Effective Teaming Program Search inside yourself leadership institute

Based on neuroscience, mindfulness and behavioral research, this interactive 3.5-hour program offers practical interpersonal skills grounded in attention training, growth-oriented mindsets and collaborative behaviors, to improve team performance. This training will help you and your team to:

Deepen self-awareness and learn how our thoughts and behaviors impact team dynamics
Expand awareness of self and others
Build effective and non-reactive communication skills
Generate a culture of trust and inclusion
Cultivate a prosocial mindset of humility and curiosity
Promote team interactions that create a learning community
Optimize team engagement, agility, and effectiveness

Program Overview

The live sessions are structured into three 90-minute modules that offer simple, practical and applied tools for building resilience and thriving especially in challenging times or environments:

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Module 1: Develop Clarity

(90 minutes)

Managing stress and overwhelm, and staying focused in difficult and uncertain times.

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Module 2: Shift Mindsets

(90 minutes)

Mindsets and skills for adaptability and creativity in the midst of uncertainty and complexity.

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Module 3: Build Trust

(90 minutes)

Creating a change-capable culture by growing empathy and psychological safety in your team and organization.

Develop Clarity

Managing stress and overwhelm, and staying focused in difficult and uncertain times.

Learning Objectives

Equip yourself and the team with tools for staying calm and working with difficult emotions in the midst of adversity.
Develop the skills for harnessing mental clarity and focus in uncertain and ambiguous times.

Outcomes: Tips and techniques for staying calm and working with difficult emotions together with practices to develop mental clarity and focus in difficult times.

Shift Mindsets

Mindsets and skills for adaptability and creativity in the midst of uncertainty and complexity.

Learning Objectives

Grow capacity to adapt in the face of major disruptions in work and life
Broaden perspectives to transition from negativity biases to growth mindsets
Increase creativity and define new possibilities

Outcomes: Build skills and capacities for effectively adapting to change, boosting creative problem-solving and staying agile in a VUCA world.

Build Trust

Creating a change-capable culture by growing empathy and psychological safety in your team and organization.

Learning Objectives

Understand the role connection can have in building trust.
Grow capacity to exercise empathy and compassion in challenging times.
Understand psychological safety and how to integrate it into your team and organization especially during times of difficulty and massive disruption.

Outcomes: Actionable skills for growing empathy and psychological safety in order to create an agile, change-capable culture in teams and organizations.

Context

Current behavioral science, neuroscience and corporate research shows that when it comes to optimal team performance what really matters is less about who is on the team, and more about how the team works together. Specifically, individuals and teams work best in an environment where they feel:

Included
Safe when learning something new
Comfortable making contributions
At ease when challenging the status quo
Without fear of being embarrassed, marginalized or punished in some way

Program Structure

The 3-hour interactive program can be offered as a live online or in-person experience. It focuses on three essential aspects of team dynamics:

The “I” in Team: leveraging mindfulness skills and building self-awareness of how our thoughts, feelings and behaviors impact others.
The “We” in Team: building awareness of others to enhance psychological safety, trust and empathy.
Communication Skills: working more effectively with others using clear communication and feedback.