1-Hour Series

Find the Joy, Be the Joy - Anyone else notice a rising increase in negativity out there?  By asking a question like that, I'm practically begging you to look for it and prove me right! But what if I ask you to prove me right - that there's also a whole lot of reasons to be joyful? If you knew for sure that you got back what you put out into the world, would you put out things like grouchiness, hostility, sarcasm, ridicule, and shame, or would you put out patience, kindness, helpfulness, forgiveness, grace, and joy?

What if I told you that there's there's strong evidence that people respond to us the way we show up for them. And what if there was truth to the idea that to show up with more joy, with more hope, with more light, we simply need to look for more of it - and it's EVERYWHERE!

This quick hit, one-hour course offers strategies and tactics in radical self-management, resilience, empathy, and in making workdays (and every day) better for the people around us. Join us to find the joy and be the joy!!

By attending this session participants will:

• Gain simple strategies in self-management to find the joy in their daily lives
• Practice tactics in resilience for rebounding after un-joyful encounters to find the joy again
• Gain tips and tools to be the joy for others, in the moment and from afar
• Practice reframing common messages that we encounter in times of distress to show empathy and still be joy-filled

Cliffs, Mountains & Slogging Through the Muck - If it’s true that the only thing that doesn’t change is that things keep changing, why does change seem to trip so many of us up?  Why does change itself seem to create so much distress (well, maybe not for me, but for everyone else around me), and what can I do about it?

Ok, let’s get real.  No one voluntarily signs up for a class on change, but this one’s different.  Everyone says they’re great at change, but what about when there’s so much change that you don’t even know what’s “familiar” anymore?  Or what about when you wanted the changes but the people next to you didn’t?  Or what about when you wanted the change at first, but now that we’re here, it doesn’t seem like a good idea anymore, at all?  Or what about when the change wasn’t your idea?  How do we keep things moving well when there’s change constantly afoot? Now more than ever, it’s critical for each of us to master the ability to anticipate and recognize change and keep ourselves up to speed and moving forward.

This session will help you do just that by giving you the tools and vocabulary necessary to move through with grace.  Through an engaging look at the processes everyone encounters during change and transition, our change expert will help you unpack the journey of change, so you can find what's predictable and constant through it all!

By attending this session, participants will:

• Draw a very simple model of change that will help you understand the stages of change, including the cliff, the muck, and the mountains ahead
• Identify one adjustment you can make to your own change approach that will make current and future changes just a little easier for you and those around you.

"It is What it is" Is a Crappy Way to Live - Are you tired of letting things happen to you? Have you had enough of feeling like things keep coming at you, and you're powerless to control anything?  Have you heard - one too many times - someone say, "welp, it is what it is".  What a crappy way to live!  Not one of us is as disempowered as those words would have us believe.  Want to see how to live differently?

Join us for one fast-paced hour to learn a handful of try-this-now tips you can use right away to take back the power in your day, strengthen your words, stand up straighter, and put some spring back into your step.

Use the tips for yourself, or pass them along to your colleagues and friends. Let's all have better days!

By attending this session participants will:

• gain simple lessons in how to use pattern finding to prevent avoidable pain
• practice one proven questions to prioritize risk management efforts
• engage with a tool to help you visualize potential future unknowns so they don't seem so unmanageable
• encounter a simple turn of phrase that helps you take the power back in any situation

It's Fine? Everything's Fine? Right? - Do you ever wonder if the situation is as safe for everyone else as you think it is for you?  Do you want to make it better for everyone around you? Looking back at the data around psychological safety, it turns out that the highest performing teams are not those who record the fewest mistakes, rather they’re the ones who feel most comfortable talking about their mistakes, learning from them, and moving forward.

IIn this session, we’ll explore a truth of psychological safety – that, like beauty, it depends on the eye of the beholder.  And we’ll cover ways to uncover whether we’re really making a situation safe for others or not.  When we own our mistakes, ask questions about what’s happening around us, feel free to explore and experiment within the context of where we’re working and what we’re doing, we can create high-performing, innovative, successful teams who have remarkably great workdays.  It doesn’t mean that everyone is comfortable all the time, but it does mean that we produce great results, and we trust each other.

By attending this session, participants will:

• Be reminded of the value and priority of psychological safety in the day-to-day work you do
• Gain examples of behaviors, skills, and tools that build psychological safety
• Practice a handful of sentences that set up habits and structures for fostering psychological safety

Change and Distress with Resilience and Calm - If it’s true that the only thing that doesn’t change is change itself, then why do some people get through change easier than others? Why does it create so much distress for others?  How do I help myself and others through change with less distress and more calm?  Now more than ever, it’s critical for each of us to master the ability to anticipate and recognize change and keep ourselves up to speed and moving forward.  This session will help you do just that by giving you the tools and vocabulary necessary to move through with grace.

Through an engaging look at the processes everyone encounters during change and transition, including the 5 key messages that most of us need along the way, our change expert will help you unpack one of the most disruptive forces in the workplace, with the end goal of helping you recognize the change appetites around you and move yourself and others through with less distress, more calm, and overall - less pain!

By attending this session, participants will:

• Practice describing the process of “change” succinctly and memorably.
• Gain easy-to-apply tools to help themselves and others through change with minimal pain and disruption
• Encounter proven tips to help recognize and manage distress

Get More Done Now - Learn how to spend the right amount of time on the things that matter most. If you are feeling overwhelmed by too much to do, flooded with too many items in your inbox, desperate to delegate but not sure how to let go, or just plain not sure where to start, try this quick hit set of tools to get more done right now!

In today’s busy workplace, we can’t spend the same amount of time and energy on every task or email that crosses our desk. Learn how to spend the right amount of time on the things that matter most.  Problem solving expert Sinikka Waugh will teach you to tackle prioritization, delegation, self-management, and other valuable time-management techniques using our tried-and-true 3-step problem solving process. You’ll assess what’s really going on, create a plan to get back on track, and the rest is up to you–but we’ll give you plenty of tips and techniques to keep your attention on the right tasks at the right time.

By attending this course, participants will:

• Gain a tool for prioritizing the most common time management hurdles that trip us up
• Identify tips and techniques for everyday time drags that get in our way
• Commit to at least one proven way to take your time back.

I Can't Make Up My Mind - Everyone has to make decisions, but sometimes making those decisions can be a painful experience. Get a clear picture of common decision-making mistakes, along with tools and tricks to avoid the pain.

When we struggle to make decisions, it’s helpful to get to the bottom of why we’re struggling.  Are we feeling pressured? Are we missing information?  Do we have the right people making the call?  During this one-hour session, you’ll get a clear picture (and some detailed anecdotes) of common decision-making mistakes, along with tools and tricks to help you avoid the pain, including four common decision-making styles, and multiple techniques to help you decide how you’ll, well, decide!

By attending this course, participants will:

• Hear and relate to common decisions from people who work in projects, teams, and organizations just like yours
• Identify 3 common fail points of decisions in an organizational context and how to avoid them
• Identify 4 common decision types & how they apply
• Follow 5 simple steps to effective decision making
• Practice using the 1 question that makes all the difference to effective decision-making in an organizational context

Just Keep Breathing: Tips for Self-Regulation - Description to follow soon.