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“I am a reformed perfectionist and I think the workshop was a great fun experience and that why I participated. I have done a good amount of reading/research in this area so nice to have a learning experience. “

Training and Professional Development Programs

PERFECTING IMPERFECTION: HOW TO MAKE NICE WITH YOUR IMPERFECT ME

According to research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, “…employees higher in perfectionism likely experience higher levels of emotional exhaustion and reduced efficacy given the extreme expectations they place on themselves at work and their tendency to doubt their ability to fulfill job demands.” While perfectionism can guide us towards achieving goals, this assumptive thinking can limit our success. Talented employees find themselves held back by perfectionism and anxiety, which leads to stifled creativity, self-censorship, toxic work environments, and higher turnover rates. Other negative side effects of the “perfectionism trap” include unsustainable long project completion times, fear and doubt around sharing new ideas and strategies, and a blockage in the spirit of collaboration in your workplace.

Through play and creative license, we will explore and challenge common perfectionistic tendencies to discover the unexpected ways we can use perfectionism to our advantage. This workshop is a fun, research-informed training that toggles between experiential and reflective learning, and helps participants get to the core of their perfectionist tendencies, unlocking profound breakthroughs in productivity, happiness, and collaboration throughout an organization.

This workshop is designed to help your employees, teams, leaders, and organization:

-Locate where perfectionism limits progress and innovation

-Develop strategies to overcome perfectionism-driven stress, anxiety, and burnout

-Find ways to acknowledge and celebrate even the smallest achievements

-Inspire a culture of collaboration and enjoyment without sacrificing quality

-Increase tolerance for risk and uncertainty to encourage outside-the-box thinking

Offered in 3-hour workshops, full day seminars, and extended engagements, this transformational experience is an enriching and effective way to address this very real problem.

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CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE and EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Keeping customers, clients, and employees engaged can be challenging in this distracting times. This workshop focuses on the key elements needed to initiate engagement and retain it over time. Immersive and hands-on, program participants leave with new skills that will allow them to garner the engagement they are hoping for.

COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE FOR LEADERS

Organizational leaders can facilitate their own success by employing superior communication practices during value-latent interpersonal exchanges. This experiential workshop will explore the direct relationship between communication competence and the ability to extract desired value, both within and external to the organization. We explore potential value points within these interactions, how they tie into organizational success, and how to develop communication practices that allow that value to be extracted.

LISTENING, LISTENING, LISTENING

One essential components of professional communication, Active Listening, is commonly underdeveloped, underleveraged, and overlooked. Having this critical skill as part of your communication repertoire is critical for effectively managing resistance and conflict, building empathy and consensus, and ultimately influencing change and action. This is especially true when navigating across boundaries of difference, a capability that is of increasing importance across all industries. Active listening is of the most versatile tools one can leverage to explore unfamiliar territory, influence and engage diverse stakeholders, and build the trust required to successfully lead.

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