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Interactive Keynotes & Webinars
Our most popular is Leadership Is Half The Story (55 to 90 min)
Our second most popular is Neuroscience At Work: Work Smarter, Not Harder (55 to 90 min)
Great keynotes and webinars for ALL course topics below. (55 to 90 min)
Blended Programs & Consulting
Our core program, Leadership & Followership For All. Scroll down to read about it.
Executive Briefings; e.g. Adding Followership to your Leadership Development and more.
Blended programs and HR consulting available for all course topics.
Online Courses
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Our Core Program: Leadership & Followership for All
Are you ready to FliP your organization from leader-centric to partner-centric?
The most successful organizational transformations train EVERYONE on BOTH leadership and followership. Why? Because you need everyone in your organization pointing in the same direction. And that's way more likely if everyone knows which way to "point". It's not just about vision, mission, and values, it's about how people show up in both their leadership and their followership roles.
Because you're not leading if no one is following.
Relevant for your whole organization - from front-line team members and new people leaders to experienced executives looking to modernize their leadership toolkit. It’s a great opportunity for mentorship and succession-building. And, it serves as a reset button for teams experiencing a lot of change.
Includes 2 self-paced online, social courses - Be a leader people WANT to follow & Followership: The F-word that complements leadership - and everything you need to maximize your investment (a live kickoff and finale, 16+ hours of learning and practice, coaching, HR support, additional sessions if needed). Tailored for your unique organization.
A good pace for this program is 6 months but it can be compressed.
“For me the highlights were the whole program. I knew nothing at all about followership and how integral it is for any business. Knowing all the ins and outs of this role and leadership helps me understand how teamwork really should be. It allows me to be the most productive.”
~ Ryan
“I really appreciated how this program highlighted the holistic nature of leadership. Often leadership is understood as a person's innate ability to instruct followers. In reality, good leadership encompasses empowerment of others, laying framework and boundaries, and fostering a culture of belonging.”
~ Sanjay
“I now view leadership as more of a group philosophy with everyone contributing within the framework. Each person brings valued skills, and we all lead as well as follow as the team process flows.”
~ Bob
Which courses are most relevant for your team?
Be a leader people WANT to follow
The modern role of leadership is not to delegate, evaluate, rate, rank, review, and differentiate. Rather, today’s leaders coach, chart the path, clear the path, and help people have awesome experiences in the process. Because you’re not leading if no one is following.
★★★★★
“I really appreciated how this course highlighted the holistic nature of leadership. ” ~ Sanjay
“I hadn't thought of myself as a leader but this course made it clear that a team is made up of people who lead and follow and its not just something managers do. I've loved reading all the insights by my team members and how similar our hearts are no matter where we come from.” ~ Tony
“FliP U courses should be mandatory for everyone, everywhere. I really wish I’d learned this in university.” ~ Jesse
Followership: The F-word that complements leadership
Imagine you had a secret formula that supercharged your career, enabling you to make your voice heard, create more value, and take charge of your organizational destiny. Imagine, also, that the same secret formula supercharged your team, improving accountability, productivity, creativity and engagement by 17 to 43%!
★★★★★
“For me the highlights were the whole course. I knew nothing about followership and how integral it is for any business. Knowing all the ins and outs of this role helps me understand how teamwork really should be. It also allows me to be the most productive…” ~ Ryan
“This course was a wake-up call AND motivational.” ~George F
Emotional Intelligence: Make deeper connections
In this age of artificial intelligence, it has become MORE not less important for people at work to connect quickly with others – whether clients or colleagues. Learn how to see yourself and others with greater clarity, build faster rapport, stretch your comfort zone, and become an even more effective you.
★★★★★
“I’ve given 5-star ratings in the past, but this is the only course that has deserved it. You’ve helped me so much.” ~ Steffi
“Best explanations and how-tos about empathy I’ve ever come across.” ~ Ryan
“Technical skills are only part of the formula to succeed in business. THANK YOU!!!” ~ Joanna
Power Up your PowerPoints with Neuroscience
We’ve all endured “Death by PowerPoint” – the boring, over-complicated, incomprehensible slide deck that makes even the best speakers look amateurish. While other presentation courses focus on aesthetics or speaking techniques, this “pracademic” course gets to the heart of the matter: your brain, how it learns, and what actually convinces others to think or do something differently.
The FliPsides of collaborative decision making
Most decision making courses focus only on the skill of making a decision. This course goes further by exploring the neuroscience of decision making, the leadership skill of leading a collaborative process AND, uniquely, the flipside, how to be an invaluable decision making partner and help others make swifter, higher quality decisions.
★★★★★
“I was surprised by the number of tips for good decision making that I had not thought of before. It provided excellent points on balancing the best of Kirk with the best of Spock. I will now make decisions faster than I have been.” ~ Tristen, a recent professional development student
The Accidental Salesperson: Sales skills for people who hate selling
Selling is a big part of life. We engage in selling dozens of times a day – an idea, an opinion, a recommendation, a product, or a service. However, many of us do so reluctantly. This course will give you a range of insights and proven tools to help you get the meeting, earn the sale, and even better, create a deep, lasting, and reciprocal client relationship.
★★★★★
“I love the comparison to dancing. This course has given me a new way of thinking. As a new manager, I am looking for lots of tips on the soft skills of being a manager. This is a very helpful series of tips on what I need to focus on, both when I’m leading and when I’m following.” ~Roberto T., Consultant
Creating an inclusive culture & positive work space
Everyone has the right to feel safe, validated, and be their authentic selves. It is all our responsibility to create a space where that is possible. BK brings exceptional depth, breadth, warmth, and wisdom to one of the most important organizational competencies today – diversity, equity, and inclusion.
★★★★★
“I’ve done a few DEI courses but this is the first course that I actually learned A LOT! Thank you for this course. It should be taught in schools nationwide. It could probably reduce hate crimes.” ~ Gloria C
“Exceptional course. The best I’ve taken for professional development. The instructor is phenomenal. The course was a brilliant use of mixed media, resources, interactive activities, and videos. Highly recommend.” ~ Ossie J
“This course should be mandatory for every professional practice and workplace.” ~ Lise V
Connect! Build relationships swiftly & authentically
Learn how to connect with others quickly and authentically from both a leadership and a followership position. Taught by an internationally recognized tango artist, instructor and executive coach, these reliable and intuitive techniques prepare you to cultivate a genuine personal link in seconds, even with strangers.
★★★★★”
“Sales is not my forte. I took this to improve my skills for handling networking and new client meetings. The course is full of simple practical tips and processes that I can implement right away, and has applications for many scenarios besides formal sales prospecting meetings. Super helpful. ~ Greg C
“Eye opener!!!” ~ Alimuddin A
“A rewarding ride” ~ Mukesh T
Neuroscience at work: Work smarter, not harder
What can I do to make myself smarter? How might I multitask better? How can I help my stakeholders make better decisions? Our brains are a 3-pound powerhouse with outsized impact and upsized potential. Learn how to optimize your brain and the brains around you.
★★★★★
“Great course and extremely useful. Humour really helped to get the points across.” ~Sheila H
“I wish I’d had this earlier in my career.” ~Chantal B
“The design of the course using principles makes it very easy to remember and learn. Best course I’ve taken so far.” ~ Zhaohui Z
Make Question-asking Your Superpower
“There are no stupid questions”! While half-true, it’s also true that many questions don’t produce insight. Learn to breathe life into ideas, encourage people’s passion, expand horizons, solve real problems, and fuel an environment where people feel comfortable giving complete information.
★★★★★
““Big AHA: we ask the most questions as four-year-olds, as we are trying to make sense of the world around us, but our questions dry up as we grow older. Powerful course and advise to impart as a mentor. Powerful implications both in career and personal development.” ~ Walter P
“The facilitators were knowledgeable and engaging. Being a certified coach as well as an HR professional, this content was really useful to me.” ~ Nicole V
“This course should be mandatory for every professional practice and workplace.” ~ Lise V
Creating a Healthy Feedback Loop
Giving feedback is one of the biggest leadership stressors: “Have I got it right?”, “Will I deliver it right?” “Arrrggghhh!!!”
In this course, you’ll gain loads of tips for giving feedback. And, loads of tips for receiving feedback because getting it is as important as giving it.
★★★★★
“Awesome course with excellent relevant examples! Perfect for me right now as I am trying to work on giving and receiving feedback with a new boss and new staff.” ~ Jafari F, HR Professional
Embracing a Healthy Management Style
Learn the #1 best management style, the absolute best way to develop it, and how to avoid the two destructive extremes: micro-managing and hands-off managing.
And, if you are being micro-managed or have a leader that ignores you, we unpack powerful followership strategies that will help you influence how you are being managed.
★★★★★
“I recently quit a job that I liked in a wonderful organization because of a micro-managing boss. This course gave me back some of the self-confidence that I had but also an understanding of what I could have done differently in that situation.” ~ Michel F, Professional Accountant
Higher performance & wellbeing through food
Food is more than just nourishment; it is the source of our health and productivity. We are designed to eat well, but we live in a world that doesn’t always support our best instincts. In this course, you will learn how to make food a better part of life, and make your life and work better as a result.
★★★★★
This course is a must for anyone seeking to enhance your health, energy, alertness, well-being, and overall performance. One standout feature is its practicality: imparting valuable knowledge and tools to evaluate your food choices. The practical expertise gained has made me feel more confident in my food choices, and the positive impact on my well-being is unmistakable. The knowledge gained is not only transformative but also delivered in a calm and engaging manner that makes the learning experience truly enjoyable.” ~ Mojgan B, CPA
Creating creative teams
Maybe you have been involved in brainstorming sessions. Or applied design thinking. While those are both great tools for creativity, there is now over 70 years of practical knowledge and research creativity. Expand your creativity toolkit and lead more creative teams!
*Coming soon
Change, agility & the
sea squirt
It used to be that change happened only occasionally. Today, change is everywhere, affecting everyone, all at once. In this course, we look at change as a continuous process with tools for individual change that develop greater agility, and tools to lead change that support team acceptance and engagement.
*Coming soon