Do you often feel like your team is dysfunctional?

Does your group avoid certain topics for fear they will cause conflict?

Does your team have a lot of potential you can't seem to tap? You are not alone

Researchers estimate 80-90% of teams lack the skills necessary to perform well. Fortunately, training and practice can overcome those weaknesses. There is help!

I use team leadership and followership research and hands-on experience to take your team from storming to performing. Whether you want help diagnosing and designing solutions for your teams' challenges, or you just want information for your own use, I will customize your training to equip you to deal with your specific areas of need. I use stories, humor, and experiential teaching, touching all four learning styles, to help the principles stick with you.

A Sampling of Seminars

Interpersonal Conflict Resolution:

• Is your team Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing?
• Most teams never get beyond storming.
• Learn how to grow into performing.
• Learn practical tips and tricks for working through disagreement to resolution.
• Do I really have to apologize/forgive?
• There are 5 basic conflict styles. Learn which style is best for which situation. We also offer personalized Conflict Resolution Mediation or Coaching

Meiers-Briggs Type Indicator:

• Learn your Meiers-Briggs Type and how it interacts with others' from David Freeman--a certified MBTI professional.

Communication:

• What is the life-blood that enables a group of people to function as one body?
• Learn the basic principles of communication.
• This seminar uses experiential team challenges

Lead, Follow or Collaborate.

• You have a different role at work, home, volunteer organizations, etc.
• Do you know how to switch from being boss to volunteer committee member?
• Do you know how to switch from being employee to parent?
• Do you know how to switch from being child to team captain?
• Each role requires different skills.
• Learn to choose the right role for the right group at the right time.

Principles for Productive Meetings

• Learn techniques to ensure the group dialogs about each person's concerns.
• Shooting the rabbits: Keeping everyone focused on the topic.
• Make decisions once and follow through (stop re-hashing the same decisions at different meetings).
• Structure meetings to be vital events rather than useless, time-wasters.