out of the box training
“A vision without a strategy remains an illusion.”
– Lee Bolman –
Ready-to-go training broad enough for any audience, but lightly customized to yours
In-person or virtual training for 60- to 90-minutes
Copy of slides and handouts (if applicable)
Q&A session at the end of every training
our trainings include…
Leadership Lessons
From start to finish, our built-just-for-you leadership training programs cultivate meaningful, innovative leaders at all levels.
Can't We All Just Get Along? Better Ways to Resolve Conflict in the Workplace
From managing our own uncomfortable workplace relationship dynamics to mediating the conflicts of others, we'll tackle one of the toughest topics many of us would just like to avoid altogether: Conflict. Learn how to create a culture that suffocates most of it, what to do when it pops up and how to handle those difficult conversations within your team.
“The keynote speaker gave some great information on how to improve my communication skills at work. I will definitely take that with me moving forward.” — ISAE’s Young Professionals Communications Summit, 2023
Decade Differences: Building a Better Team of All Ages
The workforce now has five different generations working side by side, each with their own unique core values shaped, in large part, by the state of the world and their experiences over the course of their lifetime. Let's talk about how to work together, appreciate the lenses of each generation and tackle the best ways to remain relevant as your career progresses.
“Generational differences (Boomers to Zoomers) was highly engaging. This awareness as we develop our teams is not addressed as often as it should be. Bring back more next year!” — INARF’s 2023 Annual Conference
“Boomers to Zoomers were my favorite! Obtained so much knowledge and am able to apply it to my professional life.” — INARF’s 2023 Annual Conference
Let's Get It Together — Together!
Improve workplace relationships (the key to success!) and sync communication on all fronts to maximize the efficiency, coordination and synergy of your team. Through group exercises and a deep understanding of personal leadership styles (DiSC), participants will learn how to work more effectively with others, coordinate and enhance trust as a team and create a solid foundation that allows everyone to thrive. (3-hour training)
Drivers of Change Series
A Shift in Relationships
Workplaces are shifting, moving toward more casual interactions between employees and a focus on relationships in an effort to build more cohesive and collaborative teams. Statistics show the shift is productive, boosting numbers for employee satisfaction and retention, profitability and more. Let's dig in to what meaningful relationships can do for your team.
A Shift to Leveling Up
Necessary skills for jobs are evolving swiftly—the half-life of a learned skill is just five years, which means that most of what you learned 10 years ago is obsolete, and half of what you learned 5 years ago is irrelevant. Automation is coming, but workers are still needed. In fact, a study from the National Federation of Independent Businesses said that 45 percent of small businesses were unable to find qualified applicants, and that 66 percent of jobs are vacant for more than 12 weeks. What does this mean for you and your industry and how can you emphasize learning new skills for yourself and your team?
A Shift in Tech
Technology is evolving faster than ever before. Robots, AI, blockchain, you name it - they're all changing the way we work and who we work with. Learn more about emerging tech and how it is changing the workforce as we know it. Find out the best way to embrace changes as they come your way (because they will!) and take advantage of new and different ways to work smarter, not harder.
A Shift in Work + Life
Balance implies that one stops where the other begins, that it’s easy to not do one while doing the other, and that if equal time and attention are paid to both, it’s a win. However, it’s rarely possible with drastic changes to the way we now work. Learn how to successfully show up for colleagues and clients and perhaps most important - your authentic self.
Strategic Planning
Carve out an innovative, growth-infused plan for the future through guided facilitation and expert advice.
Engage the right people
Having the right people in the room is key to building a vision for growth and success. We can help you figure out which key stakeholders to sit around the table and develop a successful strategy for the future.
Talking it through
Having a neutral outside party guide your team through strategic planning is so important - maybe the most important thing you can do in the process. We’ll create a collaborative environment where everyone feels valued and bring all the ideas to the table as we help you craft a comprehensive vision.
Strategic success
We’ve been part of strategic planning sessions for so many different organizations and industries, and we’ve learned a few things along the way. Let us share our experiences and help you miss those hurdles and capitalize on the many opportunities that come with strategic planning.
A guidebook for the future
Strategic planning can be exhausting. All those ideas, all that excitement about what’s coming your way. We can help you relax and focus by drilling down on the ideas of the day and creating an easy to follow guide for what your future vision really looks like.
Change Management
Let us work with you to strategize goals and identify change agents, assess risk and help build the best plan for holistic — and lasting — implementation.
Strategizing the change
Know you need change but just not sure how to get there? We can help evaluate your processes and procedures to find opportunities for improvement and growth.
Making a plan
Planning the implementation of change can be a big jumble of thoughts, ideas and opinions. Let us take the burden from you, and collect all the “goods” and turn them into thoughtful action.
Team readiness
Change is hard for everyone, especially organizations with history. Not to worry. We’ll work with your staff to build consensus and ready them for change, creating a prime environment for growth.
Reinforcing change
Implementing change isn’t enough. In order for success to stick, new processes or procedures must be reinforced with the team. We’ll help make sure you’re on the path to continued growth by creating lasting, effective change.
Other Services
Structure & Organization
We'll help you ditch the silo- structure in favor of a collaborative environment that works to meet company goals and objectives.
Event Experiences
Our Certified Meeting Professionals can help take your events to the next level, coordinating everything so you don't have to.
A Slice of Volunteer Management: The Good, Bad and Ugly
Volunteers are like... cheese. Sometimes you don't know which ones are the best until you try them out. And once you've found them, what's the best way to prepare - err, work with - them? We'll explore the similarities between this favorite food group and the volunteers we all work with to find better ways to find great ones, to build on their talent, time and energy, and what to do when you encounter those that don't quite mesh well with the rest of the meal - strike that, group. Leave with actionable recipes that lead to better volunteer management and collaboration to help your association better serve your members and the industry. Join the conversation - it will only be a little cheesy.
“Great speaker, applicable to many, very engaging!” — PASAE, October 2023
“Fun session. Wonderful interactive style.” — PASAE, October 2023
“Fantastic! Presenter was engaging and kept the program flow on point.” — PASAE, October 2023