Leadership Magic: Powerful Keys for Team Building

Presented either as five 1 hour sessions or a half-day workshop. (Includes group activities.)

• Positive Attitudes--Choose to have a positive attitude, and your team will be more productive and engaged. This session forms the foundation for the others that follow.
• Positive Relationships--You can create better business relationships among your staff and clients. This session covers listening and communication skills, and responding vs. reacting.
• Positive Influence--The heart of great leadership is building a "trust account" with stakeholders and using that to assert a positive influence. Learn the importance of encouraging optimism, maturity and a wholesome sense of humor.
• Positive Professional Image--A leader who is viewed as confident is an effective leader. This session covers self-confidence, positive speech and time management techniques.
• Positive Perspectives--Successful leaders are challenged to seize opportunity, take reasonable risks, and rise above the trivial. This session will help instill pride and professionalism in team leaders.

Each session includes an interactive activity to help participants put into practice the concepts presented.

"You did a great job for us!  Thank you for making the extra effort to communicate your message and examples in ways that had a direct application to both our business and to our personal lives."

--Peter J. Hennessey III, CLU, FMLI, Chairman of the Board and CEO
Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Company

This presentation tackles some of a business's greatest leadership challenges by focusing on unchanging values.

What is the difference in a leader and a jerk, and which one are you? 

There is nothing more important to a business than an effective leader that knows how to provide guidance and inspiration to his/her team. This presentation is appropriate for mid-level managers to executives. It addresses the need for leaders to provide vision with optimism and enthusiasm. And, the importance of demonstrating both maturity and a sense of humor when in a position of leadership.

"Your keynote speech on teambuilding was right on target and tailored to what we do. We have used many speakers at our yearly conference, and sometimes their message seems to fly over our heads. You were everything we had hoped for and more. You held our group’s attention with your day-to-day real life stories, and you kept the presentation fun and enjoyable with your homespun humor. Terry, you are wonderful to work with, and a true Southern gentleman."

--Joseph Cavey, Coordinator

  US Census Bureau

 

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