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Navigating the Leadership Crossroads: Is It Your Next Career Move?
Discover the essential skills and qualities of effective leaders, assess your own strengths, and identify areas for growth. Through interactive sessions, case studies, and self-reflection exercises, gain insights into the dynamic world of leadership. Learn how to navigate challenges, inspire teams, and make impactful decisions. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or aspiring to climb the corporate ladder, this workshop equips you with the tools to evaluate if leadership aligns with your aspirations. Take the first step toward a fulfilling and successful leadership journey.
Leading From Within: The Art and Science of Leadership Excellence
This workshop equips participants with essential skills to become impactful leaders. Through interactive sessions, attendees explore key leadership principles, communication strategies, and decision-making techniques. The workshop delves into self-awareness, fostering emotional intelligence, and honing interpersonal skills crucial for effective leadership. Practical exercises and case studies provide real-world applications, allowing participants to practice and refine their leadership abilities. Whether leading teams or navigating organizational challenges, attendees gain insights into motivating others, managing conflicts, and fostering a positive work environment. This dynamic workshop empowers individuals to embrace their leadership potential, fostering personal and professional growth in the ever-evolving landscape of leadership.
Bringing Your Best Self to Work
What would it take to dramatically impact the innovation and motivation you bring to work each day? How do you create a work environment where everyone else feels that spirit and energy, too? This program teaches three strategies you can employ each day that will allow you as a leader and professional to bring your best self to work. You will learn how to take advantage of your physiology, methods to tell your brain what is important, and how to use goal setting to get you to your desired target.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
The Empathy Edge: Building Bridges with Difficult People
Explore effective strategies for navigating challenging interactions in our workshop on dealing with difficult people. This dynamic session provides practical tools to identify, understand, and manage difficult personalities in various settings. Participants will delve into communication techniques, conflict resolution, and empathy-building exercises to foster positive outcomes. Through interactive discussions and real-life scenarios, attendees will gain insights into defusing tense situations, promoting collaboration, and maintaining composure. Elevate your interpersonal skills and enhance workplace relationships by mastering the art of handling difficult individuals with finesse. Join Coach Jackie for an engaging and empowering workshop that equips you with invaluable tools for a harmonious and productive environment.
Mastering the Art of Connection: A Workshop on Effective Communication Skills
Unlock the power of effective communication with Coach Jackie’s workshop designed to enhance your interpersonal skills. This dynamic session focuses on the fundamental principles of clear and impactful communication. Participants will delve into active listening techniques, non-verbal communication cues, and the art of expressing ideas with clarity. Through interactive exercises and real-world scenarios, attendees will hone their abilities to convey messages persuasively and cultivate a positive communication environment. Special attention will be given to tailoring communication styles for diverse audiences, fostering empathy, and navigating challenging conversations with finesse. The workshop blends theory with practical application, ensuring participants leave with tangible skills that can be immediately applied in personal and professional settings. Elevate your communication game and unlock the doors to stronger relationships and successful collaborations.
3 Confidence Boosting Networking Tips for Professional Women
Do you dread the notion of going to a networking event? Would you rather binge on a marathon run of a Netflix series rather than go out networking? This dynamic workshop will bolster your attitude and perspective about networking by adjusting your “networking mindset.” In addition, it will provide you with 3 confidence boosting practical tips to maximize your networking tool belt.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Stop Serving Soup Sandwiches; The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback
Does the thought of giving feedback stress you out? Do you avoid it all costs? This engaging workshop will focus on the purpose, barriers, and a formula for you to give and receive feedback more effectively. I am going to purport that this topic – area – is one of the most important and difficult skills to master – it also has the most impact on the workplace culture – it defines how well you promote and defend your desired workplace culture. It also speaks to the culture that exists.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Mindful Momentum: Nurturing Mental Wellness In The Workplace
Join Coach Jackie’s empowering workshop on Mental Health in the Workplace, designed to foster a supportive and resilient professional environment. This interactive session explores strategies to recognize and address mental health challenges, promoting well-being for individuals and the overall team. Participants will gain practical tools for stress management, effective communication, and creating a stigma-free workplace. Through engaging in discussions and activities, Coach Jackie will aim to cultivate a culture of empathy, understanding, and self-care. Equip yourself with the knowledge to enhance both personal and organizational mental health, fostering a workplace where everyone thrives. Invest in your team’s well-being and productivity by attending this transformative workshop.
Mental Fitness: Develop and Build Your Three Core Mental Fitness Muscles
Today more than ever individuals and employees are struggling with burnout, fatigue, and feeling overwhelmed. Mental fitness is a practical approach that helps people handle life’s greater challenges without mental stress or other negative emotions. In this personal and professional development webinar, Coach Jackie will provide the framework developed through Positive Intelligence (PQ) to build the three core mental fitness muscles to help people thrive and achieve greater happiness even in difficult times. Learn more
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Manage Up! The Ultimate Guide to Managing Your Manager
What strategies could you employ to manage your manager or stakeholders more effectively? Managing your boss & stakeholders is a skill you need, regardless of the relationship that you have or how effective your boss or stakeholders are at doing their job. Your professional effectiveness can be a direct result of how well you “manage up.” In this program, you will find out how to tap into the strengths and talents of both you and your boss, the power of building mentoring relationships, and the impact of professional networking. Manage Up! will help you enhance and elevate your performance and your professional standing. With the easy-to-apply tips and highly practical strategies shared in this program, you will gain mastery of important skills and increase your overall personal sense of job satisfaction and engagement.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Design Your Life Through Goal Setting
Did you know that 92 % of goals set each new year fail by January 15th? Want to be more effective in your professional and personal life? Setting goals can improve your working and life performance. Setting goals is an essential skill to achieve workplace quotas, deadlines, objectives, and budgets, and to create a more enriching and satisfying personal life. This program provides an empowering set of activities to plan your career and personal future. This program will set you up for success to design the next phase of your professional and personal growth.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Working remotely? 5 key Strategies to Navigate Your Career Development Successfully
The significant changes produced by remote working in both our professional and personal worlds have generated some of the most uneasy feelings and have raised questions about potential career opportunities. Pivoting and shifting your strategies with your career development takes courage, vulnerability, and risk amidst this new working landscape. You will learn tips on how to navigate the new working territory and set you up for career development success.
Available as a short talk or workshop.
Satisfied Clients
Career Contessa
Center for Women & Enterprise
Connecticut State Grange
Community Health and Wellness
Torrington
Department of Labor
Department of Education MA
Hologic
Massachusetts Council of Human
Service Providers
Merrill Lynch
NAFI CT
NAFI/NFI
NFI North
Nichols College
Norseland Inc.
NorthWest Community College
NWCC Small Business Summit
NWHR Association
Pay Pal
Pier Sailing Boston
Self Made Entrepreneur
SEWN (Senior Executive Women’s Network)
Sotheby’s International Realty
Southern New Hampshire University
Stamford Public Schools
Time for Butterflies
UCONN
West Hartford Women’s Networking
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“Coach Jackie Ross is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable presenter whose strong presence and effective public speaking skills engage audiences and instill confidence in the transformative work that she does. Jackie has the expertise and the tact to discuss incredibly difficult topics while remaining warm and accessible to put her clients and her audience at ease. I highly recommend Jackie.”
“I started working with Jacqueline 3 months ago. I reached out in a moment where I felt my career growth was stagnant and I was struggling to identify my strengths. With her guidance I was able to develop new set of tools that will help me continue the path towards new goals. Our conversations where insightful, and her polite questions helped me understand better some of my shortcomings, and work on plans to overcome them. I feel so much more empowered and optimistic!”
“I was navigating a challenging work transition and hired Jacky as my coach. Jackie was quick to assess my needs and we came up with a concrete plan for our sessions. We outlined goals together and she provided me with the tools I needed to analyze my skills to help me navigate next steps. She has the ability to ask the right question at the right time, enabling me to think more critically about my skills, abilities and wants in my next role. She is a great coach and really held me accountable to the goals we set during our sessions.”
“I’m very grateful to Coach Jackie for helping me improve my management skills. From homework assignments to reading recommendations to strength finding, she helped me figure out what areas I need to focus on for the biggest impact. I would strongly recommend anyone looking to sharpen their management skills to connect with Jackie.”
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