DEVELOPING EMPLOYEE CONNECTIONS
THE CONNECTION BLUEPRINT
The Connection Blueprint classes go beyond the book in providing, real-world, practical application and practice for building connections for increased productivity, development, and retention.
The Connection Blueprint
Jump Start Sessions
Join a jumpstart session to truly understand the value of one-on-one meetings. Learn how to incorporate them into your schedule. Review tips for implementing more effective one-on-ones by leveraging the content of The Blueprint Connection and doing a deeper diver on handling specific challenges in implementing one-on-one meetings.
Audience: All leaders of people
Timeframe: One two-hour session in-person or virtually
TThe Connection Blueprint
Leadership Series
This 3-part development series will develop strong skills all related to your leadership style and connecting to your employees.
Leaders will learn how to build relationships, understand and use emotional intelligence and enhance their communication skills.
We know that high performance comes from high trust environments. Getting better at building relationships with your team members pays off. The one-on-one meeting is the most important communication method to build relationships.
Offered both in-person and virtually, leaders will learn specific skills to use when leading and communicating with remote and face-to-face employees.
Audience: Anyone who leads others, especially those who have not experienced leadership training or are facing challenges with their team
Timeframe: Three 90 minute in-person or virtual sessions, ideally 1-2 weeks between sessions.
Huddle #1: Why connect?
In the first huddle, leaders will become aware of the value of really listening and connecting with your employees. They will also learn how to make the most of The Blueprint Connection book, specific skills to increase engagement, one-on-one meeting cadence, scheduling and the best use of virtual tools.
Huddle#2: Building Trust
High performance teams are built on trust. Leaders will take a personality profile to increase awareness of their communication style and others style. Understanding style differences builds trust by learning to understand and leverage differences. Learn specific actions you can take in your one-on-one meetings to build trust and avoid actions that destroy trust.
Huddle #3: Building Accountability
What we say as leaders creates the culture for our team. Ideally our team culture is one of strong motivation and accountability. In this session you will learn how to use your one-on-one meetings to create that culture of accountability in a way that motivates and engages your team members.
Keynote Speeches:
The Connection Blueprint
Nodus CEO, Debbie Waggoner is available as a keynote speaker on the topics of creating and strengthening employee relationships for increased productivity, growth, and retention.
Lunch & Learn Sessions
The Connection Blueprint Mini-Sessions
Topics Include:
- Refreshing your Employee One-on-Ones
- 5 ways to improve your remote meeting one-on-ones
The Connection Blueprint provides an easy guide for leaders at all levels of the organization, from first-line supervision to CEO, to leverage effective one-on-one meetings with their employees.
Learn more about the book, The Connection Blueprint
Executive Coaching Programs
Corporate Coaching for Executives
This type of coaching is usually tied to the company’s strategic initiatives, succession planning or specific development needs. The coach will meet with both corporate representatives and each individual being coached to determine the desired outcomes, set out the scope of work, and put performance metrics in place.
Includes:
- Two in-person meetings, including setting out the scope of work and the final review
- In-person meeting(s) with the person being coached
- Phone interviews with a minimum of six colleagues and/or direct reports (360 feedback)
- Job shadowing for a full day
- Establishing specific and measurable goals
- Creating a Personal Development Plan
- Coaching sessions bi-weekly for a minimum of six months
- Minimum of two assessments
- Unlimited e-mail support
- On-call Executive Coaching
Leadership Coaching
This type of executive coaching can be viewed as a bonus and a sign of significant recognition. In other cases, it can be used to develop key skills or eliminate roadblocks. It primarily focuses on enhancing performance and developing leadership or team-building skills. The coach works in conjunction with Human Resources or another senior executive. Meetings are held by telephone and in person.
Includes:
Telephone or face-to-face meetings with a corporate representative(s) to establish the desired outcome and reporting requirements
- An initial face-to-face coaching session with the client to set the framework for the coaching relationship
- Establishing specific and measurable goals
- Creating a Personal Development Plan
- Minimum of twelve one-hour personal Coaching Sessions (six-month engagement)
- Unlimited e-mail support
- Final review report of coaching results
Optional:
- Job shadowing
- Telephone interviews with a minimum of six colleagues/direct reports
- On-Call Coaching
Keep up with Nodus & Nodus President
Debbie Waggoner.