Course outline: building positive workplace culture and team dynamics
Imagine a business where everyone is thriving, engaged and keen to contribute. You can build that business. Learn how in this one-day course for success-focused leaders. Hear how to shape team dynamics and foster a positive organisational climate. Find out how to tap into the wisdom of the ‘positive deviants’ in your business. Discover tools for improving cultural norms and designing smarter business practices. See how you can power up engagement levels and create a purpose-driven culture. Equip your people to thrive during times of disruption, by mastering the art of positive leadership. Use hope theory and pathways thinking techniques to facilitate problem-solving or planning sessions that will drive positive results. This is a course for leaders, managers and HR practitioners who want to build flourishing teams.
Topics you’ll cover
- Defining workplace culture and team dynamics
- Creating a climate that supports success
- Building positive psychological capital
- Encouraging positive deviance
- Optimising engagement and motivation
- Building a learning organisation
What you’ll learn in this course
By the end of this course, you should be able to achieve these results.
- Use positive leadership models to shape team dynamics and organisational climate
- Become a 'positive energiser' by shifting communication and feedback habits in your organisation
- Equip your people to handle change or setbacks with grit and resilience
- Spark innovation and solve problems by using 'positive deviants' as inspiration for change
- Use four simple steps to power up motivation, engagement and wellbeing at individual and team levels
- Create a dynamic, learning-focused organisation that will thrive in the age of disruption
About the course facilitator
Eleanor Shakiba is a positive psychology trainer and success coach. Her training style is dynamic and bold, with a dash of quirky humour. She believes that interaction, activity and experimentation promote learning. That’s why she uses experiential training techniques instead of ‘chalk and talk’ lectures.
In her early career, Eleanor ran an educational theatre company. In the mid 1990s, Eleanor discovered her passion for facilitation and adult education. She worked for ten years as a trainer and facilitator at the University of Sydney. In 2006, she founded Think Learn Succeed – a business which delivers training courses and coaching. Eleanor loves working with ‘positive deviants’. These are people who differ from the norm in constructive ways. They’re people who think, talk and behave in ways that change the world. Eleanor works with positive deviants to create vibrant business cultures and peak performance.
Eleanor is qualified in Social Anthropology, Adult Education, Counselling and Positive Psychology. She delights in helping professionals learn skills for success in the real world, using interactive learning techniques. Her students describe Eleanor as ‘a lively and enthusiastic presenter who can keep you engaged for hours.’ Her tools of choice are positive psychology, experiential learning and storytelling. She’s a bit of a photography fan, too. If you’re a visual learner, you’ll love her slides.
Creativity is Eleanor’s signature strength. She loves using it to write books, video scripts and online training programs. Eleanor is the author of Difficult People Made Easy and is currently writing her second book, 6 Habits of Savvy Female Negotiators. She has also created over 120 training programs and a range of online learning courses.
What people say about Eleanor Shakiba’s culture-building programs
"Good to see positive thoughts and practical solutions developed."
Andrew
Waverley Council
2018
"Fabulous! Really engaging and equipped me with the skills on how appropriately bring up conflicts and awkward conversations with the team."
Holly Speer
The Sydney Collective
2018
"The course was great. As a people manager, it really helped provide tips on how to foster positive mindset within my staff."
Natalie
Mercer
2019
"Eleanor is a dynamic and engaging facilitator. It was great to see our team working together in realising the elements of the course for their future success."
Chris
AMPC
2019
Get started now!
Book this program for your team. Choose a delivery format that fits your needs. Your options include running a workshop for your team, enrolling in a public workshop, or one-to-one coaching with Eleanor Shakiba.