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Looking for a professional speaker or trainer to facilitate your next team development retreat?
Well, you've come to the right place! Laura Benjamin is a communication consultant, coach and facilitator with experience providing fun, interactive and substantive team development trainings, teambuilding retreats and teamwork conference sessions.
Please review the program description below, then send us a note or call 719-266-8088 to discuss the challenges your team has faced and the learning objectives you'd like to build into your customized program.
How to Create Collaborative Teams:
There IS an 'I' in Team!
Have you ever heard someone say, "There is no 'I' in team"? Well, baloney! As Tom Peters said in Fast Company magazine, "Stellar teams are made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out - with the spiritual help of a gifted leader - how to be their peculiar selves and how to win championships as a team."
Too often, we minimize the importance of the individual in favor of creating homogenized teams and end up squashing motivation, encouraging mediocrity, and accommodating poor performance.
This lively, interactive program is for high potential people who know that individual strengths are the key to building cooperative, collaborative teams. Participants will learn the individual roles that build effective teams and how to support vs. undermine one another!
Learning Objective Options
By the end of this program, participants will have learned how to:
- Identify top team roles that guarantee balanced teams
- Spot the "Bermuda Triangle" to avoid blame and finger-pointing
- Base team development on diverse and disparate strengths
- Recognize the Top 10 Reasons why teams succeed (or fail!)
- Avoid the dangers and drawbacks of "Groupthink"
- Find the Team Leader's most effective points of influence
- Strategize ways to build trust and avoid team dysfunction
- Facilitate stronger, clearer communication in 5 easy steps with The C.A.R.L.A. Concept™
MORE OF WHAT PEOPLE SAY...
"Recently I had the opportunity to hear Laura speak on Teamwork. I attend a lot of conferences and events, so you can imagine my (enthusiasm for) this topic was dismal. Laura was great! I found myself not only trying to write down everything she said but also sharing it with my entire staff upon my return to work the next day. I highly recommend Laura to any organization looking for an entertaining, knowledgeable and dedicated speaker." Eric Liguori, MBA, Certified Business Analyst, Small Business Development Center @ MCC, Sarasota FL
"Your presentation at the Tampa Law and HR Conference was awesome! The handout you provided was instrumental in educating the Principals of my firm about the importance of the issues discussed. I'm sure it was the gift you have of bringing humor to serious issues that caught their attention. Your enthusiasm is contagious!" Susan Caron, PHR, ICON Consultant Group Inc., Tampa FL
COLORADO STATE PUPIL TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION TEAMBUILDING
"Thank you for your captivating presentation up at the Nature Place this past week, Laura."
Lowell Bunker, Director of Transportation Services, Cherry Creek Schools, Denver CO
Laura's ability to connect with the audience was evident from the beginning...Energy! Involvement! Thank you so much for your teambuilding presentation! Rob Schmedeke, Aurora Public Schools and President, CSPTA
CSPTA Testimonial Letter (PDF)
On behalf of CSPTA a "big" thank you for sharing your time and expertise both with the Board and with the Attendees. Your presentation was a definite highlight. Thank you so much! Barbara Broadbook, Business Manager & Event Planner, CSPTA
You rock! Karen Knight, Boulder Valley School District
I will be able to use this at our terminal. Roxie Seyfang
This was wonderful! Joyce Bobst
Your teambuilding presentation was great! Kathy Wier, Douglas County School District
Good times, good laughs. Theresa Anderson, Jefferson County School District
I enjoyed it very much. Thank you! Carol Burns, Roaring Fork School District
This was an excellent teambuilding program. Heather Burke, Boulder Valley School District
You were great! Cathy Nelson, Jefferson County School District
Great seminar. Thank you! Stephen Canavan, Falcon School District 49
You were great! Dodie Hunker
Thank you. You kept it interesting and motivational. Marie Price, Douglas County School District
CABELAS' NATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES CONFEENCE
This presentation and exercise is exactly what our HR Group at Cabelas' needed. Excellent job! Thank you! Erika Storbeck
I dreaded another "team player" activitiy. After all, how many can one endure? However you were THE BEST! You show someone rather than tell with a fun activity. Anonymous
Fun presentation and a positive learning experience! Brian Sorenson
You did a GREAT job! Amy Walker
Very good. Janet Kaiser
Very good presentation! I appreciated the interaction with everyone else! Jennifer Bales
This was excellent information and very enjoyable. Kiley Nienhuser
Great Job - made us feel comfortable and eager to participate. Terri Hongsermeier
Thank you. I very much enjoyed your seminar. Marcia Bruns
Great job!!! Mark Day
I'm impressed! Great presentation style. Ashley Andreas
I really enjoyed how well the information was given. Anonymous
I enjoyed listening to Laura and the activities were a great way to get our whole team engaged. Anonymous
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