Workshops, Facilitation, and Consulting
CuriosityBased Connection
Are you looking for ways to strengthen team morale? Is your organization desperate to connect and meaningfully engage while working remotely? Do you want to offer creative options to socialize remotely? If you have been adding new members to your organization who have never met in person, this investment in time can pay off dividends in relationships. These fun, interactive workshops strengthen morale and communication skills simultaneously. Your team doesn’t have to wait to meet in-person to connect again. Session topic options include: Personal and professional goal setting; How to have difficult conversations; What respect means to you.Specifications: Zoom only; Runs 60, 75, or 90 min; Accommodates from 4 to 150 people
CuriosityBased Goal Setting
Are you tired of overly complicated strategic plans that don’t address what your team actually cares about? Are you fed-up with values-setting sessions that feel like exhausting word-smithing exercises? This fast-paced, interactive workshop can serve as a mini retreat or to kickoff your strategic planning. The session starts with a trust building exercise. We’ll then guide you through surfacing individuals’ hopes and concerns so that as a team, you can determine your priorities. You’ll also get detailed documentation of the discussion from us to support your organizational planning. Read more here.Specifications: Zoom or in-person; Runs 2.5-4 hours, depending on number of participants and format; Accommodates from 3 to 12 people
CuriosityBased Inclusion
Are you committed to fostering an inclusive culture? Do you want to move beyond just talk? Are some people in your organization uncomfortable talking about inclusion or perhaps even tired of talking about it? The session can be held on its own or as part of a retreat. It can complement any diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training you’ve already engaged in. You’ll build mutual empathy and trust while practicing vulnerability and curiosity. Your team members will become aware of their own individual blind spots through having personal and hard conversations. Session includes: Reflect on your personal history, explore and learn from your assumptions.Specifications: Zoom only; Runs 2.5-3 hours, depending on number of participants and format; Accommodates from 4 to 10 people
CuriosityBased Communication
Are you worried about your communication skills eroding from too much remote work? Are you looking for opportunities to build your team’s morale and skills simultaneously? Then take one workshop, sign up for a series, or even make a session part of your next retreat. You’ll become more aware of your communication blind spots through fast-paced, engaging practice and individualized coaching in real-time. You can move from “fake, pretend” listening to effective listening and from asking the “usual, so-so” questions to powerful questions. Session topic options include: Listening skills, Inquiry skills, Giving feedback, Admitting mistakesSpecifications: Zoom only; Runs 2 hours per session topic; Accommodates from 4 to 8 people
Is your team struggling to collaborate effectively and efficiently? Do you want to foster a culture of respect? What happens when people define “respect” differently? We’ve developed the 7 Forms of Respect tool and workshops to help you transform your communication and relationships. We help you get clear on which forms of respect matter to your team and to individual team members.
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Testimonials
Communication Skills
“Our directors and middle managers experienced CuriosityBased's Giving Feedback workshops. The hands-on nature was very effective. The small group size allowed for meaningful discussion and individualized coaching from the instructor. We also got to strengthen our trust in one another by giving each other feedback. It has inspired us to find time to give each other feedback on a regular basis. It's a great team building exercise too.” ~ Yomara Gomez-Naiden, Vice President, Corporate Quality, AGC Biologics“I attended three workshops via Zoom facilitated by Julie Pham and they were very effective workshops, with great use of breakout rooms, small group learn/do sessions and evaluations. I will incorporate the techniques and tactics that I learned both personally and professionally. My favorite was how to apologize well: something as humans we all need to do. Learning to do it appropriately is key, and that workshop nailed it.” ~ Linda Bookey, Program Manager - People Operations
“I took three of the workshops on communication skills and I found each one to be helpful in different ways. One of the most unexpected ways they benefited me was to simply make space and time in my life to be more self-reflective. It was helpful to do this reflective work in a setting with other people so I could learn from their takeaways too. I left each session with new information about myself and how others perceive me that I will be able to use in my work life.” ~ Mary Dunaway, Executive Director of Development KNKX 88.5 FM
“Our entire team at Chateau Lill team enjoyed and benefited from your “Listening More Effectively” coaching session. We learned more about one another individually and as a team, and learned valuable skills to work more effectively, productively and harmoniously together. Prior to the session, we had a strong team however your coaching session strengthened our team in ways we had not imagined.” ~ Stacy Lill, Proprietor/CEO, Chateau Lill
Inclusion
"My team at LRDG grew exponentially participating in the series Exploring Race-Related Assumptions with Dr. Julie Pham. Often people enter the spaces of race conversation with great trepidation while we should enter with enthusiasm and curiosity. We were renewed, energized, and filled with the desire to move our work forward fearlessly in racial equity and environmental justice." ~ Ruby Love, Principal of Love Resource Development Group, LLC“At first I thought 2.5 hours was going to be too long to keep our team’s interest. However, the time flew by because the content was very engaging. It wasn’t like other DEI training I’ve participated in, where we focused on key concepts. Instead, we shared stories around race and were encouraged to learn from one another. The surprising bonus was how connected my team felt to one another by the end of the session, which is especially important now that we're working remotely." ~ Elizabeth Scallon, GTM/Operations for Alexa Fund & Startups, Amazon
