Sarah Porter

Many of us have a love-hate relationship with performance reviews. As the feedback giver, you want to strike a good balance between recognizing strengths and weaknesses, yet you sometimes struggle to get it right. As the recipient, you want to know how you’re doing but don’t always walk away feeling fully seen or clear on your next steps. Fortunately, there are proven strategies you can use to get the most out of your next feedback session. In this training, you will learn best practices for not only successfully communicating praise and constructive criticism but also responding well during these tricky conversations.

Giving thanks pays big dividends as a buffer against workplace burnout, a physical and mental health booster, and a relationship strengthener. If you’ve had trouble feeling appreciative lately, join this workshop to discover multiple science-backed hacks for growing your gratitude fast. You will leave this session with a reawakened appreciation for the people and experiences in your life as well as a game plan for putting your renewed gratefulness into action.

What can you as a people leader do to create a cohesive, highly effective team in a hybrid environment? While hybrid isn’t necessarily harder to manage, it does require a fresh approach to everything from orienting new hires to meeting facilitation. During this training, you will discover the latest communication, connection, and collaboration practices that support successful teams who may sometimes be remote, but certainly aren’t distant.

Maybe you have found yourself saying yes and later regretting it as you grow increasingly resentful, overstretched, and depleted. Perhaps you’ve bumbled your way through saying no, leaving yourself wondering how others do it with such grace. It turns out that there is an art to setting boundaries. In this workshop, you will learn why, when, and how to say no to avoid burnout and keep yourself moving toward your goals.

While you’ve probably heard the statement “mindset matters,” have you ever paused to think about what it really means? In this hands-on session, you will discover how adopting a growth mindset can supercharge your capacity to learn, your well-being, and your career. Drawing upon the latest brain and behavioral science, you will have the opportunity to experiment with simple shifts that open the door to developing new skills, taking smart risks, and responding well when things don’t go according to plan.

Have you ever marveled at how well some people navigate high levels of stress or come back from crisis? Fortunately, resilience - the ability to bounce back when things don’t go your way - is a set of skills that anyone can learn and apply when faced with challenges, big or small. In this workshop, you will discover how you can add key practices - including mindfulness, gratitude, self-compassion, and hope - to your toolkit to help you become your most resilient self.