Conflicts to Conversations
Effective communications are the cornerstone of strong organizations and healthy relationships. Based on a mutual learning model, this topic is ideal as a presentation or workshop designed for teams wishing to improve their conflict resolution and negotiation skills, build effective communication strategies and improve workplace collegiality and culture.
Participants’ learning benefits will be:
- Assistance in identifying potential conflictual situation before they arise
- Knowledge of how to clarify the issues and minimize the misunderstanding
- Support for avoiding the common conflict pitfalls
- Examination of personal styles under stress & what they mean
- Stepwise strategies for conducting difficult conversations without increasing conflict
- Increased sense of mastery in discussing challenging topics
Team Effectiveness
Team effectiveness is crucial when an interdependent team needs to achieve shared and common goals. In order to be most productive and efficient, teams must learn to improve the way they work together.
Participants will gain:
- Knowledge of the crucial components of effective teams
- Understanding of concepts aimed towards increasing interpersonal effectiveness
- Profit from examining individual styles from a team perspective and learn how to leverage individual strengths to empower the team dynamics
Format: Two- hour presentation in person or via remote conferencing
Change, Stress & Resilience
Change and stress go together like peanut butter and jelly. It’s challenging to think about change without inducing some level of stress. Even positive joyful changes such as a new house or job, will invoke a stress response.
We also know change is inevitable.
Therefore, it becomes critically important to understand change and build our ability to be resilient and adapt.
Participants will:
- Develop an understanding of the Kubler-Ross model of change
- Examine their personal style under stress & how stress reacts in our bodies
- Learn the neurological behavior that governs habits and routines
- Complete a personal resilience assessment and develop strategies to increase coping strategies
Format: Two- hour presentation in person or via remote conferencing
Myers-Briggs @ Work
Personality assessments are commonly used in the workplace for various purposes such as recruitment practices, designation of functional working groups and team building exercises. Most recently, we recognize the necessity of diversity in the workplace and capitalizing on people’s individual strengths and aptitude to create a richer environment of productivity and creativity.
Myers-Briggs is a well-known personality test that has been in existence since 1917 and has assessed over 50 million people since record keeping began in 1962.
In this discussion, participants will learn:
- The history of diversity in the workplace and its importance now
- Their personal Myers-Briggs’ 4-letter score, their workmate’s profiles and the profiles of some famous people
- The definition of the 16 Myers-Briggs types and these can define our work & career choices
Format: Two- hour presentation in person or via remote conferencing
