Agency Essentials Training Subscription Plan

Pulling from our highly popular team leadership certification, this free-for 4As members self-paced course helps define and simplify what it means to be a successful people leader and identifies the areas where leaders need to focus their attention in order to yield results and help team members drive performance.

This foundational course will help new and experienced leaders alike make the small yet necessary shifts in perspective that help build more trust and cohesion in the manager-direct report relationship.

While technology was created to help aid our communication, it hasn't helped us communicate any more clearly. In fact, it helped us miscommunicate faster!

In this course we'll shed light on the importance of understanding the mechanics of communication, along with the barriers to clear communication and how we can manage to break through them.

We'll also look carefully at how we communicate with our team via emails, how we can communicate feedback more effectively, and finally, we'll take a close look at our own social style of communication and how we can use what we know of social styles to positively impact the way we communicate with each member on our team.

Belonging is a critical component of employee engagement and current research shows it’s not just a nice to have, it’s a must-have.

According to Deloitte, in 2020 nearly 80% of organizations stated belonging was important for their success. Why? Because belonging impacts everything from retention, absenteeism, productivity, and therefore profitability. Belonging matters for business success. But beyond the numbers, it makes work more enjoyable for everyone and leads to better collaboration, problem-solving, and decision-making.

In this self-paced course, we’ll take managers through science-based principles of human dynamics to equip them with the understanding, insight, and skills to cultivate belonging and value its importance.

Managers are busy supporting their team members their bosses and their work. So who's supporting managers? This survival guide is our way of showing you our support. From time management, project management, team management, and yes even self-management, we've got you covered.

Each module is filled with easy-to-understand concepts that don't take a lot of time to implement but can ultimately have a big impact on you and ultimately your team. So, if you think you need more hours in your day and some extra support to help you make sense of your plate, your deadlines, your to-do lists, and your people, this is the resource for you.

Positive psychology is gaining traction in the workplace. Research shows that positivity leads to enhanced well-being at work, increased productivity, and enhanced work quality. It's a critical element of a thriving and innovative enterprise. But positivity still seems like an intangible quality to most people.

Over the last several years, researchers have proven that we can actually measure, induce, and yes, even cultivate greater positivity allowing us to achieve greater outcomes. That's great news for the workplace. Of course, like most things at work, it starts with leadership.

In this webinar, we'll introduce a clear understanding of what positivity is along with tips on how to cultivate greater positivity on your team and increase wellbeing at work.

After gaining an understanding of key positive psychology principles such as negativity bias, the evolution of threats, social capital, and how mindset develops, you'll be able to take action and have an immediate positive impact on your team and your organization.

Going from craft expert to people leader is a significant shift. When agencies promote high performers into management roles, it's vital that they help these talented people acquire additional skill sets.

Delegation, feedback, communication, EQ, and business acumen are among many of the skills needed in addition to craft mastery.

The TLC program focuses on the challenges of the creative industry with special attention to inclusion, belonging, wellness, and communication in hybrid environments.

Conflict is inevitable- that's not necessarily a bad thing. Conflict can be productive if we understand how to properly navigate and negotiate a conflict conversation. With the proper time and skills, conflict can even generate the best of ideas that otherwise wouldn't have come to be.

In this workshop, we'll explore:

• Where conflict comes from
• What our default style of negotiating conflict looks like
• The 5 conflict negotiation styles and when to use them

Employing the most widely used instrument to measure how we deal with conflict, Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI), as a guide, participants will gain a clear understanding of their own default style for managing conflict along with personalized tips on how to confidently navigate the 5 conflict negotiation styles.

Stop avoiding conflict and start having productive conflict conversations that will increase effectiveness, create greater team outcomes, and even bring your teams closer together.

Coaching circles offer new and current people managers and team leaders a place to discuss challenges as a group where they can share insights and experiences in an environment that allows them to be vulnerable and gain needed support. Managers in today's work environment need more support than ever and peer-to-peer groups are gaining popularity and proving to be extremely effective. It offers valuable camaraderie, instant understanding, and lasting connection.

Designed as an open forum for discussion this format allows us to immediately get to the heart of the challenges your people leaders are facing. Whatever the challenge, someone in the group has been there, is also currently facing the same challenge, or will someday soon. The coach will help facilitate the discussions while sharing valuable insights as well as content and frameworks that apply to the issues at hand.