Training Topics

Kit is well-known for her unique, dynamic and fast-paced workshops that produce clear results. She takes the time to know her audience before custom developing a training program that meets their unique needs. Her workshops vary and include:

• In-depth workshop series
• Stand-alone workshops
• Workshop training with a follow-up individual coaching component
• Conference presentations.

Kit continuously updates her material and carefully designs interactive exercises that engage the participants in an active learning process.

Samples of Training Offered by Kit

Recession-Proof Your Job

Be strategic. Be smart. Be savvy. If you want to keep the job you have or the business you have built up, then this brand new course is for you.  In “Recession-Proof Your Job” learn what you can do for yourself each and every day to become the “indispensable” person that others count on when times get tough.

You’ll be learning the seven (7) strategies and supporting action steps that can make all the difference in your job security. And the action steps are relatively easy to implement without adding a lot more work or stress to your daily schedule. You’ll be shifting your thinking and subsequently your energy. Ask yourself: “How can I be as valuable as possible to my employer (or those who hire me) each and every day?”

And for the employers . . . isn’t this what you want? Employees who are committed to you each day and actively adding value to your company?! This course can be offered as either a three-hour, six-hour or even as a “taste” in a one-hour format.

Staying Up in Down Times

Staying Up in Down Times is an uplifting, interactive workshop designed to give your employees, staff and management five concrete strategies and tools to navigate these difficult economic times. Come join Kit Prendergast, Certified Career & Life Coach, to catch your breath, laugh a bit and learn how to help yourself and others master the emotional side of these historic economic times. You will take away a wealth of tools to stay positive, proactive and productive both at work and at home during the months ahead.

Change Management: Leading Others Through Turbulent Times

In today’s work reality, organizations have to change rapidly to stay profitable and competitive or they simply will be out of business. But how do we effectively lead our teams through multiple overlapping changes without losing employee performance? In this highly interactive workshop you will learn how to maximize this time of “chaos” to move your employees to new performance levels. This unique workshop will open exciting doors for you as you gain a new perspective and appreciation of what change can mean to you and your company.

Last One Standing: Staying Engaged & Motivated After Layoffs

After all the dust of layoffs has settled, do you feel like you’re the last one standing? Yes, you may be glad to just have a job but now the reality sinks in – how are you going to survive and do all that is expected without becoming exhausted and discouraged?

Whether you are a manager, supervisor or the worker bee, you will benefit from this dynamic, upbeat, information-packed course. Start with learning the 3 secrets to staying engaged and motivated during difficult economic times. Move on to identifying 5 concrete strategies that can be easily implemented at work to increase employee energy, focus and commitment. Finish by developing a concrete action plan for yourself or for your work setting that will result in you and others staying engaged and motivated even if you are the last one standing.

Maximizing Strengths in Today’s Changing Workplace

Come join this fun, fast-paced, interactive workshop to enjoy identifying what makes you unique in today’s work world. Identify 5 of your natural talents; learn how to develop these talents into valuable career strengths and then how to leverage these strengths to maximize job security and your own job satisfaction. Come ready to relax, laugh and learn about yourself and the unique value you bring to others each and every day.

Powerful Coaching Skills for Managers

Find out why everyone is talking about coaching! Join Kit Prendergast, ICF Certified Coach, to learn how a coaching management style differs from traditional supervisory skills and why it is the cutting edge of maximizing employee performance. In these difficult economic times, learn how to challenge, motivate and inspire your employees to work at their best. This is a lively, dynamic, hands-on training to prepare you to use basic coaching skills with your direct reports. You will watch a live coaching demonstration and with a buddy coach practice powerful coaching conversations. As a bonus, you will participate in a 30-minute individual follow-up coaching call designed to help you master these coaching skills with confidence.

Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Make the Difference

Emotionally intelligent (EQ) leaders have the unique ability to inspire and motivate others to perform at their best. Maximum employee performance and increased profits are the natural results of EQ leadership. Leaders with EQ savvy move quickly up their own career ladders because they have demonstrated that they can work with and lead others to higher levels of efficiency. But how do they do it? In this dynamic, interactive, two-part workshop you will learn what EQ is, the five core EQ competencies, why they are critical in today’s World of Work and how to use these EQ skills in your leadership roles to make a genuine difference.

Excelling in Your Career Using Emotional Intelligence

Excelling in your career is not just about skills and knowledge – it’s about how well you have mastered the complexites of interpersonal relationships including how to collaborate, energize and motivate others in a rapidly changing work environment. These are the critical emotional intelligence (EQ) competencies. Research shows that 80% of your successful career progression will be due to your successful mastery of these EQ skills!  Join ICF Certified Coach Kit Prendergast to learn the five core EQ competencies, how they can be integrated into your daily work responsibilities and how they will position you best for career advancement and excellence.

The Power of Optimism in Business Success

Optimism boosts your bottom line. The benefits of an optimistic work environment can be seen immediately.  We know that’s true because we can see and feel the positive results of optimistic attitudes daily. But how does one consistently bring optimism (skills and attitudes) into the workplace in these difficult economic times? Join the very optimistic Kit Prendergast to learn what optimism actually is, why it’s so important during times of organizational change and how you as an employee can self-coach yourself to be more optimistic, positive and motivated about the future. As an additional bonus, learn how a realistic optimistic attitude can put you on the curve to career excellence. Come ready to relax and enjoy the lighter side of “times that are a changing.”

Just Give Me One More Minute!

It’s a new World of Work and today’s realities often mean that we are crunched for time and energy all day every day. In this engaging, interactive class you will learn 8 new (perhaps radical) ideas for taking control of your time, including Never Look at Your Email in the Morning and How to Stop Multi-tasking. You will be amazed at how much more productive you are and how much more value you bring your employers when you have the time to do what they hired you for.

Using the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) to Build Strong, High-Performance Teams

Do your team members irritate each other sometimes? Are there disconnects in communication? Are some people too “rigid” and others “can’t make up their mind”? In this energetic and interactive workshop, we will use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a jumping off point to understanding ourselves better, our team members and what is needed to maximize the gifts everyone brings to the table. We will concentrate on the six core team issues: communication, team culture, leadership, change, problem-solving/conflict resolution and stress.

Dynamic Training Tips and Techniques

In this Train the Trainer course you will learn how to give content so that your audience “gets it”. You will learn a wealth of tips and techniques to take your presentations and training classes to a new level, engaging audiences in the learning process while delivering clear, measurable results. You will also learn how to manage “nerves” so that you are comfortable in most any setting whether in a group of 5 or 100.

Powerful Partnerships for Powerful Results