Power Skills Bootcamp
December 2 - 6, 2024 12pm - 4:30 pm (Monday - Friday)
Monday: Leadership Fundamentals
Tuesday: Vital Encounters
Wednesday: Power of Presentations
Thursday: Vital Coaching
Friday: Vital Negotiations
22.5 PDUs/CDUs: Earn professional development units applicable to your certification.
Monday: Leadership Fundamentals
During this course you will learn about:
- Build strong working relationships with your employees
- Foster trusting environments
- Provide meaningful performance feedback
- Enable productive career development discussions
- Use a practical framework for navigating difficult situations
Content:
- You will analyze a case study to identify the trust builders and trust breakers that leaders encounter.
- You will work with your fellow participants to develop a plan for building trust foundations within your teams.
- You will practice using a simple framework for giving effective performance feedback through role plays and case study analysis.
- You will explore emotional intelligence principles to keep you and your employee focused during difficult conversations.
- You will learn how to identify employees’ skill gaps related to their career development and help them create development goals.
Click here to register for Leadership Fundamentals as a standalone course.
Tuesday: Vital Encounters
During this course you will learn about:
- Analyze the cause of a conflict
- Apply different conflict styles to difficult conversations
- Identify traps that cause escalation
- Develop a communication plan for difficult conversations
- Heighten your emotional intelligence
Content:
- You will analyze case studies to identify the root causes of conflict situations.
- You will learn how to use a perspectives analysis grid and apply it to a case study.
- You will explore conflict handling styles and their implications.
- You will practice emotion regulation techniques that will keep you focused in difficult conversations.
- You will learn a simple framework for navigating difficult conversations and develop a plan to apply it to your own work.
- You will participate in triad role plays featuring multiple conflict scenarios.
Click here to register for Vital Encounters as a standalone course.
Wednesday: The Power of Presentation
During this course you will learn about:
- Assess the audience to which you will be presenting
- Develop a compelling message tailored to your audience’s needs
- Create visual aids that capture audiences’ attention and tell a clear story
- Master your voice and body language to create an engaging professional presence
- Create the perfect presentation environment, whether live or virtual
- Give concise impromptu answers during Q&A sessions
Content:
- You will conduct an audience analysis of an upcoming presentation.
- You will brainstorm talking points for your presentation.
- You will draft an outline of your presentation.
- You will design engaging slides that complement your presentation’s talking points.
- You will explore vocal exercises to improve your vocal clarity.
- You will practice impromptu speaking to prepare you for Q&A sessions.
- You will develop and deliver a short presentation.
Click here to register for The Power of Presentation as a standalone course.
Thursday: Vital Coaching
During this course you will learn about:
- Unlock the power of a flexible leadership approach that meets coachees where they are
- Foster high performance by working with coachees to align on clear expectations and assess progress
- Provide effective feedback that reinforces strengths and promotes development
- Partner with coachees on action plans that drive growth, results, and engagement
Content:
- You will explore different types of coaching and how to use them to align your employee on expectations.
- You will practice using tools, such as the perspectives analysis grid and conversational recipes, to develop key listening and emotional intelligence skills.
- You will work with your fellow participants to analyze a challenging coaching case study and develop an accompanying coaching plan.
- You will role play a realistic coaching conversation in small groups using a case background.
- You will create a coaching journal to keep track of your progress during your coaching journey.
Click here to register for Vital Coaching as a standalone course.
Friday: Vital Negotiations
During this course you will learn about:
- Focus on interests and not positions
- Separate the people from the problem
- Understand your alternatives
- Create options for mutual gain
- Avoid 6 common mistakes that inexperienced negotiators make
Content:
- You will learn to move from win-lose situations to win-win outcomes.
- You will learn the difference between positions and interests.
- You will learn how to separate the people from the problem.
- You will learn to generate ideas that increase options for agreement.
- With your small group, you will prepare for a fictional negotiation by applying the concepts taught in the session.
- With your small group, you will participate in a negotiation role play.
Click here to register for Vital Negotiations as a standalone course.
Each class is limited to 20 participants to ensure maximum opportunity for each person to interact and practice the application of new skills.
The Power Skills Bootcamp includes five half-day interactive workshops on Leadership Fundamentals, Vital Encounters, The Power of Presentation, Vital Coaching, and Vital Negotiations. Each class can be taken as a standalone class or part of the five day package. If you are purchasing more than one ticket, please contact info-us@skillsdg.com or call 1-800-268-0390.
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