Public webinars

AN INTRODUCTION TO APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY

In every team, something works well. Many times, teams focus on their shortcomings. Why not look at the team from the perspective of what it does well. Once you discover or re-discover what you do well, you can find ways to leverage your strengths. This Webinar gives you questions to ask your team and tips on how to change to a more appreciative mindset. This Webinar is taught by the author of the best selling, Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

Future session to be scheduled.

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APPLYING APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY TO YOUR CAREER

Appreciative Inquiry is a change management approach that believes that in every system, something is working well and it’s important to discover what that is and design more ways to do what works. This is in direct contrast to the usual approach of finding problems and fixing them. This Webnar will provide you with the basics of how to approach what you do appreciatively. You will learn how to incorporate this approach into inproving your career.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond- More

Registration Fee: $20 per participant

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AVOIDING GROUP THINK: WHO'S ACTING AS OUR MIND GUARD?

Groupthink happens when groups try to preserve harmony at the expense of surfacing new or contrary information and diverse opinions. Often one member of the group will take on the role of a mind guard; telling people to stop bringing up anything that doesn’t fit the preferred ‘reality’ of the group. Groupthink is alive and well today and that’s unfortunate because when a team succumbs to groupthink, they make poor quality decisions.

The late Irving Janis wrote the classic book, Groupthink (Houghton Mifflin) in 1972 and revised it in 1982. The book is still fresh and relevant. We’ll explore the ideas Janis wrote about using current examples including defining the danger signs of groupthink and two specific techniques on how you can avoid it in your team.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE AGES: GENERATIONS AT WORK

With four different generations – the Veterans, the Baby Boomers, Gen X and Gen Y – working together, collisions are not uncommon. The generation gap is widening at work with diversity in world views and work philosophies. To be successful, you need to be able to relate to all ages, bridge the gaps and learn to work together. Join us to discover who these generations are and why they clash.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Dana Barz- More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

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DECIDING HOW TO DECIDE: WHY ISN'T ANYONE IMPLEMENTING THAT DECISION I THOUGHT WE MADE?

Many groups think they have made a decision only to discover the decision being un-done by neglect or subterfuge. You can increase not only the effectiveness of your decisions but the buy-in by making the decision making process explicit. This Webinar will talk about the different ways to make decisions (e.g., consensus, vote, designated decision maker) and the ways to clarify roles in the decision making process.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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DISCOVERING YOUR STRENGTHS THROUGH DISC®: IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS & IMPACT YOUR SUCCESS!

One of the best ways of improving your personal effectiveness and leadership capabilities is by identifying your personal strengths and behavioral tendencies. Successful people understand themselves, how their behavior impacts others, and how to capitalize on their behavioral strengths. This Webinar uses the DiSC® self-assessment as its' foundation.

The primary goals of this DiSC® workshop are to:

• help you understand your unique behavioral style;
• learn about what motivates you;
• identify your potential strengths and areas for improvement; and 
• review key insights to help you grow in your personal & professional life

An on-line DiSC® Classic 2.0, by Inscape Publishing, will be sent to you prior to this class.  It only takes 10 minutes to answer 28 questions, and is available on-line immediately upon completion. You will receive a comprehensive 23-page report for your use during class.  The report is filled with insights, new ideas, and suggestions for ways to enhance your communication and interpersonal skills.

Please join us for a very informative, interactive, and interesting Webinar. 

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Shelley Gaynes - More

Registration Fee: $45 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & on-line DiSC® access code.

Future session to be scheduled.

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EFFECTIVE LISTENING SKILLS

Listening is the first competency needed for most knowledge work and great leadership. What is your personal listening profile?

• Appreciative
• Empathetic
• Discerning
• Comprehensive, or
• Evaluative

What are the strengths of your style? Everybody has a natural style although we need all styles to function as a good listener. As pre-work to this class, you will fill out an online assessment of Inscape’s Personal Listening Profile® and receive a comprehensive report to review before the class. During the interactive class, we’ll address questions and strategies to increase your ability to become a more effective listener.

Dates & Times:

NOTE: You must be registered and complete the Personal Listening Profile two days prior to your webinar date to allow for processing of the profile.

Length: 90 minutes

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond- More

Registration Fee: $35 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & a link to the online assessment.

Future session to be scheduled.

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FIVE APPRECIATIVE ASSESSMENTS: HOW TO INCREASE YOUR COACHING & TRAINING BUSINESS

This Webinar will show you how to use 5 assessments in your coaching sessions or as the basis of a training module. Show your clients how to focus on their strengths in the following areas:

• Personal Listening Profile®,
• Discovering Diversity Profile®,
• Work Expectations Profile®,
• Coping & Stress Profile®,
• Team Dimensions Profile®

These Inscape Publishing assessments are valid, reliable and available in an online format. Most are available in a paper version as well. We'll show you how they work as an appreciative approach.

Dates & Times:

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & a link to the online assessment.

Future session to be scheduled.

FIVE CRITICAL TIPS FOR BUILDING TRUST AT WORK

Free Podcast!

Trust is a hot topic. Yet when you talk about trust you often find it is so abstract, no one seems to know what it is. This Webinar defines Trust within the context of work. You will lean about the most common Trust Busters at work and deliver suggestions on how you can become a more trustworthy associate or leader.

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant Free!

CLICK HERE to download this 22 minute podcast.

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HOW TO WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH INDIAN PARTNERS

Consider these questions:

• Do you spend a lot of time working with Indian partners and/or colleagues?
• Have you experienced frustrations in working with Indian partners?
  
• Have you experienced learning, joy and success in your work with Indian partners?
  

Come and learn about some of the theoretical and practical ways to succeed in working with Indian partners. We will discuss your experiences, address questions and provide a host of practical, tactical and TESTED tips on successful cross-cultural work with India.

Length: 1 hour

Instructors: Rachael Hunt; Tony Ingle - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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STRAIGHT TALK

This Webinar is based on the book Absolute Honesty: Building a Corporate Culture That Values Straight Talk and Rewards Integrity.

• "We sit in meetings and openly discuss a decision. Then once it's been made, I hear that people are bad-mouthing it. Why didn't they say something when they had the chance?"
• "George should have been spoken to long ago about his poor performance, but no one had the guts to do it. So now were stuck with him."
• "No matter how stupid or unethical a decision my team or my manager makes, we are all expected to embrace the stupidity, never argue, and start singing "Kumbaya.""

Do these situations sound familiar? Let's face it, straight, honest, no-nonsense communication in organizations today is more rare than common. Whether it's fear of reprisal, natural timidity, or not wanting to hurt someone's feelings, many of us avoid telling the truth when the truth needs to be told. The same applies to many of those
who work for us. The cost of such reticence can be high. If managers can't get honest feedback from their employees, they, like the emperor in the fable of the "Emperor's New Clothes," could make poor decisions. If employees can't get honest feedback from their managers, they don't improve, and their poor performance not only costs the organization money, but can also demoralize those who work with them.

This webinar will show you how to establish a standard of communication in your team that encourages open discussions and healthy debate, tells the truth, doesn't mince words, and, most of all, is guided by a moral and ethical sense of right and wrong.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Bob Phillips - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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TEAM DIMENSIONS PROFILE

What is your strength as a team member? Are you a Creator who generates ideas? An Advancer who is great at communicating ideas? How about a Refiner who challenges the group to re-consider the ideas? Or the Executor who is so key to getting the ideas implemented?

As pre-work to this Webinar, you will fill out an online assessment and receive a comprehensive report on your strongest style and suggestions of how to use your strengths. The class will provide an interactive format to tackle questions on how teams can use the right strength at different times in the team’s process. We’ll also address how to communicate with other styles, how to manage styles in team meetings and how different styles manage time.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $45 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & a link to the online assessment.

Future session to be scheduled.

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THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP: hOW TO ASSESS RISK & HOW TO SAY IT

Innovation in organizations takes courage. People need to be able to share their unique point of view with others in order to find the nuances that might lead to the next great idea. Often they have to point out that they see something others haven’t seen. That can be especially scary if you are trying to tell a superior bad or awkward news. This Webinar presents a model of how to assess the risk of speaking up and provides examples of how to say it respectfully.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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tHE FIVE MOST COMMON UNNAMED ELEPHANTS ROAMING IN YOUR WORKPLACE

The co-author of The Thin Book of® Naming Elephants will describe the 5 most common unnamed elephants and give some tips of what to do about them. The elephants are:

• The Normalization of Deviance,
• The Role of the System,
• The Normalization of Arrogance,
• The Smart-Talk Trap, and
• The Intent/Impact Gap.

Date & Time:

• May 19 - 9 am PDT
• May 19 - 7:30 PDT

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $10 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

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THE GOOD FIGHT: WHY AMIABILITY IS THE ENEMY OF INNOVATION

Innovation depends on differences. Because conflict avoidance is so deeply embedded in our society we avoid anything that might be seen as a ‘fight.’ Yet the most successful organizations find innovation through vigorous dialogue and still walk out of the room feeling good. Examine your own assumptions around a ‘good fight.’ Examples of how to say it will give you ideas of how to change the tone of the conversation to one of respectful disagreement vs. defensive withdrawal.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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THE LEADER’S ROLE: HOW TO ENGAGE EMPLOYEES

Employee engagement is a hot topic. But, what is it? If the research is correct, only 25% of your employees are actively engaged at work. The rest are hiding their ideas, or even themselves. 

How can you as a leader create the environment that invites employees to bring their whole self to work? We start with the 3 questions Dr. William Kahn proposes that employees ask themselves when they make the decision to engage:

• How safe is it for me to engage?
• How meaningful is it for me to engage?
• How much energy do I have to engage?

We’ll provide specific tips on how to help employees and associates answer yes to engagement.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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USING IDXREADY™ 2.0 IN INCREASE YOUR TRAINING BUSINESS

This Webinar will show you how to use these five idXready™ 2.0 products as the basis of a training module. Show your clients how to focus on their strengths in the following areas:

• Capitalizing on Team Talents™,
• Improving Your Listening Skills ,
• Conflict Management: A DiSC®-based Approach,
• Collaborative Skills for Teams, and
• Frontline Management: Leveraging the Strengths of Your Style

These are turn-key programs with great video and proven assessments. Once you purchase a program, you can run it anywhere, anytime from a USB flash drive.

Dates & Times:

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Send us an email (webinars@thinbook.com) with:

• Your name,
• Phone number, and
• The session you want to attend.

We'll email you the call-in instructions.

Future session to be scheduled.

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VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING: BEST PRACTICES
OF VIRTUAL TEAMS

This Webinar will focus on the interpersonal skills of virtual teams. The key challenges of Trust, Meeting Process and Isolation will be addressed by sharing ideas of how successful virtual teams have dealt with these topics.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

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VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING: HOW TO MAKE
3 CULTURAL DIFFERENCES EXPLICIT

Cross cultural teams have to work harder to understand the different cultural norms that drive member behavior. Rather than avoiding them, high performing teams use the differences as a strategic advantage. This Webinar introduces the concepts and a process on how to make the following differences explicit: Identity, Power Distance and Dealing with Uncertainty.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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VIRTUAL TEAM BUILDING: THE ROLE OF THE LEADER

High performing virtual teams require solid team leadership. Virtual team leadership often takes more time than same-site teams. This Webinar delivers ideas of how to successfully manage the following topics within a virtual team: Purpose, Communication Process, Conflict, Task and Relationships.

Length: 1 hour

Instructor: Sue Annis Hammond - More

Registration Fee: $25 per participant

How to Register: Click on the appropriate enroll button. We'll email you the call-in instructions & Listening Guide.

Future session to be scheduled.

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WHAT IS A WEBINAR?

Thin Book Publishing provides just-in-time learning for leaders on how organizations can be more successful.  A Webinar is live, interactive training class conducted through the use of teleconferencing and the Internet. You will receive cutting edge information, practical tips, tools, strategies and techniques that can benefit your organization immediately. All of this over the telephone, from the convenience of your home or office with no travel time or expense!

Classes are designed to be 55 minutes in length. Unlike many Webinar, ours are not ‘veneers’ for marketing our products. They have the same high quality content you already receive in our books and live workshops.

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HOW DOES A WEBINAR WORK?

Each Webinar is facilitated by one of our authors or associates. Our Webinar sessions are interactive, not just a ‘download’ of information. We prefer to answer your questions and hear your comments as we go through the material.

We offer public Webinar where anyone may register for a specific time and class.  We also offer private Webinars, scheduled at your convenience for your participants.

Many of our classes can be delivered to an intact team as working sessions. This is especially helpful for virtual teams or those located in the field who rarely get to participate in live training. Or you can use the Webinar as a tool to extend your training resources by letting us provide the content and you handle the follow-up.

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WHAT IS THE COST?

• Public Webinars: $25 to $45 per participant (includes session Listening Guide; pdf format).

Four Webinars are offered free of charge (see the list at the beginning of this page).

Finally, there are no refunds or reschedules for classes missed.

• Private Webinars: Customized Webinars for groups. Delivered to your organization, the registration fee is $500 per organization plus any bridge fees (for groups over 24).

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HOW DO I GET STARTED?

Simply reserve a seat in a Webinar by ordering on-line. You will receive a confirmation email with call-in instructions.

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REFUND POLICY

There are no refunds or rescheduled dates for Webinars that you are unable to attend.

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