Our Top 10 Training Topics

Train-the Trainer:

Engaging the Minds of Adult Learners

If you’re looking to develop a team of trainers within your organization, SIDE TILT offers training and coaching on how to take your presentation skills and training delivery to the next level. Our Train-the-Trainer is an extensive learning experience for potential instructors or subject matter experts. Through this program, participants learn to engage adult learners, deliver effective presentations, utilize today’s top training techniques, demonstrate inclusive facilitation skills, and become a collaborative co-facilitator and partner in the classroom. 

Executive Presence:

Creating Your Presence from the Inside Out

Executive presence is more than just looking professional in your best suit. It’s also more than being a great public speaker. It's about knowing yourself well enough to show your greatest strengths. In this session, SIDE TILT helps leaders to identify executive presence when they see it and hear it, develop their own personal style,  understand the impact of non-verbal communication, tell compelling stories, demonstrate credibility, manage reactions to build respect, and inspire others to follow.

Leadership Fundamentals:

Coaching for High Performance 

Research tell us and experience confirms it…the #1 reason why employees stay with (or leave) an organization…it’s the relationship with their manager. In this session, SIDE TILT will help both new and experienced leaders learn to develop a coaching approach that leads to high performance, set goals that are specific, measurable & aligned with the vision & mission, provide clear behavioral feedback, offer support through informal & formal reviews, and hold employees accountable for achieving results.

Developing a Growth Mindset:

Becoming the Best Version of You

High performers don’t wait for others to develop them. They seek feedback and create new opportunities for themselves. In this session, SIDE TILT will help participants to explore the work of Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Dweck has shown that people with a growth mindset seek out challenges, have a passion for learning, and believe their abilities can be developed over time. In this session, participants will learn the foundation for Dweck’s theory, identify their unique strengths, define their own personal legacy, and leverage “Growth Mindset” to overcome daily challenges.

Motivational Leadership:

Empowering Individuals to Reach their Potential 

When it comes to motivation, one size does not fit all employees. Effective leaders know that they need to adjust motivation to the individual and the situation. High-performing leaders can assess and identify what motivates each of their employees and create development plans that empower individuals to reach their full potential. In this session, participants will learn to discover what it means to motivate and empower others, understand the importance of the leader’s role in empowerment, identify key motivators for employees, and learn to recognize top performance.

Delegating to Strengths:

Creating New Opportunities to Delegate

Most leaders want to delegate tasks that they’re tired of doing. Effective leaders realize that they need to choose wisely when it comes to what you delegate. In fact, you may have to create a new opportunity that matches your employee’s strength. Leaders may even have to let go of something they enjoy doing in order to delegate for high performance. In this session, participants will learn to recognize the value in delegation, overcome the barriers to letting go, motivate through trust, and share authority with others.

Creating a Winning Team: 

Leading Team Members to a Common Purpose

Before you build an effective team, you need to make sure you’re actually leading one. Many organizations incorrectly assume a group of employees is a team, when they don’t have a common purpose, clear roles, or even a reason to work together. Quite often, teams fail because of communication issues and their inability to work through conflict. In this session, participants will learn to communicate the link between strategic vision and the team purpose, increase collaboration by appreciating diversity, build trust by creating team roles and values-based operating rules, enhance performance through the development of cross-functional skills, and engage inidividuals with team recognition.

Stress Management and Resiliency:

Develop Self-Care Practices & Prevent Burn-Out

The concept of “Less is More” is commonly known as the minimalist approach to life…reducing the number of possessions and moving away from a materialistic mindset. “Less is More” can also apply to reducing the stress and noise in your life…both at work and at home. With a clear focus on your top priorities, you can avoid burn-out, become more productive, and achieve greater fulfillment in both your work and personal life. In this session, participants will learn to identify the signs of stress and burnout, determine the potential causes of stress, define their top priorities, assess current self-care practices, and develop a plan to improve self-care and manage stress more effectively.

Effective Communication Skills:

Making Connections while Getting to the Point

Lack of communication in the workplace is one of the top reasons people cite for low morale and reduced employee engagement. Understanding how to communicate with others effectively and efficiently is critical to accomplishing your goals and building a culture of trust.  Leaders with strong communication skills develop their team members to avoid confusion, create accountability, and increase employee engagement. By attending this session, individuals will develop skills to effectively communicate with a diverse group of people, create stronger messages that are received as intended, optimize their choice of medium to communicate with impact, and approach difficult conversations with openness and vulnerability.

Change Navigation: 

Leading Others through Times of Ambiguity & Change

Change is inevitable. Frequently, there is change without clear direction. How employees navigate through change is critical to their professional and personal success. To sustain an organization’s productivity, adaptability, and growth, effective leaders guide their teams through these ambiguous and challenging times. Through this session, participants will gain an increased understanding of the change curve, techniques to process the emotional responses to change, tools for leaders to address their own concerns about potential changes, exposure to methods for dealing with ambiguity, and a process to effectively lead others through change.