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Business intelligence solutions and rules-based systems offer incredible opportunities for companies to improve their bottom line. However, increased complexity and the constant introduction of new technologies as well as shifting markets and consumer demands require us to master a broader set of skills. Expert leadership has never been more important. Studies show that roughly 70% of business intelligence projects fail due to poor leadership.

Our interactive courses, group facilitation and corporate coaching programs are uniquely tailored to address the opportunities and challenges presented by rapid growth and change, mergers and acquisitions, introduction of new technologies, specialization, innovation and customer-centricity initiatives.

We believe that the bottom line is greatly enhanced when managers and employees are able to leverage their skills in a positive, supportive environment. Our services cover a broad range of topics and can be combined or tailored to address your specific needs. We are proud to work in partnership with many highly skilled trainers and coaches. So if you are looking for something not seen here, please contact us. We are committed to your success.

• OA101: Whole-Brain Thinking: Keys to Innovation & Creative Problem
  Solving -
• OA102: Keys to Effective Communication -Details
• OA103: Embracing Change: Keys to Adaptability and Alignment - Details
• OA301: Leadership Development - Details
• OA302: Team Building and Group Dynamics -Details
• OA401: Co-creating Evolving Organizations: Leveraging Alignment as a Catalyst for Success - Details
• OA402: Group Leadership Intensive: Leadership Skills for Dynamic
  Organizations - Details
• QA403: Business Intelligence Success Factors: Key Skills Needed to Succeed in the Complex, Dynamic World of Business Intelligence -Details

Have you ever struggled with a problem only to have the solution pop into your head while you’re jogging or in the shower? This is a perfect example of whole brain thinking. Why is it so critical today? We are facing new challenges on a global scale that include economic competition, armed conflict and environmental destruction. As these issues grow, we are challenged to find innovative solutions. By learning to engage our whole brain, we can access our innate personal and group wisdom that lead us to getting powerful solutions in a whole new way.

Presented as a blend of lecture, interactive learning and group process, the workshop is presented in three parts:

• Why whole-brain thinking is a critical skill for today’s world
  - History and effects of creative thinking on culture, business and the world
  - Challenges and opportunities for tomorrow

• How the brain works                                              
  - Quadrants of the brain
  - The process of unlearning and rewiring

• Actions for accessing the whole brain                                
  - Break the rules and increase your error rate.
  - Multiple exercises for creative problem solving.
  - Designing our environment to support whole-brain thinking

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing

Communication is one of the most powerful tools for getting what we want. Yet many of us never learn the skills for communicating effectively. In this interactive workshop we will provide an overview of the many aspects of communication, explore different types of communication and offer tips for improving your effectiveness.

Presented as a blend of lecture, interactive learning and group process, the workshop is presented in three parts:

• Communication Style                                           
  • Verbal and non-verbal communication
  • Personal style and effectiveness
  • Awareness and filtering

• Levels and boundaries of language                                              
  • Listening skills and misinterpretation
  • Aligning yourself for listening
  • Understanding the self

• Communication in Action                                                          
  • Building relationships
  • Resolving and leveraging conflict
  • Giving and receiving feedback

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing

Change is the only constant. Pressures to adapt to new technologies and opportunities presented from a diverse global community challenge us to stay grounded while continuing to move forward. In this workshop, we will explore the phases of change as well as the psychological factors that can affect our ability to adapt.

Presented as a blend of lecture, interactive learning and group process, the workshop is presented in three parts:

• The Nature of Change                                                  
  • Acceleration of time
  • Power versus force
  • Quantum physics and chaos theory
  • The illusion of control

• Models for change                                                      
  • The end of an era
  • Three phase model for managing change
  • Opportunities for leadership

• Continual Alignment                                                      
  • Effect on culture and process
  • Dimensions
  • Areas of opportunity

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing

Historically managers have run their businesses with an iron fist and had the skills to perform any job in the company. Today, businesses are becoming increasingly complex. In the most successful companies, the managers hire employees with skills beyond their own and empower them to take operations to a new level. This requires managers to be skilled coaches and facilitators. Strong leadership lies in the ability to motivate and empower. In this training, attendees will:

• Understand their leadership style and behaviors.
• Improve their ability to communicate and accept constructive feedback.
• Recognize their individual impact on their work group and organization.
• Learn how to leverage change.
• Develop a plan for transferring new skills into practice.

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing

An effective team is essential to the success of any project. Yet, many teams are formed without anyformal training on how to make them work. While it takes time to build an effective team, there are some basic principles that when practiced, can improve results. This leads to greater job satisfaction and a healthier bottom line. This training will help you:

• Establish goals, membership and norms.
• Avoid issues such as conflict, lack of motivation and resistance.
• Build group trust and communication.
• Enjoy effective meetings with well-designed rules, roles, agendas and balanced participation.

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing

Advances in technology combined with increased competition from a global economy have resulted in a dynamic environment in which organizations must continually adapt to survive. Given the interactive connectedness of all parts of an organization, success in this complex and dynamic environment requires the alignment of the people, processes, structures and culture.

Complexity Science is an emerging theory that provides a comprehensive and integrated model for how complex systems adapt to uncertain environments. Defining an organization in terms of Complexity Science provides a new language along with interactive techniques for creating, implementing and sustaining the alignment of structures, process, people and technology. It is a culture of self-organizing that is necessary to promote not only the survival of the organization, but its ability to thrive. In essence, it becomes a Complex Adaptive System.

An organization that functions as a Complex Adaptive System offers numerous benefits:

• A culture that minimizes turnover, absences, apathy and stress.
• Processes that improve quality while reducing errors and delays.
• Leaders who become ‘change agents’ for continuous adaptation and renewal.

This workshop introduces the concepts of Chaos Theory and Complexity Science as tools for continuously co-creating an adaptable organization. This comprehensive approach has four key metrics: Clarity, Connection, Compassion, and Credibility. By overlaying Complex Adaptive System dynamics, additional insights are discovered within each metric that will assist any organization in determining the next best action to facilitate movement towards a more self-organizing posture. Learning to ask vital questions evokes new perspectives and uncovers the innate wisdom that is inherent within the organization.

A practical, working understanding of the principles of Complexity Science is a key indicator of visionary leadership in the 21st century. To lay the foundation for functioning as a Complex Adaptive System, the workshop will focus on:

• Guiding each participant’s awareness to identify what questions to ask.
• Identifying leverage points and their underlying elements.
• Applying the foundational principles for co-creating a Complex Adaptive System.

At the conclusion of the 3-hour workshop, each participant will have experienced being part of a self organizing system. Through their understanding of the 4C’s and application of re-alignment techniques, they will evolve from chaos into a Complex Adaptive System.

Prerequisites
None

Who Should Attend
Executives
Managers
Leaders
Technologists
Students

Duration: 1 day
Contact Olivia for pricing