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   Coaching for
  Managers and
  Executives

   Coaching for
  Personal
  Development

   Hiring and
  On-boarding


   Personality and
  Emotional
  Intelligence

   Driving
  Engagement
  and Culture

   Workshops &
  Speaking

 Workshops & Speaking  

Trained in organizational psychology, Dr. Michael Woodward (Dr. Woody) has expertise in the areas of executive coaching, career development, personality assessment, selection/hiring, and leadership development.

An entertaining and informative speaker, Dr. Woody blends the wisdom of modern-day psychology with the practical bottom-line thinking of the business world to create innovative and thoughtful solutions to today's tough challenges.

Workshops can be formatted as either half or full day interactive seminars. Dr. Woody is also available for short presentations, keynote speaking, and discussion panels. The following is a general list of current seminars/workshops:




Career Development  
Thriving in Uncertain Times: An Opportunity to Reinvent Yourself
   
Human Resource Development
Hiring for Personality: A Guide to Buying the Right Assessments
Holistic Hiring: Getting the Right People On-board
Hiring is a Two-way Street: The Employer Brand
On-boarding: The Art of Acculturation
   
Management and Leadership Development
From Player to Coach: The Psychology of Effective Management
The Art of Choreography: The Psychology of Effective Leadership
Driving Culture: Companies in Transition

 
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Career Development
Thriving in Uncertain Times: An Opportunity to Reinvent Yourself

When faced with challenge, successful people always find opportunity. In these current times of uncertainty we all face the challenge of not knowing what lies ahead. The only way to take control is to create opportunity. Each of us has our own unique compliment of strengths and ambitions, yet most of us never fully leverage them! There is no better time to reinvent yourself than now!

Takeaways: The participant will walk away with an understanding of how to rediscover his/her values and strengths so as to build a roadmap for living purposefully and achieving life-long ambitions. Each participant will be provided with:

HCI Values assessment
Personal strengths and personality assessments
ersonal brand assessment
A personalized roadmap for success




Human Resource Development
Hiring for Personality: a Guide to Buying the Right Assessments

With more than 2,500 pre-employment assessment tools on the market, selecting the right tool can be a daunting task! In this session Mike discusses the basics of personality theory and assessment. He also shares HCI's eight criteria for selecting the right personality instrument to meet your needs.

Takeaways: The participant will walk away with a basic understanding of personality theory and how it relates to the hiring process. The participant will also be armed with a one-sheet overview of the basic eight criteria for selecting the right personality tool. Participants will be provided with:

A basic overview of the Five Factor (Big Five) model of personality
The HCI-8 - a set of eight basic criteria for guiding your decision making in selecting a personality assessment



Holistic Hiring: Getting the Right People On-board

Hiring as an end-to-end process that begins with an introspective look into your organization's culture followed by a series of methodical hurdles designed to guide hiring managers in making the right choices.

Takeaways: Participants will walk away with a comprehensive guide for designing and implementing a strategic end-to-end recruitment and hiring process. Participants will be provided with:

Holistic Hiring process guide and map
Sample behavioral and trait profiles
List of recommended personality tools



Hiring is a Two-way Street: The Employer Brand

In any labor market it is critical that HR practitioners understand the value of attracting and closing high quality candidates. Key to this is knowing your employer brand and leveraging your value proposition so as to attract best-in-class talent.

Takeaways: Participants will walk away with a model for approaching the hiring process in an interactive way designed to facilitate the hiring of high potential high demand candidates by leveraging your brand. Participants will be provided with:

A unique process model
Guidance for facilitating the recruiter/candidate interaction
Techniques for leveraging your marketing department



On-boarding: The Art of Acculturation

Success is not just about teamwork and skill sets, it's about building culture! Successful companies live deliberately! They set their own rules and build a culture of dialog and purpose. Where so many companies fail is during the process of on-boarding new talent. The process of acculturation must be deliberate and thoughtful. This session focuses on how to build that process.

Takeaways: Participants will walk away with a model for on-boarding talent in a purposeful way, so as to engender successful adaptation into the culture of the organization. Participants will be provided with:

An overview of organizational culture
A unique on-boarding process model
Guidance for incorporating culture into the on-boarding process


Management and Leadership Development
From Player to Coach: The Psychology of Effective Management

The transition from being an individual contributor to manager is often a drastic change. And, it is one that we are rarely prepared for! Whether you are an entrepreneur or young manager, this workshop is an opportunity to develop and hone the core management skills. This workshop is designed to walk you through the psychology of effective management and will tackle the following issues:

Critical Conversations
Letting Go Through Delegating
Making the Right Calls: Decision Making
Goal Setting and Performance Roadmapping

Takeaways: Participants will walk away with a model for approaching the management and development of talent. Participants will be provided with:

Basic personality profile (FIRO-B)
Guide to conducting performance conversations
A list of unique and innovative rewards



The Art of Choreography: The Psychology of Effective Leadership

The transition from being an individual contributor to manager is often a drastic change. And, it is one that we are rarely prepared for! Whether you are an entrepreneur or young manager, this workshop is an opportunity to develop and hone the core management skills. This workshop is designed to walk you through the psychology of effective management and will tackle the following issues:

Critical Conversations
Letting Go Through Delegating
Making the Right Calls: Decision Making
Goal Setting and Performance Roadmapping

Takeaways: Participants will walk away with a model for approaching the management and development of talent. Participants will be provided with:

Basic personality profile (FIRO-B)
Guide to conducting performance conversations
A list of unique and innovative rewards



Driving Culture: Companies in Transition

The process of transitioning from a small business to a larger more formal organization is rarely well timed and often wrought with difficulty. One aspect that is often overlooked is the need to adapt people management practices

Takeaways: The participant will walk away with strategies and tools for proactively identifying and addressing human capital issues as early as possible in the transition process. Participants will be provided with:

Transition checklist
Methods for assessing newly acquired leaders
Methods for assessing and defining culture


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