Group Empowerment

Effectively utilizing group dynamics to enhance individual performance and behavior, while also promoting group cohesion, necessitates a certain level of finesse. When I guide a group through a personal or professional growth process, I simultaneously focus on the individual and collective aspects of the desired transformation.

Groups have complex needs, and successful group empowerment takes many flavors. Here’s a few of the high impact ways I work with groups and organizations:

"I was fortunate enough to participate in a retreat led by Amy for women philanthropists and visionaries. She facilitated it brilliantly. I haven’t said that often, and I don’t say it lightly. It could not have been done better. Amy led us through a dynamic mix of physical, mental, and emotional exercises that created a space for us to truly go deep as individuals and as a group. Since the retreat, I’ve taken a lot of what I learned and applied it directly into my work and life. This retreat was just what I needed."

Gail K., CEO of Breakthrough Strategies, Quebec, Canada

Workplace Team-Building and Leadership Development

It’s my belief that no matter what kind of business you’re in, that you’re also in the business of developing people – your employees. Advancement in one’s professional development rests largely on the success of one’s personal development, and an organization that overlooks this fact misses out on a tremendous opportunity to take their workforce to the next level of effectiveness.

My workplace team-building and leadership development programs are customized to meet your needs and be sensitive to your context and environment. Programs can be company wide or team-based, and can be supplemented with private one-on-one coaching for key individuals as well. Popular topics covered in this programming include improving communication protocols among teams; conflict resolution and empathy training (to better connect with other team members and with your customer); innovation and creativity enhancement strategies; emotional intelligence training; time management makeovers; and brain optimization techniques for high-impact leadership. Contact me for a free consultation and I’ll work with you to develop a program that’s at once fun and inspiring and incredibly effective.

Organizational Culture Change Initiatives

Is your organization going through a major overhaul in how it expresses and lives its core values? Organizational change can be a behemoth leadership challenge. Since the process takes a long time and can be confusing and uncertain at times, it’s not unusual to see frustration, anxiety, and lack of motivation among your employees.

It’s not enough to inform your employees about the changes you wish to make, and I don’t recommend enforcing change through coercion. To really see sustainable organizational change, one needs to empower employees to own the emerging narrative as one of their own.

Working alongside your key staff and stakeholders, I can design programs for you that help put the protocols, processes, and communication strategies in place that create a tangible way for employees to take ownership in the change you wish to create. Part inspiration; part team-building; and part strategic-coaching, my programs can be packaged as one-time events, or on-going offerings helping you over an extended period of time. Change can be difficult, but can also be exhilarating and a platform to awaken new innovations. Please contact me for a free consultation to see how I can help you optimize your time of transition.

"If you are considering offering innovative professional development to your staff, there is no one more capable than Amy. She is extremely knowledgeable and strategic and connects easily with staff in any setting. I have no doubt that Amy’s program would have a profound impact on your employees and your work environment. It did on ours."

Lucia M., Staff Manager, Jewish Home and Hospital, NYC

Community Events

Orchestrating a company-wide social change initiative? Planning on hosting a community festival? Managing a community-wide fundraiser or celebration? I can help make your event unforgettable. Creating opportunities for synergy on a large group scale doesn’t have to be impossible. Whether you’re trying to motivate people around a certain cause, or just create an opportunity for real connection to self and other among large groups of people, I can craft an experience for you that gets the job done.

Engaging, educational, and motivational offerings have your participants fully involved and ready for more. No event is too fringe or too mainstream. I’ve presented group empowerment offerings at all kinds of venues and at all kinds of events to those as young as toddlers and those as seasoned as the elderly in nursing homes. True empowerment knows no bounds. Got a crazy idea? All the better. I thrive on creating innovative ways to make people shine. During our free consultation, we can uncover what strategy and offering might be best for you.

Organizational Professional Off-Sites or Retreats

Some group processes require a removal from the normal day-to-day work routine in order to be effective. Perhaps, your group is needing a new strategic plan or work protocol for a project launch. Or maybe the time has come for your annual employee wellness retreat. Or you have a team that needs to work on building trust and improving communication. In such cases, organizing a professional off-site or retreat can be extremely valuable.

Off-sites can be a day-long, week-long, or anything in between. Careful planning goes into insuring your experience is a flawless one. Venue, topics, food, and accommodations are all given special consideration to create a safe environment where transformation is not only possible but inevitable. Though off-sites can be a bigger commitment and take more time to plan, they lead to bigger shifts and higher leverage results. Let’s schedule a free consultation to see what off-site options are best for you.