this training you should be able to:

• Accelerate the process of making change happen. 
• Minimize the potential negative effects change can have on productivity, morale, and collaboration. 
• Turn resistance into commitment and inspire team members to take ownership of change. 
• Clearly communicate the business rationale and benefits of change for the team and the organization.

Improve Relationships and Increase Productivity. An introduction to the principles of Emotional Intelligence (EQ). EQ is the ability to identify and understand your emotions and those of others to guide your behavior and manage relationships. Topics covered include the five competencies of Emotional Intelligence.

Unlocking Behavioral Strengths and Team Dynamics with Predictive Index

2 hours, virtual

For individuals and for teams. Discover the power of the Predictive Index ("PI") Behavioral Assessment in understanding the fundamental drivers of human behavior. With over a century of research, PI measures essential behavioral characteristics such as dominance, extraversion, patience, and formality.

Who should attend:

This introductory workshop includes the PI Behavioral Assessment for each participant and is designed for both individual contributors and people managers who want to explore their own behavioral characteristics and understand how to interact more effectively with others. Consider enrolling with your team to foster a cohesive and productive work environment (suggested, but not required).

By attending this virtual workshop, you will:

• Gain familiarity of the Predictive Index behavioral assessment, including the 32 PI reference profiles.
• Reveal a better understanding of yourself; your strengths, needs, communication and decision-making styles, and motivators.  Learn how those behaviors show up at work, and how to better leverage those strengths/behaviors.
• Understand differences among colleagues and learn how to interact more effectively with others who may have similar or different drives, needs, and behaviors than your own.
• Discover how your team or organization can use the insights provided by PI to address team development needs and key business challenges.
• Create a detailed personal action plan.

2 Sessions: 9/12 and 9/19, 10 am-12 pm

“Only One Thing Stands Between You and Success. It Isn’t Experience. It Isn’t Talent.”

World-renowned leadership expert John C. Maxwell says if you want to succeed, you must learn how to connect with people. And while it may seem like some people are just born with it, the fact is anyone can learn how to make every communication an opportunity for a powerful connection. In Everyone Communicates, Few Connect, we will teach the Five Principles and Five Practices to develop the crucial skill of connecting, including:

• Finding Common Ground
• Keeping Your Communication Simple
• Capturing People’s Interest
• Inspiring People
• Staying Authentic in all Your Relationships

The ability to connect with others is a major determining factor in reaching your full potential. It’s no secret! Connecting is a skill you can learn and apply in your personal, professional, and family relationships- and you can start now by taking this course!

Want to understand yourself and those around you better?  Learn to connect by understanding the different ways in which people meet their natural tendencies.  People can be drivers, influencers, sensitive, and detail oriented.  Where do you fit?  Where do your co-workers fit?  How do you engage with each person and how do they engage with you.  There is an assessment to do before the training with a code that will be sent to you. You will learn:

• A deep dive into each of the profile types and their main characteristics
• You will take an assessment yourself to understand your natural tendencies
• How to determine other individual profiles based on an in-dive into the DISC Assessment
• Learn how to manage better, connect better, and understand how to interact with others, even the most challenging individuals. 

Maximize Your Talents and Develop Your Strengths. Designed to help leaders recognize their own strengths and learn how to invest in the strengths of those they lead. Participants will take the Strengths Finder 2.0 Assessment and be able to inventory the strengths of the team they are on and the team they lead.

Learn the 10 essential elements for creating collaborative working environments. These collaborative leadership skills are proving to be pivotal strengths in creating participatory and high performing work teams.