Seminars by Dr. Ann Atkinson

Note: All seminars are custom tailored to the needs and desired results of each client. The seminars listed are those that have been presented for the purpose of giving potential clients an idea of the range of value provided.

1. Scenario Planning.
This program in scenario planning is designed to enable the learner to explain the benefits and process of scenario planning, to assemble a well-constituted team for scenario planning, and to conduct a scenario-based analysis of any company and industry.

2. Leading Through Creativity
Creativity is not just something that artists have, or a personal characteristic that we feel good about. It's a vitally important business skill: today's leaders must be able to work creatively and foster creativity throughout their organizations. In this program you'll study and practice a large number of proven techniques for doing exactly that.

3. Board of Directors Training
Is your board staff-driven or board-driven? Do you pay attention to critical issues or detail? This workshop focuses on preparing board members for their role in maintaining and sustaining growth for their organization. This workshop applies either to profit or not-for-profit organizations.

4. Ethics: From Rhetoric to Reality
Ethical issues are not only among the most important issues executives face today, they are also among the most threatening. Ethical issues are important because of the intense public scrutiny under which organizations operate. They are among the most threatening because ethics are often judged in hindsight and for political purposes. This session will help you sort rhetoric from reality in ethics and help you define a winning ethical stance for your organization and for yourself.

5. Workplace Trends – 2010 – Generational Issues
Understanding and adapting to changes in the workplace can give your organization a competitive advantage. This course will examine major workplace trends and their implications for the next century. There will also be discussions on how trends in demographics, values and employee attitudes will affect your leadership role.

6. Emotional Intelligence – the Real Key to Leadership
Emotional intelligence, or EQ, is the ability to identify and understand emotional reactions – your own and those of others. Your level of emotional intelligence matters because EQ is a predictor of personal and professional success. EQ is more than twice as important as IQ and technical skills combined. If you have high EQ, you can regulate your emotions and use them to make good decisions and to be more effective.

7. 360° Feedback Sessions
Certified by the internationally acclaimed Hay Group, I provide opportunities
for leaders and potential leaders to receive feedback from people at all levels in their organization. From this feedback, a coaching path is created. This is an extraordinarily effective tool for change. No organizational action has more power for motivating employee behavior change than feedback from credible work associates.
This tool gives individuals a clear understanding of personal strengths and areas for development, and it enhances the effectiveness of team-based work structures.

8. Values in Conflict: Coping in a Changing World
Does value-added mean different things to different board members? Do your co-workers have a variety of opinions about what is important at work? Are today’s kids a mystery to you? In this class, you’ll learn how values are formed and see with greater clarity how your values both compete with and complement those of your board, staff, and volunteers. You’ll learn how to work more effectively with people with different values – and when and how to adjust a “work values prism” to see things differently.

9. Realistic Risk Taking
If you’re willing to take realistic risks, you’ll probably end up with better products and a better staff. This course will help you identify and evaluate such risks in your management arena. You’ll assess your own risk-taking style and learn tactics for minimizing the danger of taking risks.

10. Creativity and Problem Solving
This course will prepare you to engage in effective and focused creative thinking and problem-solving strategies. You will learn how to identify and reduce barriers to innovative thinking. And, you’ll be challenged to apply your problem-solving skills by examining problems from many different angles.

This is a partial list of Ann's seminars. A list of 100 seminars can be found by following this link.