This course teaches participants about the systematic and individual sociological and psychological dynamics of change. Emphasis is placed on communication strategies and the leadership skills necessary to lead an organization and its employees through a change process, while simultaneously keeping morale and productivity high.

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Simulation-based training that teaches managers how to coach, give feedback, inspire, and motivate employees to reach their full potential.

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Individual sessions conducted by experienced SI coaches who guide leaders to develop and leverage their skills. Assessment tools (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®, Emotional Competence Inventory) are used to enhance self-exploration, and coaching sessions focus on real workplace issues, action planning, and performance improvement.

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Experiential training that focuses on effectively harnessing the creative energy of conflict while minimizing the negative impacts. Participants learn practical skills through customized simulations designed to reflect their workplace. The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument is frequently used in this workshop.

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Strategy meetings facilitated by SI’s diversity experts focus on defining an organization’s diversity mission, goals, objectives, and strategies to build consensus supporting and implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives.

First level diversity and inclusion training focuses on raising awareness regarding the importance of valuing diversity in the workplace. Includes the business case for diversity and skills-building using live, customized simulations, enacted by SI’s diverse team of Learning Facilitators. Preventing Sexual Harassment is an optional component of this first level experiential training.

Second level customized simulation-based diversity training that
develops complex skills for leveraging the benefits of a diverse workforce.

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Individual sessions conducted by experienced SI coaches certified in the Emotional Competence Inventory (a 360° instrument that measures emotional intelligence). This assessment tool provides leaders a foundation for self-exploration and coaching sessions that focus on real workplace issues, action planning, and performance improvement.

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This course is based on the work of Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen, of the Harvard Negotiation Project. Participants learn about what makes some conversations challenging and why we avoid them. Participants develop skills through customized simulations for effectively handling 3 levels of every difficult conversation.

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Based on the work of Daniel Goleman, this experiential course provides an overview of emotional intelligence and opportunity to develop relationship management skills vital to participants. The Emotional Competence Inventory (a 360° instrument that measures emotional intelligence) is a pre-work option administered only by certified SI facilitators for the six-hour course.

SI customizes this experiential workshop to focus on developing leadership skills (as defined by the client organization and/or delineated by the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI)) administered as pre-work to all participants. The ECI (a 360° instrument that measures emotional intelligence) is a pre-work option administered only by certified SI facilitators.

A highly customized workshop that teaches skills for enhancing participants’ abilities to develop and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external partners. Participants examine internal processes for dealing cross-functionally and learn communication skills that create an environment where creativity and productivity are enhanced, and conflicts are managed effectively. Live simulations enacted by SI facilitators, depict challenging scenarios that reflect the real partnering situations occurring within an organization.

A practical workshop for anyone who desires to maximize the productivity and effectiveness of meetings in the workplace. Strategies for managing group dynamics, content, and meeting outcomes are provided.

Workshop participants learn about feedback types and styles, plus optimal ways to give and receive feedback, by practicing skills in customized simulations enacted by SI’s Learning Facilitators.

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This workshop trains managers to deliver effective feedback during a performance review, motivate employees, and take corrective action.

Through customized simulations enacted by SI’s Learning Facilitators, participants learn about the critical importance of listening and how to communicate effectively by actively listening and assessing non-verbal communication.

A simulation-based training workshop that teaches the skills necessary to effectively mentor others. This experiential workshop is most impactful when integrated into an existing organizational mentoring initiative.

Developing Effective Teams
» For Intact Teams

This experiential workshop is designed to produce a shared understanding of what each team member brings to the work group and to support the process of identifying and developing the skills required to build and maintain a cohesive, productive team. Team problem-solving methods are explored, resources are discovered, and ways of productively dealing with conflict are put into practice.

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An experiential workshop for new managers and/or team leaders to learn about their own strengths and challenges as well as strategies for supporting themselves as leaders of high performance teams. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® is incorporated to identify individual behavioral preferences and their impact on leadership effectiveness. Three-hour follow-up modules are optional.

This experiential workshop leverages the leadership competencies and skills taught in Team Leadership Essentials and includes creative problem-solving, feedback, and facilitation skills.