Current Pace Managers Only - As part 2 of our manager onboarding series, this workshop delves into the critical stages of the employee lifecycle. Learn how to effectively support your team from recruitment and onboarding through development, retention, and offboarding. Gain practical strategies for fostering a positive work environment, enhancing employee engagement, and managing transitions smoothly. This session is essential for new Pace managers and any Pace managers who haven't yet attended.

Have you ever attended a meeting or presentation that left you feeling frustrated? Despite their reputation for sometimes wasting time, meetings remain one of the most effective tools for sharing information, presenting ideas, and making decisions - if facilitated well. In this workshop, you'll learn how to kick off meetings, how to ensure maximum participation and buy-in, what to do when meetings go off track, when to intervene, and how to deal with productivity problems. You'll also learn how to close and follow up on a meeting.

This training is ideal for anyone who needs to be clear, concise, and persuasive when presenting ideas to colleagues, prospects, or stakeholders in a virtual environment. Virtual communication is constantly evolving and technology can be a serious filter to your message, but it does not have to be a barrier. This session will help you maximize your ability to successfully communicate in a virtual world. Attendees can expect to learn how to define virtual presence, discuss the impact of body language, voice, and words on your message, and discover techniques to deliver virtual messages with confidence and impact while implementing a virtual communication accountability model.

In order to be successful leaders, managers must learn to take on difficult conversations. Through this workshop, we will break down some essential steps to help you get ready for difficult conversations with confidence and empathy. These steps will provide you with a structured approach to get ready, making it easier to handle challenging discussions without feeling overwhelmed. Whether you're dealing with unplanned encounters or providing feedback to your team, these strategies will help you turn potentially stressful interactions into productive dialogues. During this workshop, you’ll learn how to overcome conversation barriers, gain tools for preparing to engage in difficult conversations, and have constructive, meaningful, and courageous conversations.