2009 Motivational and Inspirational Training 1/2 day Programs with Michele Jackman and the "High Five" Prescription Series
Get It Done! (Sense of urgency--work on speed of getting things completed and off the plate; wants less wasted time in meetings, and reduction in need for meetings, get people to finish things)Get It Right! (Quality and compliance issues--work on quality, accuracy, appropriateness)
Get Along! (Work harmoniously with others)
Get Acknowledged! (Wants respect for accomplishments needs and experience---wants to be able to trust, to be heard, to participate without micromanagement-work on noticing talent you have and what they bring)
Make it look, feel and be more fun! (Work on lightening up the workplace--reduce stressful communication and celebrate small successes)
Title: Leveraging Resources: Successful Collaborations for Tougher Times
Understand the differing internal organizational cultures, and their processes and integrate them for greater efficiency and cost containment. Boost morale through virtual teaming and cross agency coordination on similar projects. Integrate efforts and build upon current successful practices. Get real issues in the open, on the table, and do something about them. Increase
mutual respect and communication practices and commitments to get faster flow of work across channels. Increase buy-in and accountability at all levels of performance.
Topics covered:
- Tips and strategies for more effective, and cost efficient coordination
- Collaboration, work simplification, and shared resources to accomplish project goals
- Tools and best practices to track accountability and performance issues for quick resolution of problems
- Actual joint contracting language that will make agreements clear, simple, and sustainable.
The REAL Secrets of Doing More with Less: How Less becomes Greater Effectiveness!: Half/ full day programs (full day program deals with actual issues in more depth and with advice)
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This year, I have to get more accomplished with less waste of my time, my energy, and fewer resources. The "return on this investment" of this time could be a fresh perspective, or a clearer game plan for being more effective, and less overwhelmed by email, changes, uncertainty, dependency on the follow through of others, etc. Walk away with a new attitude, some ideas to implement immediately, and a fresh strategy for keeping it that way the whole year. Part I will be focused on key actions that will facilitate improvements, and Part II on discussions, and specific strategies for you as a individual.
- Clearing the rubble and confusion-- more of what, less of what?
- Energy conservation-- My own issues, overcoming destructive thoughts and habits?
- Resources-- what are they, where are they?
- Enthsiasm-- how can I create this?
Highly interactive, Michele will pose a series of key questions, and provide answers to issues you are facing in 2009. Michele has been providing a series of programs that focus on real world pressures and options. In addition to the content, she provides follow up coaching as part of her seminar.
Conquering/ Coping with Destructive Fear and Anxiety in Difficult Times: 1/2 day
Overcome fears about the future, and the costs of your own anxiety with concrete and positive strategies that will keep you in control of what you CAN influence and control. There is always light at the end of any tunnel in situations, learn key attitudes and behaviors to protect yourself, and increase your ability to deal with uncertainty, risk, and change. Ironically, find new gains in perceived loss of power.
- Avoid fear driven reactions with better alternatives
- Increase emotional resilience with fresh attitudes and new habits
- Be more creative and opportunistic: Discover new possibilities
Influencing Others to Follow Through!: 1/2 day
Explore the thinking, behaviors, and strategies that lead to greater accountability by others. Take a trust dimensions instrument to determine what you can do to rebuild trust with others, whether you have formal authority over them, or none. Become more "trustworthy", which is a lot like "seaworthy", to use a nautical metaphor. Endure the turbulence of the times with specific and measurable conduct. Review and understand generational forces that are also part of a diverse culture of accountability.
Topics:
- What are the things that lead to greater accountability?
- What are the behaviors we define as "accountable" in a "reputation"?
- What can you do to build trust, avoid doing to destroy it with different types or generations of staff?
Critical Communication Practices in Times of Crisis: 1/2 to Full Day
While communication practices have become increasingly more complex, the basic skills remain the same and require a periodic reminder/ refresher of what they are, and how they impact the work environment, and how to work more effectively with staff or stakeholders you want to
to influence.
- Examine/ Refresh LISTENING skills--respond to recent research on this aspect
- Practice giving and receiving FEEDBACK as you listen or send messages out to others
- Get scripts of best ways to say difficult things with less fear
- Deal with difficult communication styles and cultural issue (gender, language)
Improve in all communication areas: oral, written, and symbolic (non verbal elements); avoid pushing buttons above you, below you, and across the organization.
Better Meetings, Less Meeting Time! 1/2 day
Did you know? Research increasingly shows that over 90% of meetings are not as productive as people expect them to be...they cope by doing other work (texting, etc) tuning out, or acting out.
Even if you are just a meeting invitee, you can influence and change the way meetings are conducted. Radically change your meeting protocols to make them more efficient, and exciting. With budget issues, and staff overloads of work, now is the time to assess, redesign, and restructure the participation in planned meetings. Improve information meetings, project update meetings, and problem solving meetings immediately.
Keep meetings within time frames, and shorten others. Prevent meeting madness. Learn how others are getting more done with less time wasted because they are doing IT! Assess all your meetings and get back time and energy. Plan for other times to regroup and daydream!
Essential Self Management Practices: Becoming GREAT, not just better-- 1/2 to full day
Become a highly valued employee not just a reliable worker bee!
Being self managing requires some specific career strategies that reflect your political savvy as well as your competencies.
Attend this seminar and discover better ways working using a refresher assessment of several areas of personal management practices like prioritization, problem solving, and decision making without needing lots of supervision and guidance. This class takes you through a fun and informative process of becoming a
Key Player in career areas that are important to you, as well as essential to the organization.
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