WORKSHOPS
SIGNATURE WORKSHOPS
Liberating the
Leadership Mind
This workshop is a powerful extension of the Liberating the Leadership Mind keynote, designed to equip leaders with practical tools to enhance their mental well-being and make high-stakes decisions with clarity and purpose.
Participants will dive into conscious leadership principles, learning to identify and overcome limiting beliefs. Through hands-on exercises and group activities, this session empowers leaders to navigate complex challenges with clarity, purpose, and a renewed sense of agency.
OBJECTIVES
Understand and identify limiting beliefs that impede leadership
effectiveness.
Strengthen the ability to navigate complex leadership challenges and make
clear and purposeful decisions.
Develop strategies that build awareness, calm stress, and stay centered in the face of multiple priorities and perspectives
WORK
Personal
- Awareness, Mindfulness, and Embodiment Practices
- Intuition trust development exercises
- Strategic Decision-Making Simulation
Group
- Personal leadership journey reflections
- Innovation and strategy leadership challenges
- Transformational Leadership Exercises
"Know yourself and you will win all battles."
– Sun Tzu
F.O.R.G.E.D. - Six Practice of Great Leaders in Volatile Times
This workshop complements the F.O.R.G.E.D.: Six Practices for Great Leaders in Volatile Times keynote, offering a deep dive into the six F.O.R.G.E.D. leader practices. Designed for leaders facing the challenges of today’s rapidly changing environment, this workshop provides actionable strategies and hands-on exercises that help participants apply these practices in their leadership roles. Through individual reflection and group activities, leaders will learn how to navigate uncertainty and drive positive change in their organizations. Like the F.O.R.G.E.D. keynote speech, this workshop will be tailored to focus on the top F.O.R.G.E.D. practices that will most impact your group.
OBJECTIVES
Deepen understanding of the 6 F.O.R.G.E.D. practices and their application in volatile times
Favor Compassion
Own the Unexpected
Recast Ideas
Go with Intuition
Employ Action Communications
Drive Community Bonds
Develop practical strategies to enhance resilience and decision-making in leadership.
Enhance resilience and decision-making skills tailored to volatile circumstances.
WORK
The work in the F.O.R.G.E.D. workshops vary depending on the specific practices that most transform and support your group. Each workshop uses group and individual learning activities based in formal reflective learning, leadership strategies, and mindfulness exercise.
Each participant creates a personalized action plan for implementing the F.O.R.G.E.D. practices in their daily leadership work
As a Forged leader, you are at once the swordsmith and the sword.
– Douglas Scherer
"Dr. Scherer engaged our critical thinking skills by connecting theory with practical knowledge, which I found very valuable when building my startup."
Jessica Mahoney
Co-Founder of twigBIG Inc
ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS
Crafting strategy can often feel like a race against time, with shareholders, clients, and teams all looking to you for quick, perfect answers. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and isolated in the process. But remember, you’re not alone. This energizing workshop helps you gain valuable support, fresh perspectives, and practical tools to help you navigate your strategic challenges. Together, we’ll dive into the strategic direction you’re considering, ensuring it aligns with your mission and vision statements. We’ll also make sure you’re asking the right questions to drive meaningful progress. Let’s turn the pressure into an opportunity for innovation!
Strategic Thinking: Turning Pressure into Progress
"Somewhere, right at the bottom of one’s own being, one generally does know where one should go and what one should do."
– Carl Jung
OBJECTIVES
Support, Open, Listen and De-stress to Assess Your Strategic Direction
WORK
Awareness Topics and Practices
Cognition and Intelligences
Mindfulness
Embodiment
Group Action Learning Exercises
Welcoming Change, Impertinence, and Transformation
Escaping the Prison of Past Successes and Failures
Building Resilience in the Face of Disruption
Disruption and Big Bang ideas have long been key to staying relevant and competitive. But as business environments constantly shift, resilience may be the true key to long-term success. To navigate and respond to disruption effectively, we need a fresh approach. This workshop guides you through practical exercises designed to build resilience by finding balance, helping you not just survive but thrive amid the unknown. Join us to learn how to turn disruption into an opportunity for growth and stability.
"The more one does, the more one can do"
– Amelia Earhart
OBJECTIVES
Understand the three forms of Strategic Resilient Positions
Resilient Transition: Characterized by lower velocity and less resistance
Resilient Change: Characterized by higher velocity and greater resistance
Resilient Transformation: Characterized by unpredictable velocity and resistance
Learn Techniques to grow your personal and organizational resilience to handle disruption and to disrupt.
WORK
Personal
Scrutinize your calendar to know and show your intention
Engage awareness to unearth what to do when you don’t know what to do
Ease your stressors through pause and embodiment
Organizational
Focus your competitive edge through resilience, velocity, and resistance
When you and your employees are truly engaged, productivity soars—research shows it can increase by 23%. But with disengagement on the rise, keeping teams motivated is an ongoing challenge. This session introduces three empowering mindsets—Own, Allow, and Acknowledge—that leaders can use to reignite engagement and drive productivity. Beyond boosting output, this workshop helps you create an environment that fosters innovation and deepens commitment to your organization’s mission. Join us to learn how to turn disengagement around and lead with
Three Keys to Engagement
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
–Steve Jobs
OBJECTIVES
To experience and apply the three mindsets to re-engage, reduce or eliminate dis-engaged mindsets, and enhance productivity
WORK
Understand the importance of engagement, rather than micro-management to enhance productivity
Experientially learn the Own, Allow, Acknowledge Mindsets
Group and Individual Learning