Heartfelt Management Strategies for Leading Teams that Support System Involved Youth
Thu, Jul 14
|Online Event
Michele and Tory Ponsford


Time & Location
Jul 14, 2022, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
Online Event
About the Event
Michele and Tory Ponsford
Training Description
Learn to lead with heart and an informed mind to effectively guide your team towards attainment of improved outcomes with system involved youth. Participants will learn to facilitate efficient team meetings and set heartfelt guidelines for team interactions which help everyone feel valid. Learn to prevent sabotage, how to foster trust building behaviors between teammates, promote flow in times of change, coach through reframing mistakes into learning opportunities, and maintain clear communication systems which will help ensure more effective support for system involved youth. Gain knowledge about how personal emotional experiences can impact the team, techniques for managing reactivity behaviors that sabotage team synergy, strategies for managing team members with limiting beliefs, and effective coaching strategies to promote self-management and problem solving solutions which will promote improvements in the lives of system involved youth and families.
Learning Objectives
· Participants will learn strategies and techniques to successfully work together to support System Involved Youth.
· Participants will understand how individual skill set impacts the effectiveness of the entire team and learn common sense information to build their skill set.
· Participants will learn techniques and strategies focusing on communication, listening, trust, and emotional intelligence which can applied in collaborative efforts to support system involved youth.
Agenda
10:00-10:30am Introductions & House Keeping
10:30-11:00am Empowered Communication
11:00-11:15am Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)
11:15-12:00pm Team Empowerment Strategies
12:00-12:45pm Identifying Emotional Overwhelm & Its Effect on Teams
12:45-1:15pm Lunch Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)
1:15-2:00pm Reframing Beliefs about Changes in the Work Place
2:00-2:45pm Minimizing Team Drama
2:45-3:00pm Break (CEUs will not be offered for this time)
3:00-3:45pm Techniques for Breath Work Developing a “Practice” for Mindfulness
3:45-4:00pm Question & Answers & Evaluations
Meet Our Trainer
Tory Ponsford is the Co-Founder of Evolution Consulting Firm. He brings over 25 years of professional experience to the team. His focus throughout his career has been primarily on Finance and Small Business Development. Over the last several years, Tory has developed his understanding of Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and it’s importance in the business context. Tory specializes in teaching individuals how to develop Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and optimally utilize EQ development to improve overall professional performance. Working with leadership teams to integrate all aspects of business intelligence has been a key focus for Tory. Tory is a Certified Awakening Excellence Instructor with the Total Integration Institute.
Michele Ponsford is the Co-Founder of Evolution Consulting Firm. She has developed her career in the San Francisco Bay Area over the past 20 years. Her experience in Business Management has deepened her understanding of the value of breathing humanity and morality into business globally. Consulting with businesses to evolve into purpose driven entities has become her current passion. Michele specializes in teaching conscious business communication techniques, creating healthy business cultures & relationships as well as implementing core values into systems & operations. Michele is a Certified Awakening Excellence Instructor with the Total Integration Institute.
This course meets the qualifications for (5.0) BBS CEUs for LCSWs, LMFTs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences & is provided by Fred Finch Youth Center, CAMFT Provider #045295.