Virtual Trainings
SBD 100
Personal Presence:
How do you establish instant credibility and connect easily with others? This interactive workshop focuses on the principles of personal style, helping you further define your professional style while capitalizing on your uniqueness. Learn how to leverage your unique style to establish a significant and differentiated personal brand.
May 13, 2021 | 1-4 PM CT
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Visual Cues (posture, gesture, eye contact)
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Vocal Presence
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Authenticity
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Building trust
SBD 200
Crisp, Confident, and Credible
May 27, 2021 | 11am - 2pm CT
What is the best way to prepare a message? This training introduces audience analysis and the pyramid structure for formulating messages clearly and logically. We will examine current client communications and work on pursuing written communication excellence. The training will cover message strategy, structure, and style.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Audience analysis
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Finding the governing thought
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Pyramid structure
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Most common mistakes in writing
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Style standards
SBD 300
High Impact Meetings
June 10, 2021 | 11am - 2pm CT
This training focuses on how to design a meeting that facilitates engagement and accelerates problem-solving and decision-making. Participants will learn and practice two techniques for opening meetings: the interactive start and the fast start. Facilitation tools and techniques for steering conversation and handling dissenting viewpoints will be covered.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Meeting design tools
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Strong starts and closes
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Facilitation skills
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Managing Disruptions
SBD 400
Presenting with Impact
June 24, 2021 | 11am - 2pm CT
This program is for those seeking to strengthen the most critical communication skills to better present ideas and convey credibility. This program focuses on audience analysis, assertive communication structures, and handling questions. Participants find new, improved ways to present a recommendation and articulate a vision. We practice the skills in breakouts. Participants leave the program with an elevated presentation style and toolkit for connecting with their various stakeholders. Participants will develop and practice delivering a section of a presentation. Techniques for handling questions and pushback will also be addressed.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Audience Analysis
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Engaging Starts and Provocative Transitions
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Message Development
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Handling Questions
SBD 500
Articulating a Vision
July 8, 2021 | 11am - 2pm CT
Create a compelling story of transformation for your organization or client. A captivating vision helps align your audience on a common goal. It accelerates the adoption of new ideas and minimizes resistance to change. This session covers the fundamentals of change management and how to increase desire for innovation. Participants will learn how to coach clients to craft, adapt, and deliver a change message everyone can stand behind.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Storytelling and Change
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Journey Creation
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Inspirational Delivery Techniques
SBD 600
360 Leadership
Communication Agility
July 22, 2021 | 1-4 PM CST
Participants will learn the five leadership communication roles and their corresponding message frameworks. Participants will practice responding in the moment to a multitude of scenarios to practice managing up, down, and across with the intention to command, assert, guide, motivate, and counsel. The importance of being flexible in your communication style and structure is emphasized.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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5 Leadership Communication Roles
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Ability to think on your feet
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4 Pushback Tools
SBD 700
Handling Difficult Situations
August 12, 2021 | 11am - 2pm CT
This training prepares emerging leaders for higher stake interactions when they will need to handle objections and resistance to their ideas. Participants will learn and practice the top 9 influencing skills, ways to disagree with diplomacy, manage a room with dissenting viewpoints, and handle surprises. We will also discuss ways to stay calm and controlled in difficult moments.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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Listening Skills
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Conveying Confidence
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Tools for Controlling Reactions
SBD 800
Coaching Others to Greatness
August 26, 2021 | 11am - 2 pm CT
Many things fall into place when you have a coaching mindset. What is a coaching mindset? Participants will learn the difference between a reflexive and mindful approach to coaching others. The exercises will cover the 5 elements of a coaching/mentoring relationship: (1) establish a relationship, (2) setting learning expectations, (3) building capabilities, (4) delivering feedback, and (5) counseling. This training is a role play based program where we will practice coaching others and giving pep talks in difficult moments.
CORE COMPETENCIES
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The 5 Coaching Moments
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Mindful Coaching Approach
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Best Practices
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Creative Coaching Approaches