Many teams in organizations don’t currently have a solid foundation to be as successful as you could be in your work together – we find that teams often have multiple barriers to getting the best results possible. We want to help your team be successful NOW, rather than later!

In this program, you will learn how to:

1. Help your team start the new year (or a new project) energized and positioned for success
2. Create and utilize a common vision and rules of engagement that will ensure your team is working together cohesively
3. Immediately jump start your team toward improved performance and staying in higher efficiency mode
   

Anyone leading or working on a team that is kicking off a new project or wants to start the new year off with a team that is aligned and positioned for success.

Beyond the Project:

5 Critical Factors for Your Team’s Success on Any Project

Most teams work on projects, in one form or another, and we find that most teams are focused on the project results but not on the inner workings of the project team itself. The irony is that teams which DO focus on the inner workings of the team typically get better results and have more fun along the way!

During this program, you will learn important details on the 5 critical factors that can help your team be successful with any project:

1. Improve productivity by optimizing positivity
2. Practice highly effective communication
3. Create and utilize team agreements
4. Measure and discuss your project team’s strengths and weaknesses
5. Create and utilize a project team development plan

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Every team experiences stress in their work together, at one point or another during the life cycle of their team. The stress can be due to different factors – changes within a team or within your organization, too many projects on a team’s plate, team members changing frequently, conflict within the team and/or personal issues causing stress for team members which spills over into their work life.

This program will help you:

1. Realize connection between Relaxation, Camaraderie and High-Performing Teams
2. Utilize the “Every Reaction is a Choice” tool to decrease stress under pressure
3. Create a plan to invest in your team’s self care (as well as your own self care!)
4. Learn to say “no” to requests that fall outside of your team’s plan so you can say “yes” to the things that matter
   

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Most teams are comprised of members with different personalities and different communication styles, which can make communications challenging until those differences are understood. In addition, team members are extremely busy and pressured with multiple projects, which results in communication breakdowns, unnecessary project delays and stress. Virtual teams have an even greater challenge with communication because they must rely on technology and intentional interactions to communicate effectively. Improving your team’s communication is critical to reducing stress, averting unnecessary delays, and becoming the foundation for your team’s enhanced productivity.

Learn how to do this in three easy steps:

1. Understand the top 3 reasons why team communications break down
2. Utilize the 3 most critical tools to help your team break through their communication barrier
3. Calculate the bottom-line results of a team’s communication: is your team’s communication costing or contributing to your organization’s bottom line?
   

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Mindfulness is the practice of becoming aware of each moment, as each moment occurs. In order to be mindful, we need to be in the present moment FULLY, not multi-tasking or thinking about one thing while doing another. When our team members are mindful, the benefits are unlimited – teams are more happy with their work, they produce better results, and also have more effective relationships with their team members.

During this program, you will learn how to:

1. Get clarity on WHO you want to be with your team – what type of team member? What type of leader?
2. Determine WHAT you need to do differently to be that person
3. Determine HOW you can inspire others on your team to be their best
4. Create specific intentions / action plans for intentional, mindful leadership and teamwork to yield successful results
   

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Work-Life Balance and Successful Leadership: Connect the Dots for Maximum Effectiveness

Leaders and team members don’t often “connect the dots” or realize that if they take care of themselves by creating more balance in their lives, they ultimately become more effective and productive leaders and team members. Operating at maximum effectiveness includes many things - staying grounded under pressure, being present with your team, striving toward results, and having a healthy balance of time with family/friends, eating right, exercising and having a life outside of work to replenish your energy.

In this program, you will learn to achieve this for yourself by learning how to:

1. Identify the obstacles keeping you in that high stress, “stuck on a work treadmill” place
2. Develop strategies to overcome the obstacles preventing you from being more balanced
3. Learn to say “no” more often and with confidence so that you can say “yes” to YOU
4. Create a personalized strategic plan to help you achieve greater work-life balance in order to become a more effective leader
   

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Where’s My Team: 5 Steps to Creating Effective Virtual and Remote Teams

Many virtual / remote teams don’t perform at optimal capacity because the team members don’t interact personally (all business!), they don’t make time for personal relationships and building trust, they don’t have a common mission/vision they can connect to so that everyone is on the same page and they don’t know what they can count on from each other because they haven’t set expectations about how they’ll work together.

During this program, you will learn the five keys to your virtual team working together more effectively even though team members are in different locations:

1. Create common mission/vision for greater alignment from different locations
2. Understand communication and cultural differences (including preferences)
3. Create communication agreements
4. Develop solid relationships (including trust)
5. Appreciate benefits of your team’s diversity

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Who Are You as Leader?: 

Clarify Your Intentions and Be the Leader Your Team Needs for Success

Everyone on your team is a leader, regardless of who holds the title of the “designated” leader. The challenge, though, is that most leaders are busy putting out fires every day and working on the “urgent” but perhaps not the “important” aspects of work, which includes paying attention to your leadership effectiveness. When greater intentionality and impact is practiced, the easier it is for leaders and teams to achieve the results that your organizations are counting on you for.

In this program, you will:

1. Get clarity on WHO you want to be as a leader in order to lead your team to success (it’s time to start bringing ALL of your authentic self into your work!)
2. Determine WHAT you need to do differently to be that leader you want to be
3. Create specific intentions / action plans to break through the obstacles for intentional leadership and teamwork to yield successful results
   

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