» Sponsored Seminars

"Recruitment pipeline, future leaders of your company and community. An investment in them today is an investment in your future."
To bolster their community involvement, social responsiveness, and recruitment efforts, businesses often sponsor events in the communities where they do business.
Star Leadership® affords you the opportunity to sponsor a seminar for a local school or nonprofit organization. Pick one of the seminars below or contact us about customizing one for your community.

» List of seminars

This list is by no means exhaustive. It's meant to give you a flavor for the range of seminars we offer. Click on each title to see an outline.

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» First Impression Counts the Most!

Resume Preparation and Interviewing Skills
Have you ever heard the saying that you never get a second chance to make a first impression? It's particularly true when you're seeking a job.

This seminar accomplishes three goals that will help you to be successful in your job search:
• (a) you learn how to write a great resume;
• (b) you receive a list of resources to facilitate your job search; and
• (c) you learn how to successfully interview for a job.

The seminar attempts to answer the following questions:
What does a great resume look like?
What should be included or excluded?
How do I write one?
Is one resume enough?
What's the most effective way to submit my resume?
Where do I begin my job search?
Do I need to pay someone to assist me?
What should I know about an organization before I apply?
How do I prepare for an interview?
What questions am I likely to answer?
How do I know I gave the "right" response?
What should I voluntarily disclose during my interview?
How do you conduct yourself during an interview?
How do I position myself as a choice candidate?
Is it necessary to follow up after an interview?
Why should I negotiate a job offer?
In negotiating an offer, what should I ask for?
Is it necessary to have more than one offer in hand?
Who should participate:
Students (high school and college), employees facing a layoff, and other job seekers.
Delivery This 2-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other location of your choosing. The seminar can be condensed to a half-day session or purchased for self-learning or delivery by your in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.

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» Navigating the Corporate Planet®

Actions and Behaviors that Lead to Professional Success
[The part not covered in high school, college, or B-school]
Ever wonder why the smartest kid in your class never quite had as successful a career?
Or
why the candidate with the most promising resume fell out of favor with key decision makers six months into the job?
Or
why the most talented, hardworking, and consistent member of your team was passed over for a promotion?
Or
why you feel stuck in your job?
Among several other possible answers, it might be that they or you never learned the fundamentals of the corporate culture. To survive the vicissitudes of the corporate planet, you have to have the right "suit". To excel, you have to understand the culture and use it to your advantage. We show you how.
Participants will Review the professional life cycle - from job seeking or venturing to achieving personal and professional goals
Discuss corporate culture and their development
Examine employee types and typical outcomes for each type
Examine the impact of workplace conflict on career development
Discuss the impact of workplace dating on career
Examine what it means to "dress for success"
Examine emotional intelligence in achieving professional excellence
Learn the "balanced scorecard" approach to professional development
Learn how to function effectively in a diverse work environment
Learn the impact of relationship building on personal and professional development

Discuss the roles of coaches and mentors in achieving professional success
Discuss the impact of supervisors on professional growth and development
Learn how to leverage change [promotions, mergers, layoffs, rightsizings, etc.] in building career
Plan for success - identify strengths and opportunity areas and start a development plan
Who should participate: New employees or employees who want to understand how to succeed in the corporate world and students (high school and college).
Delivery This half-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other locati on of your choosing. The seminar can be purchased for self-learning or delivery by an in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.
To bolster their community involvement, social responsiveness, and recruitment efforts, businesses are encouraged to contact Star Leadership® to learn how to sponsor this seminar for a local school.

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» Time Management

What You Need to Do when 24 Hours isn't Enough!
It's not infrequent that people wish for more hours in the day to get things done. Often they're forced to make tough choices and for some, their health and families are typically at the receiving end of those decisions.
Among numerous other factors that may be beyond your control, how you manage your time is something you can get a handle on. The good news is that there are proven methods that work for some of the busiest people in the world!

Participants will
• Understand the impact of effective time management on personal and organizational success
• Understand the nexus between effective time management and achieving their objectives
• Understand the importance of planning and goal setting
• Learn and test techniques for managing time effectively
• Improve understanding of personal time management tendencies
• Identify "time wasters" and ways to make improvements
• Learn how to organize their workspace to enhance efficiency
• Learn specific techniques for managing mail, email, and the telephone
• Receive tools and learn exercises to improve time management
• Based on better understanding of their time wasters, develop a Corrective Action Plan to help them get back on track

Who should participate: Corporate supervisors, managers, executives, recruiters, and other HR professionals.
Students (high school and college), and other job seekers.
Delivery:
This half-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other location of your choosing. The seminar can also be condensed to a two hour conference call (materials/presentation delivered via email)or purchased for self-learning or delivery by an in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.

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» From Being on Edge to Gaining the Edge!

Building Effective Interpersonal and Communication Skills
This seminar affords you the opportunity to learn critical communication and interpersonal skills that will help you excel in any role in your organization. By including the interpersonal element of communication, you learn how your emotion, demeanor, personality, preferences, and behavior impact your message, interaction, and relationship with others.

Participants will:
• Examine the communication process
• Clarify two-way vs. unidirectional communication
• Identify effective communication skills
• Identify barriers to effective communication
• Identify and discuss fundamental interpersonal skills
• Discuss emotional intelligence in interpersonal relations
• Examine principles of interpersonal communication
• Examine "force" and "influence" in interpersonal communication
• Learn ways to communicate with difficult people or audiences
• Learn ways to craft and communicate a difficult message
• Learn ways to leverage technology to facilitate communication
• Learn ways to use appreciative inquiry to gain the edge
• Learn ways to properly give and receive feedback
• Learn ways to effectively communicate in meetings
• Learn ways to listen as a factor in effective communication
• Identify personal deficiencies in communication
• Create an action plan for improvement

Who should participate:
All levels of employees, management, senior leadership, and anyone who desires to improve his/her relationship building and communication skills.
Students (high school and college) and other job seekers.
Delivery This 1-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other location of your choosing. The seminar can be condensed to a half-day session. A 2-hour conference call version is also available (materials/presentation delivered via email). The seminar can be purchased for self-learning or delivery by your in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.
Click here request additional information or request this seminar.

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» Approaches to Achieving Greater Self-Awareness®

What I See in You that You Need to Know
Why is self-awareness critical? Because what you don't know is a limitation on y our personal and professional development. Discovering that fresh bit of information can help you identify a personal deficiency that's been your Achilles heelor access an untapped potential that can bring untold success!
Think of this seminar as a mirror for finding out more about who you truly are and how you affect other people. Involves role-plays and experiential learning.

Participants will
• Learn to uncover untapped potential Learn to uncover "blind spots"
• Learn where they need self-improvement
• Learn a variety of individual styles, preferences, and personality differences
• Learn how they come across to other people
• Understand their "ladder of inference" - how they make decisions
• Understand how background and environment shape awareness
• Learn to distinguish between self-awareness and self-consciousness
• Learn something new about team members or other participants
• Learn new techniques for coping with different styles

Who should participate: For all levels of employees, management, leadership, and other individuals who want to achieve a higher level of self-awareness.
Students (high school and college), and other job seekers.
Delivery:
This 1-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other location of your choosing. The seminar can also be condensed to a half-day session or purchased for self-learning or delivery by an in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.

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» Riding the Wave of Change

Thriving on the realities of the 21st Century organization

All human progress is brought about by change. Yet, some of the most trying times in any organization are periods of intense, rapid, or continuous change. And contrary to the corporate world of the 20th Century, corporate change is no longer episodic; it's a daily experience!
How do you then cope? Beyond coping, how do you thrive on change?

This is a highly interactive session where participants learn
• The necessity and inevitability of change
• Why change is desirable
• How to cause change/why you should be a change agent
• How to leverage change to achieve personal and corporate excellence
• Things that should not change
• Why people resist change
• Managing change you have control over
• Managing change that's thrust upon you
• Managing resistance to change
• How to lead in times of change

Who should participate: All levels of employees, supervisors, managers, HR/OD professionals, and people interested in thriving in today's constantly changing environment.
Students (high school and college), and other job seekers.
Delivery This 1-day seminar will be delivered on-site or at any other location of your choosing. It can be condensed to a half-day seminar, 2-hour conference call (materials/presentation delivered via email), or purchased for self-learning or delivery by an in-house expert.
Purchase Price $299.

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» The Power of Two!

Building a High-Performing Team
Whether you’re starting a brand new team, reenergizing a functional crew, or refurbishing a worn out one, your success as an organization depends greatly on your ability to tap into the synergy that a well-oiled team generates. As you will learn, your team's weakness is one of your organization's biggest liabilities.
This seminar is designed to show participants how to turn a group into a team, how to achieve and sustain a high energy level, and how to achieve and exceed organizational goals while allowing each member of the team to excel.

Participants will
• Learn the spiritual principle behind the "power of two"
• Learn to differentiate between a team and a group
• Examine team types and correlate performance level
• Identify key characteristics of a high-performing team
• Review case studies of a high-performing team
• Discuss what makes a "winning" team
• Understand what it means to "win"
• Identify factors that can cause a team to become dysfunctional
• Learn the costs/consequences of a dysfunctional team
• Learn how to manage non-players
• Learn practical steps for building a high-performing team
• Determine where their team is on the high-performance continuum
• Create and review an action plan for moving their team forward

Who should participate: Team leads, team members, all levels of leadership, HR professionals, etc.
Students (high school and college) and other job seekers.
Delivery This 1-day seminar will be delivered at your church or at any other location of your choosing. The seminar can be condensed to a half-day session or purchased for self-learning or delivery by your in-house expert.
Purchase Price $199. Click here to request additional information or request this seminar.

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