Blessing White is a nationally recognized, global consulting firm dedicated to creating sustainable, high-performance organizations. Blessing White is offering leadership and engagement services through consortium meetings around the Puget Sound region. WTIA members receive a 5% discount on all consortiums registered through the Education & Development program.
Organizations today must rely on the talents and passion of their workforce to execute ambitious strategies, stay one step ahead of customer needs, and even reinvent themselves. Yet today's workforce is more cynical than ever. Leading Out Loud™ provides the "what to do," and the "how-to" of leadership that drives change. It provides a communication framework to follow, examples that model success, and rigorous practice that inspires others to action.

Technical professionals (knowledge workers who are analytical and process oriented, such as engineers, accountants, IT workers, doctors) are a unique set of employees with distinct needs and skills. It takes an advanced manager to get the most from this valuable group. Leading Technical Professionals is a research-based course designed for technical people leading technical people.

Alignment, engagement, and career development capture the essence of this process. Participants receive feedback from their managers and clarify how to contribute to their companies and how to develop their careers and improve satisfaction in their jobs. This course has been cited again and again as providing context for the best conversations people have had with their managers.

Many employees feel the best idea should win, regardless of how that idea is presented, championed or portrayed. This class teaches participants why and how to influence others, and helps individuals to champion their ideas. It is practical and provides real-time coaching.

Coaching requires more than learning listening skills. To effectively coach, managers need to understand the needs and motivators of their individual employees and must create a strategy to coach to these needs. HOS provides a forum and tools to have strategic coaching conversations beyond the performance management process.

Leadership is a relationship between leaders and followers. Like all relationships, it is a somewhat fragile condition that requires careful, constant cultivation. "Why Should" is a process that helps leaders consider and organize their approach around the needs of their followers which include: community, authenticity, significance, and excitement. Participants receive feedback from their followers and work on current issues they face at their work.

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For over 75 years, Washington Employers has been increasing the performance and productivity of workplaces in Washington State with cutting-edge learning solutions. Select from topics that include management, supervision, and professional and personal development with a wide variety of titles. As a WTIA member, you have full access to these offerings.

Management and supervision courses increase employee performance through results-based programs designed to increase your skill level and your team's.

From professional to personal development, leverage a wide variety of development topics to ensure you are contributing at the top of your game. Whether you want to focus on communication skills, managing workplace stress, resolving conflict, or any of the dozens of other courses we offer, Washington Employers has a solution to your workplace needs.

Instructor-led training is offered at Washington Employers' offices in Seattle and Kent. Interact with a variety of participants as you learn in an environment free from the distractions of your day-to-day workplace.

Washington Employers offers private or customized courses delivered onsite at your organization. Ideal for large groups or for topics specific to your organization or culture, these sessions can be held at a time and location convenient for your employees.

• Advanced Supervisory Skills
• Building Interdepartmental Cooperation
• Coaching Skills for Managers
• Conducting Performance Reviews™
• Correcting Performance Problems™
• Driving Employee Engagement
• Facilitating for Results™
• Hiring Winners
• Holding People Accountable
• Leadworker Effectiveness
• Management Development Program
• Managing Diverse Teams and Workgroups
• Managing the Generation Y Employee
• Planning for Performance Discussions™
• Providing Constructive Feedback™
• Recognizing and Responding to Drug Use in the Workplace
• Resolving Conflict Within Your Team™
• Supervising for the First Time
• Supervisory Skills
• Training-the-Trainer
• Understanding Legal Issues for Supervisors

• Building Interpersonal Awareness
• Building Trust Under Pressure: The Basic Principles™
• Communicating for Results
• Communicating from Strength
• Communicating with Diverse Groups
• Crucial Conversations
• Economic Briefing-Annual Breakfast
• Emotional Intelligence 2.0
• Goal Setting: Getting There.From Here
• Listening in a Hectic World™
• Managing Workplace Stress
• Managing Your Priorities™
• Managing Your Time
• Myers Briggs Type Indicator II
• Personal Strategies for Navigating Change™
• Project Management
• Resolving Conflict With Your Peers™
• Sending Effective Emails to Customers
• Speaking to Influence Others™
• Workplace Psychology 101
• Writing that Gets Results

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