Trainer / Coach

The single greatest determinant of success or failure for any organization is the effectiveness of its leaders. The ability to recognize the reality of unforeseen events and the discipline to prepare for them; the ability to form meaningful relationships with team members and sincerely value the person and their input; the ability to recognize their own strengths and limitations and those of others to harness the power of the many. These are all essential skills.

We often promote individuals into leadership positions without equipping them to lead others. They were good at doing their job and so it is assumed they are the right person to put in charge. But that isn’t always the case. This puts both the manager and his team at a disadvantage and partly explains the number one reason people leave their job is their supervisor. The good news is leadership is a learnable skill! Learn the traits and practices of effective leaders and your employees will want to stay and grow.

People long to have meaningful relationships in their life and feel like they have a purpose. Because you spend one-third of your life at work, shouldn’t the company you work for be a place where those desires are met? When your company provides a sense of belonging and purpose your employees are more likely to stay.

One of the ways Colene helps companies create and sustain community is to facilitate relationship and team building using John Maxwell’s Team Building Leadership Game. This tool is an interactive and edifying way to assess communication, address difficult topics, and identify strengths and weaknesses. Through thought provoking questions, individual reflection, and ideological debates, any group will understand one another more deeply in order to perform more effectively.

This is a great tool for executive boards, C-teams, small to medium to large businesses and more. This will benefit and add value to any group of people working together towards a common goal.
Colene says the Teambuilding Leadership Game is simply the best team building tool she has come across. Her clients love it!

There is considerable research to suggest that an organization’s success is greatly affected by the way their people handle Tough Talks. More specifically, those conversations where emotions and differences of opinion swirl around issues that need to be resolved, which impact the persons and organization involved. The research suggests that the organizational costs of avoiding these conversations or having them poorly, can include:

1. Damage to company reputation
2. Loss of clients or potential business
3. Low morale
4. Decreased productivity and engagement
5. Increased employee turnover

These all amount to a direct assault on the prime purpose of any company, to make a profit. The ability to resolve issues is not a natural talent that some have and others do not. There are steps anyone can take to structure and approach a conversation that achieves mutual understanding and fixes the problem. This preserves and strengthens relationships, clearing the way for future work to get done.

No single department can solve the employee retention issue on their own. It takes a coordinated strategic alliance between the C-Suite, Supervisors, HR and all departments to develop a comprehensive turnover prevention strategy that strengthens talent acquisition, leadership, talent development and conflict management. This coordinated effort immunizes top talent from leaving by creating a more engaging and productive work environment resulting in higher organizational retention rates.
This workshop, with the same title as Colene’s book Retention: Key Mindsets That Retain Top Talent, is for business leaders who recognize their long-term success is directly linked to their ability to attract, equip, engage and, most importantly, retain their best and brightest.