Training Workshops
Breakthrough Creativity
Contrary to popular belief, EVERYONE is creative – just not in the same way. Therefore, this workshop is designed to help participants discover, develop, and apply their individual creativity style in a variety of workplace settings.
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Building Accountability
Personal accountability – from the CEO down to frontline employees – is a must for any organization to be successful. However, it remains elusive in most organizations. This course is designed to give participants the skills, tools, and strategies they’ll need to address this accountability gap in themselves and others.
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Building High-Performance Teams
The amount of time individuals spend working in teams continues to increase. Unfortunately, so do the levels of dissatisfaction and frustration among those team members. To that end, this highly interactive session provides practical team-building skills that can be applied immediately.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Communication Skills for Professionals
According to research, engaging in effective communication and building strong workplace relationships are both critical for career success. To that end, this course employs self-analysis, case studies, and group exercises to help participants learn immediately applicable communication skills that will help them improve their workplace communication skills and build stronger, more productive workplace relationships.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Conflict Resolution
Conflict in the workplace in inevitable; however, that is not necessarily a bad thing. If handled correctly, workplace conflict actually can lead to better decisions and stronger relationships among co-workers. To that end, this workshop uses the results of the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument to teach participants practical conflict-resolution skills that can be applied immediately.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Critical Thinking and Decision Making
This course teaches participants effective decision-making and problem-solving techniques from a systems perspective – as well as providing the skills, tools, and strategies for thinking critically in the workplace.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Dealing with Change
Not enough organizational change initiatives include sessions designed to help individual contributors better deal with the workplace changes being implemented by their supervisors, managers, and directors. To that end, Dealing with Change is a four-hour workshop that can be offered as a stand-alone course – or as a complimentary session to Leading Change at Every Level.
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Everything DiSC: Work of Leaders
Everything DiSC Workplace® teaches participants to understand themselves and others, while learning to appreciate the different priorities, preferences, and values each individual brings to the workplace. With personalized insights and actionable strategies, participants learn how to adapt to the style of others, ultimately improving engagement, collaboration, and the overall quality of the workplace.
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Everything DiSC: Workplace
The Everything DiSC® Work of Leaders training combines the power of DiSC® with over three decades of research on leadership. The detailed personal profile will help leaders better craft a Vision, build Alignment, and Execute their strategy. By attending this powerful and highly interactive session, participants will gain insights into how they lead others by raising their awareness about who they are as leaders.
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He Said, She Said
Although men and women have been working side by side in the United States for generations, effective gender communication in the workplace remains a challenge for many individuals. To that end, this workshop will help participants engage in more effective gender communication in the workplace. Although it’s often effectively paired with our Leading Across Generations training, the session is designed as a stand-alone training.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Increasing Your Personal Influence
This workshop is designed to help participants learn the necessary skills to successfully build and effectively apply their personal influence in the workplace. It is a great complementary session to our Leader as Storyteller session – or it can be offered as a stand-alone course.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Leader as Storyteller
This workshop is designed to build one of the most overlooked skill sets for modern leaders: the ability to tell relevant, dynamic business stories that inspire employees, attract and retain customers, and reassure investors/shareholders. It is a great complementary session to our Increasing Your Personal Influencesession – or it can be offered as a stand-alone course.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Leadership and Followership
Without committed and engaged followers, leaders are doomed to failure. But very few leadership training sessions touch on the other half of the relationship: followership. To that end, this course helps participants create a true leadership/followership partnership and is the perfect follow up to our Marathon Leadership®course – or a stand-alone session for mixed audiences of managers and individual contributors.
Interested in learning more? Download the flyer containing the detailed workshop description and objectives.
Testimonials
“My work with David has been exhilarating…and painful. It is never easy to admit one’s shortcomings to others – let alone begin the difficult challenge of working on them. But with David’s guidance and compassion, I’ve made tremendous progress (at least that’s what my friends and family tell me).”
– J.S., Vice President of Finance at a Fortune 500 company
“David’s leadership, change-management, and organizational-development work at Gogo has been instrumental in helping us improve both our employee engagement and execution. I know we’re a better organization thanks to his work with us. He has a vast repertoire of interesting, engaging and relevant material to organizations looking to grow and mature. He’s also an excellent executive coach who has helped me personally, and my leadership team, develop leadership skills.”
– John Wade, COO of Gogo
“Dr. Knapp’s extensive knowledge and experience with this subject area was evident. Also, he was very dynamic and kept the group engaged. I would welcome the opportunity to take additional seminars with him to help me better understand myself and others.”
– Participant in “He Said, She Said” workshop
“Dr. Knapp is a fantastic facilitator – he uses great examples that make the topic real. He related well to our group and encouraged us to ponder the tough issues we face, teaching us new ways to approach the problem and the people involved. His information was very helpful on many levels.”
– M.L., Branch Manager, Bank of America
“I loved the relevant examples and group interactions, and Dr. David is both knowledgeable and entertaining. This definitely was the best “soft-skills” training I’ve ever attended.”
– Participant in “Marathon Leadership®” session at Nisum Technologies
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