The Positive Workplace Environment

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“Bringing in NCI is one of the best business decisions we’ve ever made.”

— Mike Brendel, Director, Swedish Hospital

Part 1: The Team Mindset
Volunteering Your Heart & Brain

You can’t pay employees to contribute to a positive workplace culture—each person ultimately makes that choice for themselves. This workshop helps team members see their part in creating an excellent workplace and taps into their personal “why” in bringing their best self to work every day.

Topics and Skill-Building:

• Workplace morale – what it is, why it matters, and your part in creating it

• Adaptive skills and emotional IQ – building trust and respect

• Learn to listen so others feel heard

• Giving and receiving feedback with clarity and non-defensiveness

• Discover the five healthy ways to deal with workplace triangulation (simular to gossip) and negativity

Part 2: Understanding People
And the Art of Personal Growth

This fun, interactive workshop explores the four spectrums of human behavior to increase trust, respect, and morale in the workplace and improve our effectiveness as team members.

Topics and Skill-Building:

• Discover and gain an appreciation for your own behavior style (why you're so awesome)

• Understand your impact on others (when others don't recognize your awesomeness)

• Learn the importance of adjusting your style to better meet the needs of others

• Use Behavior Styles theory to enhance meetings, decision-making, and communication

Part 3: Common Commitments
Becoming a Highly Effective Team

Highly engaged teams can be the difference between a thriving organization and one that's stuck in less effective methods and mindsets. An important key to engagement and effectiveness is a positive team environment where deep trust and mutual respect are part of the culture's DNA. 

One of our favorite strategies for building a healthy team is our Common Commitments exercise. This process results in a set of guidelines that support the practices of accountability, decision-making, teamwork, respect, trust, attention to results, and more. This series culminates in a group consensus on a shared set of commitments and a discussion about sustainability to help avoid the “flavor-of-the-year” syndrome.