Mindful Manager
The Mindful Manager
Our acclaimed signature series of 10 workshops inspired by the work of respected leadership innovators and curated to provide the soft skills and mindset needed to lead.
Build Skills Critical for Successful Leadership - For Yourself & Others
The entire Mindful Manager series is FREE for Sweet Deal Members. (A $1,150 value per person!)
The Mindful Manager program is a 10-workshop series that focuses on building skills critical for successful management—first of oneself and then of others. While each 2-hour exploratory workshop provides a valuable independent learning experience, completion of all ten workshops in the series gives participants a toolbox of integrated strategies for both self and team management.
The self-paced program provides opportunities for participants to develop their ability to be present with others as they increase their level of awareness, empathy, and engagement. Each workshop includes self-assessment, reflection, discussions, group exercises, and other interactive activities designed to encourage practice and learning transfer. Upon completion of the workshops and program evaluation, participants receive a certificate of completion by email.
Each workshop is offered several times a year and can be taken in any order. Participants earn a certificate upon completion of all ten workshops. Progress can be tracked and the certificate printed in the member portal.
Who should attend: Individual Contributors, Emerging Managers, and Managers.
Workshop Sessions:
Well-developed leaders seek to understand and leverage the motivations of team members, recognize the contributions of others, and empower others with the tools and resources they develop. In this workshop, participants will:
- Self-assess personal leadership skills.
- Define leadership.
- Reflect on leadership role models, and how these individuals have influenced leadership style.
- Discuss qualities of leadership and various leadership models.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
Mindful team members assess personal feelings, strengths and limitations, and possess the ability to keep negative emotions and behaviors under control. Emotional intelligence is a major factor in self-management and relationship building for professional success. In this workshop, participants will:
- Self-Assess Emotional Intelligence (EQ).
- Define EQ and its benefits and impact.
- Explore the anatomy of emotion.
- Discuss the framework of the four domains of EQ.
- Explore Self-Awareness & Self-Management domains
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
“Work smarter, not harder.” The most productive team members manage attention effectively–not time–to achieve priority assignments. They also anticipate challenges that can derail productivity. In this workshop, participants will:
- Examine our relationship to time.
- Explore managing attention not time.
- Reflect on beliefs, impact and memories of time.
- Identify tips and tools for reclaiming focus and leveraging productive moments.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
Champions of diversity demonstrate the capacity for cultural self-assessment, are conscious of the dynamics of cultural interaction, and work effectively with people of different backgrounds. In this exploration, we go beyond “diversity” to emphasize the importance of inclusion, equity, and belonging in the workplace. In this workshop, participants will:
- Analyze concepts and perceptions of inclusion, identity and diversity using a Growth Mindset.
- Explore the impact of cultural beliefs, assumptions, and biases within the workplace.
- Discuss impact of access and opportunity on equity.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning and implement real change.
Effective communicators ask for clarification when messages are unclear. They listen for understanding and meaning while sharing clear messages. Would you like to improve your communication strategies, or learn how to prevent miscommunications at work? In this workshop, participants will:
- Share current communication strengths.
- Reflect on how communication is learned contributes to communication style.
- Explore key elements and processes of effective communication.
- Analyze verbal and non-verbal communication.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
Conflict is not necessarily negative if it can be resolved effectively. An interest-based, relational approach to conflict respects individual differences that help people avoid becoming too entrenched in fixed positions. In this workshop, participants will:
- Reflect on personal challenges and barriers to resolving conflict.
- Define conflict.
- Reframe our view of conflict to use it as a force for positive change in the workplace.
- Identify sources of conflict and techniques to manage conflict.
- Develop next steps for resolving conflict.
Do you know the difference between coaching and managing? Effective coaches communicate for influence to attain buy-in and support of goals. They provide feedback, guidance and support. Through coaching, the talents and abilities of the team members are developed. In this workshop, participants will:
- Self-assess current coaching abilities.
- Define coaching; distinguish between coaching and performance supervision.
- Explore the elements and benefits of effective coaching.
- Evaluate which team members are prime candidates for coaching.
- Practice coaching techniques.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
This workshop goes beyond basic Human Resource hiring laws for recruiting, hiring, evaluating and promoting established or potential team members. It also emphasizes the role of organizational culture in creating your most important asset: your team. This is recommended not just for HR professionals, but anyone who is or hopes to be involved in the hiring decision. In this workshop, participants will:
- Reflect upon the role organizational culture plays in selecting appropriate applicants.
- Identify the critical success factors and performance standards required for the position.
- Develop an interview evaluation tool with legal, behavior based questions that provides insight into a potential employee’s level of emotional intelligence.
- Describe the pros & cons of various types of interviews and how to ensure the validity of interviews.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
Get comfortable with managing your team’s performance. Effective managers encourage team members to be accountable for performance results and outcomes. Learn how to incorporate engagement and accountability into managerial evaluations to develop your team. Performance Management begins with quality onboarding and continues through performance reviews and potential disciplinary actions. In this workshop, participants will:
- Define performance management.
- Explore the importance of onboarding, engagement, retention, recognition and professional development in effective performance management
- Recognize the steps of the Progressive Discipline Process.
- Describe the steps in documenting a performance situation.
- Explore personnel law and how to avoid litigation, and gain resources for staying up-to-date.
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
Successful organizations foster cooperation and collaboration in others through trust-building and relationships. Team members maintain commitments/accountability to the team, demonstrating a shared commitment to the organization’s mission and goals. In this workshop, participants will:
- Self-reflect on past participation with teams and current dynamics.
- Define team.
- Describe the four stages of team development.
- Discuss characteristics that strengthen and weaken teams.
- Explore how differing behavioral styles influence team dynamics and identify strategies to adjust styles to improve communication
- Develop next steps to anchor learning & implement change.
