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CreativiTEAM
Building
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
This workshop is ideal for groups that have a minimum amount
of time but want to introduce leadership concepts and constructs
to their membership. Building and open, trusting and productive
team requires encouraging authentic communication, practicing
positive affiliation behaviors and examination of trust building
and conflict resolution. This workshop uses interactive exercises,
simulations and activities to bring out the creative capacities
within all of us to design and develop strategies for building
a collaborative and cooperative team.
Are
you FIT to be a LEADER???
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
Check your Leadership F.I.T.ness levels with the Leadership Circuit
Training Program! Healthy leaders require commitment, discipline
and dedication to improvement through sound "exercise"
and "nutritional" practices. Specific attention to
increasing our strengths as leaders; maintaining a strong, healthy
heart for compassion and caring; making healthy nutritional choices
to feed our motivation; and balancing all of these practices
with our other responsibilities. This workshop will put you through
the paces using a Leadership Circuit Training Program. After
the Warm Up and Stretch, participants will "hit the circuit"
of workout exercises and activities to tone their creativity,
communication strategies, trust building, and conflict resolution!
The cool-down will involve personal reflection and action planning
for you to maintain your workouts! Come dressed in your most
comfortable sweats, sneakers and a favorite leadership theme
tee shirt and be ready to WORKOUT!
Ethical
Decision Making for Leaders
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
One of the true measures of good leadership is the ability to
make good decisions. How do your ethics and values impact your
decisions as a leader? This interactive session will explore
Kitchener's Five Ethical Principles Model as a basis for considering
the ethical impact of the decisions we make daily. Concentric
Circles, video vignettes, forced choice exercises, and role plays
will be used to challenge participants to practice and integrate
these principals in their decision making. Participants will
be asked to bring specific examples from their experiences into
the workshop. Strategies for making balanced ethical decisions
will also be explored and brainstormed.
BARNGA!
Effective Communication is all in the Cards!
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
Are you challenging your organizational membership to work collaboratively
and cooperatively with each other? Is your organization involved
in co-sponsoring events and activities with other organizations
on campus? Through the use of an interactive card party simulation,
this workshop will challenge participants to examine the assumptions,
beliefs, attitudes and subsequent actions we make when we limit
our options for communication and interaction with others, both
inside and outside of our organization. Participants will discuss
strategies for going beyond the resources of their own organization
to maximize the visibility, productivity and effectiveness of
their group on campus.
The
Power Of Humor and Laughter In Leadership
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
One of the greatest gifts we can bring to our leadership style
is the power of humor and laughter. This workshop will examine
and explore the many and varied humor empathy strategies for
creatively using humor to strengthen your organization. If you
are a leader who is looking for some creative, FUNdamental ways
to reduce member stress, resolve group conflict or just keep
everyone actively engaged ~ this workshop is for you! Participants
will be required to assess the sources of humor in their lives,
engage in activities focused on the potential of improving leadership
through laughter and brainstorming ideas and strategies for invigorating
their organizations!
Grab
a Straw And Suck It Up!
Intentional Leadership Strategies
Level:
Student and Professional
Length: minimum one hour; Client Goals/Outcome based
Are you an intentional leader? Do you have a specific target
you are aiming at to achieve this semester and need some assistance
in developing a plan? Come and explore your potential with the
STRAW Model of Intentional Leadership! This session will focus
on a five-step model that will be used to assist you in discovering
your own personal formula for assessing your strengths, targeting
your goals, identifying the risks, developing a strategic plan
to intentionally achieve your goal!
SELF
MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS
Coping
With Chaos!
Making Time vs. Finding Time for Yourself
Level:
Professional/ student
Length: 1-2 hours
All too often we catch ourselves saying "If I could only
find the time, I would..." . The truth of the matter
is you can't find anymore time...there are 24 hours each day
for the finding. MAKING time for yourself and the priorities
you set for each day is the challenge. This interactive and humorous
session will provide participants with an opportunity to critically
examine the decisions they make regarding time. Setting priorities,
identifying MUSTS, WANTS and MUST/WANT activities, targeting
goals and establishing evaluation criteria will be conducted.
the priorities will provide participants with options to get
the most out of each day.
Eggsamining
Stress Management Strategies for Leaders
Level:
Professional/ student
Length: 1-2 hours
Are you frequently in a hurry? Do you say "WHERE ARE MY
KEYS???" daily?? Do you have more conversations with yourself
than anyone else??? This session will help you examine your stress
management strategies for those days when you feel FRIED, SCRAMBLED
OR EVEN SUNNY SIDE UP! A personal stress assessment, FUNdamental
humor based interactive exercises to examine options for dealing
with stress, and group sharing of ideas will be presented. Resources
for future understanding and growth will also be shared! Come
dressed in comfortable shorts, tee shirt and sneakers and be
ready to learn how to relax!!!
DIVERSITY
AND BUILDING COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS WORKSHOPS
CommuniTEAM
Building
Level:
Professional/ student
Length: 1 hour minimum for awareness programs; longer programs
developed based on client needs/outcomes
Contributing to the creation of a strong and open community on
campus starts with the individual leaders who challenge the members
of their organizations to intentionally build community. This
workshop will creatively challenge participants to explore and
examine their personal awareness of their cultural identities
and to develop an appreciation of differences by assessing knowledge
of other's cultures. Participants will examine the impact of
bias on relationships and productivity; and a commitment to taking
intentional action towards creating a better, more equitable
community on campus. CommuniTEAM Building creatively and interactively
combines these elements to challenge participants to be an inclusive,
intentioned and valuing leader.
GLBT
is NOT A New Sandwich at McDonalds!
Level:
Professional/ student
Length: 1 hour minimum for awareness programs; longer programs
developed based on client needs/outcomes
Trying to understand the often challenging and complex issues
of the gay, lesbian bisexual and transgendered community can
be difficult. The FBI and campus climate surveys continue to
report that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered individuals
continue to be one of the top three targets for bias related
incidents and hate crimes. This engaging session will allow you
to check in with what you know and offer you an
opportunity to expand your knowledge and understanding of glbt
individuals on campus. We will interactively explore some of
the historical contributions, background and diversity of the
GLBT culture. Creative exercises, interactive games, empathy
building simulations and strategies for MAKING A DIFFERENCE as
a leader will be explored. Participants are only required to
bring an open mind and a willingness to share, learn and possibly
UNlearn to RElearn some thoughts they have about approaching
and responding to GLBT issues in the workplace.
Cross
Cultural Communication Strategies
Level:
Professional / Student
Black or African American? Disabled or Physically Challenged?
Am I being too "PC"? The often confusing and complex
issues of communicating across cultures are creatively addressed
in this interactive and engaging workshop. An overview of current
terminology and vocabulary and the current practices and rationales
behind using certain terms will be provided. Exercises and activities
that challenge you to maximize communication effectiveness while
minimizing misunderstanding and the potential confiict it can
cause will be explored. Strategies for preparing verbal and written
cross-cultural communication will also be given.
Managing
Cross Cultural Conflict
Level:
Professional / Student
Managing culturally based conflict in an organization is a process
that, when handled proactively, can benefit the relationships
of individuals and increase the productivity of the team. This
workshop will introduce the definitions and specific types of
cultural conflicts and offer a model for managing conflict. Participants
will be challenged to identify their conflict triggers that can
create unnecessary stress and dissention. Roleplays and video
vignettes will be used to demonstrate some of the best practices
for leaders to manage individual and group conflict.
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