Programs for Managers & Leaders
Empower
Your Employees
One of the biggest challenges leaders face is learning how to effectively empower and trust their teams. The EMPOWER program is designed to teach leaders across multiple levels foundational skills to keep their direct reports inspired, motivated, and productive.
EMPOWER
Program Includes
- 5 Experiential Workshops
- Gallup StrengthsFinder™ Assessment
EMPOWER
Program Objectives
- Understand your personal strengths and how to leverage them as a leader.
- Develop skills to hold others accountable to performance standards while being supportive and building trust.
- Increase confidence in your ability to lead and manage others in a way that is authentic, motivating, and inspiring.
EMPOWER
The Workshops
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Appreciative Listening + Asking Questions
- Connect authentically and build trust through applied improvisational games that support agility, spontaneity, and creativity.
- Learn how to apply Ziksana’s Appreciative Listening Tool to develop a more open and inclusive culture.
- Learn the difference between open and closed-ended questions and identify specific situations where they can be most effectively applied.
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Strengths-Based Leadership
- Use Gallup StrengthsFinder™ to understand their own strengths and how they inform their personal leadership and coaching style.
- Understand their direct reports’ strengths in order to assign strengths-based roles, boosting productivity and engagement.
- Experience a game simulation that demonstrates how strengths-based leaders assign the right responsibilities based on individuals’ strengths profiles.
- Receive a team strengths map that informs them how to collaborate more effectively and fill in any gaps that might be affecting team performance.
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Giving & Receiving Feedback
- Understand the importance of giving and receiving feedback to direct reports on a consistent basis.
- Learn and practice using a 5-Step Process for Giving Feedback through experiential activities.
- Learn tips for giving both formal and informal feedback in ways that increase the likelihood of performance improvement.
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Delegation and Performance Coaching
- Learn how to delegate effectively by adapting your approach based on employee motivation and competence.
- Learn a simple process to effectively lead conversations about work performance to quickly improve results.
- Practice and build confidence leading performance coaching conversations through role-plays.
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Motivation for Peak Performance
- Learn about 6 motivation factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic, that impact performance in different ways.
- Assess your current level of motivation and identify ways to start shifting towards higher order motivators.
- Learn and discuss practical ways to begin boosting direct reports’ motivation through the science of Total Motivation (ToMo).
- Appreciative Listening & Asking Questions
- Giving & Receiving Feedback
- Strengths-Based Management
- Motivation for Peak Performance
- Delegation and Performance Coaching
- Appreciative Listening & Asking Questions
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Appreciative Listening + Asking Questions
- Connect authentically and build trust through applied improvisational games that support agility, spontaneity, and creativity.
- Learn how to apply Ziksana’s Appreciative Listening Tool to develop a more open and inclusive culture.
- Learn the difference between open and closed-ended questions and identify specific situations where they can be most effectively applied.
- Giving & Receiving Feedback
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Giving & Receiving Feedback
- Understand the importance of giving and receiving feedback to direct reports on a consistent basis.
- Learn and practice using a 5-Step Process for Giving Feedback through experiential activities.
- Learn tips for giving both formal and informal feedback in ways that increase the likelihood of performance improvement.
- Strengths-Based Management
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Strengths-Based Leadership
- Use Gallup StrengthsFinder™ to understand their own strengths and how they inform their personal leadership and coaching style.
- Understand their direct reports’ strengths in order to assign strengths-based roles, boosting productivity and engagement.
- Experience a game simulation that demonstrates how strengths-based leaders assign the right responsibilities based on individuals’ strengths profiles.
- Receive a team strengths map that informs them how to collaborate more effectively and fill in any gaps that might be affecting team performance.
- Motivation for Peak Performance
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Motivation for Peak Performance
- Learn about 6 motivation factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic, that impact performance in different ways.
- Assess your current level of motivation and identify ways to start shifting towards higher order motivators.
- Learn and discuss practical ways to begin boosting direct reports’ motivation through the science of Total Motivation (ToMo).
- Delegation and Performance Coaching
EMPOWER WORKSHOP
Delegation and Performance Coaching
- Learn how to delegate effectively by adapting your approach based on employee motivation and competence.
- Learn a simple process to effectively lead conversations about work performance to quickly improve results.
- Practice and build confidence leading performance coaching conversations through role-plays.
Buy a Workshop
In addition to full programs, we offer our workshops in single, ‘a-la-carte’ sessions, tailored to your needs.
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Creativity & Innovation
Accelerate
Leading Change
