In US We Trust
“Establishing a Trusting and Ethical Work Environment and Culture”
- Think of someone you trust
- Barriers to Workplace trust
- Bridges to Building Workplace Trust
- Trust/Ethics/Character defined
- Definition of Integrity
- The Circle of Mistrust
- The 5 Credit withdrawals
- The 5 Credit deposits
- Walking the Ethical chalk line
Servant Leadership
“Walking and Talking the Talk”
- The Servant leader and his value System
- Roles, responsibilities and expectations of the Team Leader
- Definition of the Leader/Follower
- leadership differentiation from management.
- Characteristics that make for an effective leader
- Sharing the Vision values and mission with others
- Recognize the Leader’s own barriers to success
- Leader’s personality style and influence
- Recognize others’ personality styles
Lessons from the Locker Room
“Coaching Tools, Tips and Techniques for Premium Performance
- Definition of coaching and a coach
- the Coach’s Needs/ The players needs
- How to Coach on the Fly- 5 minute coaching
- How to Coach employees to a greater level of performance
- How to Give Positive Feedback and feedback for improvement
- Coaching Plan for improved Performance
- The Coaches 30 day workout
- The Bug Report for ongoing Communication
- Conducting Effective, Result-oriented meetings
- How to coach the Stellar Performer, the Middle Performer and the Falling performer
- Ways to praise the Players
- Attention to Retention- Tools to keep your best players
- Delegation tactics
- Building Trust with the Players-Tactics for developing integrity
We Building
“Tools, Tips, & Techniques for High Performing Teams”
- Team Mission , vision and values statement
- Bleeding vs hemorraghing
- Recognize the purpose and value in forming a team
- Using the diversity of each team member to the team’s advantage
- Team Development Profile
- Strengths and undeveloped stengths of each player
- Challenges, Exciting, What I’d do if I were the Leader Exercise
- The Bug Report feedback tool
Changing Lanes
“Embracing change inside and outside the organization”
- Changes facing the leader inside and outside the organization
- Recognize situations requiring change leadership
- Communicating changes in a way that builds support for the team
- Identify the stages of change –releasing the old, period of neutrality, new beginning
- Principles for being a change agent
- Personal accountability for handling change
- Tips for personally coping with change
- Techniques for Building commitment during change
- Ways to support employees during change
Ways to Praise
“Giving Attention to Retention & Recognition”
- Why we stay on the job
- How to connect with the employee
- What workers want from their job
- Why we take a job in order of preference
- Top motivators for the Employee
- 50 Ways to Praise that cost nothing or very little.
- Ways to Make Deposits and ways to make withdrawals
- How to give Individual recognition
- Care packages for monthly recognition
- Employee of the Moment vs Employee of the Month
- Raising spirit as a strategic inititative
Mad Now Disease
“Dealing with Conflict and Anger on the Team & in the Workplace”
- Recognize behaviors and attitudes that can lead to conflict
- Recognize preferred personal conflict strategy
- Apply the most effective conflict resolution strategy based on the situation at hand.
- conflict Intervention by using collaboration formula
- P.E.A.C.E. Negotiation
- Handling rage and anger in the workplace
- Collaboration vs combativeness
Serve-Us From the Heart
“Exceeding the Internal/External Customers Expectations”
- Walk the Talk and talk the chalk
- Definition of excellence
- 70/50 Principle
- The Freezer, Factory, Friendly and Fabulous Service Zones
- Fishlosophy! with Passion
- Moments of Truth
- Hear me, Encourage me, Acknowledge me, Recognize me, Trust me
- Employee #1, Customer is #2-Contented Cows Do Give Better Milk
- Catering and Caring via customer focused delivery principles
- Tactics for “Standing Above the Crowd of Look alike’s.”
- Walkers and Talkers
Presenting with Presence
“Critical Success Factors for making a Powerful presentation”
- Defining your Presentation Strengths and Undeveloped Strengths
- The 10 Worst Fears
- Things to Know about your Audience
- What Makes Us Fearful?
- How to overcome your fears
- 3 Questions Every Audience will ask about the Presenter
- The Bakers Dozen for Presenting With Pizazz!
- Close Encounters of the Right Kind-Eye Contact
- How Fast Do You Speak Exercise
- mind Your Mannerisms!
- 3 Vital Delivery Skills
- Are you Red White or Blue?
- Creating Visuals that Connect with the Audience
Encore performance
“Getting Stellar Performance out of your Players”
- The Performance Challenge Worksheet
- People and Performance Enhancement Principles
- The Giving and Receiving End
- What the Employee thinks when he or she hears the word Performance Appraisal
- What the manager thinks when he or she hears the word performance appraisal
- The three “C” reasons for poor team performance
- Feedback: the Breakfast of Champions
- Conducting the performance Expectations Dialogue
- Pitfalls to Performance Reviews
Juggle Struggle
Getting more out of your Day and meetings when Multi-tasking
- Time tips for Greater planning
- Putting your MPSS Goals in Writing
- The Value of Time-The 86,400 Principle
- Organizing your Workspace
- Books, Desk, Mail, Memos and files
- Organized vs Clutter
- The pack Rat Test
- Phone numbers, addresses and business cards
- Tips when traveling away from the office
- The Dirty Dozen
Art of Decision-Making
- The Life Decision Assessment
- Decisions whether, Decisions which, contingent decisions
- 7 Step Decision-making process
- 12 Practical Decision making tips
- 3 dangers in making poor decisions
- Overcoming “decidophobia”
- When not to make decisions
- Characteristics of great decision makers
- Making wise decisions based on your personal value system
Business Etiquette: Putting Your Best Fork Forward
- Fine Dining Skills,
- Formal Introductions,
- Entering A Room And Mingling
- The Art Of Conversation,
- Proper Handshaking, And
- Other Courtesies Related To Business And Dining Etiquette.
10 Ways to Turn An Employee Into a Plaintiff
- Following Policy/Practice
- Lack of Documentation/Good Faith Investigation
- Showing Favortism/Appearance of Same
- Ignorance of Employee Rights/Labor Law
- Sexual Harassment
- Not Following Just Cause Policy
- Modifying Employee At Will Doctrine