Work-Life Balance

WLB-001. Change Management
Objectives: A few of us embrace change with all its attendant uncertainties. More of us shy away from it, primarily because we feel ill equipped to manage ourselves through its processes. Participants will have the unique opportunity to explore change in a humorous and engaging way. As a result, participants will begin to craft a plan that allows them to view change not as a threat, but as an opportunity for self-discovery and growth.

WLB-002. Conflict Management
Objectives: Examine the following topics: Sources and Dynamics of Conflict, Communication and Negotiation Skills in Conflict Management, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) including Arbitration, Mediation and Ombudsmen.

WLB-003. Decision Making
Objectives: Learn how to identify and clarify the decisions that need to be made. Explore the variables that impact decision-making. Identify the affected parties of a decision outcome and examine how to define strategic goals. Consider all analysis points and system impacts. Learn how to move from decisions to action.

WLB-004. Domestic Violence – A Workplace Issue
Objectives: Understand how the cycle of domestic violence elevates and becomes a danger to those in the workplace. "Violence doesn’t stay home when the victim goes to work!" Explore what workplace domestic violence looks like, identify and "read" the signs, identify the "victims", and look at the effects on the workplace (i.e. productivity, morale, attendance, statistics of crime related incidents). The establishment of workplace security, education and training are emphasized.

WLB-005. FISH!
Objectives: You can only control two things in this world – yourself and your attitude. See a real-life business that made a conscious effort to present a positive attitude to it’s clients and the amazing results!

WLB-006. I Don't Wear a Size Seven
Objectives: To be successful, most professionals must learn to turn the financial, emotional, and physical challenges of their careers to their advantage. Participants will reflect upon their professional choices and personal lives through a series of brief exercises and activities. Participants will identify opportunities to re-define themselves, professionally and personally.

WLB-007. Managing Emotions
Objectives: Increase awareness of emotions – yours and others. Examine emotional vocabulary. Identify common emotions that evaluate and provoke. Explore the sources of emotions, the emotion iceberg and emotional intensity. Practice "communicate and respond" emotions role-plays for effective resolution skills. Establish boundaries for the emotions of others.

WLB-008. Relational Intelligence
Objectives: This training discusses the ways individuals, departments, or organizations display poor relational esteem. Where there may be strength in the area of substantive esteem or policy and practice (toeing the legal line), without a healthy balance of relational esteem and organization or company could be headed for trouble. This training will outline the characteristics of poor relational esteem displayed typically by shame and grandiosity. We will also discuss the skill set for repair communication. Substance without relationship in the workplace means a slow death for everyone.

WLB-009. Repair Skills
Objectives: This training discusses the ways individuals, departments, or organizations display poor repair skills in work relationships. This training will outline the impact of poor repair skills on productivity and communication. We will also discuss the skill set for repair communication, including characteristics of an effective apology.

WLB-010. Surviving a Hostage Situation
Objectives: Provide a better understanding of what can happen when you become a hostage and how to increase your chances of survival.

WLB-011. Surviving Being Trapped
Objectives: Provide the necessary knowledge, skills and tools to increase your chances of surviving if trapped in a building or building rubble in crisis or disaster.

WLB-012. Time Management
Objectives: Learn time management and mastery skills – find out the difference between important and urgent. Urgent things may not relate to goals, but they are always more demanding. Learn to focus on important and ignore urgent. Identify the six common time “problems.”

WLB-013. Wellness Training
Objectives: Learn wellness skills including stress management, nutrition education, water treatment, air treatment, effective weight management programs, meditation techniques, Qi-Cung, Feng Shui, massage, total wellness programs for workplace and effective individual skill sets that can be used at home.

WLB-014. What’s My Personality?
Objectives: (Using the Enneagram) This presentation will look at the nine personality types, gaining an understanding of the key motivations of each type and how those motivators impact behavior. We will look at how each personality type manages stress, personal relationships, communication, and identify ways for maximizing your personal power and potential at work, as well as other areas of your professional and personal life.

WLB-015. What’s My Style?
Objectives: (Using the Gregorc Style Analysis Instrument) Everyone has an individual “style” they use to approach life and its’ management, whether it involve time, work, leisure or other personal issues. When people interact, their “style” impacts how well they work together and what the end product might be when they do.

WLB-016. Winning Negotiations
Objectives: Define the tangible and intangible elements of negotiation. Risk analysis and ethical considerations are examined. Review the role of verbal and non-verbal communication in successful negotiations.