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The Sid Story™

Digitally Remastered! As a manager, are you concentrating on the negative aspects of your employees performances? After watching this video, you’ll discover that even difficult employees perform better with frequent positive feedback and occasional constructive criticism. Skeptical workers with “who cares" attitudes can be motivated!

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Communication & Influencing, Motivation

Managing Essentials™ Needs Motivation

You have an employee who seems disinterested, apathetic, or just isn’t putting forth the effort. What do you do? This type of behavior could impact the entire team. This video scenario provides the just-in-time information and tools needed to help a manager address the situation while maintaining a respectful workplace.

Video Vignettes Leadership Management, Assessing Performance, Coaching & Mentoring, Successfully Leading Others, Problem Resolution

Paths to Success

Focus on goal setting for the training session. This quick assessment can be used to trigger thoughtful and meaningful discussion.

Activities Leadership, Personal Performance Motivation, Assessment, Discussion Trigger, Team Builder

Johnny the Bagger® - Final Thought

How to provide service from the heart

Video Summary Personal Performance Customer Service, Change, Communication, Customer Service, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Burn Out (Manager)

Know someone who just seems to be simply going through the motions to get the job done? Concerned because this employee has always been a strong performer with a great positive attitude? Then this case study is for you!

Case Studies Leadership Motivation, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Management

Teamwork

What is an "unfair advantage" when you are up for a promotion?

Case Studies Leadership, Personal Performance Professionalism, Communication, Ethics & Integrity, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation

Motivating Factors Handout

What Motivates You to do Your Best Work? This handout allows users to quickly rank the things that motivate them.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Motivation, Assessing Performance, Communication, Discussion Trigger, Teamwork

SMART-START™ Motivation

Looking for a smart way to kick off a training session? Launch a meeting? In just four minutes, using music, animated text and graphics, this thought-provoking video will instruct, inspire and definitely stimulate discussion about motivation and setting and achieving goals.

Meeting Openers Leadership, Personal Performance Motivation, Change, Effective Leadership, Professionalism

SMART-START™ Taking Care of Your Own Future

A powerful short video with imagery and music to provoke a discussion about what it takes to get your career rolling. Stimulate discussion about what it really takes to succeed in a career.

Meeting Openers Personal Performance Professionalism, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Motivation

You Can't Believe Anything They Say

There are two keys to working with an employee who thinks the information you're using in your discussion is biased; the first is to take extra time to really listen to the employee's perspective. And the second is to be specific about the information you're basing your evaluation on. The key is to use the T.A.L.K.™ model to help the employee identify areas that need improvement on their own.

Video Vignettes Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Assessing Performance, Conflict Resolution, Effective Leadership, Management

You're Doing a Great Job, But...

A tough conversation with a top performer can be difficult, especially when you really do need to ask that person to step up and give you a little more. The key is to use the T.A.L.K.™ model to help the employee identify areas that need improvement on their own. Sometimes it takes a little longer, but the results are definitely worth it.

Video Vignettes Leadership Conflict Resolution, Coaching & Mentoring, Effective Leadership

Discussion Card: Engaged Employees

Engagement is not the same as employee satisfaction… not the same as employee happiness. Employee engagement is the emotional commitment your employees have to the organization… and its goals. These easy-to-use cards provide a simple model (E.N.G.A.G.E.) along with thought-provoking questions on employee engagement. These cards are great for a quick training reminder, reinforcement or as a conversation generator.

Discussion Cards Leadership Motivation, Successfully Leading Others, Management, Team Builder or Retention Aid

Not About Bad to Good, But Good to Great!

The notion that to become a great leader one must focus not on going from bad to good,but from good to great.

Video Vignettes Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Helping Hands

When there is disagreement on how work gets done

Case Studies Personal Performance Interpersonal Skills, Communication, Effective Leadership, Motivation

Promises, Promises

Over-promising and under delivering.

Case Studies Leadership Management, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Courage 2 Coach™ - Coaching to Motivate

When you've got one of those "problem child" situations, coaching's always the best option. It's best to use the same process. "This is the situation and this is what I expect." This video helps reinforce the way to coach and motivate.

Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Coaching & Mentoring, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism

Sales Made Simple™ What's really driving their decision?

A salesperson asks our sales expert a common problem (especially for new sales people): "I’m about to lose a customer who says they’re going with another company because of price. I’m sure price isn’t the main issue. So if I can find out what’s really driving this decision, I may be able to save this account. I don’t quite know the best way to do this. What do you think I should do?"

Video Vignettes Personal Performance Sales & Service, Sales, Selling

Team Spark: Proverb - Be Creative

Spark team communication around supporting team members when they choose to set their own course in how they complete work.

Activities Personal Performance Motivation, Discussion Trigger, Team Builder

Team Spark: Proverb - Giving Up Too Easily

Spark team communication around tips for keeping the team focused and on task when facing challenges.

Activities Personal Performance Motivation, Discussion Trigger, Team Builder

Article: Getting Creative

What inspires you to create? When I ask my clients and workshop attendees this question, I’m usually met with a pause, possibly accompanied by a blank stare and a tendency to search for something shiny to focus on. Most of us aren’t used to thinking about this question, and it makes us uncomfortable. We aren’t sure we really are creative.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Motivation, Communication, Discussion Trigger

Article: Goals and New Year’s Resolutions

What are your hopes and dreams for the New Year? Maybe you’re like a friend of mine whose resolution is that she won’t have any resolutions. I recommend this for those of you who think last year was akin to spending eternity atop a treadmill set on warp speed. Maybe you need a break from resolutions.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Motivation, Communication, Goals and Goal Setting, Motivation

SMART-START™ Government Pride: Serving in the Public Sector

Create a true sense of purpose in leadership,service,learning and growth for those people who serve in the United States public sector.

Meeting Openers Personal Performance Motivation, Effective Leadership, Sales & Service

Johnny the Bagger® - Short Version

This inspiring new short version features a paraphrased story of "Johnny," a young man with Down syndrome who made a positive choice about his personal responsibility to provide from-the-heart service and changed the culture of an entire organization.

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Personal Performance Customer Service, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Have a Plan, Work the Plan

Planning and organizing for results (increased productivity).

Video Vignettes Personal Performance Professionalism, Change, Motivation

What Should I Do First?

Effectively managing shifting priorities.

Video Vignettes Personal Performance Professionalism, Change, Motivation

A Leader Is...™

Being a leader is much more than directing others. This thought-provoking, powerful short video uses impactful imagery, video and music to inform and encourage discussion on being an effective, passionate and inclusive leader within your group, team or organization.

Discussion Generators Leadership Effective Leadership, Learning Reinforcement, Motivation

Corporate Culture Is...™

Culture affects every facet of your company. Culture affects how others – inside and outside – feel about your organization. Culture can happen deliberately or accidentally.

Discussion Generators Leadership, Personal Performance Culture Commitment, Culture Commitment, Learning Reinforcement, Motivation, Onboarding, Professionalism

Team Spark: Proverb - Each Person Is Unique

Spark team communication around how we can use our unique skills and abilities more effectively as individuals, or as a team.

Activities Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Motivation, Team Builder

Article: Victims in the Workplace

People who lead and manage others might consider the productivity and morale impact when others have to spend time around victims. Years ago a VP at a company I worked for fired someone who did exceptional work. I asked him why he let such a strong performer go. He said no matter how good the work, it didn’t balance out the individual’s destructive behavior on the rest of the staff.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation

Accentuate the Positive (Energizer)

Add positive energy to your training session with this light-hearted video featuring the enchanting animals of SeaWorld.

Meeting Openers Personal Performance Motivation, Communication, Effective Leadership

Service from the Heart

An engaging video that shares the powerful truths about the positive difference from-the-heart service can make for everyone who does business with your organization.

Meeting Openers Personal Performance Customer Service, Change, Motivation, Professionalism

SMART-START™ Attitude: It's All in How You Look at It

A thought-provoking video that uses music, text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about attitude and the effects it has on relationships and companies.

Meeting Openers Leadership, Personal Performance Professionalism, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation

SMART-START™ Change: Responding Better Together

Looking for a smart way to launch a meeting? Start to build a culture? Using music, animated text and graphics, this thought-provoking video will instruct, inspire and definitely stimulate discussion about organizational change in the workplace while maintaining a productive and respectful culture.

Meeting Openers Leadership, Personal Performance Change, Communication, Effective Leadership, Motivation, Professionalism

SMART-START™ Leadership: The Myth & The Reality

A thought-provoking video that uses music, text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about leadership principles and concepts.

Meeting Openers Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Management, Motivation, Professionalism

SMART-START™ Presentations: What IS a Presentation?

A thought-provoking video that uses music,text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about communicating with impact.

Meeting Openers Personal Performance Communication, Effective Leadership, Management, Motivation, Professionalism

Leadership Essentials™

SOLLAH EXCLUSIVE!

We all might have some preconceived ideas of what personal leadership might be. This short video explores the concept of personal (and effective) leadership and the impact it can have within our organization by asking these key questions: What is leadership? What are some of the characteristics of someone who exhibits personal leadership? What is it they say and do that demonstrates personal leadership? Why is personal leadership important to our organization/department/team?

Video Vignettes Leadership Successfully Leading Others, Assessing Performance, Effective Leadership, Management, Motivation, New Supervisor

Johnny the Bagger® A True Story of Customer Service™

Inspire your workforce to deliver service from the heart. Based on the work of noted author and speaker, Barbara Glanz, this inspiring, best-selling program features the true story of "Johnny," a young man who made a positive choice about his personal responsibility to provide from-the-heart service and changed the culture of an entire organization. Use Johnny the Bagger to empower and excite all employees about bringing their best service to the front-line of business.

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Personal Performance Customer Service, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation

Taking Care of Your Future Is...™

Stimulate discussion about what it really takes to succeed in a career. This thought-provoking, powerful short video uses impactful imagery, video and music to stimulate a discussion about what it takes to get your career on track and rolling. A common sense approach to understanding the important things to remember in the workplace.

Discussion Generators Personal Performance Professionalism, Communication, Discussion Trigger, Energizer or Team Builder, Interpersonal Skills, Learning Reinforcement, Motivation, Onboarding, Personal Improvement

Once Upon a Leader™

Offering a refreshing break from the typical and more formal examinations of leadership, Once Upon a Leader shares a whimsical, yet powerful message on the practices of effective leaders. Through the animation and discussion of popular tales, familiar characters will lead participants on a journey to discover the value of four leadership practices.

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Diversity Dynamics, Ethics & Integrity, Interpersonal Skills, Management, Motivation, Professionalism

The Extraordinary Leader: Going from Good to Great™

Although the distance from good to great can seem far, extraordinary leaders share certain traits and competencies that can be learned and applied to drive exceptional results in any organization. This program shows what separates extraordinary leaders from average ones. Exploring five characteristics of extraordinary leaders, it demystifies the journey from good to great and provides insights that will benefit all levels of management.

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Courage 2 Coach™ - Coaching is Positive

We've all done our share of avoiding and hoping employees would just work things out on their own. Yeah, right! The only thing that works is having the courage to coach. This scenario helps a coach keep things positive.

Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Coaching & Mentoring, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Motivation, Professionalism

Courage 2 Coach™ - Coaching to Empower

One of the things it seems like we have to do more often these days is to ask people who are already doing a good job to - well - crank it up a notch. We just need a little more. This short video gives an example of empowering others to do more.

Video Vignettes Leadership, Personal Performance Coaching & Mentoring, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Insight: Build on Strengths (Not Fixing Weaknesses)

The notion that to become a great leader one must build strengths rather than fix weaknesses.

Video Vignettes Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Insight: Combinations of Strengths Produce Exponential Results

The notion that it is a combination of strengths that produces results and leads to extraordinary leadership

Video Vignettes Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Insight: Five Clusters of Strengths That Really Matter

The perspective that all leadership competencies are not equal; there are five key strengths that matter most

Video Vignettes Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Motivation, Professionalism

Attitude Is...™

A human being can change their life… by changing their attitude. It’s up to you. It’s your choice. A thought-provoking video that uses music, text and graphics to inspire and stimulate discussion about attitude and the effects it has on relationships and companies.

Discussion Generators Personal Performance Change, Change, Collaboration, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Learning Reinforcement, Motivation

The Extraordinary Leader - Program Introduction

Real people expressing concerns and insight into what it takes to become a leader

Video Introduction Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Management, Motivation, Professionalism

Training Triage: Prioritizing Needs for the High-Performing Workforce

Perspective paper on the topic of workplace competencies

Trainer Resource Leadership Effective Leadership, Change, Management, Motivation

TrainingBytes® Who Are You?™

SOLLAH EXCLUSIVE!

“Who are you?” That’s been asked by the greatest minds over the centuries. We’re not going to attempt to answer that universal question, but…we CAN address it as it relates to ourselves at work. We can choose to be a person with purpose. We can choose to be a person of respect. We can choose to look for the positive in others and bring out their best. When you think about what your alternatives are, it can help in making that choice….who you want to be.

TrainingBytes® Ethics & Compliance, Personal Performance Professionalism, Compliance, Discussion Trigger, Emotional Intelligence, Ethics & Integrity, Interpersonal Skills, Learning Reinforcement, Motivation

WorkSmarts™: How to Get Along, Get Noticed and Get Ahead

Enhance career development by taking initiative and putting common sense into common practice. WorkSmarts™ will encourage employees and supervisors to share ideas, ask questions and interact with others--ultimately promoting job efficiency and satisfaction!

Off-The-Shelf Video Program (ILT) Personal Performance Professionalism, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Effective Leadership, Motivation, Onboarding