Management Leadership Workshops
You Learn These Management Leadership Skills…
Workshop #1 - The Power of One - Prioritizing Personal Management
Learn the basics of self-awareness and emotional self-regulation for stressful work environments..
In this workshop you will practice:
- Personal awareness of your own thoughts, feelings, beliefs and responses to your environment
- Slow-down strategies: breathing, naming and measuring emotional intensity, in the moment self-regulation
- Reflection tools: gather feedback, notice processes and reflect to self-correct while managing day to day incidents
Workshop #2 - The Power of Two - 1-2-1 Conversations That Work
Develop the practices and habits of effective communication between two or more people
In this workshop you will practice:
- Building friendly and firm work relationships
- Noticing the talents of others and mirroring their qualities to them
- Facilitating a conversation with non-judgmental questions
- Encouraging quiet people to talk, and talkative people to listen
Workshop #3 - The Power of Team: Building Agreement and Pre-Commitment
Learn to set clear expectations, check for understanding and solicit feedback in ways people can appreciate
In this workshop you practice:
- Building team member and team communications capacities
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Correcting problems early on without loss of face
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Diagnosing correctly, apply the remedy and coach for success
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Practicing courage and tact
Workshop #4 - The Power of System: Solving People-System Problems
Learn to read people realities for better decision-making
In this workshop you will practice:
- Uncovering your own and others’ resistance and bring them to commitment
- Measuring commitment levels and using the power of acceptance to auto-correct
- Reading body language in individuals and between individuals
- Diagnosing a system problem involving people and apply your learning to start solving it
Management Leadership Workshops - How They Work
Management leadership workshops involve interactive group work and processes to engage participants in the skill-building they need to feel confident to apply concepts at work.
Participants experience learning collectively building excitement through practical exercises, real cases, and group discussions.
Our comprehensive learning approach ensures new managers and emerging managers gain both the skills and the self-confidence required to manage effectively.
Who Should Enroll
Management leadership workshops are suitable for:
1. Organizations with newly recruited managers and supervisors face learning teams for the first time.
2. Current managers who may have missed opportunities to systematically develop their leadership approach and skills.
3. Aspiring leaders looking to get a head start on the managerial leadership skills they will need for future promotion.
What You Will Learn
- Self-awareness and self-regulation for effective leadership
- Team communication skills
- Conflict resolution tools to start using right away
- Strategic thinking and systemic problem-solving
When Workshops Are Offered
These management leadership workshops are offered for two types of audiences:
For companies who wish to enroll manager groups or heads of departments within their company in small cohorts so everyone applies the concepts and terminology within a similar timeline. Course start and end dates are chosen according to what works for the organization. Connect here to choose a time to discuss your situation and needs.
For Individual
For individual enrollments in winter and spring each year. Managers from various organizations learn together in the same cohort according to the four week winter and spring timelines.
Winter 2025 – January 22, 29, February 5, 12 (Wednesdays – 9am – 12pm each date)
Hello! My Name is Marie Gervais.
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Here are the Management Leadership Workshops
Prioritizing Personal Management
Learn the basics of self-awareness and emotional self-regulation for stressful work environments.
Building Agreement and Pre-commitment
Learn to set clear expectations, check for understanding and solicit feedback in ways people will appreciate
1-2-1 Conversations That Work
Develop the practices and habits of effective communication between two or more people
Solving People-System Problems
Learn to read people realities for better decision-making
Workshop Series January-February 2025
Why Attend
Management Leadership Workshops?
Starting with themselves and building outwards, participants will develop key insights and resources to equip them for effective management in a volatile world, bringing clarity of decision and responsiveness of approach to problems ranging from the micro to the macro.
*Certificate of Participation will be provided following the management leadership workshop.
What Past Participants Had to Say
“As a new manager, this course provided me with vital information and tools that I will use going forward.”
“I wish I would have had this training when I first started five years ago, it would have saved me from a lot of unnecessary frustration.”
“Marie makes this a safe space to learn and to participate. The self-awareness exercises were an eye opener!”
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can this workshop be funded by my employer?
Yes as professional development. You can use the workshop for CEUs, one per hour.
If this doesn’t fit my schedule, can I take it later?
In this volatile world, things move quickly and managers need tools to deal with problems now. In a few months things will have changed, and we will adjust our training for those changes at that time. If you need this training now, then this is the time to rearrange priorities to take it.
If I register for all four workshops and can’t make one, what happens?
You will still have the workbook which you can answer on your own time. It won’t have the richness of the group discussions and exercises, but will still be beneficial. Workshops are not recorded.
What is the refund policy?
Unless there is serious illness or natural disaster, we do not refund courses or coaching, however a credit can be applied to be used within the same year.
What is the return on investments for these workshops?
- Get to improved results faster and with less stress. This is a productivity gain and and a personal job satisfaction gain.
- Ongoing training and learning at work has huge benefits for employers and employees. Check out Devlin Peck’s 2025 statistics on benefits of learning and development of employees.
- These benefits increase when employees find training easy to understand, and relevant to their jobs, which is Shift Management’s specialty!
What will I take away from these workshops?
- Your ability to understand human motivation and interests will increase, which helps you more consciously use communication strategies that work.
- You will have a set of managerial tools you can start using right away to improve your own managerial awareness, your one-to-one conversation outcomes, team cohesion and efficacy, and strategic problem solving that considers people and systems as collaborators.
- Your newly discovered emotional regulation abilities will help you remain calm under pressure and know how to reset as needed.
- You will have worked through one people problem scenario and applied it to a systemic change that benefits all.
Workshop Series January-February 2025
January- February 2025 schedule:
- Workshop #1: January 22, 2025 – 9am to 12pm
- Workshop #2: January 29, 2025 – 9am to 12pm
- Workshop #3: February 6, 2025 – 9am to 12pm
- Workshop #4: February 12, 2025 – 9am to 12pm
Cost: $147 per workshop OR register for all four workshops for $500
* 12 Professional Development Hours
** Certificate of Participation and handouts included
