Michael Lewis Training, Motivation And Development
E-mail: info@michaellewistraining.com
Our Featured Retreat
Topics
Typically
delivered as full-day workshops, these topics and themes have been selected by
organizations that see value in investing a staff / leadership retreat…
Building
Stronger Workplace Relationships ...With Effective Communication!
A full day
workshop dedicated to defining, developing and improving communication
strategies in individuals as they cope with a changing and challenging
workplace environment. A comprehensive and often fascinating view on how we
communicate to ourselves, coach ourselves, learn and adapt, and how to
communicate to others! This workshop
strives to create a foundation for the establishment of new and productive
communication habits that are as applicable at work as they are throughout
life.
The workshop
introduces...
* the communication “syntax” of “
listen, think, speak!”
* the art and science of effective
listening.
* improving personal phone skills and
written communication.
* the three primary learning approaches
( auditory, visual and kinesthetic).
* the four primary personality profiles.
( driver, amiable, analytical and expressive).
* building self-confidence / minimizing
self-criticism / self-doubt.
* ten ways to make your workplace a more
pleasant (and productive) place.
* developing rapport and building
interpersonal relationships.
* assertive yet non-intimidating
personal meetings.
* coping and communicating with
difficult people and challenging situations.
* resolving conflict and diffusing
stressful situations.
* ten new communication skills that you
need to start ... today!!!
Promotional
Summary
A very complete
communications workshop that strives to demonstrate how building positive
communication builds positive workplace relationships. Before we attempt to communicate our needs,
wants and desires, we’ll discover HOW other people listen, interpret and
learn. By discovering how other people
learn and interpret information, you can unlock their learning strategy every time
and connect accurately and consistently with your message.
True Leadership
For True Leaders!
A full day
workshop for existing manager and supervisors to develop the art of leading
people to achieve their professional goals and objectives to build a workplace
environment in which teamwork and team effort predominate. Building on
previously acquired communications skills, this dynamic workshop provides
high-level interpersonal leadership skills that foster greater communication,
productivity and morale.
The workshop discusses
in detail and provides group discussion / exercises in ...
* the leadership paradigm of L.B.E. (
Leadership By Example).
* quantifying performance, service
excellence (team) and personal excellence ( individual).
* goal setting (personal vs. team) and
goal getting!
* project planning and leadership / team
alignment.
* ten techniques that can build
leadership into leaders.
* staff empowerment “ redefined “ and
refocused.
* group discussion on - “competence vs. compliance” / “morale vs.
productivity”.
* attributes and approaches of winning
teams through winning coaches / mentors.
* “full circle” feedback -
placement, listening, observing, acknowledging, action, follow-up.
* the art of delegation, follow-up and
constructive feedback.
* very effective personal and team
meetings / “huddles”.
* time / priority management and team
training skills.
Promotional
Summary
A comprehensive
full-day leadership workshop for managers and supervisors that are seeking
solutions and new approaches for common and uncommon leadership
challenges. Built around developing
constructive group dialogue, this workshop offers something for every manager
or supervisor to take back to his or her teams and evolve their management
style into an effective leadership approach.
From morale to
motivation, from issues of increasing productivity and improving workplace
communication, this day brings a “toolbox” of leadership techniques to the table and the knowledge of
how to apply effective interpersonal skills inside the workplace.
Managing And
Mastering Change!
“ It matters is
NOT what happens to us in life
... BUT our responses and personal choices
in times of challenges!”
There are two
distinct focuses on change management, both of which are inter-related
and interconnected. We will look at
managing change in a constantly changing workplace environment. We’ll take a long look at the demands of
change in our personal lives. At the end of the workshop, we will conclude that
change in itself is in fact more of a personal challenge ... of which I believe
... we ARE up to!
The workshop
discusses in ...
Why We May Resist Change
Not all change is progress ... but all
progress requires change!
Learn why change threatens some folks
and synergizes others!
The Predictability Principle
Change upsets predictability ... and we
like predictability!
Discover a new paradigm of how to see
the world ... and your part in it!
The Ultimate Personal Power
How see / interpret change and your
personal response (choice) to it ...
ultimately defines you.
Choices Through Change - Challenges And
Opportunities!
Change IS going to happen. Learn how to
see the challenges as opportunities for personal and professional growth.
From Change To Transition
Change is often an event or series of
events which is external to our lives.
Transition is the “re-orientation” that
happens inside each of us as we adapt.
The Adaptability Skill
Perhaps THE most useful skill that you
can nurture in yourself ... is the ability to adapt and evolve!
Discover the steps in adapting through
change.
Ten Ways You Can Help Others Cope
Effectively With A Changing Environment
Those who can change and adapt ... can
learn how to help others with the challenge.
Taking It Home... Advice To Coping With
Change In Your Personal Life!
Finally, your new skills can be brought
“home” into your personal life and the lives of your loved ones.
Promotional
Summary
Every progressive
organization changes and this workshop provides practical and positive
solutions to help people… help others and themselves through the dynamics of
change! Constant change seems to be
the ONLY predictable experience in today’s workplace. How you personally cope
with change and help other people through it, says a lot about you, your
character and your personal choices and can determine your career success.
Learn how to grow, adapt and evolve emotionally, mentally, and
intellectually through change and challenge ... and be strengthened by the
experience. An uplifting workshop for those folks immersed in a constantly
changing life ... or about to be!
Leadership
Through Conflict: Opportunities For Growth!
The upside of
analyzing and resolving a conflict is that it can be catalyst for both personal
and organizational growth. This workshop attempts to better understand the
dynamics of conflict and the important role and opportunity that leadership
plays in resolution. Progressive leaders learn to see conflict as a dialogue
initiator and a process to define and sustain relationships. The end result is
that leaders can then create a workplace environment in which conflict
resolution becomes an employee-initiated process and to reinforce important
leadership concepts that build stronger team based workplaces. An added
component of this workshop is a “roundtable” discussion so that leaders can
listen to the perspectives and suggestions of group participants.
The workshop
explores ...
Overview On Conflict Resolution
Four Perspectives
On Conflict Resolution
Changing Our View
On Conflict / Common Communication Blocks
Relating Personality Profiles To Leadership / Conflict
Challenges
Six Steps To Resolving Conflict While Sustaining Productive
Relationships
Roundtable Session 1 Statement
for discussion ...
“ I’ve had some success in
resolving conflict by ...”
Coping And
Communicating With Difficult People
Ten Approaches To
Common Leadership Challenges
Four Effective
Leadership Models ( Part One)
Four Effective
Leadership Models ( Part Two )
Evolving
Leadership For The Future...
Roundtable
Session 2 Statement
for discussion...
“ If I could
change the current management style to one of my own design, I’d ...”
Promotional
Summary
As it is
inevitable that conflict will occasionally occur even inside the best teams and
with people with strong interpersonal skills, this workshop clearly addresses
how any conflict can be a learning and growing experience for the individuals
involved and an opportunity for the organization to create useful dialogue
through challenging issues.
The core skills
in this workshop allow individuals to recognize that leadership styles and
personality styles play the most significant determiner of how conflict may
occur. In organized “ roundtable formats”,
participants can
dialogue and discuss what they’ve learned through conflict and share positive
approaches and suggestions.
Building Personal Confidence And Self-Esteem!
This
workshop explores self-esteem in depth and expands on the important role it
plays in our professional lives. Self-Esteem and self-confidence affects our
ability to make confident decisions and choices, assists us in our ability to
work through change and challenge and provides the basis for our ability to
address criticism and failure in a more productive manner. Broken into four distinct sections, we’ll
spend a day discussing four constructive and positive habits and approaches to
building our self-esteem and self-confidence in the workplace.
Lesson # 1. Improving Our Self-Concept With Improved
Internal Communication
Exercise # 1.
Group
participants discuss and list the “daily messages” that are personally received
in their workplace, their perceptions of what they mean and construct new
interpretation and communication to build a more positive approach.
Lesson # 2. Creating Personal Success Through Creative,
Constructive Visualization
Exercise # 2.
Group
participants create constructive visualizations to aid in problem solving and “
brainstorming”. A component on “blue-skying” will be introduced with the goal
of reinforcing the power and value of imagination and cognitive thinking has on
personal value.
Lesson # 3. Choice Management: 101
Exercise # 3.
Group
participants work together to discuss recent events and challenges that they
have faced in their workplaces ... discuss how they coped with these challenges
... and learn how they can approach these challenges differently and more
effectively in the future.
Lesson # 4. Supercharging Yourself and Your Self-Esteem
Every Day!
Exercise # 4.
Group
participants create a master list of solutions on how they can personally
through realistic and attainable choices improve their workplace conditions,
attitudes and productivity. We develop our self-esteem best through a positive
and purposeful environment.
Promotional
Summary
We can’t change
what happens in life, but we can build ourselves up to be stronger, more resilient,
confident individuals ... who can then contribute to making their own world a
better place to live and work. Your self-esteem profoundly affects EVERY aspect
of your life... learn how to build yourself up, in a challenging world! This
workshop has been described as a workshop that empowers and challenges
participants to work everyday on their self-improvement ... and to enjoys the
benefits of doing so.
How To Stay Positive, Motivated, Focused And
Energized!
An empowering
half-day workshop that is purely motivational. Originally targeted as a
purposely upbeat workshop to raise morale, it is often selected as a “reward”
for staff / management that have achieved!
The Ultimate
Power Of Personal Choice!
How We Create
Empowering Beliefs ... Or Crippling Self-Limitations!
How To
Self-Motivate / Coach Yourself
How To Grow A
"Success Mentality"
10 Great Ways To
Stay Positive, Productive And Focused!
The Five-Minute
Daily Pep Talk ...And How To Make It Work!
Creative
Visualization For Problem Solving!
Success
Strategies That Work!
Coping
Effectively With Stress ... Personally!
Daily Personal
Time ...How To Regain Your Perspective!
Promotional
Summary
Discover how
energized, focused and productive people ARE energized, focused and productive.
Learn how to “win” before you play. Learn how to consistently coach yourself to
succeed through any challenge. Master the inner critic and supercharge your
potential through gradual but sustaining personal development. This workshop is
a purely motivational experience designed to instill an “I Can” attitude that
in time and practice creates an “ I Am” lifestyle.
The Art Of Delegation: How To Delegate
Responsibility With Respect!
Delegation IS an
essential process in any workplace because we often need the co-operative
efforts of others to achieve results. This workshop is ideal for individuals
that must delegate responsibility to others and wish to do so in a positive,
productive manner! Delegation can free
a manager or supervisor to focus on more important tasks and projects while
allowing staff to become more confident and competent with new tasks and responsibilities.
Defining
Delegation
Attitude IS
Everything
Choose Your
Approach
Clarify The
Delegated Task(s)
Show Me / Tell Me
Technique.
Set Your Limits, Share Your Expectations
How To “Let Go”!
How And Why
Freedom With Responsibility Wins Workplace Respect.
Building The
Constructive Habit
Final Tips On
Delegation
Promotional
Summary
Discover how
delegation and the appropriate and timely follow-up can build relationships and
strengthen your organization. Create WIN / WIN scenarios in every correctly
delegated task and witness how responsibility builds morale and productivity.
Our Contact
Information/ Booking Availability
E-mail:
info@michaellewistraining.com
Internet:
www.michaellewistraining.com
Telephone: (519) 453-4264 (London, Ontario)
Proudly
Canadian.
We are located
in London, Ontario.
If you do
what you've always done ...You'll get what you've always gotten...!
If you think
what you’ve always thought …You’ll get what you’ve always got…!
New results
require new thinking and new action!
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