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The Leadership & Team-Building Experience, Featuring Team Twist

An exciting, hands-on learning experience where you don’t just learn it – for two intensive days, you LIVE IT!

Program Description:
If you’re serious about mastering key leadership and team-building skills, there’s no more effective method than to “learn by doing.” In your important role, you’ve no doubt seen this concept proven time and again: No matter how much training you get or how many lectures you sit through, you aren’t fully versed in performing a new task until you get in there and actually do it.

Master crucial leadership skills as you learn by doing with our exclusive learning experience, TeamTwist

As a Signature Training Experience, “learning by doing” is exactly what The Leadership & Team-Building Experience is all about. This out-of-the ordinary learning adventure is designed for forward-thinking leaders who’re seeking out-of-the-ordinary results. Training as usual, this program is NOT!

By “living” the key concepts you’re learning, you’ll quickly upgrade on your core team-building skills to become a more confident and effective leader.

When you attend this workshop, you’ll participate in our exclusive training experience, TeamTwist … a series of interactive games and activities, case studies and assessments that bring real-world leadership and team-building challenges to life! If get-up-and-go learning isn’t your style – not to worry! This training event is a unique blend of hands-on learning and reflection-based activities. It’s guaranteed to please everyone on your team!

An unbelievably FUN way of taking your team-building effectiveness to a whole new level

No boring lectures here! In a casual, energy-charged environment, you and your fellow team members will navigate the sometimes rough waters that we all come up against in our organizations.

You’ll discover new ways to address your most pressing challenges … get hands-on experience developing and leading a team … run meetings … set team goals and gain buy-in for them … work through conflict and disagreement … gain invaluable insight into how to make positive change happen … and much more. Plus, we GUARANTEE you’ll have a great time … because you remember best what you enjoy the most!

Think in bold new ways to gain an all-important competitive edge

Join fellow leaders in your area for The Leadership & Team-Building Experience, and you’ll not only improve your leadership results in an immediate and measurable way, you’ll begin to think in bold new directions, see things from new perspectives, and look at your team challenges in a different light.

We promise this will be the learning experience of your lifetime and that you’ll emerge changed – with greater insight into what it takes to build a rock-solid team and the techniques you need to lead a team to success.

Make the commitment to become a stronger leader, one who gets results!

The skills you need to achieve phenomenal leadership results are just one powerful training experience away, so make the commitment right now to attend! Don’t miss this chance to become the kind of leader you’ve always wanted to be – a key player in your organization who others respect and are eager to follow.



What You'll Learn:
TeamTwist is our exclusive interactive training event that immerses you in real-world team-building situations and leadership challenges within a fun, high-energy learning environment.

Master leadership fundamentals FAST as you learn by doing
When you participate in TeamTwist, you’ll experience firsthand all the “twists” that are common to life in a team environment … including the unexpected changes, conflicts, and hurdles that we all face. Specific skills you’ll learn on your journey …

  • Leadership self-assessment
  • Working with diverse groups
  • Creating team vision
  • Defining team goals and plans to achieve them
  • Gaining team buy-in to goals
  • Working through conflict and disagreement
  • Building loyalty and commitment
  • Brainstorming and idea generation
  • Team problem solving
  • Communication and listening skills
  • Team decision making
  • Putting ideas into action
  • Handling the unexpected
  • Creating positive change

TeamTwist’s interactive components hone your problem-solving skills
You’ll encounter plenty of twists and turns on your journey in the form of leadership challenges that you’ll solve – just like on the job. You’ll run across “Team Turmoil,” “The Miserable Employee Squad,” and even “The Idea Crusher.”

A powerful learning experience that’s a whole lot of fun
TeamTwist is a powerful training experience because each team member must contribute input for the team to advance. What’s more, it’s undeniably fun! Research has shown that when training is perceived as fun or enjoyable, participants learn more – and retain more of what they’ve learned.



Workshop Agenda:

Day One

Team Leader and Team Member Essentials

  • The importance of teams in today’s organizations
  • What makes a strong team leader?
  • What makes a valuable team member?
  • Identifying personal strengths and weaknesses
  • The benefits of diversity in teams
  • Common issues related to type differences in teams

The Team Leader as Guide

  • How people process information
  • How to incorporate as many information-processing methods as possible into team meetings
  • How to build trust and enhance risk- taking and creativity – as the leader and among team members
  • Identify what team members want from you as the team leader
  • Build loyalty and commitment into the team’s culture

Start With the End in Mind

  • How to create a team vision
  • How to be sure everyone is on the same page and moving in the same direction
  • Defining, organizing, communicating, and reinforcing performance goals
  • Identifying and overcoming obstacles before they trip up the team
  • How to gain buy-in when not everyone agrees

Idea Generation, Decision Making, and Problem Solving

  • Team problem-solving techniques
  • Idea-generation techniques
  • Making strong decisions as a team
  • Motivating teams to move forward

Day Two

Communication Essentials

  • Keeping lines of communication open among team members and between the team and you
  • Listening tips for team leaders and team members
  • How to give and receive feedback/criticism
  • How to run an efficient team meeting

Help Teams Run Themselves

  • Help team members discover their own solutions when problems arise
  • Coaching techniques to overcome procrastination
  • Common team roles and how to be sure they are shared rather than monopolized
  • Building on team members’ strengths and compensating for their weaknesses

Working Through Conflict

  • Overcoming common causes of team conflict
  • How to facilitate a make-up session between feuding team members
  • Handling emotions
  • How to squash negativity – individual or team
  • Getting team members to value conflict as a source of ideas

Thriving in the Midst of Change

  • Getting team members to band together during change
  • Common obstacles to change and how to overcome them
  • How to make change as positive as possible
  • Follow-up techniques to be sure change is implemented as intended




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Cancellation Policy:
If you cannot attend a workshop for which you are registered, you may send a substitute or receive a credit memo toward a future workshop. If you cancel your registration up to five business days before the workshop, your registration fee will be refunded less a $10 enrollment charge.



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