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As a follow up to the Learn@Lunch session, “Understanding Your People” presented by Pacific Center for Leadership, we would like to invite you to a workshop for further exploration the of Strength Deployment Inventory.

 You will complete the Strength Deployment Inventory tool to get a more in depth understanding of what motivates you and where your natural strengths lay in terms of relating to your colleagues and staff. We’ll examine what works best when communicating with people who have strengths different from your own and give you tools for navigating

A long time client of PCfL’s recently held their 2015 strategic planning session in downtown Calgary, Alberta. As is the case with most strategic planning sessions, the topics were forward looking and the conversation intense. Leaders from this consulting organization were tasked with developing their 2015 business plan in addition to reviewing their current business strategy. Our organization was asked to participate in the session and to develop a series of team building challenges to complement the intense multi day strategy session.

We pride ourselves on developing more than just fun

Trust and communication are critical components of a cohesive and well developed team. In many respects, trust is the cornerstone of any effective working relationship. When trust is eroded, there isn’t much hope a team can advance beyond the status quo.

Earlier this summer we were tasked to develop a half-day session for a group of senior executives of an Alberta crown corporation. We were told that lack of trust was a major factor within the team dynamic and as a result the team was not performing at the level many

We were recently contacted by an in-house Organizational Consultant for a large integrated Oil and Gas company. Mike Shaw had worked with this consultant previously and we were thrilled that they wanted to work with us again. For this full day session Mike and Len Youden worked with the team.

The team was a relatively new division within the company but was stacked with high performing and high potential team members. There were a mix of new and experienced leaders on the team and their director felt it was time to

With the support of The Banff Centre and PlanNet Ltd, we hosted our Facilitation Exchange evenings from October to December. We explored a number of different facilitation techniques through various mediums including the outdoors, music, and design. Along with being a space to try out new works, we’ve benefited from growing our network of leadership practitioners. Thanks to all those coming from Calgary – and beyond – to participate with us and bring your knowledge forward. Our series will continue, beginning again in February 2014. If you are

PCFL facilitator Colin Funk recently returned from Athens Greece, after presenting a paper at an international conference with the theme of “Making Sense of Death & Dying.” The conference was hosted by Inter-disciplinary-net an organization based out of the UK. The gathering brought together presenters from 12 different countries: academics; artists; and medical professionals. The paper – co-authored with Brian Woodword - highlighted a number of creative dialogue techniques (originally developed at the Banff Centre Leadership Lab with Motus O Dance) to help individuals and groups make sense