Workshops/Seminars

Nicole speaks on a wide variety of topics and provides workshops, training programs, and seminars for:

Corporate retreats and annual meetings
Professional conferences and meetings
Leadership development programs
Corporate and business training programs

All programs are available as live events, teleseminars or webinars. You may also customize a program. Contact us for rates and availability.

Some of the topics Nicole regularly presents on include:

Young Talent RPM™: The Fast Track to Retaining, Promoting and Motivating Your Young Talent

This program is designed to provide managers and leaders with the tools they need to engage, manage, develop and retain young talent. The program is customized to fit an organization’s needs after an assessment of the culture and goals are done via interviews with identified leaders, managers, and young talent. The program begins with a comprehensive introduction of the DNA of Generation Y and then focuses on four main business areas:

Attraction and Engagement of Generation Y Employees
Management of Generation Y Employees
Development of Future Generation Y Leaders
Retention of Generation Y employees.

Contact us today at 267-861-3685, option 1 to find out how we can help you learn to retain, promote and motivate the best of your young talent.

Generational Matters: Creating a Seamless Generational Mix in Your Workplace

This is the first time in history that we have four generations at work (Veterans, Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y) because people are living and working longer. Not managing generational differences can cause serious communication and productivity problems. This seminar helps companies learn how to incorporate the strengths of each generation and design a workplace that capitalizes on these talents. This seminar is ideal for a company-wide event or for smaller intergenerational teams. In this workshop/seminar, you’ll develop an understanding of the following:

The greatest assets and strengths to hone within each generation
How to collaborate effectively across the generations to bridge the gap
Strategies and solutions to integrate the generations by honing their strengths and finding solutions to minimize clashes.

Leadership and Success Development: What they Didn't Teach you in School

When you invest in your talent, payback is tripled. This dynamic workshop has been created to not only help your young talent (between the ages of 20 and 28) develop necessary leadership and management skills, but also learn all the skills they seemed to forget to teach in college like business etiquette, communication, critical and creative thinking and all the skills that contribute to success in the workplace. This workshop is ideal for your company if you are looking to invest in your young talent and watch them catapult within your organization. This workshop is customized based on the needs and culture of your organization. Participants will gain the following:

Leadership and management skills
Business etiquette based on your company’s culture
Development of the ability to influence and persuade
Effective communication skills
Skills related to emotional intelligence

Leading During Times of Crisis

Despite what we know and the global experiences we have had, all too often leaders are ill prepared to cope with crisis when it hits and are especially ill-prepared to effectively aid in human capital and organizational recovery. This important workshop will help leaders:

Learn to lead effectively during times of crisis
Develop the leadership skills to aid in human capital recovery and organizational recovery
Learn strategies to design healthy organizational cultures and internal/external communication strategies to minimize crisis impact on staff, organizational reputation, and stakeholder perceptions
Discover the key elements in identifying their emerging leaders during times of crisis

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August 10, 2010: Emotional Intelligence: Developing High Impact Leaders, San Paulo, Brazil

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June 11, 2010: International Crisis Leadership Conference, London, England

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May 24-June 1, 2010: Business Security Conference, India

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May 13, 2010: Boys and Girls Club of America National Conference

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April 9, 2010: Rovinsky Lecture at PCOM

The Perfect Storm

The decline in the economy hit most corporations like a massive earthquake. As we recover, the majority of organizations, especially those that have not handled this economic downturn gracefully, will experience a perfect storm of three potentially massive crises: The Knowledge Transfer Crisis, Corporate Brain Drain, and the Resume Tsunami. As always, the companies that maintained perspective during the economic crisis and were able to plan for the recovery with relation to their human capital will be the ones most able to protect themselves from the storm of the century.

Center City Proprietor's Association Ask An Expert: A Monthly Advice Column for Small Business Owners

Ask an Expert

A monthly advice column for small business owners

Dear Dr. Nicole:

Young Talent: Engagement and the Hiring Process

Engagement is one of the most crucial aspects of retention, management and development and all too often, we fail at this process. One of our biggest failures is often at the beginning of engagement, the hiring process, where we present the job/role in a shiny box with a big bow so that the potential candidate can’t resist. I suggest unwrapping that box, leaving the price tag on and having a candid discussion about the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of the job, including:

Words of Wisdom to a Gen Y Manager...

So, you find yourself in the position of managing a team and some people on that team are old enough to be your mom or dad or older brother/sister.

Are you getting resistance?

Are people listening to you?

Are people being somewhat passive -aggressive?

Have you heard the comment, “You’re young enough to be my daughter/son!”

Maybe none of this has happened and everything is going great. Whatever your situation may be, self-reflection and development are always warranted so take a moment to read through the following sounds tips for young managers…

Help! My Boss is Young Enough to Be My Kid!

If you find yourself in a situation where you are reporting to someone who could technically be your son or daughter, it may be a difficult situation to cope with. Here are some sound tips to make the best of the situation...

Advice to the boomer employee reporting to the Gen-Y boss:

Let go of your ego: Resisting change will only harm your career and make you less valuable.

On-Boarding: You Can’t Set Sail Without It

I’m reflecting back on the days when I worked in corporate America, specifically sitting through the orientation process. I learned a great deal about the company’s values, mission, vision and of course, the policies and procedures. What I didn’t learn about was what impact I could potentially have on the company, more specifically the power potential that existed in my role.

The Evolution of Organizations: Finding the Best of Both Worlds

The demographic landscape in corporate America is rapidly and radically changing. More and more Generation Y employees are entering the workforce while the Boomers are making their plans for retirement. The corporate culture that we are familiar with, a culture that embraces hierarchy, corporate politics, loyalty, and promotion based on tenure, was created by the Boomers and Traditionalists. However, with new blood comes new demands and new expectations of what the workplace should offer and the role that work should play in our lives.

Time Management Tips

Let’s cut to the chase. Here are some useful time management strategies to start incorporating into your daily routine today to turn the “I can’t get it all done” into “I’m plowing through my to-do list like no-one’s business.”

*Keep in mind, these are pretty basic, common sense suggestions that we all know, but we all fall into the trap of NOT doing*

Why can’t I seem to get this to-do list done?

Ever notice that the time you allot to completing your tasks on your to-do list always seems to take three times longer than you planned? I was complaining to a friend the other day about this same issue, catastrophizing that, “it’s never going to all get done” because everything takes so much longer than planned. This wise friend of mine said to me, “Getting things done in the time you’ve allotted to get them done is just luck.

The Entrepreneur's Dilemma

So, you’re an entrepreneur, which probably means that you accomplish more by than most people accomplish in a week.. Your to-do list most likely creates a series of flutters in your stomach every time you pop it out to add yet another task. And the “fires”…oh, the fires. How many do you put out in any given day? How frequently do you start your day out with great intentions only to be pulled in many different directions hosing them down?