Practical HR Workshops

Our flagship series · 3 days · $1,000 per person in an open cohort or from $12,000 in-house

Your managers were promoted for being good at the work, but no one taught them how to lead people.

Most managers get promoted because they're great at their job. Then one day they're leading the people they used to work beside, and no one has shown them how. This three-day series covers the people side of leadership. For in-house sessions, we tailor it to your organization, and your managers practice each skill on the situations they're dealing with now.

• Build trust with new and established teams

• Give feedback, coach and handle difficult conversations using the REIMAGINE framework

• Recognize people in ways that matter to them

• Lead through change, onboard well and manage performance with honesty and care

Best for: new and experienced team leads, supervisors, managers and directors. Effective Feedback, Performance Coaching and Difficult Conversations are also available as standalone workshops.

Half-Day Session · From $2,500 per group

Your managers are squeezed between leadership and their teams and don't know where to put their energy.

Middle managers sit between leadership decisions, team pushback, and peers with their own priorities. They're expected to keep everything moving, often without the authority to make the final call.

In this half-day workshop, your managers make sense of the pressure that comes with the role and learn where their energy makes the biggest difference.

• Separate what you control, what you influence and what to let go

• Lead with influence when you don't have final authority

• Have direct conversations with your team, your peers and your leaders

• Build habits that cut down on reacting and free up time to lead

Best for: middle managers, supervisors, team leads and project leads who guide people and priorities in more than one direction.

Half-Day or Full-Day Session · From $2,500 per group
Part of Turning Managers into People Leaders

Your managers avoid feedback or deliver it poorly, so people don't know where they stand.

Most people want to know how they're doing, and most managers find it awkward to tell them. As a result, feedback gets saved for the annual review or comes out sideways when something goes wrong.

This workshop makes feedback part of the everyday. Your managers practice with scenarios from their own work, so the skills stick.

• Know which feedback model fits which situation

• Give timely, specific feedback people act on

• Ask questions that open up two-way conversations

• Make feedback a weekly habit

Best for: team leads, supervisors and managers.

Half-Day or Full-Day Session · From $2,500 per group
Part of Turning Managers into People Leaders

Your managers solve every problem themselves instead of developing their people.

Your managers are often promoted because they're good at finding answers. When they keep solving every problem themselves, their people stop growing and the managers end up stretched thin.

This workshop teaches a structured coaching approach for everyday conversations, practiced on the situations your managers are facing right now.

• Use a structured coaching framework in everyday conversations

• Know when to coach and when to direct

• Ask questions that build ownership

• Listen in a way that builds trust

Best for: leaders, managers, supervisors and team leads who want to grow their people.

Half-Day or Full-Day Session · From $2,500 per group
Part of Turning Managers into People Leaders

Your managers know something needs to be said and keep putting it off.

No one looks forward to a difficult conversation, so it's easy to wait and hope the issue sorts itself out. In most cases it doesn't, and the problem grows while the rest of the team watches.

This workshop gives your managers a clear structure for the conversations they've been avoiding, built on our REIMAGINE framework. We tailor it to your workplace, and your managers practice with situations they're facing right now.

• Prepare for and lead tough conversations using the REIMAGINE framework

• Handle pushback and hold people accountable with care

• Know the difference between performance management and discipline

• Document conversations clearly and fairly

Best for: team leads, supervisors, managers and directors.

Half-Day or Full-Day Session · From $2,500 per group

Your review process is a yearly form no one values.

Most of us have sat through an annual review that felt like a box to tick. Both the manager and the employee dread it, and little changes afterward. This workshop helps you rebuild your performance process so it's useful for everyone, with a structure that fits an organization your size, without adding to anyone's workload.

• Choose a review cadence that fits your organization

• Know what belongs in a performance review and what doesn't

• Set goals and track progress without heavy paperwork

• Build employee development into the process

Best for: owners, HR leads and senior leaders who design or run the performance process.

60 minutes · Online · $300 per group

You're rolling out a change and expect pushback.

Change is a constant for growing organizations, and how your leaders handle it decides whether your team comes along or digs in.

In this 60-minute online session, your leaders get simple tools and questions to explain change clearly and keep the team steady while priorities shift.

• Understand common change models and why change efforts stall

• Communicate change clearly and respond to resistance

• Lead transitions with confidence and consistency

Best for: managers and team leaders rolling out change. A lead-in to Turning Managers into People Leaders.