People First Inc.

Leadership Development & Education

Workshops

Over the long run, organizations who attract and retain the best leaders will not just survive but thrive. Furthermore, leadership development remains a key expectation and retention strategy for young professionals, regardless of market conditions or the shape of the economy. Even though your business may be providing fewer leadership opportunities these days, your high potentials are still expecting to develop as leaders.

People First Leadership Workshops are designed to meet the needs of organizations who wish to foster the development of their next generation of leaders, but are facing a reality where traditional education is either too costly or seems disconnected from the realities of their business.

Our focus is teaching the practice of becoming a leader. We distill the body of leadership knowledge into a simple, practical form and deliver it in a fun, interactive workshop. The workshops provide a balance of content and exercises, suiting all learning styles and ensuring that the audience stays engaged throughout.

People First leadership workshops make sense when compared to traditional leadership education programs for the following reasons:

• Delivered on-site: we use your facilities, keeping costs and time away from the office to a minimum
• Peer learning: we create an interactive environment which fosters continuous dialogue among your high potentials long after the workshops are finished
• Tailored: because we are delivering to a familiar group, we can tailor the material to the unique circumstances of the organization or industry
• Flexible timing: we are willing to deliver our workshops on evenings and weekends to ensure that the education is perceived as a benefit, not an entitlement
• Follow-up: we provide a 6-month "after-care" program, educating the individual on how to take responsibility for sustaining their own improvement

Through our experiences working with organizations and higher learning institutions, we communicate ideas and principles that will strengthen organizations by developing the full potential of their leaders and teams.

• Introduction to Leadership

  This workshop is designed to expose emerging professionals and those new to management roles to fundamental concepts of leadership. It takes the highlights of a 13-week MBA leadership course and consolidates them into a tight, interactive, half-day workshop.

  Leadership starts with the individual. We will consider different perceptions of work and career and how they have been shaped by our backgrounds. We will look in the mirror to our personal values and how those values influence our work preferences. We will then explore the most relevant leadership concepts on the bookshelves today to understand what leadership is, and the many different forms it can take. Finally, we will explore the importance of perception and understanding others as well as oneself along the journey towards effective leadership.

  Outcomes:

  • Inspire and empower new leaders to define their own leadership style and philosophy
  • Provide historical insight into the fundamental challenges of new leaders: empathy; balance; motivation; delegation; trust; etc.
  • Emphasize alignment with the organization to ensure a values-based, healthy, long term working relationship
  • Improve retention while empowering self improvement in individuals

• Personal Effectiveness

  For a manager to be successful at leading others, they must first be able to lead themselves. This half-day workshop educates participants on how to get more productivity out of their days by performing at their highest level, while achieving balance in their lives.

  Outcomes:

  • understanding an individual's self-management preferences and potentially derailing habits through guided self discovery
  • uncovering potential blind spots keeping an individual from performing at their highest level
  • an understanding of how to improve personal effectiveness without compromising values or personal balance

  This hour-and-a-half workshop is best suited for those who are trying to improve their working habits to achieve more productivity and balance in their lives. Through an interactive People First process of self discovery participants will gain a clear understaning of their current balance and uncover potential blindspots keeping them from performing at their highest level. We discuss the root causes leading to common archetypes and discuss improving oneself into a 'corporate athlete' through such topics as obtaining feedback, active listening, focus, and priority setting. By the end of this talk, participants will have a clear understanding of what it takes to be a high performer without compromise. They will also be aware of bad habits they have developed and be empowered to take action to manage them away.

• Career Management

  This workshop puts individuals on the path of a long term view on their career with a focus on the impact of values alignment and happiness at work on overall career success. It empowers a person to examine the path they are on and create a path that will lead to a fulfilling career in all aspects.

  Outcomes:

  • enables clarity for individuals about their long term ambitions for a fulfilling job
  • examines alignment of individuals with organization
  • will help identify long term high potentials for leadership roles in the organization
  • participants can further develop a focussed approach through the effective use of long term goals

  This hour-and-a-half workshop is designed for anyone seeking a long term, fulfilling career instead of a job. This workshop will give participants the perspective necessary to understand where they are, where they want to be, and to start down the path to achieve their long term objectives.

  First we explore the meaning of work by looking at different approaches to work and understanding the individual’s frame. We examine the meaning of happiness in the workplace. This leads to an examination of our values and issues such as adversity and the power of a positive outlook. Finally, we move into action towards achieving your happiness at work through reflection on current situation and effective goal setting.

Additional workshops are currently under development. If you have a requirement that is not met by our current offering, please contact us and describe your needs. We'd be happy to help.

For Young Professionals

Career Coffees

Clarity. Understanding. The starting line of a fulfilling career...

New direction? Discovering your career vision? Looking for purpose and fulfillment in your career? Career Coffees is a conversation that will help.

We believe clarity on your core values is needed before beginning your search. Our experience suggests people struggle with being honest with themselves when reflecting on their values. This raises the probability of setting them on the path to compromise; a path that's hard to get off.

The People First Career Coffee Form - Start the Conversation.

If we were to sit with you for a coffee, with a few straightforward questions we'd be able to reflect Core Values — and help kick-start your journey. To make this more accessible, we are offering People First Online Career Coffees. A form that takes just a few minutes, is completely private, and is free of charge. Check it out.