Your goal: A successful leadership retreat, customized group training, or measurable improvement in interpersonal communication.
My tools: Clever unique communication tools, inspiring and engaging motivation tactics, and flawless root focused facilitation.
I ensure that the talk at the retreat or training isn’t cheap. Through careful management, I keep everyone focused on the goals and objectives you have outlined.
Your outcome: Prioritize your organization's values and culture, and I inspire your team to reinforce the behaviors you wish to see through.
My facilitation makes your goals easier to reach. That is why you hire me. To make getting where you want to go easier.
I specialize in:
interpersonal communications, experiential learning,
and retreat facilitation
Margot Halstead, MCC, MBA, PMP
Author, Owning Your IT
ROOT-FOCUSED FACILITATION
"Being trapped in a room with unwilling co-workers is more tolerable and leads to productive conversations with Margot there." -- team participant
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I facilitate your challenging meetings, whether your goal is succession planning, off-sites for newly merged companies with siloed teams, leadership summits for those desiring to facilitate culture change, and team turnarounds. Those meetings. The ones we all dread.
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
"I've never heard it explained that way before!" -- every student I've ever had
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I take Marshall Goldsmiths' list of bad habits and teach you the tools of how to change them into constructive behaviors.
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I will give you a refresh on the theory and give you tools that will put those theories into action.
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Be ready for the work and enjoy the journey - you will gain so many tools for your toolbelt!
LEADERSHIP COACHING
"My VP of Finance needs to improve their executive presence - can you help?” -- HR professional
The VP knew it and hadn’t a clue how to improve it. I conducted oral interviews with all his team members. They (and I ) drew a blank as to what was keeping him from being promoted. Only when he admitted that he was balancing his workload with debilitating dyslexia was I able to add new tools to his toolbelt that allowed him to move forward.
And now he’s where you are looking to be.
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Recent Feedback
"Margot's ability to get to the heart of a matter is unsurpassed. Her direct and no-nonsense approach is refreshing. Her coaching and mentoring have allowed me to develop into an active listener and a better manager to staff, candidates and clients. Her connection with people is solid and lifelong, whether one-on-one or in a classroom setting. Her positive, anything is possible attitude makes the difference between her and others in her field." -- Brian S.
Productive Corporate Retreats
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Don't happen because leaders don't have time to prepare the content their teams would benefit from hearing
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Become repetitive
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Get overrun with ill-prepared internal speakers
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Lack guidance from an experienced facilitator
Without a facilitator, your events:
With a facilitator, your events:
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Inspires discussion that supports your mission and cultural desires
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Showcase presenters, internal and external, who are coached and well prepared
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Content is organized and presented within a structured arc of learning
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Are implemented with powerful "stickiness"
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Leadership sees behavioral change that creates lasting impact
OFFSITE FACILITATION
Creating a dynamic offsite, leadership conference, or summit requires a dynamic and creative facilitator. I have been providing this service internally to the largest of government contractors for over 15 years and for private companies for the last 5 years. Your symposium, seminar or conference will move from the standard, repetitive, experience that employees dread attending, to a dynamic, interesting, and creative experience that includes unique educational opportunities that flow within an arc of learning.
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION TRAINING
Face-to-face communication is one of the most difficult things that we do. It includes seeing, hearing, feeling, and deciphering all the verbal and nonverbal cues involved in a one-on-one conversation. Because I have a specialty in tools-based communication training, your participants and employees will walk away from activities-based training with actionable skills that help conversations become constructive.
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