At this time there is no training scheduled but below is an example of a past training session:
Current Course Offering: Enhancing Leadership Capacity
Enhancing Leadership Capacity is a two-day course that is designed to provide management professionals the opportunity to reflect, learn and grow. Each person will cultivate their capacity as a leader and professional role model who motivates staff and inspires loyalty. The course uses a model of Emotional Intelligence and Diversity as the framework for learning. We teach Compassionate Communication and Appreciative Inquiry which are very effective tools in working with others in both good and challenging times. Each participant will also take the Strength Deployment Inventory (SDI), a time tested instrument which gives us reliable information on what motivates us and how we behave when things are calm and also how our priorities and behavior change in the face of opposition or conflict. Course participants will:
Gain insight into…
- Their natural response to uncertainty and conflict
- Their leadership capacity and opportunities for growth
- What motivates them and their colleagues
- Their own rich and complex diversity
- How difference impacts work
Learn strategies to…
- Better manage conflict and team dynamcis through awarenesses gained in the SDI
- Communicate using Compassionate Communication
- Address challenging issues using Appreciative Inquiry
- Cultivate Emotional Intelligence across all aspects of life
- Foster group cohesion
- Delegate successfully
Foster professional success through…
- Understanding the basics of (and how to apply) Emotional Intelligence in your work
- A Professional Development Plan incorporating learning with strategic personal goals
- Practicing new skills during the course
- The identification of a Mentor
Course date, time and location: Mondays June 20th and June 27th from 8:45 – 4:00 at the Kennedy School – 5736 NE 33rd Avenue in Portland, OR 97211
Course fee: $335/per person * $300/person if registered by 6/1/11 * $265/person if 3 or more attend from one organization
Course Fee Includes:
- 2 books
- Course notebook & supplies
- The administration and analysis of the SDI
- Morning coffee
- Lunch
- Afternoon snack
Training Approach
We work to create an inviting and gentle environment where people can safely explore aspects of themselves in relation to their professional development. We provide solid content that is co-created with the organizations we work with. We incorporate current research that directly relates to the industry within which we are training and modify our training methods as needed in response to ever changing group dynamics.
We work with groups from all industries that range typically from 6 to 150 people. Sessions range from 4 hours to 4 days in length. Our training techniques significantly improve the long term impact of course learning and foster the incorporation of learned skills into participants’ work patterns. We weave the conceptual framework of emotional intelligence as it relates to diversity throughout most of what we do. The reason for this is that we believe that a primary cause of interpersonal and team dysfunction is rooted in how we perceive others and the assumptions we make about others – which result in how we treat each other.
Our approach to diversity goes beyond the traditional definition of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, etc. We explore the multitude and complexity of cultural influences that reside within each of us: influences that inform how we view and then treat others.