| Join Our
List |
 |
| Targeted
Training Topics |
Promote
from within
to retain talent.
Communication
Create productive
employees who
anticipate your
customers' needs.
Change
Management
Adapt by creating a
flexible
organization.
Team
Dynamics
Understand
your roles
and work toward
common
goals.
|
|
Working Well
Together |
|
Becoming
a Dynamic Duo
These custom sessions are ideal for the
two-person office or pairs who work closely together and
want to enhance their communication, collaboration, and
decision-making skills.
Becoming a Terrific Team
These custom sessions are ideal
for teams who work closely together and want to enhance
their communication, collaboration, and decision-making
skills.
Contact us for additional details or to
schedule a session at your office.
|
| The Leadership Challenge™ |
The Leadership
Challenge is about
how leaders mobilize others to want to get extraordinary
things done. It's about the practices leaders use to
transform values into actions, visions into realities,
obstacles into innovations, separateness into
solidarity, and risks into rewards. It's about a climate
in which people turn challenging opportunities into
remarkable
successes.
We will offer this 3-day retreat each
quarter.
March 21,
22, 23
Sonoran Bed & Breakfast
Oracle, AZ
|
|
Workshop
Registration
Information |
|
To register or for
additional information contact 825-2253 or info@taviss.com
Send your check to
Pat Taviss
Consulting
5071 W. Coyote Gulch
Loop
Marana
AZ 85658
Individual Workshop
$75.00 per person
3-Series Workshop
$200.00 per person
Note discounts may
apply.
Workshops may be rescheduled if
necessary.
| | |
Dear Subscriber,
Get the New
Year off on solid footing with targeted training.
Look at things from a new angle. This month
TARGET ... examines your current
approach to meeting management. Our Reading
Room highlights one of the thoughtful works of
Peter Block.
We offer
three-hour public workshops, customized specialty
sessions, and a three-day retreat to take the Leadership
Challenge™ (based on the works of renowned authors James
Kouzes and Barry Posner). There is something for
everyone looking for tangible
results. |
| TARGET...Meetings |
|
|
How much time do you spend in
meetings each week? Is this time
productive? The following tips will keep your meetings
on target, on task, and on time.
1. Publish an
Agenda In Advance
Planning an effective meeting
includes publishing an agenda with estimated times for
each topic, designated speakers as appropriate and
background information if required. Microsoft Word(c)
includes an Agenda Wizard that walks you through the
process and optionally provides a format for capturing
action items and notes.
2.
Include the 'Right' People with the 'Right'
Skills
Does everyone need to
attend this meeting? Or does everyone need to attend the
entire meeting? Do you have the correct representation
of skills, interests, and ideas?
3. Know
the Desired Outcomes
What type
of meeting is this intended to be; decision-making,
problem-solving, brainstorming, information gathering,
social networking, training or project/status report?
What specific decisions or actions need to happen by the
close of the meeting?
4.
Understand the Ground Rules
Make sure
everyone is playing with the same rulebook. Meetings
start on time, silence mobile devices, everyone is
prepared to discuss their area or agenda item, active
listening encourages participation, and other ground
rules appropriate to your environment.
5. Meet When
Necessary
Meet only when necessary and/or for
as long as needed.
Question the validity and value of weekly
meetings. |
| Reading Room |
|
The Answer to How Is Yes:
Acting on What
Matters
by Peter Block
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2003
Paperback Buy Now from Amazon
Peter Block is one of my favorite people. A tall
gentle man, his approach to change, leadership, and
management is refreshing and revolutionary. "He reframes
leadership as the role of social architect where
convening, engaging and defining the question replace
vision, charisma, and driving change." Peter asserts
that we tend to race to the how and not spend
sufficient time on the why.
Ask, why are we meeting
like this?
Ask, why are we here?
Ask, why, why, why, and
why.
Then, the answer to how is
yes. |
| January
Workshops |
|
Making Meetings Work
Tuesday, January 22 from 1:00 - 4:00
pm
National
Bank of Arizona, 7601 N Oracle
Tangible
Results
- plan and
conduct meetings to maximize participation and achieve
desired outcomes
-
understand the differences between task
and interpersonal issues in a
group
-
develop an action plan for using
effective meeting practices
-
build confidence in the use of effective
meeting leadership
practices
Wednesday, January 23 from 1:00 -
4:00 pm
American Home Mortgage, 5401 N
Oracle
Tangible
Results
-
apply timesaving tips and tricks
immediately
-
customize your smartphone for ease of
use
-
multi-task as you go "behind the
screens"
-
troubleshoot like a
pro
Versions covered include Treo™ 650,
680 and 755 smartphones.
Stress for
Success
Understanding and
Managing the Stress in Your Life
Tuesday, January 29 from 1:00 - 4:00
pm
National Bank of Arizona, 7601 N
Oracle
Tangible
Results
-
increase awareness of personal stressors
and idiosyncratic stress reactions
-
expand repertoire of skills to enhance
ability, live a more relaxed lifestyle, and prevent
stress-related illness
-
control the stressors in your life
-
develop a personal stress-management
plan
Building Organizational
Trust
Wednesday,
January 30 from 1:00 - 4:00 pm
Location:
TBA
Tangible
Results
-
realize the benefits of working in a
high trust environment
-
learn risk aversion techniques
-
assess your organization's trust
levels
-
recognize and practice the Five Pillars
Of Trust
-
develop leadership techniques that will
encourage a culture of
trust | |
|
Contact us today to determine what targeted
training you need to achieve tangible results.
Appreciatively,
Pat Taviss, MLS, MAOM
Pat Taviss
Consulting
520-825-2253 | | |
