Extraordinary Leadership Workshops Now Open for Enrollment

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Effective Leaders Use Coaching & Feedback

Employees who receive regular feedback and coaching are more satisfied, more committed to the organization and produce better results. Learn these essential skills in our workshops and increase your coaching and feedback skills to lead more effectively. Our open enrollment workshops are are available to all state and local government employees. Contact us to deliver one of our workshops onsite for your group.


Extraordinary Coach  Workshop

A strength-based approach to improving coaching skills by focusing on what extraordinary coaches do well in a one (1) day workshop. Participants gain the critical skills and tools they need to maximize their leadership effectiveness and coach others to perform at their peak.

What You Will Learn:

  • Key objectives of on-the-job coaching, the bottom-line impact of extraordinary coaches,
    and the key attributes of great coaches — what they do and how they do it 
  • The FUEL model, which incorporates the elements that should drive each coaching
    conversation and the best process for holding those conversations
  • Coaching techniques through observation of coaching demonstrations, practicing the
    identified skills and receiving immediate feedback

Dates: Jan. 8, 2015 | Registration Deadline: Dec. 30, 2014 
Cost: $250 + $201 for materials ($451 total)


Elevating Feedback™ Workshop

This half (1/2) day workshop will enable leaders to provide reinforcing and redirecting feedback to their employees. Leaders will discover how and when to provide positive feedback for recognition and corrective feedback to help others be more productive and cease less effective behavior.

What You Will Learn:

  • The business case for managers to provide reinforcing and redirecting feedback to
    their employees
  • How to measure reinforcing and redirecting feedback by using the Feedback Practices
    and Perspectives Self Assessment 
  • Zenger Folkman’s proven FUEL model, which will provide a framework for managers
    to use during feedback conversations
  • Techniques to give both positive feedback for recognition and corrective feedback

Date: Jan. 21, 2015 | Registration Deadline: Jan. 13, 2015
Cost: $115 for self-assessment materials + $135 for the five (5) hour session ($250 total)