We help our clients to select and develop great leaders...who reimagine leadership and get results.

Leadership Workshop Series

Our one-day leadership workshops are a great way to do a quick deep-dive into some of the key GLS leadership principles as espoused by Captain Abrashoff.

Based upon key initiatives and goals relevant to your organization, we work with you to identify the appropriate workshop that will have the greatest impact on your managers and leaders.

Our most requested workshops are listed below, but we would also be happy to work with your to design a targeted approach to help you tackle whatever business challenges you face.

Unleashing Team Performance

Ideally, a team should accomplish that which the individual members cannot. High-performance teams are engaged, compatible, and collaborative. Everyone plays a crucial role in driving productivity and building a successful team dynamic. This session brings your team together to discover and define what it will take to be a high performing team. Roles will be defined; expectations set and the team will learn how to work together toward their goals. They will be charged with creating a plan that defines the key attributes and action they will take to make this happen.

Engage and Align -­‐ Leading Talent to Results

Talent-centered leaders are not born, but cultivated over time. Getting leaders to build a culture that encourages open dialogue, promotes the growth of the team and its individuals, nurtures strong productive relationships, and cultivates a climate where their people can flourish is the outcome of this experience. Through the Leading Talent to Results experience, leaders and managers will receive the tools, strategies and approaches they need to drive the engagement, retention and ultimately, the productivity of their people.

Innovate and Improve Performance

In today's current economic times, it's more important than ever to build resilient leaders who can navigate change and react quickly to market demands. Creating your organization's competitive advantage is all about learning how to implement innovative best practices. In this highly engaging, learning experience leaders will recognize the drivers for innovation and change. We provide you with insights and strategies that encourage your team to think outside the box and the value of building partnerships and sharing best practices Participants will gain practical strategies to enroll staff and other stakeholders as supporters for ongoing enhancements that result in improved performance.

Navigating Communication Channels

When people talk they connect, wisdom is shared, perspectives expand, and mindsets shift. It's amazing when your people band together what can get done. What's the key to unlocking this potential—communication. Our research shows that when organization builds a culture based on relationships and two-way communication, performance soars, development takes place and relationships expand. In this session, leaders will learn how to identify communication styles that are most critical to their success, and gain a firm understanding on how to flex their style to impact others to build productive relationships that drive business performance.

Tapping into the Power of People -­‐ Developing Others

We all need it—growth, challenge and intellectual stimulation, if we want to stay engaged and productive in our careers. If people don't have this right combination in their jobs, they just won't stay. Leaders play a crucial role in helping employees uncover their strengths, growth opportunities and connections that drive their talented peoples' performance today and tomorrow. This session will teach leaders how to engage in a dialogue that drives growth, helps set goals, and design potential career options that not only help shape the future for their talented people, but will enable your organization to have the bench it needs to meet your strategic goals.

The 21st Century Leader -­‐ Manager as Coach

While your people bring a wide range of capabilities and experiences to their job, in today's turbulent environment they are often placed in challenging situations that require them to think differently. The need for managers to coach team members is paramount, but what is the real purpose of coaching in management? Employee coaching is not merely a development tool. It is a total repackaging of the manager's role. In an environment of uncertainty, intense competition, innovation, creativity and improved performance are vital to business success. In this session leaders will uncover the tools, strategies and approaches that will allow them to tap into their talented people so that they reach their true potential for the good of the business and themselves.

Choose Your Pathway

Creativity, innovation, inspiration—these are indispensible traits for leaders to pilot people through today's turbulent times. In today's business environment, the old rules don't apply. Leaders need to be strong and agile, not only in their thoughts and actions, but also in their ability to get others to band together toward a common goal.

Since this transformation doesn't occur overnight we offer your leaders several options to elevate their skills and sustain their momentum.