Leadership growth doesn’t have to be boring.
Leaders sacrifice time to develop their professional skills, but is that time well spent? Say goodbye to sitting on your butt through endless lectures and hello to a laboratory that actually works. The WorkPlay LeaderLab is a modular training series to level up your professional knowledge and skills. Sessions are available in flexible packages tailored to your needs.
WorkPlay Balanced-Learning Model©
We combine presentations, experiential activities, reflection, and discussion to craft the ideal learning experience.
Methodology
Presentations introduce concepts, activities bring those concepts to life, and reflection and discussion cement those learnings into your context. It truly is a laboratory for learning and growth.
Single Session Topics
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Delegation That Works
Delegation That Works
As leaders, we tend to hold onto too much. When we do hand off tasks or projects, we don't always consider the who, what, when, and why in assigning work.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn Five Levels of Delegation (and two "Hidden Levels")
• Understand the importance of delegating authority
• Discover how risk and capacity influence decisions to delegate
• Practice delegating skills in real-time in the interactive skill lab
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 hours
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Essential Rule of Collaboration
Do you struggle with collaborative projects? Learn how to clarify responsibilities and transform your shared work. One change makes all the difference.
In this session, participants will:• Learn the power of "WHO, does WHAT, by WHEN?"
• Understand how to think like a project manager
• Discover how to break large projects down into manageable chunks
• Practice collaborating in the interactive skill lab
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 Hours
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Fundamentals of Healthy Teams
Many organizations push for a team approach without looking deeper at what makes a team successful.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn the differences between workgroups, pseudo-teams, real teams, and high-performing teams
• Understand the impact of team size on team communication and relationships
• Answer the question, "Is building a team the right approach for us?"
• Practice forming, storming, and norming behaviors in the interactive skill lab
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 Hours
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Giving Effective Performance Feedback
MOST POPULAR- The number one thing employees ask for from their supervisors is more feedback on performance. However, most supervisors fear being labeled a micromanager. There is a simple method of delivering positive and constructive feedback that works with 95% of positive and negative behaviors.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn a practical formula for feedback that makes it repeatable
• Understand why the "Feedback Sandwich" should be eliminated from your diet
• Discover methods of putting the listener at ease
• Practice giving feedback to peers, and get feedback on your feedback
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 Hours
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Own Your Role
Many supervisors were great individual contributors before being promoted. However, in the words of Marshall Goldsmith, "What got you here won't get you there." To be a successful leader, we need to grow new attitudes and competencies.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn how a leader's job "isn't to get results, it's to get results through other people."
• Understand the three primary levers of influence and when to use each one
• Discover the three most important competencies for a supervisor
• Engage in discussions about the responsibilities and challenges of leading well
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 Hours
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Surprising Strategies for Effective Meetings
Are your meetings a colossal waste of time? Discover the secrets to meetings that get results and don't crush your soul. Say goodbye to garbage meetings.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn to differentiate between types of meetings and their different outcomes
• Determine which meetings can be eliminated from their calendars
• Understand the importance of meeting roles, norms, and agendas
• Practice facilitating meetings in the interactive skill lab
Available Sessions: 1
Total Time: 2 Hours
Multi-Session Topics
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Cognitive Bias & Making Decisions
The brain is a marvelous machine, but often it does not behave rationally. Some of the mental traps are hidden in plain sight. Others are much sneakier and take effort to uncover.
In this session, participants will:
• Learn practical strategies for making team decisions
• Understand concepts like the Fundamental Attribution Error, Dunning-Kruger Effect, Recency and Primacy Bias
• Discover how the traditional view of consensus is a myth
• Practice identifying "stinking-thinking" and making decisions in the interactive skill lab
Available Sessions: 2
Total Time: 3.5 - 4 hours
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Generate Mountains of Ideas
FAN FAVORITE- Do you wish your team were more creative? Discover the power of divergent thinking with one of our most popular workshops.
• Learn multiple methods to improve practical idea-generation capabilities
• Shatter the myths about who is and isn’t creative
• Strengthen your creative muscles
• Integrated skill lab
Available Sessions: 3
Total Time: 6 hours
For Facilitators and Trainers
Want a behind-the-scenes tour of why experiential learning principles like the WorkPlay Balanced-Learning Model© are so powerful? Get equipped to use truckloads of resources in one of our practitioner trainings.
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Bring Training To Life
How to make learning more fun, memorable, and effective. It’s ideal for any leader conducting staff training.
• Tools and Techniques to bring content to life
• 10 Components of a Catalytic Event
• Understand the Activity8R© model to select, deliver, and reflect on the perfect activity for your goals
Time: 7 Hours
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Facilitation Skills & Activities
How to lead experiential learning activities and group discussions like a professional facilitator. Perfect for youth workers, camp counselors, orientation leaders, or those who add fun sauce to groups of people.
• 12 Experiential Learning Activities
• Techniques for Discussion and Reflection
• Integrated Skill Lab
Time: 3.5 Hours (Full Day Option Available)
Build Your Own UnConference
An UnConference is a highly flexible and collaborative learning event based on the principles of Open Space. It’s the opposite of everything you despise about attending professional conferences. There’s not a keynote address, Ted Talk, or professional speakers. No expensive hotels, “drink-from-the-firehose” agenda, or wasted time in irrelevant break-out sessions.