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Richard Cunningham
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Some of the Seminars, Keynotes and Breakouts that help build trust Building Skills To Influence It's The Moments In Our Work Transforming Leaders Renewing The Partnership for Change At the Heart of Service Hope and Humor at Work Leadership's Best Practices Trust in the Team Revitalizing What Really Matters It's Simply Magic  Building Skills to Influence
Navigating interpersonal relationships takes insight and skill. The communication style map and flexibility skills presented here can help. The goal is to increase the awareness, confidence, and ability to work with a variety of people. The result: more productivity, less conflict and increased trust and influence with others. These are real time, real world skills that can make an immediate and lasting difference in your effectiveness with individuals and groups. (More details) Teske, David (1998) Building Skills To Influence Workbook. Farmington: Training Advisors It’s The Moments In Our Work
Most people want to make a difference with their lives. On our best days work can exhilarate. It’s a way to fulfill ourselves while contributing toward a larger purpose. Find the ways we stay committed and vital. Rediscover the passion and meaning in your own work and how you can help enliven that spirit in others. And apply that positive commitment to building a workplace of trust. (More details) Transforming Leaders
Leaders have continual opportunities to help individuals and groups realize their potential. Effective leaders make a special commitment to serve -- by leading. They help others take the daily work of tasks, and empower them to work on mission. Developing this kind of leadership means developing yourself. What are the keys to transforming leadership? How do successful leaders get things done by building trust? (More details) Renewing the Partnership for ChangeIt’s a given. Our lives and work are full of change. What’s key is how we react to it. And for our organizations, how we maintain service, trust and focus on our mission. With humor and candor trace the common change pattern. Assess your own readiness for change. See what steps successful organizations take to manage transitions. And identify the factors which help us remain “hardy” during change and contributors in decision-making and success. (More details) At the Heart of ServiceService is at the heart of so much of what we do each day. And of course at the heart of service is – heart. The attitude and heart for exceptional service is a key ingredient for career success. Whether it’s serving internal or external customers or clients, revisit how we deliver great service and see why those delivering it earn our respect and trust. (More details) Hope and Humor at WorkIt’s been said that a cynic is just a passionate person who doesn’t want to be disappointed again (Ben and Rosamund Zander). Well…for all the time we spend in cubes – it better be a great place to work (view or no view!). Here’s a kit for building a positive workplace of trust (some assembly required). Participate in this heavy dose of common sense and reality checking. Fill your office with character because everybody has a stake in building morale. (More details) Leadership’s Best PracticesAt every moment leaders make choices in how to spend their time and in what they model. The choices show others what’s important. What are the choices that inspire, empower, succeed? Find them in the extraordinary research and writing of Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Apply their “Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders” to every one of your leadership moments. Create your own daily “to do” list of common sense actions that demonstrate your commitment to building trust and capacity in others. (More details) Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z. (2002) The Leadership Challenge. How To Get Extraordinary Things Done In Organizations. Third Edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Trust in the TeamWhat is the foundation of team success? It’s trust and the willingness to consistently work at building it. Patrick Lencioni in his best selling book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” identifies what gets in the way of groups becoming a high-performing team. Learn from his straightforward insights and wisdom on how to overcome those dysfunctions. Chart a course toward higher trust, cohesiveness and satisfaction at getting things done! (More details) Lencioni, Patrick. Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide. (2005) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Revitalizing What Really MattersThe daily routine and its commitments, pace and energy to do it all -- can sometimes leave us running on empty. And when we are, we may lose satisfaction from the things that matter most to us. How can we revitalize ourselves? The answers are in the common-sense things we usually know. Yet we often don’t take the time to retool and recommit to them. This is an opportunity to do just that. Pause and remind yourself of the difference your unique contributions make to you and to others in your work and life. (More details) It’s Simply MagicMagic can transform almost any event, and message. As a professional magician and speaker, Rick can weave magic, key ideas and fun into a memorable experience. Or just have the magic be pure entertainment. Whether accenting a special meeting or milestone, recognizing individuals or groups or kicking off special projects -- magic lends a unique touch. Trust the power of illusion to highlight the best of who we are and what we can do. (More details) |