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Upcoming Events and Workshops

The [Brain] Science of Leadership


What’s the Secret to Success? Science.

What’s the Secret to Leadership? Science.

Register to learn how to:

✔️ Achieve Your Goals

✔️ Maintain New Habits

✔️ Embrace Your Authenticity

✔️ Improve Your Confidence

✔️ Avoid Burnout

✔️ Be a More Impactful Leader

Want to discover a refreshingly new approach to success and leadership?

Perfect! Because you’re invited:

To a FREE Training to learn more about the 4 Keys to Avoiding Burnout and Owning Your Long-Term Success as a Leader! This training will teach you:

✅ HOW our brains work as computers, and what that actually means for you

✅ WHY you don’t have to change yourself – you can be confident & authentic

✅ HOW to easily create new, more effective habits.

✅ WHAT it takes to be a truly sustainable servant leader in today’s world.

Past Events and Workshops

In-Person Facilitator Training


Thursday, August 7th -9th, 2024


This three-day training series will equip new facilitators with advanced techniques for leading engaging, impactful sessions.

Topics covered include:

✔️ Navigating participant engagement

✔️ Utilizing body language cues

✔️ Leveraging productive silences

✔️ Adult learning principles

✔️ Open-ended questioning

✔️ Building participant confidence

✔️ Providing effective feedback

✔️ Utilizing assessments and surveys

Through interactive workshops and peer practice, attendees will enhance their facilitation skills to elevate the learning experience.

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Interviewing for Retention Session 2 Virtual Training

Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 Virtual Event


In this second session you will have a chance to get hands on with real job postings to see where your biases may be coming up. You will also get the chance to build out your go to questions that will get right to the information you are trying to uncover every time.

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In-Person Leadership Training

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024


The kick-off session of a 6-month custom tailored training program is crafted specifically for senior leadership and field managers. This program aims to delve into and seamlessly integrate company best practices. The training curriculum encompasses the following key areas:

  • Strategically discerning when and how to engage with vendors for optimal outcomes.

  • Nurturing the art of proficient feedback delivery and fostering effective communication channels.

  • A comprehensive exploration of a database software, unveiling insights into leveraging existing resources for enhanced sales and inventory management.

  • Mastering the art of maintaining and expanding market presence through efficient execution strategies.

  • Cultivating a synergistic relationship between sales and marketing teams to drive mutual success and sustainable growth.

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Interviewing for Retention Session 1 Virtual Training

Wednesday, July 17th, 2024 Virtual Event


Do you feel like you aren't finding the right candidates, or that when you think your do, they don't stay? In this current climate of company jumping and social media painting an unrealistic picture of working, it can feel like we are all having hiring whiplash!

Join us as we teach you the small changes you can make when hiring that will make a big impact to your employee retention.

  • Learn the different types of interviewing forms

  • Find out what your unique interviewer style is and how to take into others

  • Discover the right attributes to look for in each role you are hiring for

  • Learn about how to formulate the right questions without stepping into legal issues or unconscious biases

Walk away with a customizable interviewing guide that will help you to find the right people with the right interviewing strategy.

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The Power of Organizational Awareness

Thursday, May 30th, 2024 Virtual Event


Have you ever felt siloed in your company or like every department is only focused on their own team? You are not alone! In this interactive workshop we discuss how to break down the barriers between departments and have the whole company rowing in the same direction together.

Join us as we:

  • Learn what organizational awareness is and why it is important

  • Whether you and your team have organizational awareness

  • How to create more organizational awareness in your company

  • Create action steps to developing your company

After this engaging workshop you will be able to identify the right people in your company to be champions for the cause, how to overcome challenges and objectives, and have a clear vision for your team.

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Interviewing for Retention Session 2 Virtual Training

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 Virtual Event


In this second session you will have a chance to get hands on with real job postings to see where your biases may be coming up. You will also get the chance to build out your go to questions that will get right to the information you are trying to uncover every time.

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Values: How to Increase Your Impact


World Changemaker Playground Virtual Event

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 4:00pm PT / 7:00pm ET



Join fellow World Changemakers while we explore the transformative potential of values in sustaining motivation and fostering a deep sense of purpose. Come play as we focus our session on understanding how values not only shape our strategies and decisions, they also serve as guiding lights on our journey towards success.

Interviewing for Retention Session 1 Virtual Training

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2024 Virtual Event

Do you feel like you aren't finding the right candidates, or that when you think your do, they don't stay? In this current climate of company jumping and social media painting an unrealistic picture of working, it can feel like we are all having hiring whiplash!

Join us as we teach you the small changes you can make when hiring that will make a big impact to your employee retention.

  • Learn the different types of interviewing forms

  • Find out what your unique interviewer style is and how to take into others

  • Discover the right attributes to look for in each role you are hiring for

  • Learn about how to formulate the right questions without stepping into legal issues or unconscious biases

Walk away with a customizable interviewing guide that will help you to find the right people with the right interviewing strategy.

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Mastering Training Engagement In-Person Training

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024 In-Person Event

Do you have, or are you the go to person in your company for specific knowledge? Are you frustrated or tired of saying the same thing over and over again when people seem to not retain the information or worse yet, they don't want to learn the information so they keep coming back to you? We have all been there!

Join us as we share the secrets to creating engagement that leads to more information retention the first time.

In this workshop we cover:

  • Easy to implement practices that create engagement right away

  • How to read body language and use silence to promote learning

  • The different types of adult learning styles and how to connect with anyone

  • How to build confident in the learner and give impactful feedback

You will walk away with a faster and more effective way to pass on important information that will allow your employees and company to soar!

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Leadership Presence Virtual Training

Thursday, April 18th, 2024 Virtual Event

Do you feel like some people are just born to lead? It is true that for some people leadership skills come more easily. Though it doesn't mean that if you weren't born with leadership presence you can't gain it! Join us as we uncover what leadership presence is and a personalized way for you to hone your own unique skills sets to improve your ability to influence and motivate others.

Here is a sneak peek inside:

  • Learn the 4 components of leadership presence

  • Identify which of the common missteps you are making

  • Find an authentic way to position yourself as a leader

  • Design and execute on personalized SMART goals to improve your skills

Walk away with a customized plan to improve your leadership presence right away as well as ways to improve other leadership skills in the future.

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Relationship Building Virtual Training

Thursday, March 21st, 2024 Virtual Event

Join us for this deep exploration into relationship-building strategies, where you'll acquire practical skills to foster lasting connections that contribute to the success and growth of your professional network.

  • Learn to transform customers into trusted partners

  • Build authentic trust with clients and colleagues

  • Foster meaningful connections through choices that resonate

Gain practical strategies for lasting collaborative relationships that drive success.

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Mastering Your P&L Virtual Training

Thursday, February 29th, 2024 Virtual Event

Unlock your financial acumen in this immersive virtual training on understanding profit and loss statements and learn to:

  • Decipher revenue recognition for optimized sales strategies.

  • Grasp working capital and operational leverage for efficiency.

  • Translate financials into strategic insights for sustainable growth.

Empower your leadership team's financial decision-making skills to navigate your company's financial landscape with confidence and proficiency

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Sales and Marketing Virtual Training

Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 Virtual Event

Branch leaders undergo a two-month program to strategically integrate their marketing team’s capabilities into targeted sales efforts for specific customers and products.

From exploring marketing offerings through case studies to developing location-specific action plans that leverage marketing support, this real-time project provides an immersive look at aligning strategy with execution for business growth.

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Engagement Survey Brainstorming and Execution

Friday, January 26th, 2024 Virtual Event

Join us for this 3-hour virtual event focused on leveraging employee engagement survey insights to drive positive change.

Through interactive discussions, collaborative exercises, and real-world case studies, we'll explore mindset management when receiving feedback, examine different leadership styles, brainstorm impactful solutions, and identify actionable next steps.

Empower your organization's growth by leaving this session with practical strategies and a clear action plan to address areas highlighted by your employee engagement survey.

Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your workplace culture and unlock greater productivity and morale.

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Creating Engagement Virtual Training

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