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Dr. Murphy's Programs are specifically designed to meet client  needs and requirements. Her presentation style is very humorous & high energy, yet informative combining research & theory with real life experiences.


   

GENDER DIFFERENCES: "She Said/He Said"

  • The two different cultures of men and women from birth to adulthood
  • Various lessons learned from “appropriate” teamwork, problem solving, leadership and communication
  • Allows both genders to see the strengths of the other in order to build winning teams at home and in the work place

WOMEN WORKING WITH WOMEN: "In the Company of Women"

  • Research findings around female behavior - biological, evolutional, sociological
  • Power-Dead-Even Rule and The Golden Triangle
  • Five female paradoxes at work
  • Six types of difficult co-workers & tools for curbing their behavior
  • Pitfalls for all-female teams

COACHING A WINNING TEAM

  • Essentials of Leader Effectiveness
  • Necessary Steps to Building a High Performing Team
  • Characteristics & Assessment of High Performing Teams
  • Instruments available include Myers Briggs Type Indicator, FIRO-B, Kirton Adaptation Inventory, DiSC

EXECUTIVE COACHING FOR LEADERS

  • Project Management
  • Performance Management
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Meetings Management

CHANGE MANAGEMENT “ Staying Afloat in the White Water Rapids of Change"

  • Stages of each Change and Leadership role needed for each stage
  • Assessment of recent changes
  • Effects of change on us and a Prescription for thriving
  • Shifting your paradigm on Change and Innovation

GENERATIONS AT WORK: "The Effects of the 'X'  & 'Y' "

  • Discover what shapes our Values. "What You are is Where You Were When"
  • How to attract, hire and keep employees
  • Why Gen Xers & Yers leave organizations
  • Communication style differences:   Baby Boomers, Gen X  & Gen Y

EFFECTIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION

  • A look at individual Conflict Management Styles
  • Pros and cons of conflict
  • Causes of conflict in workplace, how to eliminate them
  • Tools for resolving conflict positively and effectively. Recognize “group think”

TOUGH POSITIVE MANAGEMENT (TPM)®

  • Tough and Positive. Isn’t this a contradiction in terms?
  • Learn how to be blunt, direct, and demanding yet respectful 
  • Detecting the Carbon Monoxide Effect
  • The Basic TPM Behavioral Model
  • Dealing with sub-standard performers; prescriptions for success
  • SMART Goals and objectives for results

BUILDING A CUSTOMER DRIVEN ORGANIZATION: “If You Aren't Taking Care of Your Customers, Someone else Will!”

  • Confirm Customer Service Excellence as a Bottom Line Issue
  • “How To” develop a Comprehensive System-wide Customer Service Strategy
  • Identify components of skills training for managers and their teams
  • Discover important steps to building a High Performance team for service
  • Critical Assessment tools

PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESSES: “WANTED: More Than a Warm Body!”

  • Legally & positively building a High Performing Team
  • Recruit, Screen, Hire and Retain effectively
  • Systems for Position Descriptions, Productivity Measurement, Incentive & Compensation
  • Outplacement and Career Continuation

STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS

  • Work with Board of Directors and Executive Management
  • Analyze Industry, Environment, and the Organization
  • Create or Reaffirm Vision / Mission / Values
  • SWOT analysis
  • Establish Objectives & Measures of performance
  • Determine deployment of resources

AFTER THE DOWNSIZING: REBUILDING THE ORGANIZATION      

  • It is often more difficult to be a “Survivor” of a reduction in force
  • Stages of Change and application to rebuilding the organization
  • Anticipated emotions and behaviors of managers and staff
  • Leadership actions essential to getting team back on track toward goals
  • Four critical steps to building a High Performing Team

WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE

  • 7 Basic Principles for dealing with difficult personalities
  • Importance of changing own behavior first
  • Strategies for Bully, Exploder, Sniper, Gossip, Chronic Complainer, Clam


Design and Facilitation of Effective Meetings, Retreats, Conferences and Worlkshops

The above listed programs can be easily modified to fit client needs. Dr. Murphy’s presentation style is very humorous & high energy, yet informative. She combines research & theory with real life experiences.

Because her extensive background consists of the three worlds of Executive Leader of a staff of several hundred, Academic background of teaching graduate courses and fifteen years of experience as a Consultant to a variety of industries, she has a rare talent of giving “nuts and bolts” solutions which are applicable immediately.


Optimize your performance with  leadership, team development, and customer service strategy.

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