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Beyond the Box - Activity Package

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Make a big impact in your organization in a short amount of time by using Beyond The Box: Smart Activities to Enhance Learning, a companion guide Sollah's discussion/meeting opener video collection. Whether you are looking for ways to promote your culture, trigger meaningful discussion, assess individual or team development areas, or reinforce organizational priorities and philosophies, you will find the combination of using short videos mixed with fun activities a powerful means to help achieve your goals.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Training Activities, Team Builder or Retention Aid, Training Ideas, Training Support

Leadership Perspectives

A quick and easy retrospective on what leadership might mean to you - and how you can apply it in your daily work-life situations. Several leadership quotes and a Q&A is included.

Trainer Resource Leadership Effective Leadership, Assessment, Communication, Discussion Trigger, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism

Article: Stress - Getting Perspective

Let's be honest... we all deal with stress. Stress at work. Stress at home. And let's not forget the big stressors around the holidays. Stress is a part of life. But there are ways to deal with it. And it starts with putting stress in perspective. This article will help you do just that.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Employee Resiliency, Employee Wellness, Mental Wellness & Health, Training Ideas

Article: Selling Your Ideas

All we have to do is look into a mirror. I know. It isn’t pleasant to consider that we could be responsible for our lack of success, but there it is. If we have not convinced someone, the onus is still on us to do so. It is not the decision maker’s job to convince him or herself of the idea’s merit.

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

Sample Invitation to Training Session

Generic invitation that can be customized to invite participants to training

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Training Support

Profit is Not a Dirty Word: What Community Colleges Must Do for a Sustainable Future

Executive brief for community college leaders and HR professionals in the education industry on the controversial topic of profit.

Trainer Resource Leadership Change, Management

Article: Breaking the Cycle

What problems are we trying to solve with the same old ineffective circular approach? We can usually figure this out. When a problem repeatedly rears its ugly head, our approach is likely a circular one.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Change, Discussion Trigger, Effective Leadership, Management

Article: Everyone Needs a Coach

Your time is precious. You need customized, just-in-time solutions. This is one of the reasons corporate leaders are now working with executive coaches. The one-on-one personalized approach gives you what you need when you need it. Coaching can accommodate your busy schedule. And quite often people will tell an outsider what they won’t tell you.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Effective Leadership, Communication, Management

Article: Finding Balance

Everyone I know struggles to balance their work and home lives. No, wait a minute. That’s not true. My retired friends seem to have it down pat. The rest of us juggle, patch, negotiate, apply a temporary fix here and there. This isn’t very satisfying. In short, we feel as if we’re not doing justice to our careers or to our families and friends.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Employee Wellness, Discussion Trigger, Reducing Stress (Work & Life)

Article: Full Plate

The constant pressure to do more with less can lead to worker burnout. Burnout happens when requests for our time and energy exceed our capacity to comply.

Trainer Resource Leadership Management, Interpersonal Skills, Professionalism

Article: Generations Apart

A fun and interesting article about younger employees - from the perspective of a Baby Boomer. Honest thoughts and interesting stereotypes are discussed. Will some generation-based attributes still annoy us? Sure they will. Can we work through those problems? We can if we choose to do so.

Trainer Resource Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Generational Challenges, Diversity Dynamics, Inclusion / Equity / Belonging, Respect / Respectfulness

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: Getting Enough Sleep

Some people wear their sleep deprivation like a badge of honor. If they sleep less, they think they’ll get more done. As long as they don’t keel over into their bowl of soup at lunch, they figure they’re doing pretty well. CNN has suggested sleep problems are reaching epidemic proportions, and the National Commission on Sleep Disorders puts the price tag at $150 billion dollars each year in higher stress and reduced productivity.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Employee Resiliency, Reducing Stress (Work & Life)

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

Article: Got Post-Holiday Stress? Try Laughing!

Are you congratulating yourself for having made it through another stress-filled holiday season? About the time you’re ready to take that much-deserved breath of fresh air, you go outside and realize the fresh air you’re breathing is generating stalactites under your nose.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Employee Resiliency, Employee Wellness, Interpersonal Skills, Mental Wellness & Health

Article: Leading with Heart

What does it mean to lead with heart, and why is this important? We see signs all around of us of what happens when we fail to lead with heart. We end up fighting wars…we neglect those in need… we pollute our environment.

Trainer Resource Leadership Effective Leadership, Communication, Professionalism

Article: Mortgaging the Future

Goals are mostly a good thing, but what happens when personal or corporate goals mortgage the future for short-term gain? At what point do we recognize the folly and re-think our strategy?

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Change, Discussion Trigger, Goals and Goal Setting, Effective Leadership

Article: Overcoming Worries and Fears

Our fears limit us. They hold us back. They keep us from living a positive, proactive life that embraces the good and decries that which needs to be changed. Fear-based decisions hurt us, and they hurt others who are affected by our decisions. The child who is never allowed to make decisions because we fear she’ll make the wrong decisions finally rebels and turns into the teenager from the black lagoon.

Trainer Resource Personal Performance Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Change, Discussion Trigger, Management, Training Support

Article: Overwhelmed? Compartmentalize!

When we catch ourselves elongating a mishap or problem, we can compartmentalize. Big word, but relatively easy concept. Think of your life as one that is filled with a series of rooms. One room might hold that CEO who badmouthed your brilliant work. Another might hold your career with the company.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Employee Wellness, Change, Discussion Trigger, Reducing Stress (Work & Life)

Article: Pay Attention

It is in our present moments, that we truly live. Each time we catch a pleasant scent or feel a cool spring breeze we are brought to the immediate. This gives us a chance to notice and appreciate that which surrounds us.

Trainer Resource Leadership, Personal Performance Personal Improvement, Discussion Trigger, Reducing Stress (Work & Life), Training Support