Team training modules

Professional Communication training modules

1. Concise, clear, efficient communication: Techniques and methods for conveying information as efficiently as possible
2. Giving constructive feedback tactfully: Techniques for delivering and receiving feedback constructively and objectively
3. Building a robust Communication Plan: How to set clear ground rules for communication & hold people accountable to them
4. Building a culture of speaking up: How to establish a culture of free, open communication
   
5. Gaining consensus & buy-in: Techniques and tips for getting people on board with changes
6. Running lean and efficient meetings: Knowing when (and when not) to call a meeting + Best practices for running efficient, organized, productive meetings
7. Ensuring good stakeholder communication: How to set up a robust, efficient process to ensure necessary information gets to the right people
8. Delivering powerful presentations: Best practices for delivering concise, engaging presentations
9. Communicating failure and setbacks: How to communicate bad news constructively and establish a fast-acting, solution-focused culture

Team Collaboration training modules

1. Setting proper expectations, priorities, and boundaries: How to establish a team culture of fairness, alignment, and objectivity
2. Making complex decisions: Strategies, techniques, and tips for making complex decisions with competing risks and trade-offs
3. Establishing robust peer review systems: How to establish a culture of constructive, self-propelled peer review
4. Making data-driven arguments: How to properly use data to make arguments and decisions constructively (even when there is little to no data)
5. Project management 101: Basics of project planning, progress tracking, and risk mitigation
6. Using AI effectively: How to properly use AI as a productivity tool while avoiding its known drawbacks
7. Holding peers accountable: Techniques and tips for holding peers accountable constructively
8. Negotiating tasks & bandwidth: How to constructively and fairly divide up work with minimal controversy
9. Estimating time, cost, and effort: Techniques for making maximally accurate estimations, even in the absence of hard data
10. Proposing new ideas: Steps for proposing & gaining acceptance of new ideas

Building A Healthy Team Culture training modules

1. Eliminating office politics: How to identify and eliminate sources of office politics
   • Source #1: Prioritizing an individual over the company
   • Source #2: Maneuvering for visibility
   • Source #3: Currying favor with influential people
   • Source #4: Applying uneven standards (favoritism)
   • Source #5: Overstating or understating the value of a piece of work
   • Source #6: Making disparaging comments
2. Avoiding common logical pitfalls: How to identify and avoid logical pitfalls common in professional environments
   • Pitfall #1: The “false choice”
   • Pitfall #2: Not thinking “win-win”
   • Pitfall #3: Presenting a hypothesis as fact
   • Pitfall #4: Single-point estimation
   • Pitfall #5: The “sunk cost fallacy”
   • Pitfall #6: Prioritizing the “letter of the law” over the “spirit of the law”
3. The 5 Dysfunctions of A Team: How to identify and eliminate sources of dysfunction [from the book by Patrick Lencioni]
   • Dysfunction #1: Absence of Trust
   • Dysfunction #2: Fear of Conflict
   • Dysfunction #3: Lack of Commitment
   • Dysfunction #4: Avoidance of Accountability
   • Dysfunction #5: Inattention to Results