Workshops
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOPS THAT TURN INSIGHT INTO ACTION
Most teams don't have an information problem. They have an application problem. They've been to the training, heard the talk, read the book...
What they haven't done is work through it together — with real conversations, real challenges, and someone who can help them actually change how they operate.
That's what I design workshops to do.
WORKSHOPS FOR LARGE GROUPS
These workshops are suitable for groups of any size — conference breakouts, company-wide events, department training days, or leadership retreats. Each one is designed to do more than fill time: participants leave with a shift in thinking and something concrete to apply.
Humble Confidence: The Leadership Superpower
Avoid the trap of "Fake It 'til You Make It", and develop the specific behaviors and habits that will help you walk in Humble Confidence.
This workshop is based on my popular TEDx Talk.
Typical Duration: 1.5 hours
The Hidden Cost of Impostor Syndrome
Learn to identify the signs of Impostor Syndrome in yourself and in others. Recognize the voice of the inner critic that is trying to hold you back, and turn it from a liability into an asset.
Experience the mindset shifts that will help you overcome fear so that you can step into new opportunities, take more risks, and lead with vulnerability when the stakes are high.
Typical Duration: 1.5 hours
Trust: The Speed Multiplier
Trust is the grease that eliminates friction and helps organizations move faster and more efficiently. And while it's incredibly valuable, it's also very fragile. Trust takes a long time to build, and only seconds to destroy.
Learn to identify the three types of trust, how easily that trust can be broken, and the things you can do to intentionally build, nurture, and protect that trust.
Typical Duration: 1.5–2 hours
Disagree Without Damage
Understand that conflict is an important part of working together as a team, and that without it, you settle for mediocrity. Recognize that some conflict is productive, while other conflict is destructive.
Learn to foster the right kind of conflict - the kind that raises the bar, challenges and inspires people, and brings the best ideas to the surface.
Typical Duration: 1.5–2 hours
Delegation That Actually Works
Explore the most common reasons that delegation fails, and learn a game-changing framework that will help you clarify expectations, responsibility, and accountability.
This framework can become a common language - a shorthand - that can be used throughout your organization to make delegation clear and effective.
Typical Duration: 1 hour
Stop Spending Time - Start Investing It
Learn the four ways that you can use your time, and employ a unique strategy for time management to maximize the value of your time.
Participants will leave with their own unique "time portfolio" to use when managing their schedule and making priority decisions.
Typical Duration: 1 hour
The Pursuit of Balance
Dispel the myth of "work-life balance" and get to the root of what it really means to live a balanced life.
Identify the things that are the most important to you and learn how to consciously make decisions that are in line with those values.
Typical Duration: 1 hour
Kris was engaging, dynamic, and connected quickly with the group. He provided great exercises and takeaways from his talk. He was as engaging off-stage as he was on-stage, and during breaks and at the evening event, he moved around the room easily connecting with our team members.
Tim Duncan
EVP of Business Development and Global Test Operations, LINK Engineering
Kris was engaging, dynamic, and connected quickly with the group. He provided great exercises and takeaways from his talk. He was as engaging off-stage as he was on-stage, and during breaks and at the evening event, he moved around the room easily connecting with our team members.
TIM DUNCAN
EVP of Business Development and Global Test Operations, LINK Engineering
WORKSHOPS FOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS
These workshops are designed for a single organization's leadership team — typically three to ten people who work together. They go deeper than large-group workshops, require more vulnerability, and can be combined to form a full-day or multi-day offsite retreat.
Creating a Humble Confidence Culture
Learn the keys to creating an organization and culture where it's safe to talk about and learn from failure, to acknowledge both strengths and weaknesses, and where the powerful combination of humility and confidence is the norm.
This workshop is based on my popular TEDx Talk.
Typical Duration: 2 hours
Trust First
Create a healthy leadership team by focusing on developing and protecting trust.
This workshop demands vulnerability, and takes a team deeper in their knowledge and understanding of one another. Each participant will leave with actionable work to do to continue trust-building.
Typical Duration: 2.5 hours
The Values Test
An organization's core values are not decided or defined - they are discovered. Uncover the true values of your organization and root out the false values that erode your culture.
Typical Duration: 2 hours
Requires a follow-up session (1 hour)
Clarity of Purpose
Cut through the noise of all the variations of Mission, Vision, and Purpose Statements, and get real clarity on why your organization exists. Then, make that the core of everything you do.
Typical Duration: 2 hours
Requires a follow-up session (1 hour)
If You Built It Today
Conduct a top-to-bottom recreation of your organization as if you were building it from scratch. Discover all the differences between what you have today, and what you would do based on everything you have learned.
Typical Duration: 3 hours
Requires a follow-up session (2 hours)
The Executive Problem Sprint
Learn the simple process to identify the problems in your business, prioritize them, and solve them effectively. This working session is not just a learning experience - we'll tackle the biggest issues your team is facing right now, and walk away with solutions.
Typical Duration: 2–4 hours
The 90-Day Reset
Evaluate the success of your most recent quarter, the lessons learned, and then work together to determine the focused list of priorities that must get done in the upcoming quarter.
Typical Duration: 2–4 hours
Often combined with other workshops to form a full-day offsite session.
Your Year On One Page
Create your plan for the upcoming year, with metrics and goals that are clear and SMART.
Typical Duration: 2–4 hours
Often combined with other workshops to form a full-day or multi-day offsite session.
Kris has helped us create a clear, actionable strategic plan and establish the foundations of a healthy culture in our business. We’re a better organization after working with Kris and the changes we’ve made are paying off.
WILLIAM HORTON
President of Utility Equipment Service, Inc.
Kris has helped us create a clear, actionable strategic plan and establish the foundations of a healthy culture in our business. We’re a better organization after working with Kris and the changes we’ve made are paying off.
WILLIAM HORTON
President of Utility Equipment Service, Inc.
LET'S BUILD YOUR EVENT
Tell me about your team, your goals, and what you want people to walk away with. We'll design the right experience together.
LET'S BUILD YOUR EVENT
Tell me about your team, your goals, and what you want people to walk away with. We'll design the right experience together.
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