Most everyone is familiar with the “glass ceiling”. However, what if there is another ceiling that is even less understood and based on biases so deeply ingrained in our psyche that it is invisible even to those who maintain its existence?
That ceiling is the “sociability ceiling” and understanding how and why it operates is critical not just for those seeking career advancement, but also for leaders who continue to look externally for talent to fill their leadership pipelines when, with targeted training, can be found inside their own teams and companies.
The ceiling operates from the bottom up and top down. We all share responsibility for it remaining in place. As a professional seeking career advancement or an executive wanting to develop a strong internal leadership pipeline, there are simple strategies to dismantling it. The impact of doing so can be seen and felt throughout the organization – improved employee engagement, higher trust in leadership, better retention, organizational resilience and grit, and in an improved bottom line – either in one’s paycheck or corporate results.
Your first step takes just 20 minutes.
Organizations That Benefit From This Workshop:
- Any organization that includes high-potential leaders that struggle to communicate their accomplishments, interface effectively with executives, do not realize that their existing expertise is no longer sufficient to progress further in their career, or who demonstrate excellent managerial skills but lack the ability to influence across silos.
- Especially meaningful in organizations that include roles and functions based on STEM.
Topics:
- Introduction to The Sociability Ceiling.
- The top-down and bottom-up nature of the Sociability Ceiling
- The difficult transition from domain-based competence to social-based competence
- The organizational mixed signals that keep the Sociability Ceiling in place
- Strategies for executive teams to recognize the Sociability Ceiling and develop the leadership pipeline from internal candidates
- Strategies and development skills to develop sociability skills by leveraging internal strengths, not by forcing personality change
Pricing:
- Half-day AI workshop: $4,000 for up to 8 attendees (includes 1-hour prompt engineering module)
- Overview of requirements for the development of internal guidelines, public AI-use policy, escalation procedures, and client messaging.
- Full-day AI workshop: $8,000 for up to 8 attendees (includes 2-hour prompt engineering module)
- Includes facilitated development of internal guidelines, public AI-use policy, escalation procedures and client messaging.
- Pricing above does not include travel costs for in-person workshops.
Additional Details:
- Workshop can be held via Zoom or in-person.
- Topics can be customized to your specific business needs.
- Shortened workshops may be accommodated: $3,000
- Up to 12 more attendees (total of 20) may be added at $250/attendee. Please contact me for larger groups.
My Qualifications:
- I am a certified executive coach with additional specialties through the Center for Executive Coaching. My credentials and added certifications are available on the Education and Certifications page.
- My business, engineering, and scientific background information is available on LinkedIn.