LMJA ONE-DAY and TWO-DAY Courses
ONE-DAY COURSES. Please view the courses, descriptions and expected outcomes below.
Who Are These Courses For? Participants may play various roles in the organization. Please read the description for more information.
- Career Empowerment Strategies: Unlocking Your Full Potential.
Course Overview
This course is designed to help managers, supervisors and team members gain valuable self-insight and enhance their ability to collaborate with others by exploring personal strengths and how to best utilize them to perform at optimal level. Participants will use feedback from their Cliftonstrengths assessment tool to spark engaging discussions, self-reflection activities, and practical exercises. Participants will deepen their understanding of their own leadership style and learn effective strategies for interacting with colleagues of diverse backgrounds. The course culminates in creating a personalized action plan to drive greater team effectiveness and productivity.
Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand individual strengths and preferences.
- Gain deeper self-awareness regarding your personality and communication style.
- Discover effective approaches to leading and partnering with others who have different and complementary strengths.
- Develop greater self-awareness as a leader and cultivate appreciation for others’ approaches and needs.
- Acquire techniques to better tailor your engagement with diverse audiences.
- Align your leadership growth with actionable insights and intentional development strategies.
- Optimizing Team Performance Through Cliftonstrengths (For Intact Teams). Course Description
Participants will utilize feedback from their Cliftonstrengths assessment tool to identify areas where they can maximize both individual and team strengths. By identifying ways to effectively use these talents within the team, participants will maximize the impact of every team member.
This process is designed to foster an environment that is more effective, collaborative, and cohesive, ensuring that everyone’s strengths are utilized to their fullest potential. By recognizing these opportunities, team members will be better equipped to work together to accomplish Census’ mission and goals.
Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Leverage their primary strengths to best support the mission of Census.
- Understand how to effectively work with team members who have different and complementary strengths.
- Use their primary strengths to create strong inter-and intra-collaborative relationships.
- Develop effective communication strategies that promote open communication within teams.
- Understand how to use their primary strengths to manage a changing workplace.
- Understand how to use their primary strengths to manage conflict.
- Encourage individual accountability and shared responsibility for team success.
- Business Writing For High Impact Clarity.
Course Overview
In this one-day course, participants will apply techniques for purposeful, results-focused writing. Using techniques for clarity, conciseness, completeness, and correct writing for the target audience to understand in plain language a call to action or having the information to make informed decisions. They will learn techniques to connect with the reader and the results they want by applying the seven traits of writing during the writing process.
Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Use the seven traits of writing to evaluate and improve writing.
- Use the POWER writing process.
- Analyze the purpose, the reader, and context for each writing situation.
- Use plain language in accordance with the Plain Language Act of 2010.
- Select the appropriate tone and writing style.
- Apply design and layout features.
TWO-DAY COURSES. These courses are more in-depth courses designed to help ease into the next phase of life for individuals.
Who Are These Courses For? The TWO-DAY courses provide more in-depth content to provide direction toward the next phase of life.
- Crafting Your Personal Legacy.
Course Overview
Crafting Your Personal Legacy is designed to help individuals understand and articulate their personal legacy. Utilizing feedback from their Cliftonstrengths assessment tool participants will explore their highest strengths, values, principles, and actions that define their impact on the world. Through this course, they will learn how to align daily activities with long-term goals, ensuring that legacy reflects true self. The course includes reflective exercises, strategic planning techniques, and guidance on effective communication to leave a lasting, positive influence in both personal and professional realms.
Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand and articulate your personal legacy.
- Explore and identify core values, principles, and their impact on the world.
- Align daily activities with long-term goals to reflect true self.
- Utilize reflective exercises and strategic planning techniques.
- Learn effective communication strategies to leave a lasting positive influence in the personal and professional realms.
- Create and explain a personal brand statement.
- Life After Retirement – What’s Next?
Course Overview
This workshop is thoughtfully crafted for individuals preparing for retirement, guiding participants to explore their unique personality traits, strengths, and motivations using feedback from True Colors assessment. Through engaging discussions and activities, attendees will deepen their self-awareness, uncover new interests, and identify ways to leverage their interests and values for a fulfilling retirement. The course concludes with participants drafting a high-level goal and committing to actionable steps, empowering them to transition purposefully into this next phase—embracing new hobbies, volunteer opportunities, or even fresh career paths.
Course Outcomes
At the completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Gain greater self-awareness by reflecting on their personal strengths, preferences, and motivators using the results of their True Colors Assessment report.
- Engage in meaningful discussions and activities designed to help them explore their unique personality traits and uncover new interests.
- Identify ways to leverage their interests and values and align them with opportunities for a fulfilling retirement, including hobbies, volunteer work, and potential new career paths.
- Draft a high-level personal goal and commit to a first actionable step, supporting a purposeful transition into their next phase of life.
Need more information? The descriptions above are meant to provide a basic overview of each new course. Our legacy courses are also outlined on the website. (takes view to the Organizational Help page). Legacy Course descriptions are available by request. If you have any questions about our new courses, or our legacy courses, please give us a call at (301) 351-9523.
