Training / Workshops
We help organizational leaders SHED and get the results they want through training and development of leaders and staff. Using the latest in accelerated learning techniques and attention to various learning styles, customized workshop are designed and delivered to meet and exceed the organization's business objectives.
We support the entire training process, including research and design phases, implementation, logistics, post-training support and impact measurement. We offer module-based, on-site training.
We help organizations shed in these areas:
• Leadership Development
• Change Management
• Communication
• Storytelling & Presentation Skills
• Strategic Shedding Celebrations/Retreat Facilitation
"If you are looking for results, Kathy Dempsey can get you there. What impresses me most is her ability to help people stop, think, focus, and make better decisions, all in a fun and lighthearted way!"
— Clark Taylor, CEO
Memorial Health Care System
Shed of You're Dead™:
How to Stay Alive, Face Any Challenge & Thrive!
Understand the concept of shedding and why it is a critical skill in today's environment.
• Discuss how participants have personally responded to change/loss in the past.
• Identify how changes that happen to you are opportunities for grow
• Describe how mental models affect people.
• Identify the #1 barrier to dealing with change more effectively.
• Identify key characteristics of people who thrive in the midst of change
• Assess your personal strengths and opportunities for growth.
• Be empowered with the “3 R’s of shedding” to immediately shift thinking when facing any life challenge and motivated to move forward.
• Learn key practical strategies for personally and professionally growth.
• Identify key change management strategies to become more resilient and grow personally and professionally.
• Review the top 30 strategies for growth and change
• Be equipped to initiate the 30 Day Shedding Challenge.
• Develop an action plan to move forward and SHED for SuccessTM!
Shed for Success™ Workshop Series
• Understand the philosophy of shedding, dynamics of change and how to SHED for Success™.
• Understand personal behavioral tendencies about themselves and others utilizing DISC.
• Develop an understanding and awareness of how each person’s behavior and communication style affects others.
• Understand, respect, appreciate and value individual differences..
• Develop strategies for working together to increase communication and productivity.
• Set a motivating environment where employees begin to teach and learn from each other.
Shed for Success™ workshop series is highly customized for sales, management and various workgroup teams. All workshops are designed and delivered around the outcomes and success you want delivered.
Kathy did an outstanding job! Pfizer has the No. 1 Training organization ranking out of the Fortune 100! I have been to many train-the-trainer sessions in my career, but this was by far the best! And it was due to Kathy and the passion she brings. In my 15 years in the workforce, I have never attended a seminar that kept me so engaged!
— Jodie Kramer, Director, Global Learning & Development, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Who Killed Communication?
Experience this highly interactive engaging murder mystery that takes a closer look at what kills communication within organizations. Who are the suspects? What are the weapons? What are the clues to look for? Help us investigate the murder. In the end, with everyone’ help the murder mystery is solved. Miss Communication (miscommunication) always kills communication!
Attendees will:
• Identify the characteristics of an outstanding communicator.
• Unlock the clues for assessing their own communication skill level.
• List 3 critical keys to solving the communication mystery.
• Discover personal insights into their own communication.
• Identify the barriers to communication.
• Investigate what kills communication within their organization.
• Learn the 31 communication strategies that can help communication stay alive!
• Develop a personal action plan on improve communication within their organization.
"Talk about a shot in the arm — those who attended the strategic planning meeting hit the ground running on Monday with their tasks, timelines and roadmaps ready. Thanks to you, the board and I are looking forward to our most productive and exciting year ever!"
— Gail Pollock, Executive Director
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga, Inc
Strategic Storytelling & Presentation Skills:
The key to persuading others and delivering business results!
Persuasion and presentation skills are critical for business success. When you look at the most influential people in history, they all have one common characteristic; they were great presenters & storytellers. Forget about PowerPoint and statistics. If you really want to change behavior, sell your idea, service or product, you'll learn the secrets to telling a great story.
In the interactive hands-on workshop, attendees will learn the following:
• 7 purposes of telling a story
• Characteristics of outstanding presenters
• 4 point classic story structure
• Top 10 tips for telling a great story
• 5 techniques to generate story ideas
• No. 1 critical factor that all great stories must have
• How to dissect stories to understand the construction
• 7 places to find great stories
• The consequences of not telling stories
• How to apply the techniques to your own work
• 3 biggest barriers for using stories at work
• Storyselling: How to sell your ideas, products or services by telling stories
• How to engage others by telling an interactive story
• 3 strategies for choosing the right words for impact
• Write your own story for direct work application
"Kathy’s energy and style is contagious! An event to be remembered! She connected with the audience, conveyed messages using humor and vivid storytelling, and encouraged everyone to learn and grow in a way I have never seen before!"
Marie C Ireland, Specialist, Virginia Department of Education
Strategic Shedding Celebrations/Retreat Facilitation!
Is your group struggling with how to take things to the next level? Stuck in the same old, same old? Can your team even imagine being twice as successful as you are right now?
Then, ignite your organization with a strategic celebration? Yes, go ahead and throw a party and celebrate your success now! Hallucinate*, or visualize your future state and then celebrate your success as if it already happened. You will be AMAZED at the results!
*Hallucinate (hal-lu-ci-nate)
1. Seeing or hearing something not there.
2. Visualizing what could be there!
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"What an asset Kathy has been to our organization. My board members are still talking about the retreat — how much we accomplished and how much fun we had in the process."
— Jim Moody CAE, Executive Director
Georgia Society of Association Executives
Nurses Only!
Shed of You're Dead™: 5 Signs and Symptoms that Prevent Nurses from Thriving in Life!
Understand the concept of shedding and why it is a critical skill in today's environment.
• Identify how changes that happen to you are opportunities for grow
• Describe how mental models affect people.
• Identify the #1 barrier to dealing with change more effectively.
• Assess your personal strengths and opportunities for growth.
• Be empowered with the “3 R’s of shedding” to immediately shift thinking when facing any life challenge and motivated to move forward.
• Describe the 5 Deadly Signs and Symptoms that prevent nurses from thriving in life.
• Vitamin "B" Deficiency — Doing vs. Being
• Above the neck constipation — Negative thinking
• John Doe Syndrome — Who am I?
• COPD — Chronic Opposition to practice dying
• The "TED" Plaque — The everyday discourager
• Identify key change management strategies to become more resilient and grow both personally and professionally.
• Be equipped to initiate the 30 Day Shedding Challenge.
• Develop an action plan to move forward and SHED for Success™!