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Dr. E.M. (Ted) Vokes

Ph.D.
Executive Partner
Vokes Leadership Group
Country or state 
Canada (Ontario)
Available to 
Global
City 
Windsor, London, Toronto, Ottawa
Fee 
Languages 
English
Timezone 
America/Toronto

Personal Details

Bio

With a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, one of Dr. Ted Vokes best accomplishments to date is bridging psychological theory with business application to transform organizations. His practical leadership and managerial experience includes serving as Second-in-Command of an Air Force officer candidate training school, as Executive Director for a mental health centre, and as Executive Partner of his own consulting practice. Ted is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Windsor and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Psychology and Odette School of Business in various Masters programs of the Centre for Executive and Professional Education. He also works as an Instructor with the Corporate and Professional Development learning division of St. Clair College. Ted has over 25 years of experience as an in-house and external consultant, trainer, and facilitator to a diverse range of private and public sector organizations -- from the automotive, mold making, airline, power generation, petrochemical, insurance and telecommunications industries, to the military, corrections, education, mental health, child welfare, hospital, public health and first responder sectors. Ted specializes in leadership development, strategic planning, dispute resolution, prevention of workplace violence, and organizational change management. Ted specializes in leadership development, strategic planning, dispute resolution, intervention in and prevention of workplace violence, identifying and counteracting individual and systemic abuses of power, and culture change. In this role he and his team have designed and facilitated over 300 process consultation interventions with executives, management teams, committees, and boards of directors, and conducted over 2200 learning labs in support of change and development initiatives.

Current position (1)

Executive Partner

Vokes Leadership Group

Presentations

Presentations (5)
The 3's of Leading through Unpredictability, Change, & Crisis

Training Topics:
• The neuroscience of leadership: What does it mean to lead when people are “Limbic”?
• Organizations of Self: The step beyond personality that we live without knowing
• Creating your 3C Organization of Self to draw your people into your calm

Skills Development:
1. Emotional Self-Regulation to create your best Organization of Self to Lead
2. Emotional Regulation Strategies for bringing people into a place to Follow
3. Enhancing Team Cohesion through the 3C’s

Identifying and Managing High Conflict/Culturally Toxic Personalities in the Workplace

Training Topics:
• The Dark Tetrad of personality dimensions and their impact on culture
• High Conflict People: Managing and mitigating this form of workplace toxicity
• Behaviour Management of HCP’s and CTP's in the workplace

Skills Development:
1. Detect indicators of High Conflict/Culturally Toxic Persons in the workplace
2. Do’s and Don’ts for working with HCP's/CTP's for workforce management
3. Techniques for communicating with, dealing with, and managing HCP’s/CTP's

“It’s all about Power… but that’s actually a good thing!”: Using Social Power to (Re)Shape Culture

Training Topics:
• 13 Forms of Social Power as a framework to analyze interpersonal and team dynamics
• Reward and Alarm Systems of the Brain: The role of emotions in deploying Social Power
• Strategic deployment of your Social Power to achieve mission objectives

Skills Development:
1. Spot the 13 Forms of Social Power in social interaction
2. Understand the Neuroscience of Social Power
3. Assess my Power Style toward expanding my scope of power deployment

“Self-Care in Tumultuous Times”: Managing Attention, Energy & Stress without Creating More Stress

Training Topics:
• Self-Assessment: Psychological, Emotional, and Compassion Fatigue
• The Neuroscience of Stress during a Protracted Crisis
• “Life-Stress Hacks” that really work and don’t require “Lifestyle Changes”

Skills Development:
1. Organizations of Self: Reengaging with what worked pre-pandemic
2. Emotional & Cognitive Self-Regulation Strategies
3. Implement a ‘checkup’ system for adapting through rapidly changing realities

Personality Type: Understanding My Type as a Leader & the Types of those I Lead (Full-day)

Training Topics:
• 16 Personality Types
• Rapid recognition of individual motivational needs
• Influence Strategies to enhance Leadership: What approach to use with whom, when?

Skills Development:
1. Identify and respond to Type-based motivational needs
2. Read and Lead according to Personality Differences
3. Enhance influence skills on the basis of Personality Type

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Expertise (9)

Leadership
Business
Training and Leadership Development culture management crisis management Conflict Management Talent Management Operations and Labour Relations Change Management

HRPA competencies

Core Competencies (Primary)
Organizational Effectiveness
Core Competencies (Secondary)
Strategy
Health, Wellness & Safe Workplace
Workforce Planning & Talent Management
Enabling Competencies
Emotional Intelligence
Decision-Making Skills
Ethical Behaviours and Professionalism
Relationship Management
Negotiation and Influencing
Strategic and Organizational Leadership
Quantitative Skills
Research Skills
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Why choose me? 

We partner with organizations to produce sustainable culture change & growth using advanced theory.

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