TRAINING

How often do we expect our staff to take on different tasks or to behave differently, yet we don't support them to do so?  Training helps them get out of their box - to see things differently, to take on new ideas, to learn and practice new skills and to gain insights that come from examining behaviours and skills in depth.      Face-to-face Training tends to take a smaller group (usually no more than 20 people) into a subject area with far more depth and interactivity than a keynote can.  The objective is to change attitudes and/or behaviour, depending on the subject matter and level at which the training is being delivered.      Training can be delivered in a half-day, full day or multiple day format, or extended format with follow-ups over a defined period of time, depending on the objectives, time availability, subject area and approach.  Most longer programmes can be divided into multiple shorter modules.

TOPICS

Liberating Corporate Talent:  the game

Quite often, we can be completely oblivious to our own behaviour - we simply can't see it.  Even when others point it out, we may stil not be willing or able to recognise their observations in our own behaviour.  Our conscious mind gets in the way.  When we play games, we are immersed in a "make believe" situation and we can play without the threat that might be typically associated with that situation in real life.  Games by-pass our conscious minds while at the same time, providing us with opportunities to experience what we do in real life.  We gain real insights into our own behaviour.  Most importantly, though, the game takes participants through the process of overcoming self-limiting behaviours, building emotional intelligence and resilience, developing an internal compass which guides decision-making and stepping into personal power.  The game also provides the opportunity to develop or enhance character and integrity, revealing our unique authenticity and wisdom.
The game is customisable.

Timing:  This game is a process that takes place once a month for 6 months.  The game is played for 2 hours followed by a group debrief  and discussion.

Authentic Leadership: Be inspired and inspiring at all levels

     Leaders are the catalyst for the potential in the organisation.    They may be positional leaders or emotional leaders committed to a Purpose or cause. Their most significant gift to the organisation and its people is to inspire them to help them create a conscious, responsible and evolving organisation and bring the Vision alive. Lack of authenticity is the barrier that stands in the way of these emerging leaders really stepping up.  It obscures recognition of their own strengths, talents and qualities, breaks connection, impedes innovation and  diminishes trust. Authentic Leadership helps participants address their own authenticity and particularly any experiences of the Imposter Syndrome, so they can stand in their own power, inspired and inspiring, and making their unique contribution.

Timing:  1 day in-house

The Soft Skills MBA® - Help your managers improve their performance and your bottom line!

    Managers are critical to the performance of an organisation.  They are responsible for employee engagement.  People join organisations and leave managers.  They are catalysts of human potential, responsible for identifying, developing and nurturing the strengths and talents of their staff.  Yet, so often, they are not given the support necessary to develop this completely new set of skills, so they resort to managing the way they have been managed ... poorly.

     The SSMBA programme is designed to help managers understand their role and how to increase the performance of people within their team.  They develop self-awareness and emotional resilience; they develop the capability to recognise the motivations and values of others, they learn how to coach effectively; how to create meaning at work and maximise engagement; they expand their thinking to include strategic and creative capability as well as detailed tactical thinking; they learn or improve on management-specific communication skills for such key areas as delegation and performance management; and they learn to develop influence skills so they have more to rely on than their positional power.

     This programme is an essential for managers.  It will provide them with the confidence and skills so they will bring out the best in their staff, creating high levels of employee engagement and positively impacting on the bottom line.

     In its pure form, the programme is 6 days - 2 days for the Interpersonal Dynamics Module, then 1 day for each of the subsequent modules.  However, it is fully customisable  to accommodate existing programmes and learning.  Also, the timing can be chunked up or down to suit availability.

Timing:  6 days in-house

Find the Talented Stranger Within (Individuals)

     This programme is designed to take participants through the process of understanding the Imposter Syndrome, how they play it out, what it has cost them, how it turns up in their work environment, what it takes to change and then helps them identify the appropriate tools to transcend Imposterhood.  

     Find the Talented Stranger Within is both informative and experiential.  Participants will leave with a greater compassion for themselves, better understanding of the control they have over their own choices, an understanding of what contributes to them feeling like an imposter, a recognition of their own strengths, the rudiments of a personal purpose, a strategy to transcend imposterhood and a toolkit of more than 70 tools to build emotional resilience and behavioural flexibility.

Timing:  1 day in-house

Help your Team ... step beyond their limitations (Managers)

     Peak performance requires individuals to bring all of themselves to work:  their talents, experiences, skills, strengths, thought processes, their point of view.  Yet, approximately 70% of the population experience the Imposter Syndrome at some stage in their working career, and 33% of them experience it frequently and intensely.  The Imposter Syndrome rests on the foundations of feeling "not good enough", of not measuring up to other peoples' expectations or overstated views of their talent.  Feelings of imposterhood occur when something in the environment triggers the individual into feeling vulnerable and anxious at the heightened possibility of discovery as the fake and fraud they believe themselves to be.

     People who feel like imposters can stop performing.  They withhold their ideas for fear of rejection.  They don't connect well with others because they're busy protecting themselvs from discovery as fakes and frauds.  They can be judgemental and prickly.  They can hide their talents because they want to fit in, not shine out.  They can put on their invisibility cloak and hide in the fear that if they are seen, they will be judged and found wanting.  They can also really go for it - an admirable quality except when they fail to assess and provide for risk.

     When people feel like imposters they miss out and your organisation misses out.  When triggered, "Imposters" don't engage, contribute or collaborate.  As catalysts for human talent, your managers need to be able to identify this problem and help their staff transcend imposterhood.  They need to be able to guide and support their staff to see who they really are and step up into their potential.    they need this accreditation programme which provides them with the personal experience, skills and tools to identify the symptoms, and coach their staff to peak performance and success.

Timing:  2 x 1 day programme.  Optional follow-up one-on-one coaching.

Take the Fear out of Selling to create great results

     Without selling or business development, a company cannot survive, let alone thrive.  Skills can be taught over and over again.  Commonly, though, the problem people experience with selling exists at the emotional level - the level of beliefs and identity - rather than at the level of insufficient skills.  Only when those emotional issues are dealt with can your selling skills programmes be of benefit.

     This programme looks at the way we frame up selling, the way we view ourselves in that context, unpicks the myth and nature of fear, examines the motivation to change, explores what success means and the purpose for us wanting to be successful and finally, provides tools to shift the beliefs participants hold around themselves, selling and success.

Timing:  Can be run as a 2-hour boost for experienced sales people or in a 1/2 day or full-day format, depending on the nature of the challenge and depth desired.

Take the Fear out of ...

Many situations create uncertainty and then bring out the imposter in us.  We have very practical training programmes that contextualise moving past the imposter syndrome into situations that activate vulnerability.  Current programmes are:

• Take the Fear out of Selling
• Take the Fear out of Change
• Take the Fear out of Success
• Take the Fear out of Negotiation
• Take the Fear out of Feedback
• Take the Fear out of Collaboration

Timing:  Anywhere from 2 hours to 1 day

Contact us for more information or a conversation about your needs and how we may help you meet them.