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Collaborative Thinking™ is pleased to offer our expanded catalog of New Reality Programs.
This collection of tailored learning experiences include four programs:
Leading Self with focus on personal awareness and resilience.
Leading Others by expanding your leadership toolbox.
Leading Self with focus on personal awareness and resilience.
Leading Others by expanding your leadership toolbox.
Leadership Team Conversations aimed at helping leadership teams navigate the current work environment, connect, and enhance team performance.
Leadership Cohort Program which combines the skill and art of leadership together creating a new wave of impactful and inspirational leaders. Working together, as a cohort, participants will benefit from periods of reflection and practical application, supported by one-on-one coaching and peer learning.
Leadership Team Conversations aimed at helping leadership teams navigate the current work environment, connect, and enhance team performance.
Leadership Cohort Program which combines the skill and art of leadership together creating a new wave of impactful and inspirational leaders. Working together, as a cohort, participants will benefit from periods of reflection and practical application, supported by one-on-one coaching and peer learning.
Every Collaborative Thinking™ course/program is steeped in science related to adult learning principles, neuroscience of change, group dynamics, sociology, organizational development, wellness, and psychology. Participants leave with personalized and practical ways to build helpful daily routines.
Collaborative Thinking™ New Reality Program Catalog
COMPETENCIES
Emotional Intelligence & Resilience
COURSE TITLES
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Resilience and State of Mind
- Finding Focus & Connection During Times of Uncertainty
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Emotionally Intelligent leaders accurately self-assess and skillfully self-manage by using practices that result in personal resilience and meaningful connections. These courses help participants identify signs of stress and implement changes to avoid burnout and walk away with new resilience-building habits to achieve greater well-being, sustain focus, and balance energy throughout the day.
Wellness & Mindfulness
- Managing Boundaries @ Work & Home
- Introduction to Mindfulness
- Experiencing Happiness
- Wellness @ Work
- Managing Anxiety to Avoid Burnout
Participants will learn about the neuroscience behind mindfulness, wellness, and habit formation. They will identify inspiring new behaviors and create simple and personalized practices to help them manage life and workplace anxiety and engage in their personal and professional lives more fully.
COMPETENCIES
Emotional Intelligence & Resilience
COURSE TITLES
- Leading with Emotional Intelligence
- Resilience and State of Mind
- Finding Focus & Connection During Times of Uncertainty
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Emotionally Intelligent leaders accurately self-assess and skillfully self-manage by using practices that result in personal resilience and meaningful connections. These courses help participants identify signs of stress and implement changes to avoid burnout and walk away with new resilience-building habits to achieve greater well-being, sustain focus, and balance energy throughout the day.
COMPETENCIES
Wellness & Mindfulness
COURSE TITLES
- Managing Boundaries @ Work & Home
- Introduction to Mindfulness
- Experiencing Happiness
- Wellness @ Work
- Managing Anxiety to Avoid Burnout
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Participants will learn about the neuroscience behind mindfulness, wellness, and habit formation. They will identify inspiring new behaviors and create simple and personalized practices to help them manage life and workplace anxiety and engage in their personal and professional lives more fully.
COMPETENCIES
Communication & Coordinating Work
COURSE TITLES
- Collaborating & Coordinating Together
- Decision Making & Role Clarity
- Offering and Receiving Feedback
- Framing Conversations with Clear Purpose & Outcomes
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Teams function and cross-function more effectively when they can implement shared skills and language related to coordination, decision making, and role clarity. Throughout these courses, staff, managers, and leaders will all benefit from refreshing their toolbox with these core skills. Applications will include framing focused conversations, negotiating shared agreements, and giving and receiving feedback. Participants will learn different decision methods and how and when to use each method.
Coaching & Managing
- Manager as Coach
- Leading Up, Down and Across
- Conversations for Accountability
- Being a More Collaborative Leader
Leadership exists at all levels within any organization. Participants will practice using tools that improve trust and performance; they will learn how to frame conversations for accountability as they manage up, down and across the organization.
Leading Change
- Leading Others Through Turbulent Times
- Aligning Personal & Organization Values
- Being Adaptive in the Current Reality
Participants will explore how they can become more effective in navigating the disruption occurring as the workforce creates its “new normal.” They will gain insight on how to align their personal goals with those of the organization and learn ways to adapt in the current reality.
Conflict Management
- From Conflict to Collaboration
- Understanding Conflict Styles
Using research in neurobiology, participants gain an understanding of the psychology related to conflict and how to use this knowledge to manage their mindset, recognize defensive behaviors, overcome barriers, and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions.
COMPETENCIES
Communication & Coordinating Work
COURSE TITLES
- Collaborating & Coordinating Together
- Decision Making & Role Clarity
- Offering and Receiving Feedback
- Framing Conversations with Clear Purpose & Outcomes
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Teams function and cross-function more effectively when they can implement shared skills and language related to coordination, decision making, and role clarity. Throughout these courses, staff, managers, and leaders will all benefit from refreshing their toolbox with these core skills. Applications will include framing focused conversations, negotiating shared agreements, and giving and receiving feedback. Participants will learn different decision methods and how and when to use each method.
COMPETENCIES
Coaching & Managing
COURSE TITLES
- Manager as Coach
- Leading Up, Down and Across
- Conversations for Accountability
- Being a More Collaborative Leader
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Leadership exists at all levels within any organization. Participants will practice using tools that improve trust and performance; they will learn how to frame conversations for accountability as they manage up, down and across the organization.
COMPETENCIES
Leading Change
COURSE TITLES
- Leading Others Through Turbulent Times
- Aligning Personal & Organization Values
- Being Adaptive in the Current Reality
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Participants will explore how they can become more effective in navigating the disruption occurring as the workforce creates its “new normal.” They will gain insight on how to align their personal goals with those of the organization and learn ways to adapt in the current reality.
COMPETENCIES
Conflict Management
COURSE TITLES
- From Conflict to Collaboration
- Understanding Conflict Styles
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Using research in neurobiology, participants gain an understanding of the psychology related to conflict and how to use this knowledge to manage their mindset, recognize defensive behaviors, overcome barriers, and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions.
COMPETENCIES
Leading High Performing Teams
COURSE TITLES
- Creating a Sense of Team in the New Reality
- Decision Making & Role Clarity
- Being a Collaborative Leader
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Participants will discover strategies for building and sustaining a strong sense of team in any setting (virtual, onsite, and hybrid). They will learn communication styles, collaboration methods, and connection protocols for generating a sense of team and shared purpose. Through conversations, teams learn to model collaboration and facilitate decision making resulting in innovation and role clarity.
Leading Transition & Collective Healing
- Finding Focus and Connection in Uncertain Times
- Leveraging Strengths in Our New Reality
- Returning Together – Managing Anxiety During Transition
- Creating a Sense of Team for Remote and Hybrid Teams
Rapid change and disruption make it difficult to focus and be productive. Exploring the neuroscience of change, participants learn strategies for managing anxieties that naturally occur during any transition. They engage in conversations related to effective ways to support hybrid teams – resulting in deeper connection, greater resilience, and more effective performance.
Understanding One Another for Team Performance
- Understanding the Myers-Briggs Personality Types
- Develop Teams Talents into Strengths
- Trust & Triggers
- Excelling in a Multi generational Workforce
Participants will learn their own preferences, talents, and triggers and those of their colleagues; this allows for greater acceptance, inclusion, and diversity in the workplace. As participants learn about themselves, opportunities for deeper connection and team cohesion becomes accessible.
COMPETENCIES
Leading High Performing Teams
COURSE TITLES
- Creating a Sense of Team in the New Reality
- Decision Making & Role Clarity
- Being a Collaborative Leader
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Participants will discover strategies for building and sustaining a strong sense of team in any setting (virtual, onsite, and hybrid). They will learn communication styles, collaboration methods, and connection protocols for generating a sense of team and shared purpose. Through conversations, teams learn to model collaboration and facilitate decision making resulting in innovation and role clarity.
COMPETENCIES
Leading Transition & Collective Healing
COURSE TITLES
- Finding Focus and Connection in Uncertain Times
- Leveraging Strengths in Our New Reality
- Returning Together – Managing Anxiety During Transition
- Creating a Sense of Team for Remote and Hybrid Teams
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Rapid change and disruption make it difficult to focus and be productive. Exploring the neuroscience of change, participants learn strategies for managing anxieties that naturally occur during any transition. They engage in conversations related to effective ways to support hybrid teams – resulting in deeper connection, greater resilience, and more effective performance.
COMPETENCIES
Understanding One Another for Team Performance
COURSE TITLES
- Understanding the Myers-Briggs Personality Types
- Develop Teams Talents into Strengths
- Trust & Triggers
- Excelling in a Multi generational Workforce
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Participants will learn their own preferences, talents, and triggers and those of their colleagues; this allows for greater acceptance, inclusion, and diversity in the workplace. As participants learn about themselves, opportunities for deeper connection and team cohesion becomes accessible.
COMPETENCIES
Coaching Skills
COURSE TITLE
From Expert-Leader to Leader-Coach
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Intended for people-managers at all levels, this program teaches leaders to augment traditional management techniques with the proven skills of professional coaches. Participants learn to practice a coaching approach in the context of delegating, framing critical conversations, listening, asking powerful questions that elicit insights, and sharing personal observations to accelerate employee growth. This program includes six 2-hour cohort sessions led by Executive Coaches and includes 1-hour of coaching video and 1-hour of personal reflection between sessions. Participants engage in rich dialog and practice the skills of coaching while also benefiting from being coached.
Collaborative Leadership and Executive Presence
Collaborative Leadership and Executive Presence for Senior Leaders
As markets shift, some organizations are experiencing rapid growth while others are aggressively downsizing. Both situations create complexities and uncertainties related to cross-functionality and organizational agility. This two-day workshop, intended for groups of mid to executive level leaders, will help participants explore authentic ways to be collaborative as they manage up, down and across their organization. In this workshop, participants practice six collaborative leadership skills that build trust and improve individual and collective performance far exceeding the impact of traditional methods of leadership. They engage in cross-functional conversations, negotiate shared interests and establish shared commitments. Participants explore ways to manage relationships, embody executive presence, and communicate with clarity and purpose.
Leadership Team Alignment
Custom Designed Session
This multi-meeting experience is custom designed for leadership teams and staff, while in collaboration they gain clear alignment on practices that manifest their mission, vision, values. These meetings are highly inclusive and result in all staff and leadership having shared commitments on how to live into the desired culture. It is intended for longstanding teams that have become less productive or have lost their sense of unifying ‘true north.”
COMPETENCIES
Coaching Skills
COURSE TITLE
From Expert-Leader to Leader-Coach
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
Intended for people-managers at all levels, this program teaches leaders to augment traditional management techniques with the proven skills of professional coaches. Participants learn to practice a coaching approach in the context of delegating, framing critical conversations, listening, asking powerful questions that elicit insights, and sharing personal observations to accelerate employee growth. This program includes six 2-hour cohort sessions led by Executive Coaches and includes 1-hour of coaching video and 1-hour of personal reflection between sessions. Participants engage in rich dialog and practice the skills of coaching while also benefiting from being coached.
COMPETENCIES
Collaborative Leadership and Executive Presence
COURSE TITLE
Collaborative Leadership and Executive Presence for Senior Leaders
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
As markets shift, some organizations are experiencing rapid growth while others are aggressively downsizing. Both situations create complexities and uncertainties related to cross-functionality and organizational agility. This two-day workshop, intended for groups of mid to executive level leaders, will help participants explore authentic ways to be collaborative as they manage up, down and across their organization. In this workshop, participants practice six collaborative leadership skills that build trust and improve individual and collective performance far exceeding the impact of traditional methods of leadership. They engage in cross-functional conversations, negotiate shared interests and establish shared commitments. Participants explore ways to manage relationships, embody executive presence, and communicate with clarity and purpose.
COMPETENCIES
Leadership Team Alignment
COURSE TITLE
Custom Designed Session
STRATEGIC OUTCOMES
This multi-meeting experience is custom designed for leadership teams and staff, while in collaboration they gain clear alignment on practices that manifest their mission, vision, values. These meetings are highly inclusive and result in all staff and leadership having shared commitments on how to live into the desired culture. It is intended for longstanding teams that have become less productive or have lost their sense of unifying ‘true north.”
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