Storytellers, Leadership Developers, Video Animators
About Me...
I am a parable teller who inspires leaders to reflect on themselves to assess their own leadership abilities. I am a developer of a leadership program for improving and inspiring positive performance change. I am a 35-year veteran with a Fortune 30 company with a proven track record of developing leaders through exceptional facilitation skills. I'm a developer of video animation that is designed to reinforce the learning objectives post-training to make the learning sticky.
This Leadership Development Series is a collection of high-impact leadership courses for all leaders within your organization. These courses introduce the foundational competencies necessary for the success of today's leaders.
These courses are leader lead, which is perfect for your organization to involve current leaders to pay it forward with their experiences and passion.
These courses are leader lead, which is perfect for your organization to involve current leaders to pay it forward with their experiences and passion.
Each course consists of numerous experiential activities to engage the leader. The average duration of each course is between 3.5 and 6 hours.
Each course consists of numerous experiential activities to engage the leader. The average duration of each course is between 3.5 and 6 hours.
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Contact Information
Email: David_Austin@blueskyleaders.net
Building Better Team 3. 5–4 Hours
This course provides leaders with the tools and resources they need to build high performing teams that can achieve exceptional results.
Course Objectives:
This course provides leaders with the tools and resources they need to build high performing teams that can achieve exceptional results.
Course Objectives:
- Explore a working definition of “team”
- Define the six characteristics of high performing teams
- Identify the different types of teams that may exist within the workplace
- Introduce tools for evaluating the performance of your teams
Building Leadership Credibility 3. 5–4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to build credibility in their role as a manager by focusing on both what they accomplish and how they accomplish it.
Course Objectives:
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to build credibility in their role as a manager by focusing on both what they accomplish and how they accomplish it.
Course Objectives:
- Explore the benefits of having a trust within your work team
- Define the 3 Cs of Leadership Credibility
- Identify ways in which to build credibility in your relationships and communications
Coaching For High Performance5.5 - 6 Hours
This course provides management with the tools and resources to have productive coaching and feedback conversations. Both skills are crucial for any leader. Leaders need to coach individuals in their performance and provide feedback to either reinforce or redirect their performance.
Course Objectives:
This course provides management with the tools and resources to have productive coaching and feedback conversations. Both skills are crucial for any leader. Leaders need to coach individuals in their performance and provide feedback to either reinforce or redirect their performance.
Course Objectives:
- Identify the behaviors of successful coaches
- Define coaching and the benefits of coaching
- Determine the approach for coaching based on the need
- Apply the GROW model for coaching
- Identify the challenges related to successful coaching
- Identify the appropriate times to coach and when not to coach
- Define feedback
- apply the SHARE model for providing feedback
- Avoid using labels and pinpoint behaviors in order to praise and develop
- Recognize and manage the normal, healthy responses to feedback
Creating Emotional Connections3.4 - 4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with various activities to create emotional connections with employees.Course Objectives:
This course provides Leaders with various activities to create emotional connections with employees.Course Objectives:
- Define what “emotional connection” means and how it impacts employees and customers
- Learn how to build emotional connections with your employees
- Understand the long-term benefits of creating emotional connections with others
Difficult Conversation
3. 5-4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to prepare for and conduct challenging conversations with employees, peers, managers and customers. Course Objectives:
3. 5-4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to prepare for and conduct challenging conversations with employees, peers, managers and customers. Course Objectives:
- Learn to lead productive dialogues on sensitive topics with employees, peers, and leaders
- Plan a difficult conversation using a conversation planning worksheet
- Explore how to handle the common reactions people have when on the receiving end of a difficult conversation
Employee Engagement
3. 5-4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources needed to better engage your Employees. Course Objectives:
3. 5-4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources needed to better engage your Employees. Course Objectives:
- Understand the emotional drivers of Employee Engagement
- Identify the different levels and various sources of engagement
- Create a list of ways to engage Employees in the workplace
Inspired Leadership
3. 5-4 Hours
In this foundational course, we will show and teach leaders why leadership is critical for personal and organizational success. This workshop provides leaders with the tools and resources needed on their journey to becoming an inspired leader.
Course Objectives:
3. 5-4 Hours
In this foundational course, we will show and teach leaders why leadership is critical for personal and organizational success. This workshop provides leaders with the tools and resources needed on their journey to becoming an inspired leader.
Course Objectives:
- Learn about the leadership qualities that lead to success
- Understand the customer service profit chain
- Develop your own leadership legacy statement for the future
Interviewing Essentials
3.5 -4 Hours
This course is designed to provide Leaders with the tools and resources helpful in setting them up for success in the interviewing process.
Course Objectives:
3.5 -4 Hours
This course is designed to provide Leaders with the tools and resources helpful in setting them up for success in the interviewing process.
Course Objectives:
- Preparing you for the next step of continuing your career with this organization
- Learn best practices to be successful in the interviewing process
Keeping On Point3.5 - 4 Hours
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to better manage their time and priorities. Course Objectives:
This course provides Leaders with the tools and resources they need to better manage their time and priorities. Course Objectives:
- Optimize your productivity each day
- Use planning tools to keep you on point
- Identify what is “mission critical” in your job
- Prioritize your activities and “work above the line”
- Get things done by managing interruptions and delegating effectively
Resolving Conflict3.5-4 Hours
This course provides leaders with the tools and resources they need to start the process of resolving conflict. Course Objectives:
This course provides leaders with the tools and resources they need to start the process of resolving conflict. Course Objectives:
- Define conflict and the importance of resolving conflict
- Identify the different types of conflict
- Identify the conflict-handling modes and when to use them
- Create a plan for resolving conflicts in your workplace
The Art of Communication
3.5-4 Hours
This course is designed to help Leaders improve in the art of communication, which includes understanding why we communicate, how we communicate with one another, and most importantly, how we listen to one another.Course Objectives:
3.5-4 Hours
This course is designed to help Leaders improve in the art of communication, which includes understanding why we communicate, how we communicate with one another, and most importantly, how we listen to one another.Course Objectives:
- Explore the intended outcomes of purposeful, focused communications
- Understand the uses for tell-directed vs. ask-directed communication
- Identify the barriers to effective listening
- Learn and apply the Reflective Listening model
The Leader's Voice3.5-4 Hours
At this stage, it’s important for leaders to discover the power in their voice. This course will explore the core principles of effective leadership communication. The ability to communicate authentically and powerfully is a crucial leadership competence. One of the key tools leaders uses to communicate is the use of stories. We will examine some of the most common types of stories leaders need to be familiar with.
Course Objectives:
At this stage, it’s important for leaders to discover the power in their voice. This course will explore the core principles of effective leadership communication. The ability to communicate authentically and powerfully is a crucial leadership competence. One of the key tools leaders uses to communicate is the use of stories. We will examine some of the most common types of stories leaders need to be familiar with.
Course Objectives:
- Influence and inspire others through clear and authentic communication
- Leverage the power of storytelling to increase the impact of your communications
- Build stories to meet business objectives
Cultivate a Culture for Success
3. 5-4 Hours
This course is designed to provide leaders with the skills, tools and resources necessary for success in cultivating a successful culture in their workplace or organization.
Course Objectives:
3. 5-4 Hours
This course is designed to provide leaders with the skills, tools and resources necessary for success in cultivating a successful culture in their workplace or organization.
Course Objectives:
- Identify the difference between employee engagement and self
engagement - Identify and discuss the components of cultivating a culture of
trust - Discuss a simple engagement philosophy
- Identify and execute the steps to redirection response
- Identify and execute steps in recognition response
Customer Cultivation Through Service
3. 5-4 Hours
This course is designed to provide associates with the tools and resources necessary in seƫng them up for success by culƟvaƟng a successful culture of customer service in their workplace or organization.
Course Objectives:
3. 5-4 Hours
This course is designed to provide associates with the tools and resources necessary in seƫng them up for success by culƟvaƟng a successful culture of customer service in their workplace or organization.
Course Objectives:
- Identify why customer cultivation is so important to our organization
- Discuss the Ultimate Question; "How likely is it that you would recommend this organization or company to a friend or colleague?"
- Discover three secrets to creating Raving Fans.
- Discuss vision, they either grow or die.
StrengthsFinders
2 - 2.5 Hours
This course is designed to provide leaders with the tools and resources necessary by discovering their strengths and being able to utilize them for individual and team success.
Course Objectives:
2 - 2.5 Hours
This course is designed to provide leaders with the tools and resources necessary by discovering their strengths and being able to utilize them for individual and team success.
Course Objectives:
This training is to provide you with a new tool (or way of thinking) that can strengthen your working relationships with each other and with clients.
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Building Trust Through Clear Communication
Building Trust Through Clear Communication
1-3-3 Message Map
1-3-3 Message Map