Celebrate Kids Presents - Ambassador Speakers Bureau

Your Corporate Seminars
by Dr. Kathy Koch
Your company will greatly benefit from Dr. Kathy Koch’s knowledge of people, teaching, learning, and
motivation. No matter what your business type or size, well established or a new venture, for-profit or
a not-for-profit, Dr. Kathy’s insights will serve you well.
Your most valuable company resource – human capital will be positively influenced by these
trainings. Dr. Kathy instructs how people respond to tasks and others and how they process thoughts
and feelings. All the trainings influence the internal well-being of your organization. Dr. Kathy’s
interactive training seminars help individuals understand and solve employee ineffectiveness and
conflict. This can lead to increased efficiency, productivity, improved communication, and teamwork.
A more productive workforce can help you position your company in the marketplace.
Dr. Kathy’s trainings are quick-paced, relevant, and thought-provoking. She’s a clear communicator
who effectively and respectfully uses humor and examples to make her points. Valuable time spent in
her seminars moves quickly and people are engaged with her, one another, and easily relate to the
topic. You will experience Dr. Kathy’s gift of a passionate teacher. Not only will you learn a great deal
while in the seminars, but you will walk away with much to reflect upon.
From Self-Discovery to Effective Teamwork
Successful team building translates into effective workplace habits. In this session, Dr. Kathy uses the
Mind Styles Delineator and focused small group work and interactive lectures to help you discover and
understand your Mind Style. People consistently report that this assessment and training has much
more explanatory power than the DISC® or Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® personality assessment.
Insights gained during this self-discovery process help individuals understand and accept themselves
more completely . As team members discover their Mind Style, they’ll see that differences between
colleagues are just differences – not problems. They’ll understand and know how and when to invite
others to participate in activities and why others react the way they do to feelings, thoughts, and different
opportunities. Staff members who have historically experienced conflict with one another will now work
together more effectively. (Full-day or 1½-2 days.)
Generational Gap Analysis – How We Communicate Across the Great Divide
Are you tired of younger employees and their demand for choice? Does their quick boredom frustrate you?
Does their lack of perseverance and patience make teamwork almost impossible? Do they expect to be
rewarded much more frequently than you believe is necessary? Digital media and technology have
radically influenced today’s young people, referred to as Millennials, and born since 1982. You don’t
understand them and they probably don’t understand you. Confusion and resulting conflicts are common.
These generational differences also influence our relationships with younger customers. Are we
connecting? Communicating? Relating well enough to get their business? Let’s uncover what Millennials
expect and why. Then let’s discover easy changes we can make to improve relationships, productivity, and
success. (90-minute overview, half-day, and full-day versions.)
Real Solutions That Last
Have you ever tried to solve a problem, maybe investing much time and money, only to discover the
problem continued? Are your staff and customers uncertain and hesitant to engage and make decisions?
Are you tired of constantly trying to rebuild trust? Is getting the right people assigned to the right project
and having the team work well together not as easy as you would like? Are you disappointed that some
employees don’t seem willing or able to develop new skills and attitudes? Dr. Kathy will effectively explain
a Model that addresses all this and more because of its completeness. Also, because the Model connects
needs and issues in a holistic manner, true solutions will result – for individuals and for the company. (90-
minute overview, half-day, and full-day versions.)

Efficient and Successful Project Completion
Successful workplace objectives are best met when employees are able to use their learning styles and
strengths in the workplace. It’s no different from when they were students and able to learn, study, and
complete school assignments using their preferred ways of learning. They earned better grades and
enjoyed school more. When styles aren’t considered at work, frustration and a lack of engagement and
productivity is common. Employees in this training seminar learn to identify their own style strengths and
then integrate them with colleagues who have differing strengths. This process often contributes to
freedom in creative problem-solving and productivity. There are many enlightening teaching moments in
this seminar. Dr. Kathy includes relevant instruction about the five I’s, modalities, environmental
preferences, and cognitive style, for which a formal assessment tool is used. (Three hours. This is an
excellent follow-up to “From Self-Discovery to Effective Teamwork” and can be paired especially well with
“Smart Teamwork and Successful Productivity” for a full day of training.)
Smart Teamwork and Successful Productivity
Most people tend to think and communicate with only two of their eight intelligences – word and logic. Yet,
there are six other ways of being smart we should be using. When we use all eight, our knowledge is much
more complete and accurate. We’ll also more likely be understood because we can communicate to
people’s intelligence strengths when helping them embark on a new project or trying to sell them a car.
When employees are assigned tasks that fit their smart strengths, they’re more productive and fulfilled.
When work teams are chosen partly for which intelligences are needed, greater progress is made.
Understanding how we and others are smart allows us to contribute in unique ways and connect
meaningfully to both people and projects. (Half-day. It can be paired especially well with “Efficient and
Successful Project Completion” for a full day of training.)
Overcoming the Challenges of Change: Getting Everyone on Board
Change is constant – new coworkers, new ideas, revisions to policies, new territories, new procedures –
and change is not always easy for people. Therefore, things move more slowly and dissatisfaction and
discord can result. What can help? An understanding of the whole change process. Among other things,
we’ll look at the buzzard, bumblebee, and elephant principles; role of the application arrow; the stop/learn
principle; and how change as exchange should influence us. Practical ideas and relevant examples will
guide you to apply the ideas to yourself and individuals who need to change beliefs or behaviors. (Half-day
and full-day versions.)
Instituting Best Practices: Effectively Complimenting and Correcting Your Employees
Compliments and corrections used effectively are important communication and motivation tools. Research
shows that used well, they contribute to a positive corporate culture. Used poorly, they can foster fear and
apathy. It is well worth examining and implementing a best practice for complimenting and correcting. This
training places high value on specific and focused compliments and corrections vs. general statements.
The differences between corrections and criticisms are also included. (One-hour.)
What Did You Really Want To Say? Effective Communication Tools
Everyone is always thinking, but not necessarily about what you want them to be thinking about. That’s the
problem. The disconnect can occur during a staff meeting, a seminar at a convention, or with an individual
you’re trying to sell something to. For example, rather than thinking about the differences between product
A and B that you were explaining, were they thinking about what you were wearing or how they might have
solved the problem you just mentioned in passing? When you asked for an opinion, did they have one? Or,
is that all they had when you tried to discuss facts you presented? Focusing your listeners’ thinking is
essential if you’re going to improve learning, the application of your ideas, sales, and success. Learn how!
(60 or 90-minutes.)
Kathy Koch, Ph.D.
DrKathy@CelebrateKids.com • 817-238-2020
To schedule Dr. Kathy, please contact Gloria Leyda at Ambassadors Speakers Bureau:
877-425-4700, x235 • Gloria.Leyda@ambassadorspeakers.com