S.P.A.R.K. Team Training

Communicate,

Lead,

Succeed.

Soft Skills Make the Team.

When your mid-level managers communicate effectively, success follows.

About the S.P.A.R.K. Program

Our Approach

Our high-touch learning experiences stand out in terms of quality, engagement, and immediate applicability to learners’ day-to-day engagements. An incubator for team discussion, alignment and strategic direction. Our hallmark S.P.A.R.K. Team Training Program focuses on the five pillars of human desire that drive motivation, influence behaviour and impact effective communication.

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Our Aim

The S.P.A.R.K. Team Training aims to provide a collaborative safe and supported space for established and/or emerging leaders to come together for self-reflection, growth, and constructive conversation. Topics covered center on current leadership practices tailored for the specific needs of the organization.

Individually and as a team, we will sharpen the skills necessary to navigate professionally through the organization, linearly or laterally. Participants will strengthen soft skills such as conflict resolution, supporting team members, identifying collective company culture and honing in on both management and communication styles.

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Program Objectives

Identify individual leadership and communication styles.
Uncover individual and collective motivations to improve role fulfillment and drive productivity.
Gain tools and techniques to interact with diverse personalities, cultures, and opinions through identifying micro-cultures and existing mindsets.
Enhance communication to increase human effectiveness.
Improve connections and relationships, personally and professionally.
Heighten EQ to manage stress and limit emotional reactions.
Provide resources to effectively support expanding teams and aid individual development.
Master the art of active listening and observation to encourage leaders to have informal conversations, building trust, resonance, and open conversation.
Identify and discuss biases, equity and conscious leadership through Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

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S.P.A.R.K. Team Training Syllabus

Module One: Discovery
Introduction - S.P.A.R.K. Philosophies, Course Objectives
Expectations & Housekeeping
The 4 A’s of Leadership
Team Objectives & Metrics for Success
Identifying Individual & Peer Workplace Style
Identifying Individual & Peer Communication Styles

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Module Two: Security
How does security, individually and collectively, influence culture and performance?
Assumptions vs. perceptions – reframing the us vs. them mentality
Assessment results - Resource Management - Strategy vs. Execution: An individual’s innate way of managing their resources (time, energy, skills, etc.) effectively.
Introduction to EQ - Self-awareness assessment

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Module Three: Praise
The three main ways to praise and when to use each of them
Assessment results - Feedback Responsiveness: An individual’s ability to accept and act on constructive feedback given to them by others.
Non-verbal cues (in-person and virtual) and their impact on both praise and feedback
EQ analysis - Self-regulation exercise

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Module Four: Constructive Feedback
Receiving feedback
How to offer constructive feedback so it motivates vs. deflates
Structured formal feedback tools (i.e. performance reviews)
Tools for providing informal feedback (i.e. difficult conversation techniques)

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Module Five: Acknowledgement
Understanding the difference between praise and acknowledgment
Setting & managing expectations through communication
Assessment results - Motivation for Excellence: An individual’s internal and external drive to achieve success and exceed expectations.
How does this impact security and company culture?
Incentivizing and motivating individuals vs. teams
Hiring and structuring based on key motivators

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Module Six: Respect
Breaking down and analyzing individual microcultures
Boundaries in Leadership - how to set them and how to respect them
Organization values exercise – fostering ambassadorship organically
Assessment results - Collaborative Willingness: An individual’s willingness and inclination to work with others and contribute to team efforts.
Individual values exercise

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Module Seven: Knowledge - Focus on either: Delegation or Collaboration
What is a knowledge baseline?
How do you identify someone else’s knowledge baseline?
Best approaches to training and coaching for personal and collective development
Running and Scheduling efficient internal and external meetings
Assessment results - Communication Styles: An individual’s way of communicating their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.

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Module Eight: Wrap Up, Next Steps & Celebration
Review of Peer Personality Reports
Review and recall of concepts/material learned
Final Q&A
Certificate Presentation
Map out goals, objectives & implementation strategies moving forward

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Understand Your Team's Strengths With Our S.P.A.R.K. Assessment©️

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Our proprietary S.P.A.R.K. Assessment©️ focuses on the 5 key pillars that influence a leaders behaviour, motivation, and communication.

Our assessment results highlight the strengths of an individual leader alongside the strengths of their peers. The competencies that this assessment focuses on is the way in which leaders:

Naturally manage their resources (internal & external)
Respond to feedback
Are motivated to exceed expectations and achieve excellence
Work and engage collaboratively with their team
Communicate their thoughts, ideas and directions to those around them

These results should be used as a guide to foster agility, adaptability and collaboration amongst diverse working and communication styles within teams.

Soft Skill & Leadership Training for People Leaders

Elevating the Individual Enriches the Collective

Here's What's Included:

8-9 Live Cohort-Based Sessions

The S.P.A.R.K. Program can be facilitated in-person, virtually, or a mix thereof.

All sessions are conducted live with recordings and slides shared after the session in our Community and LMS.
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Program Workbook

Your team will be given a workbook to record their thoughts and prompt their retention of important concepts.
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Session Recordings in Private Learning Space

Your team will have access to all of their workshop resources in our Learning Management System, where their knowledge assessments and completion of workshop work will also be tracked.
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Access to our TVG Community

Your team’s learning and development doesn’t stop once the sessions are complete! To continue to develop, your team will also have lifetime access to our proprietary database of live trainings, articles and development tools.
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Certificate of Completion

Your team will be required to complete a knowledge assessment at the end of the program. Credly Badges will be issued upon successful completion of assessments, which can be stored and shared on LinkedIn and other social platforms.

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Full 14-Page My S.P.A.R.K.©️ Report
Our proprietary conative S.P.A.R.K. Assessment©️ focuses on the 5 key pillars that influence a leaders behaviour, motivation, and communication.

Our assessment results highlight the strengths of an individual leader and those of their peers. The competencies that this assessment focuses on is the way in which leaders:

Naturally manage their resources (internal & external)
Respond to feedback
Are motivated to exceed expectations and achieve excellence
Work and engage collaboratively with their team
Communicate their thoughts, ideas and directions to those around them

These results should be used as a guide to foster agility, adaptability and collaboration amongst diverse working and communication styles within teams.

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