I offer customizable programs that can be scaled from half-day presentations to multi-day development programs. They are fun, informative and practical. In addition to a learning a basic scientific foundation you will get tools that you can immediately use. These programs are guaranteed to create a positive buzz. A sampling of topics includes:

• Working Harder and Accomplishing Less? How to Get Off the Stress Treadmill.

Stress surrounds us. How do we begin to manage it rather than letting it manage us? Chronic stress undermines our physical, mental and emotional health and our ability to perform optimally, and damages vital personal and professional relationships. Understanding the biological underpinnings of stress is a good place to start to reverse the process. You will learn useful tools for how to short-circuit your stress.

• Focus is Power: Being Productive in the Age of Distraction

A strong, stable, focused attention is a must for getting good work done. Yet our workplaces conspire to distract and scatter our attention and diminish our productivity. This leads to a flurry of action but few results to show for it. We will explore the biology and psychology of attention and how it impacts your work, as well as learn useful practices for enhancing focus and concentration.

• Putting Out the Fire: Understanding and Mastering Reactive Emotions

Reactive emotions are everywhere in the workplace, from covert hostility to judgmental mindsets. They subvert our best intentions and easily derail cherished projects. Despite intellectual brilliance and technical talent, reactive emotions can all-too-easily undermine your agenda and damage key relationships. Unfortunately, we often don’t have positive, effective ways of dealing with reactive emotions in ourselves and in others. These are the lessons we never learned in school. Mastering emotional reactions is a skill like any other. We will learn a clear, step-by-step way to put out the fire and work more effectively.

• What’s Next? Managing Transitions and Moving Forward

Our working life has changed radically. Unlike our parents, we no longer spend lifetimes at a single employer. Instead, our careers are a series of shifts and reinventions. Many of us find ourselves in a place of transition—knowing a stage has come to an end but unsure of what to do next, feeling caught in a disorienting “neutral zone” without a clear vision of who I am and what I want, or hesitant about taking the positive steps that will create a new beginning. There is an art to managing a transition skillfully—whether it’s a personal or an organizational one. This program helps you understand the phases of transitions and how to navigate them.