BE EXCITED AND INSPIRED AT WORK!


Walt Disney’s BLUE SKY VISION OF Leadership 

“The ability to establish and maintain a creative climate in which individuals and teams are self motivated to the successful achievement of long-term goals in an environment of respect and trust.”

WALT DISNEY – From the book “The Disney Way”

 

Big Sky Thinking is composed of exceptionally talented top leader executive coaches and front room facilitators who have been changing the conversations inside nonprofit and corporate environments for years. What defines your organization is your story–how you live your values as a company. We bring in leadership and communication workshops that will define your company story, create values around it, and we inspire your employees to model these values in every interaction.

We believe that every employee, occupying any job in your organization, can be a leader by how they value their commitments to their co-workers, and to the world at large. The missing ingredient is an agreed upon foundation for creating  a powerful communication style that can be heard and acted upon.

Our workshops challenge continuing business as usual–there is a new landscape of communication that will be generating organizational excellence in the decades to come.  We intentionally build into your management a culture of creativity, authenticity in actions and word, with innovation and commitment becoming the dominating leadership style. Putting the growth of your people first does not take away profits–you actually create long term revenue while building a resilient company with engaged employees!  Our workshops will be fun, they will be inspirational, and they will change your culture–be prepared.

A leader is inside everyone of us waiting to be called, and most employees have not been taught the skills to engage and commit to one another in a leadership stance. This is a learned skill and how words are spoken to match with their actions will change how employees find meaning in their work. When you blend the alchemy of commitment, creativity, and curiosity with an added dash of courage–what shows up in your company is inspired innovation!

What does BIG SKY THINKiNG mean to your organization?

Companies of excellence build more than a legacy of products or services–they create legacies of leadership. Instead of grooming good workers, they grow aspiring thought leaders and trailblazers for their industry.

Here’s where many organizations get stuck:

  • Wanting to be inspired, but feeling buried by growing obligations
  • Old patterns seem to run in circles no matter who is put in charge
  • Lack of sincere, direct communication
  • It does not feel SAFE to disagree
  • Unsafe leaders are running your culture
  • You want something different but need help
  • You need training to model leadership behaviors that move your company forward

BIG SKY THINKING workshops pump up creativity and build the communication muscle that strengthens the most essential ingredients needed for business success—emotional awareness, accountability, a safe environment for innovation, and the ability to have fun as a team!

Elements of our workshops:

 

  • A Foundation of mutual trust built through conscious agreements
  • A culture of fostering and sustaining relationships with people inside and outside the organization, and cultivating the skills to maintain those relationships
  • Ability and commitment to have the conversations that are necessary – even the difficult ones. It is important to prepare people to be on both sides of difficult conversations.
  • Willingness to listen and understand at a deep level
  • Understanding the difference between agreement and alignment
  • Ability to stay present in the face of conflict
  • Ability to empathize, even in challenging situations
  • Responsibility for the outcome of all interactions
  • Assumption of positive intent
  • Risk Management and Leadership— decreasing workplace accidents (and lowering insurance premiums) through conscious leadership and communication

Using “Coach Communication” as a powerful leadership tool is the number one way that innovative organizations are powerfully changing their internal cultures. With a Coach Communication skillset, employees:

  • Increase loyalty in the customers and clients they serve
  • Develop creative solutions to old problems
  • Effectively handle conflict
  • Foster accountability in work relationships

BIG SKY THINKING offers you a menu of Coach Communication and leadership workshops, special entrees into top coach training programs, custom designed workshops around team building and strategic planning, and some of the best business magic found globally taught by the industry leaders in business excellence. All of them have been trained in the top coaching/leadership schools, The Disney Institute, The Ford Institute and more.

Ready to start thinking your BIG SKY dreams?   - Contact us