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Build Confident & Effective Professional Leaders

"I attended your leadership course when you facilitated at the University of Phoenix in January.  We were required to take leadership classes for our 12-month executive leadership development.  TBone, of all the  leadership courses I have taken, this was the best class.  Not boring, engaging, interactive and insightful. Now to see you condensed it into nine sessions is awesome. 

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   -   Jami, CA Health Services -

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"As a young GenZ entering the workplace not only were your courses and training timely, but some of the best I have received so far.  Working as  an engineer I enjoyed how you integrated neuroscience research in explaining some of the "ins and outs" of communicating effectively. You have packed so much into this new program.  I am signing up for it now. " 

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      -  Ellen, Dept of Toxic Substances -

" Session 3 coursework on Conflict resolution management, plus the group coaching were key in helping me to resolve a current remote work issue with a colleague.  Your "shared understanding" and FMD technique worked like a charm.  Thanks for that tool. Our group is progressing with productivity." 

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   -  Danny, Chief Mgr Dept of Resources -

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Five courses in my basic KickStart Pathway leadership series- onsite at your place of work

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In this facilitated course, you will focus on various aspects of leadership and have the opportunity to assess your own style, strengths, and development opportunities. You will also journey through the difference between supervising, managing and leading. In addition to understanding the leadership values, you will develop your own personal leadership philosophy.

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  • building leadership motto

  • motivating self and others

  • building high trust 

  • feed forward

  • oops & ouch culture

  • leadership style types

In this facilitated course, you will learn how different communication styles impact effectiveness and perceptions. This course will help you be an effective communicator in various settings and in multiple channels. You will gain an understanding of your own communication style, conflict management styles and how to adapt your style to be effective with your team, colleagues, and managers.

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  • soft vs hard skills

  • best skills for gathering info

  • communication work styles

  • conflict management skills

  • dealing with difficult personalities

  • emotional hijacking

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Coaching your staff is imperative to both your success and your staff’s success. Taking the time to invest in developing staff will help with their career development, office morale, and unit productivity. Supervisors rely on staff to complete the work, so working together to improve staff competencies benefits everyone, including the organization.

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  • coaching vs mentoring, counseling

  • benchmarking

  • coaching the 5 levels of competency

  • emotional intelligence

  • GROW method

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As a leader, possessing skills and strategies to keep teams on track and moving forward are necessary to your success.  This is the last course in this series. You will explore and apply all the things you learned in the previous courses on a final team building project. First hand experience understanding the value of working in teams.  You will utilize your team building, conflict resolution, coaching, communication work styles, motivation and other skills learned to build high-performance team. 

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  • review: motivation, conflict management, leadership style, etc

  • forming teams

  • dysfunctional teams

  • types of influences

  • negotiation skills

  • collaboration project

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The technical skills that helped secure your current leadership position might not guarantee your next. If you aspire continuation in a leadership role, there’s an emotional element you need to consider. It’s what helps you successfully coach teams, manage stress, deliver feedback, and collaborate with others.

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It’s called emotional intelligence, and accounts for nearly 90 percent of what sets high performers apart from peers.  Emotional intelligence is defined as the ability to understand and manage your own emotions, as well as recognize and influence the emotions of those around you. The term was first coined in 1990 by researchers John Mayer and Peter Salovey, but was later popularized by psychologist Daniel Goleman.

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In this course we will diving into

  • Emotional Intelligence What and Why You Need It

  • Emotional Intelligence assessment

  • Charting the 4 quadrants

  • Core competences of E.I.

  • Mood Meter

  • Building your E.I.  improvement plan​​

With another generation graduating into the workforce, it has become increasingly important for managers to understand the differing needs of their direct reports.  While managing a generationally diverse team can be challenging, well-managed multigenerational teams benefit from their broard range of skills and experiences. 

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In this course, we look and work with the different generations that make up today's workforce and share tips to help manage a multigenerational workforce and improve the unique experience of each of your teams

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Each organization is different. Sometimes it is necessary to create a customized leadership development course that are tailored and built around the needs of your organization. These sessions are available upon request. We simply have a conversation on the training needs and if we have the resources and capabilities to deliver and serve those needs.

 

Leadership is a vast chasm. We attempt to cover a few major areas of adaptive leadership skills via most of our courses. Yet we are always creating more.

© 2014 - 2024 Kick Start Executives is a program conducted by 

Gray Matter Coaching Services L.L.C.   Sacramento, CA 95630

  916-542-1866  coacht@graymattercoaching.com

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