YOUR Business Needs:
- Key-Notes for Corporate Conferences
- Training and Strategy
- Leadership Coach / Advisor
- Lunch-&-Learn Sessions
- Group Leadership Training
- Executive Career Compass
- Customer Service Analysis
Leadership Training and Development
Leadership Training is an attitude, approach and philosophy encompassing team development, how we behave in our career roles and how we lead ourselves.
Companies willing to offer training opportunities for their employees have a far greater success rate at retaining staff and building stronger teams.
- Group and Individual Leadership Development Courses
- On site or off site Communication Sessions
- Strategy Facilitation
- One-on-one Coach / Advisor
- Lunch and Learn Programs.
- Customized Training Through Consultation
Our many products and services are designed for the employee, the novice leader and the seasoned leader, all intended to sharpen your focus, help you present clear expectations and build stronger teams.
Learn more about our training programs below…
All companies and individuals booked into training for spring and summer of 2011 will receive a copy of Patti’s eBook
“Leadership XXL: 11 Practical Steps for living Leadership Extra, Extra Large”.
‘From the Ground Up’ – For New and Emerging Leaders
- A program for the leader who is new to management. Inspired by the “first 100 days” in of leader’s new role, it guides you in bringing the team into alignment.
- You want to get off to a rocking great start, with easy to implement strategies for laying out clear expectations, living the vision and working together toward a common goal.
This program provides new and emerging managers with a solid foundation in leadership to be utilized and carried with them from day one and stay with them throughout their management career.
“I thoroughly enjoyed understanding the E.A.T. program for new leadership and was surprised by the effectiveness and simplicity of the program. The reason it made a difference for me as a new manger was that it gave me a foundation that applied directly to the team I am managing. Insightful and definitely strategic.” ~G.Stranton
‘In The Lead Seat’ – for Seasoned Management
- A program for the seasoned leader; to refine and improve team collaboration.
- Hiring to meet balanced team dynamics, retaining team knowledge.
- Focus on the core Leadership areas stepping you past any leadership roadblocks.
A program based on the 4E’s of Leadership as developed by Mick Yates of Leader Values in the United Kingdom. This program encompasses leadership as it was meant to be, created for the manager or management team already seasoned and wanting to kick it up a notch with their teams. This program is available individually or by the group.
Leadership Communication – Off-Site Golf Course Session for Management
- Learn lessons in clarity, delivery and communication styles
- Gaining the most from your team based on communicating expectations
- Obtaining feedback and continued communication from your team.
Bring your management team out to Wintergreen Golf and Country Club Clubhouse for a morning communication session and spend the afternoon applying it to communicating on the golf course! Chipping, putting and working as a team, in a great program developed in collaboration with a golf pro, with laughter, fresh air and skill development tossed in for fun!
“Our management team attended a Communication Retreat developed, organized and facilitated by Strategic Sense Inc. Strategic Sense put together a professional development workshop/retreat to meet the unique needs of our organization, the day was well planned and the material had a direct bearing on our roles as administrators. There was a balance of large group and small table discussions as well as a group activity that made the day fun and enhanced the team atmosphere. As a follow up we received a comprehensive report that contained a summary, report of discussed objectives and an action plan.”~R.Conway
One-On-One Executive Strategy
- Building a base executive strategy
- Getting the team on board
- Rallying to a cause
- Building a stronger company
Working one-on-one with the Executive leader. Regardless of whether you are a CEO, VP, Director or Manager – having a coach or advisor is a valuable tool in your pocket. In fact, we recommend it.
Having a coach, advisor or one on one strategist is a relationship that brings the leader closer to excellence. From Athletes to Business people – offered a different perspective, given a creative process for finding solutions and being provided with new tools the more successful and happy they will be as Athletes and Business people.“I heartily recommend Strategic Sense as this company is and will continue to be the Pipeline Solutions source for remarkable acumen in Business leadership matters.” ~David Hermanson
Business Relationship Strategies
- Virtual Business Relationships
- Using New Media
- Reaching The Customer On Their Turf
- Connecting the Dots from Leadership to Customer Service
Business is all about relationships and it stretches far past the internal team to your clients, vendors and business associates. We are entering into a relationship economy and navigating your way through the varied mediums, tools and sources that build those relationships can be daunting. Social Media, networking, meetings and internal tools, all of them seem to have their own language at times and it is easy to be mis-understood.
Available in a Group Course or Consulting.
We work with you to develop strategies and processes for building strong and healthy business relationships both inside and outside of your organization.
Addressing the Tough Stuff – Lunch & Learn
- The Consummate Complainer
- The Negative Messenger
- The Living Gossip
- The Expert (who could use a little more expertise)
- Procrastination
- Interpretention™
Sure, it is only 45 minutes but can we ever pack in a punch of passionate work in that short of time. Bringing light-hearted conversation around some pretty difficult topics into a lunch hour then leave with strategies for combating difficult issues no one really wants to talk about.
The most difficult topics are often tough for companies to address without seeming like they are finger pointing or blaming. These sessions tackle the issue in a neutral manner with stories and case-studies completely unassociated with the individuals attending. Everyone can relate to the topics and will be able to address how the solutions might apply for them.
Leadership Training & Development
Leadership Training is an attitude, approach and philosophy encompassing team development, how we behave in our career roles and how we lead ourselves.
Your Career Compass
Careers, it doesn’t matter who you are or where you work, there will come a time when you want to make a career change, refine your career direction, or branch out into something you have never tried before.
We believe everyone can live their passion and utilize their talent to build the best career possible for a fulfilled life. We’ll never suggest you dump your great paying job and go into street-side caricature drawing, but we will help you identify the best direction for you.
Customer Service Training & Development
The next decade will likely be known as the Customer Relationship Decade; at least that’s how it’s shaping up. With an educated customer base, information more readily available online than ever before and New Media making it possible to share customer experiences with thousands of people at once, smart companies recognize the need to focus on their customer.
Invite Patti to Speak at Your Event
Our President, Patti Blackstaffe, speaks at a number of corporate and private events, woman’s organizations and conferences. In addition to speaking herself, she belongs to a network of speakers and can bring someone in to talk on the topic of your choice for any business event. If you want a dynamic and entertaining speaker who speaks from the heart, gets to the point and challenges your group to walk away and take action, then you have come to the right place.
For a more comprehensive list of topics head on over to her Speaker's Page.
Mergers and Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions are serious business. Organic growth moves slowly, merging complimentary products or acquiring companies already experienced in the direction your company wishes to travel provides increased value, reduced R&D and an unparalleled portfolio.
But what of the people involved? There is nothing more painful than the chaos of a culture clash of organizations when the human capital change management has been poorly executed. Time and again investments fail to achieve the anticipated returns as a result of culture clash. Losing product and business knowledge can be disastrous.
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A program based on the 4E’s of Leadership as developed by Mick Yates of Leader Values in the United Kingdom. This program encompasses leadership as it was meant to be, created for the manager or management team already seasoned and wanting to kick it up a notch with their teams. This program is available individually or by the group.
“Our management team attended a Communication Retreat developed, organized and facilitated by Strategic Sense Inc. Strategic Sense put together a professional development workshop/retreat to meet the unique needs of our organization, the day was well planned and the material had a direct bearing on our roles as administrators. There was a balance of large group and small table discussions as well as a group activity that made the day fun and enhanced the team atmosphere. As a follow up we received a comprehensive report that contained a summary, report of discussed objectives and an action plan.”~R.Conway





