Leadership training for your leaders, managers, and supervisors
In-person and virtual workshops to equip your leaders to deliver results, navigate tension, and stay sane in the process.
Book a workshop to help your leaders, managers, and supervisors tap into their full potential.
You can equip your team with many of the necessary skills they need to lead with our engaging, half-day workshops.
There are 6 to choose from.
Each can be in-person or virtual.
For Both/And Thinking:
For Both/And Thinking:
How to Overcome Chronic Issues and Conflicting Values
In a world where people like to pick sides, we can mistakenly treat every challenge as if it’s a problem to be solved, with a right or wrong answer:
Change OR Stability
Structure OR Flexibility
Truth OR Tact
And when team members end up in this kind of tug of war, it feels like, no matter what, someone will lose. Leaders can easily identify there is TENSION but have no idea how to lead their team through it.
In this workshop, your group will:
- Learn a simple framework that helps them stop picking sides and tap into the superpower of “AND” thinking
- Develop the skills to communicate and collaborate effectively with people who hold different perspectives
- Improve decision-making skills when dealing with complex issues
This foundational workshop will help your leaders create a safe, challenging, and productive work environment to deal with chronic issues that are coming up again and again.
Book this workshop to help your group get unstuck and use the power of healthy tension to accomplish your important work.
For Confident Leadership:
For Confident Leadership:
Learn the 6 Tensions to Manage for High-Performing Leaders
As a leader, you’re committed to making a difference and delivering on expectations. But when it comes to moving things forward, you’re stuck because you’re constantly wrestling with conflicting values and refereeing team members who are divided and digging in their heels.
It’s time to learn how to deal with unavoidable tensions you face as a leader.
Through this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Set high expectations AND extend grace
- Increase confidence AND remain humble
- Leverage optimism AND maintain realism
- Embrace change AND preserve stability
- Focus on profit AND foster a purpose
- Care for others AND care for yourself
Lead With “AND” is a paradigm-shifting approach for progressive leaders who want to transform their workplaces.
Book this workshop to learn how to rise above polarity, division, and conflicting values and lead with resilience, results, and lasting impact.
For Effective Teams:
For Effective Teams:
Learn the 5 Tensions to Manage for High-Performing Teams
Let’s face it, most teams struggle to work together effectively. Despite having smart, hard working people, dysfunction and division can still run rampant. This makes coming to work feel frustrating and exhausting. But there’s hope!
While other teams run away from tension, this workshop will teach your team how to embrace it. When you learn to harness the power of healthy tension in these five key areas, your team will shift from unproductive to unstoppable:
- Build trust by focusing on tasks AND relationships
- Increase engagement by leveraging structure AND flexibility
- Have courageous conversations through truthful AND tactful communication
- Align your team to win by promoting collaboration AND independence
- Unleash ownership by increasing empowerment AND accountability
We know there is no miracle cure or magical formula when it comes to teamwork, but this workshop offers something even more valuable: strategies and tools you can put into action.
Book this workshop and watch your team transform into a cohesive unit, energized and motivated to achieve collective goals.
For Navigating Change:
For Navigating Change:
Learn the 5 Tensions to Manage for Successful Transformation
Most change initiatives divide and disappoint. Opposition and confusion are common, making the process feel like an uphill battle.
While others struggle to deal with the inevitable conflicting values that come with change, you’re going to tap into the power of “And” thinking.
By learning how to leverage healthy tension in these 5 areas, change management becomes change mastery:
Embrace innovation AND consistency- Validate facts AND feelings
- Focus on the short term AND the long term
- Promote planning AND action
- Value complexity AND simplicity
This workshop does not claim to provide you with a silver-bullet solution; instead, it offers something much more valuable: a practical, actionable blueprint to navigate change with skill and confidence.
Change is hard. Period. But, it doesn’t have to be a source of constant stress and overwhelm.
Book this workshop to learn how to turn resistance into resilience and division into unity.
For Emotional Intelligence:
For Emotional Intelligence:
How to Gain Leadership Success Through Emotional Intelligence
The difference between a good leader and a great leader is their social and emotional abilities. As Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, says,
“The most effective leaders are all alike in one crucial way: they all have a high degree of what has come to be known as emotional intelligence.
Without it, a person can have the best training in the world, an incisive, analytical mind, and an endless supply of smart ideas, but they still won’t make a great leader.”
Emotional intelligence is not just talking about our feelings, it’s so much more than that.
Through this workshop, your leaders will learn how to:
- Effectively manage stress
- Develop healthy assertiveness
- Become more flexible
- Empathize with others
- Improve interpersonal relationships
The research is clear: people with healthy emotional intelligence have increased job satisfaction, outperform and earn more than their colleagues, and live with higher confidence and optimism.
Book this workshop to cultivate emotionally intelligent leaders who will drive your company’s growth and success.
* This workshop can also be expanded into a full day where each participant will take an assessment and receive a 21-page EQ report highlighting their strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for growth.
For Giving Feedback:
For Giving Feedback:
How to Improve Communication, Avoid Misunderstandings, and Build Trust
Most people find it really challenging to give and receive feedback. It’s tough to have difficult conversations—and yet they are foundational for high-performing teams and successful leadership.
This workshop helps participants succeed in having the type of conversations that are often avoided or handled poorly, such as: disagreeing with someone, providing feedback to a colleague, dealing with conflict, and managing diverse opinions.
Through this workshop, you will learn how to:
- Identify the habits helping and hurting your communication
- Apply a simple yet effective three-step approach to giving and receiving feedback
- Question assumptions before jumping to conclusions
- Deal with concerns before they escalate
- Increase your ability to be both truthful and tactful for greater impact
In the new world of work, with teams working together in fresh ways with diverse technologies and connection points, having tough conversations is harder than it’s ever been.
Book this workshop to make it easier for your leaders and teams to communicate with clarity and confidence.
What people like you are saying after their workshop...
I am witnessing more collaboration between our field-based people than ever before, even though they are spread out all over the world.
This relationship development has resulted in team members being more willing to pick up the phone and call one another, collaborate, and work as a strong team.”
Canada Dunkin Brands Inc.
This turned out to be a truly innovative experience with the right combination of challenge, creativity, teamwork and fun.
The dynamic and professional approach made the event a terrific success.”
and Communications
at CIBC World Markets
You kept the crowd engaged and we were able to have fun and learn at the same time!”
Miami Heat
& Initiatives
The Responsive Group
What people like you are saying after their workshop...
I am witnessing more collaboration between our field-based people than ever before, even though they are spread out all over the world.
This relationship development has resulted in team members being more willing to pick up the phone and call one another, collaborate, and work as a strong team.”
Canada Dunkin Brands Inc.
This turned out to be a truly innovative experience with the right combination of challenge, creativity, teamwork and fun.
The dynamic and professional approach made the event a terrific success.”
and Communications
at CIBC World Markets
You kept the crowd engaged and we were able to have fun and learn at the same time!”
Miami Heat
& Initiatives
The Responsive Group
How It Works
Good news - it’s super easy from start to finish!
1: Book a
call
We’ll talk about your goals and determine the best workshop for your leaders. Fill us in on logistics, timing, and any special requests to ensure your event comes off without a hitch.
2: Schedule your
workshop
We’ll send over a proposal, you sign the contract, and then your workshop is locked in!
3: Watch your
leaders thrive
Be prepared to receive great feedback and to watch your attendees become more confident, engaged, and effective leaders.
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FAQs
Does my group have to do the foundational, healthy tension workshop first?
We wholeheartedly recommend you start with this workshop, as it has consistently been our most popular offering! However, many groups have chosen to begin with one of our other workshops, finding that the specific topic was a perfect match for their event.
Our goal is to assist you in selecting the ideal workshop tailored to your needs, and we look forward to collaborating with you during our call to make that happen.
Do I have to book more than one workshop at a time?
Not at all. Most people start by booking one! If you’re open to a “humble brag”…most groups love how easy we are to work with and receive such amazing feedback after their first workshop, they reach out again when it’s time to plan their next professional development event.
As you know, winning organizations invest in an ongoing rhythm of leadership and team development and we would be honored to be in it for the long haul with you and your leaders.
What if my leaders need all of the workshops?
Great question!
We have a certificate program your leaders can go through so they build all of the skills we listed in every workshop. Ask us about this on our call and we can talk about creating a special certificate program just for your leaders!
How long are the workshops?
They are all 3 hours in length. We can flex a little depending on your event schedule.
We’re excited to get into all of your event details on our call!
Who is this program designed for?
Our workshops are perfect for all working professionals, but critical for anyone who leads a team (your leaders, supervisors, and managers).
Do you offer any shorter workshops?
Yes! Ask us about our virtual Masterclasses!
They are one-hour and a great way to provide micro learning for your team over a 3-6 month period. Every class, you’ll have a facilitator and a producer leading everything so you can sit back and relax!
Do you only offer workshops in-person?
We offer both in-person and virtual workshops. No matter which option you pick, your workshop will contain the perfect blend of fun AND impactful content.
Where do you travel to do workshops?
We have workshop facilitators who love to work in Canada and the USA. They also love to travel to other destinations when it’s the right fit! We’ve done workshops on almost every continent.
Do the fun activities in your program make people uncomfortable?
We love that you asked this question! It is a big concern and we’re glad to have the opportunity to address it. The feedback we receive from EVERYONE after a workshop is that the fun and connecting activities are actually the best part.
People are so grateful to have an excuse to have a good time together and that’s why we’ve used our 30+ years of experience to select activities your attendees will enjoy.
