1. Trusted Voice Talent
“The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. Are the followers reaching their potential? Are they learning? Serving? Do they achieve the required results? Do they change with grace? Manage conflict?” - Max de Pree, Leadership is an Art
Unresolved miscommunications are draining resources, productivity, and energy. Talent that can expertly navigate conflict in healthy, constructive ways often find new allies and insights.
Building Your Unique Confidence
Confidence is constantly at risk of being diminished. Participants will gain insight into their unique roadblocks and learn confidence-building strategies. They will learn the power of building their Board of Directors to offer honest feedback and advocate on their behalf to benefit their career and the organization.
Becoming Conflict Competent
Many leaders are self-proclaimed conflict-avoidants. Others seek conflict. Both responses are equal. In this program, participants will gain strategies and tactics to enhance their natural responses to conflict, learn healthy communication styles, and build constructive behaviors to handle conflict.
Leading Difficult Conversations
Difficult conversations tend to be avoided because professionals shy away from the uncomfortable and the fear of polarizing their relationships. Participants will learn strategies and tactics to engage in productive conversations that address challenges and deepen relationships. They will understand where and why they are avoiding having difficult conversations.
Becoming a World-Class Listener
Good listeners aren’t born. Instead, world-class listeners deliberately practice this skill, even when distracted or their audience is irritating. The skill can be learned. Participants will gain awareness of their blind spots to listening, strategies to regain focus, stop interrupting, and demonstrate that they are listening to their audience.
Building Male Allies
Approximately 96% of organizations demonstrate gender inclusion progress when men are involved, compared to only 30% when they are not. Participants (including male attorneys) will learn to identify male ally behaviors, techniques to enroll men as allies, potential obstacles to becoming an ally, and strategies to overcome them. Developing male allies is a proven way to advance women into leadership opportunities with your firm.
Building Relationship Capital
Relationships within and outside our employers are crucial to career satisfaction and advancement. The challenge is that these relationships tend to be neglected due to busyness and lack of investment until a desperate need arises. Participants will learn techniques to build and consistently enhance their relationship capital throughout their careers.
Navigating Generational Diversity
For the first time in history, there are five generations in the workplace, with five different communication styles and expectations. In this session, participants will learn how to adjust their communication styles for each generation, manage conflicts, and promote a positive work culture by leveraging strengths. You will then retain your top talent and drive business success by fostering a sense of belonging and inclusivity.
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2. Trusted Voice Leaders
"Trust is the essence of Leadership." - Colin Powell, Former United States Secretary of State
Your everyday communication affects your ability to be a respected leader and grow professionally. During this interactive training experience, participants learn cutting-edge communication skills, tools, and strategies to become respected leaders.
Utilizing Strong Leadership Language
Our language can be an inhibitor to influencing those around us. The use of weak language unintentionally undermines our effectiveness. Participants will learn to communicate effectively by eliminating weak vocabulary and habits and replacing them with strong leadership language.
Setting and Maintaining Boundaries
Boundaries are essential for leaders to amplify their impact and influence. Participants will identify effective and ineffective boundaries they are currently practicing. They will reflect on how they currently use boundaries, different types, and common violations. They will be motivated to incorporate new boundaries to support their priorities and needs.
Design Your Executive Presence
Our presence is vital to leading with influence and authority. Participants will learn how to own the room and gain trust and credibility. They will gain strategies and skills to set boundaries and prioritize their relationships and business development efforts.
Mastering the Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Feedback is one of the most avoided conversations for many leaders, but it is one of the most effective tools for employees to understand what they need to continue doing to be successful. Participants will learn how to give and receive impactful feedback.
Mastering Effective Delegation Strategies
Delegating can be an obstacle for high-performers to excel in their careers. Participants will learn strategies to empower their team members and achieve better results. They will gain insight into their own obstacles and tactics to employ instead.
Motivating and Influencing Others for Lasting Impact
Leaders can, but often don't, create an impact and legacy when they are on vacation or move to a different role. Participants will enhance their skills to inspire their team members to make decisions, handle conflict, and create a positive and productive work environment.
3. Trusted Voice Teams
“Good leaders organize and align people around what the team needs to do. Great leaders motivate and inspire people with why they’re doing it. That’s purpose. And that’s the key to achieving something truly transformational.” – Marillyn Hewson, American former Chairperson, President, & Chief Executive Officer at Lockheed Martin
Your teams' technical expertise, smarts, and connections helped them get where they are today. However, these same skills that got them here aren't the same that will keep them moving forward. Your team’s greatest success comes from building upon trust and alignment.
Developing an Engaging High-Performing Team
Team development is a constant focus for many leaders. In this session, participants will examine team formation, learn about the balance between team performance and team health, and develop team agreements to strengthen their experience.
Strategic Communications with Emergenetics™
Understanding how people prefer to think and behave simplifies human interaction. In this session, participants will learn their communication preferences and how to close the gap between their intentions and actual impact. This build self-awareness, and Participants complete the Emergenetics™ online assessment before this session.
*Participants will complete a 15-minute online Emergenetics Profile prior to session.
Assess Gaps in Teams
Organizations can grapple with misalignment, uncoordinated silos, or leadership change. Quarreling, withholding information, or avoiding hard conversations can break team values and communication without a commitment and perspective to change. Identify your team’s strengths and challenges so you can co-create action plans to build healthy, happy, and high-performing teams.
*Participants will complete a 15-minute Better Teams Assessment prior to session.
Navigating Challenges to Build Environments of Trust
Organizations often grapple with misalignment, siloed coordination, and leadership transitions in our ever-evolving landscape. Quarreling, withholding information, and avoiding crucial conversations can break team values and communication. Without a commitment to change and a fresh perspective, these challenges persist. Focusing on identifying team strengths and challenges and pinpointing areas contributing to misalignments, participants will gain insights into your team’s dynamics to address underlying issues and co-create actionable plans for a positive transformation. They will understand the specifics of creating an environment that generates lasting trust through psychological safety.
*Participants will complete a 3-minute online Organizational Scan prior to session.
4. Trusted Voice Organizations
“When it comes to building trust, organizations should remember two key principles: every stakeholder counts—from shareholders to employees, customers, ecosystem partners and wider society—and action is key. Trust is demonstrated by organizations performing with a high degree of competence coupled with positive intent.” - Michael Bondar, Deloitte Global Enterprise Trust Leader.
Trusted Voice Organizations are engaged, communicative, interdependent, aligned, and adaptive. Aligning teams and cultivating a healthier communication culture fosters confidence and influential voices. Organizations then stand out for being deliberate leaders and teams, attracting talent and clients.
Building your Organization through Relationships
Long-term success in your organization greatly depends on the quality of your relationships and less on the quantity of your relationships. Participants will learn strategies to build relationship capital and network with purpose. They will understand the mistakes they may be making, which are time-consuming yet ineffective.
Aligned Teams Systems and Strategy
Organizational growth depends on the consistency of your efforts. In this session, participants will learn how to rethink their tactics and gain practical tools to foster collaboration, trust, and communication within their firms. They will learn how the Titanium Rule transforms your leadership approach, drive organizational success, and stand out in today's dynamic landscape.