It’s not magic. It’s just positive workplace politics
There are several ways you can start out, dive in, get help, for yourself and for your organization.
If you have any questions whatsoever about any of these choices, please contact me and ask anything at all. I want to hear from you, and I want to be sure you get what you need!
Corporate & Team Development
Unique assessments determine the current state for teams, departments, organizations. Tailored strategies create change, applying focus where it’s needed, understanding and addressing resistance at all levels.
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Team dynamics and team alignment
- Fostering understanding, developing focus, putting the “fun” into functional.
- Tough work on team development, not “team building” games.
- Team members’ strengths interconnect to support their weaknesses in a highly-functional whole.
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Positive politics and organizational culture development
- Excited, engaged employees work smarter and harder; they’re not just showing up for their paychecks.
- An energetic workplace hums with creativity, productivity, and profitability.
- Enable imcremental culture change through 360-degree understanding of what, why, and how, with intentional focus on the right measurements.
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Beyond mission and vision: strategic scenarios and dynamic five-year strategic planning
- Planning that drives decision-making and results at every level of the organization; not a “create it and file it” static document.
- Responsive to best-case/worst-case/middle-case future events.
- Supported by ongoing focus on appropriate action and effective measurement of results.
Contact me to learn more about any of these programs, including how to schedule an initial, no-charge evaluation of your current situation.
Workshops & Learning Programs
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The Elephant in the Conference Room: How to make
corporate politics work for you instead of against you
- Practical, simple, and easy-to-use tools that really work.
- Goes beyond delivering great material to help participants integrate effective new strategies and develop them into healthy workplace habits.
Click here to learn more about The Elephant in the Conference Room.
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Caution: Men and Women At Work
- Women and men learn to recognize and contend with the powerful social norms that govern gender behavior, undermine careers, and severely limit teams, departments, and organizations.
- Important insights lead to significant improvements in communication, collaboration, and results.
Walking the High Wire: Women in the Political Workplace
- Women learn to make informed choices about deeply-ingrained gender expectations that create no-win situations.
- Key understandings about male vs. female use of language, negotiation, emotion, and more help women balance skills, goals, and expectations against all-too-real social constraints affecting women’s success.
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Beyond Reward and Punishment: Real Motivation for Real Results
- The dynamics of reward systems and why they don’t work the way most organizations expect.
- Understanding what actually motivates and engages people helps leaders create committed, collaborative, motivated teams that really produce.
Contact me to learn more about any of these workshops, including information on which would be best for your organization, how we can measure program results, and how they can be run via teleconference to include employees at multiple distributed sites.
One-to-one help
If you’re ready for more — ready to succeed and bring your integrity, values, and heart to work with you — then you’re ready for practical, focused, individual help.
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Political awareness and political leadership
- Individual support tailored to individual situations.
- New hires; new promotions; executives and managers taking on new initiatives.
- Leadership and communication in the political workplace: intelligent, intentional, and authentic.