Professional Solutions provides top-notch learning and development programs as well as enlightening keynote addresses. Whether you are hosting an awards ceremony or developing a training curriculum for your employees, we can help.
Some of the more popular Professional Solutions speaking topics are:
IT'S ON YOU
Roadmap to Accountability and Responsibility
Tired of waiting for others to acknowledge you? Wondering why you never
seem to get the respect from your team that you deserve? If so, this program
is for you. It’s on You explores personal and professional accountability and its
positive results on you and your team. Filled with stories and thought
provoking anecdotes, you will leave with a great sense of responsibility and
ownership of your team, career and/or life.
Effective leaders help their colleagues develop meaningful change management skills. The best leaders accept this challenge as one of their prime responsibilities. Responsible Leadership and the Challenge of Change is a program for those individuals who introduce and implement change throughout an organization. People tend to reject change yet responsible leaders tackle change head-on and make things happen by mobilizing others. This program is loaded with real world examples and powerful activities that stretch you to think more responsibly and embrace change. You will leave more aware of the challenges that lie ahead with change but also confident in your abilities to overcome them. You don’t want to miss this one!
Are you ready for growth? What do you do when faced with enormous obstacles that may hinder your progress toward a goal? Building Bridges is the program needed to answer those questions. This open discussion will address ways to overcome those obstacles and excel toward your goals. You will leave this program empowered and motivated about your future. If you are looking for encouragement that is encapsulated with practicality, this program is for you.
Learning and Development Programs provided by Professional Solutions are as follows (virtual training opportunities also available upon request) :
Do You
People are generally very hard on themselves, in fact, much more critical of than they are with others. However, a person who truly loves him/herself will be more self-tolerant and self-forgiving than one who has no self-love. If you truly love yourself, then you will see yourself as a worthy, attractive, confident, and important human being.
"Do You" will address some of the reasons why many people do not see themselves as lovable or are afraid to leave the past in the past and move forward toward a better bright future. The participants of this program will leave uplifted and motivated about their futures and confident in their own abilities.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To discover who they have always wanted to be and why;
To practice using positive affirmations and witnesses them impacts;
To learn the difference between assertive and aggressive behavior; and
To finally let go of the past and look toward the future.
One of the greatest barriers to effective communication is the assumption that message sent = message received. Too often, we presume that the words and ideas we choose for communicating a message hold the same meaning to others as they do to us. In addition, we are often unaware of how our nonverbal communication influences our message. As a result, we are often confused by the reactions we receive from our communication efforts.
This program is designed to help participants understand the impact of their own communications and learn new skills and concepts aimed at improving the match between message sender and message receiver.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To explore the impact of nonverbal elements of communication;
To learn and apply four steps in preparing and sending effective messages;
To practice the elements of effective communication; and
The Melting Pot: Discovering Diverse Opportunities
Each of us comes into the world of work with features and ways of behaving that are the products of our cultural differences. Cultural uniqueness is as important and valuable in the workplace. Others find cultural differences awaken feelings of discomfort, uncertainty, and fear. The communication process can be both a barrier and a bridge to effective interactions.
Maximizing and capitalizing on workplace diversity is the challenge for employees in the future workplace. The ability to interact and communicate effectively across cultures is emerging as the number-one interpersonal skill of our time. Toward this end, this program is designed as an introductory experience in building effective interaction and communication in diverse groups.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To review their own ethnic, racial, and cultural uniqueness;
To explore how one’s culture influences workplace behaviors;
To become aware of and appreciate the cultural styles and values of different groups and individuals within these groups; and
To learn and practice using a human relations model to analyze and enhance intercultural relationships.
Negotiating the Win/Win: A Guide to Conflict Resolution
Conflict can be healthy when it brings about new ideas and deeper relationships. For this to occur, the basis for dealing with the conflict must be win/win. Conflict is unhealthy when it leads to distrust, anger, and withdrawal. These results usually mean that conflict has been approached on a win/lose basis.
The goal of this program is to bring participants to the awareness that relationships with friends, family, and co-workers merit the investment in time and energy required for disagreements to be resolved in such a way that both parties feel like winners. To this end, the program (a) helps participants to understand what they bring to the conflict situations they face in their personal and professional lives and (b) presents the opportunity for participants to learn effective conflict-resolution skills.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To assess their conflict-resolution styles;
To identify misunderstandings in conflict situations;
To learn how to view others objectively;
To acquire skills in stating complaints and requesting change;
To become adept at cooperative forms of negotiation; and
To learn strategies for dealing with difficult people.
Although projects are temporary in nature, they do have a definite beginning and end. Since this feature makes them distinct from the normal ongoing work of a business, special management skills are required. With project teams becoming an increasingly important part of the modern organization, proactive management of each phase of a project is critical to success in the workplace.
Crisis management is too often a way of life today. The “Proactive Project Management” program is designed to enable participants to identify critical issues associated with project-management stages, understand how to use appropriate tools in managing a project, and learn and practice a variety of techniques required to manage projects successfully.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To gain awareness of appropriate project-management behaviors;
To identify the critical components needed for successful project management; and
To expand their repertoire of formats and scheduling methods.
In today’s organizations, change is the rule rather than the exception. Downsizing, reengineering, rapid growth, new technology, and a diverse workforce are creating more pressures and placing more demands on employees at all levels to confront the challenge of change. As an everyday, ongoing occurrence, change can be exhilarating or frightening.
“The Challenge of Change” is designed for managers and supervisors who are charged with introducing departmental or organizational changes to their employees. This program will provide managers and supervisors with the tools and techniques to help them successfully navigate through the murky and often turbulent waters of change. It may be used with managers from the same organization or with a group from different organizations.
Program Objectives
Participants will have the following opportunities:
To define their roles and responsibilities in managing change;
To develop strategies for coping with and managing change;
To identify ways to involve employees in the change process; and
