Individual Workshops

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In a business world where each environment possesses its own unique set of circumstances, it is therefore critically important to always be prepared and agile, to meet the challenges and demands before us. This of course applies to all our employees and most certainly, to our leaders. 

Ferrin Leadership understands the many dynamics and nuances to be recognized and provided for in each opportunity to impart just the right knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques. As you peruse our many workshops that cover all aspects of effective leadership and management, we encourage you to design your own ‘needs based’ program from the multitude of options. We then encourage and invite you to connect with us by scheduling an informal meeting where we can calmly and collaboratively discuss the possibilities that will absolutely meet your specific needs.

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ALL WORKSHOPS CAN BE COMBINED TO CREATE A CUSTOM TAILORED CURRICULUM & ARE ALSO AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY!

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Ferrin Workshops

21st Century Communication & Listening

➡ Master the art of communication utilizing various styles & techniques. Understand the power of listening to the people around you in a positive manner to help improve communication effectiveness. Your company will gain insight on the pros & cons of each communication style, allowing a more productive & more importantly, a more enjoyable workplace for your team.

➡ This workshop will allow you & your team to gain essential skills in cultural competence, enabling you to thrive in an increasingly diverse workplace. By mastering techniques for giving and receiving feedback respectfully, you will enhance your ability to navigate cultural diversity effectively. This will help you understand how values differ among cultures and identify different communication styles among diverse cultural groups.

➡ With coaching playing a major role in the success of productive workflow within a team, it’s crucial to learn and practice a variety of techniques to effectively communicate as a coach & as a leader. This comprehensive coaching program will bring out the best in you & your team as it helps you navigate through the various methods of coaching to find the one that situationally best suits each individual within your team. Putting these skills into practice will undoubtedly prove to yield a substantial impact on the success of your team.

➡ As a manager or supervisor, you’re responsible for an abundance of important aspects within the company. With such responsibility, communicating effectively & respectfully can be a challenging line to walk. This detailed workshop will aid your development of emotional awareness while simultaneously increasing your ability to be direct & assertive. Communication is the foundation of human beings, meaning as a leader it’s imperative for the success of the company to understand proper communication practices.

➡ Become proficient in understanding the four characteristics of critical thinking: curiosity, awareness, flexibility, and common sense. How to follow the three step process of critical thinking to ensure thoroughly reviewing issues & potential solutions. Not only will this learning experience elevate your work life, it will also change your perspective on real world situations, allowing you to approach difficult scenarios with a clear thought process.

➡ Successful completion of this course will increase your team's ability to implement a strengths-based approach to development & recognize the difference between performance management and development coaching. Creating a proper development plan will offer members of your team the ability to understand where they’re future lies within the company. This alone will increase morale, productivity & job satisfaction.

➡ We spend most of our day surrounded by co-workers so it’s easy to understand why developing positive relationships is a crucial aspect of a healthy work environment. This learning experience will provide your team with the knowledge to demonstrate actions that build trust & avoid those that erode it. It goes without saying, the more unison a team is, the greater the outcome.

➡ The greatest leaders (See Good to Great by Jim Collins) possess the far too rare virtue of humility. In order to recognize, embrace and apply this lofty virtue, one must be willing to look inward and see themselves in an honest and accurate light. In this workshop, we take leaders on a journey of honest self-reflection, leading to identifying opportunities to be proactively and positively leveraged for greater good.

➡ This workshop will help you & your team enhance your emotional intelligence, a critical soft skill essential for success in the workplace, particularly in high-stress environments. You will gain awareness and control over your emotions, enabling you to navigate emotionally-charged situations with clarity, composure, and objectivity. It will help you improve your ability to build positive relationships through empathy, communicate assertively, and use emotions as a tool for conflict resolution, along with cover strategies for staying focused and composed in high-pressure situations, reframing thinking, changing perspective, and bouncing back from setbacks effectively.

➡ Learn the most successful tactics for communicating the vision & goals of your organization's change initiative to allow employees to properly adapt & thrive in moving environments. Change can sometimes get the best of people which is why this strategic learning experience is imperative when implementing major change in the workplace.

➡ Learn to recognize and control your emotional triggers, resulting in more constructive responses to challenging situations and relationships with supervisors and coworkers, along with gaining strategies for channeling negative energy into positive and productive activities, promoting personal growth and professional success. This workshop covers long-term strategies for channeling emotions productively and promoting overall emotional intelligence in the workplace.

➡ Gain a deep understanding of how to effectively communicate & work comfortably with your supervisor. Forging a successful relationship with your supervisor will greatly impact your output within the company. Not only will it increase productivity, it will also encourage a positive relationship with a valued colleague, leading to an increase in morale.

All workshops can be combined to create a custom tailored curriculum & are also available virtually. Start a Conversation with Ferrin today to learn more!

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➡ Gather awareness into the benefits of mentoring relationships for professional development and career advancement, regardless of your position or level within the organization. You will learn how to establish and maintain successful mentoring relationships, both as mentors and mentees, to maximize your potential for promotions, salary increases, and higher retention rates. Attain the ability of guiding instead of telling, delivering constructive criticism, helping mentees exceed expectations, and handling problems within the mentorship dynamic.

➡ Identify major factors affecting employee motivation and learn to apply dialogue and listening skills that model community, influence, and openness. You will gain the ability to recognize and address inhibitors to fostering group commitment and passion, including stress and negative work culture, and learn methods for dealing with these challenges. Discover methods for creating a shared vision, building group identity, promoting a culture of ownership and accountability, and establishing a collaborative work environment.

➡ Difficult and crucial conversations are inevitable in any workplace which is why knowing how to approach them tactfully & respectfully is a vital skill to learn. This extensive learning experience will elevate your ability to use empathetic language that will assist in establishing trust & understanding. The benefits of navigating difficult conversations reach far beyond the workplace, in fact these skills are transferable to all human interactions we face on a daily basis.

➡ The process of introducing new employees to company policies & procedures can be overwhelming if not properly communicated. This comprehensive course will explore the five elements of role, specific areas to address & integration at a high level. Learning to quickly adapt will not only have a major impact on the satisfaction of a new hire, it will also allow the company to continue in its natural flow without disruption.

➡ You will learn strategies and practices to structure and implement an effective collaboration process, leading to increased productivity, job satisfaction, and professional success. Understand how to become a sought-after resource and team member by mastering collaboration skills and maximizing your value to your organization. This workshop covers communication strategies that foster collaboration and strategies for dealing with common obstacles to collaboration, such as non-collaborative behaviors.

➡ This course will help you become proficient in adjusting to the rapidly changing work world by understanding the needs of your top performing individuals, challenging those individuals to help maintain work satisfaction & establishing a succession plan to replace employees if need be. You will learn the benefits of managing succession planning, leadership development strategies, assessing alternatives to internal development & so much more. It’s important to possess the tools necessary to regain positive momentum after an important employee leaves in order to sustain high morale & a strong workflow.

➡ Learn how to identify your preferred strategy for handling conflict & how to professionally implement that strategy. Gain an understanding of the five strategies that people use for managing conflict along with the characteristics and drawbacks of each typical approach to conflict. Creating a conflict resolution plan will help your team understand when to address an issue before it escalates, leading to an increase in morale.

➡ Develop authenticity, integrity, and self-awareness, laying the groundwork for mastering the art of influence and achieving your professional goals. Learn how to establish common ground, read others' emotions and nonverbal cues, and use active listening and self-disclosure to improve understanding and communication effectiveness. You will gain the ability to recognize common barriers to communication and learn to tailor your communication styles to effectively interact with others.

➡ Gain a comprehensive understanding of the importance of respect in the workplace and its impact on creating a positive work atmosphere. You will learn essential behaviors and strategies to contribute to a respectful workplace at both individual and organizational levels, leading to increased motivation, job satisfaction, and support for others. Learn how cultural differences affect perceptions of respect and gain insights into responding to offensive statements/actions and rebuilding damaged relationships with maturity and respect.

➡ Your ability to navigate conflict, terminations & crises will increase significantly after experiencing this course. It’s designed specifically to help you understand your organization’s problems and challenges at a deeper level while giving you the communication tools to become an inspiring manager or supervisor. Having an inspiring leader will encourage harder working employees along with a purposeful atmosphere.

➡ All employees want to work with a charismatic leader that elevates everyone around them in a positive way. Exploring this course will allow you to become the leader we all desire to be. Help others think critically, stimulate creativity & innovation, demonstrate care & concern & become a transformational leader. With a strong forefront, the possibilities for company & personal growth become boundless.

➡ During this interactive learning experience, you will gain real world, practical knowledge on the fundamentals of trust in a professional work environment. This workshop will expand your perception on trust, improving your capability to approach all types of situations from various angles, resulting in a more positive and successful workplace culture for you, your employees and your co-workers.

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➡ You & your team will learn the specific behaviors that build trust and those that erode it, providing a common language and framework for trust-building efforts. Strategies for understanding the impact of your behaviors on trust and identifying areas that need attention to develop and maintain trusting relationships. Feel safe to communicate openly and share your best ideas.

➡ This workshop encourages practical training methods that are designed to establish the mindset, essential skills, and structured process needed to accelerate development and bring out the best in your people. Create autonomous problem solvers that will become self-reliant and solve problems independently. Coached employees tend to be more engaged, committed, and likely to stay with the company.

➡ Learn the mindset and skillset needed to become an empowered, proactive self-leader who takes control of their own success. You will be more engaged, committed, and accountable, leading to improved performance, faster career development, and increased innovation. By empowering yourself with self-leadership skills, you can build a healthy and engaged workforce that drives the success of strategic initiatives.

➡ SLII Concepts teach what it means to lead situationally. That means giving people the right support or direction at the right time, having authentic conversations that empower them, and caring about their growth.

Be their champion. See their promise. SLII Concepts introduces the art of diagnosing an individual's or team's development level and using the appropriate leadership style in response. Fast-paced, content-rich SLII Concepts is an immersive solution that can be used to introduce or reinforce SLII.

➡ SLII® is the most widely taught leadership model in the world. Our new learning design “The SLII Experience” uses game-changing techniques that immerse learners in SLII quickly, deeply, and effectively. In this program, you will learn a new language of leadership that will help you increase the quality and quantity of conversations you have with your team members, accelerate their development, increase their performance, and support autonomy. This program utilizes the latest multimedia technology, experiential learning methodologies, and a variety of optimal learning techniques.

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➡ Become proficient in reading the emotional and interpersonal needs of various situations and respond accordingly, fostering a culture of empathy, understanding, and adaptability. By combining personalized insights from DiSC® with active emotional intelligence development, you will gain tools to navigate diverse workplace interactions effectively, improving communication and collaboration. Recognize opportunities to stretch beyond your comfort zones, embracing challenges and adapting your approach to social and emotional situations.

➡ You & your team will discover your DiSC Management style, understanding the priorities and preferences that shape your experience as managers and employees. Identify new ways to work more effectively with managers, building strong relationships based on mutual understanding and communication. Understand how your unique style influences your approach to managing and developing others, including directing and delegating tasks.

➡ Based on the work of Patrick Lencioni’s international best-seller The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, The Five Behaviors® Powered by Everything DiSC® helps teams apply The Five Behaviors® model of Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results to drive team effectiveness and productivity. The program uses Everything DiSC, a tool that helps build effective team communication and relationships, to help participants understand their individual DiSC® style and discover how each style brings value to the team.

➡ The Five Behaviors® Personal Development solution teaches individuals to become better teammates by integrating Patrick Lencioni’s model at the organizational level. The goal is to completely redefine teamwork and collaboration. Personal Development was designed specifically to work for individuals; participants do not all need to be part of the same team. Rather, participants can carry the takeaways of this program from one team to the next, enabling a culture of teamwork. Learners at all levels of an organization can benefit from this program and adopt its powerful principles, shape behaviors, and create a common language that empowers people to rewrite what it means to work together.

➡ You will benefit from Productive Conflict in the following ways:

1. Reframing conflict situations: You will learn to reframe conflict situations and choose more productive behaviors, leading to more constructive and collaborative outcomes in conflict resolution.

2. Establishing a common language: By building a common language around appropriate conflict behavior, the workshop helps create a shared understanding and approach to conflict management within the organization, promoting consistency and unity.

3. Recognition of destructive behaviors: Learn to recognize and "catch" yourself when engaging in destructive conflict paths, enabling you to intervene and adjust your behavior proactively.

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➡ Enhance your ability to understand the emotional dimensions of business situations, enabling you to navigate interactions more effectively and influence others toward productive outcomes. Develop strategies to effectively collaborate with teams and harness your collective energy, fostering a collaborative environment helpful to achieving your shared goals. This workshop will help provide you & your team with support and a safe environment to explore your potential and enhance your emotional resources, encouraging personal growth and development.

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Five Behaviors Explained in 2 Minutes

A premiere learning solution that improves team effectiveness and productivity through the understanding and application of The Five Behaviors: Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. Watch the video to learn more :)

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