Building Community & Connection In A Hybrid Workplace

Thursday, December 19th

11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

VIRTUAL MEETING

THIS IS A MEMBER EXCLUSIVE EVENT.  ALL MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ATTEND FOR FREE.  AN EMAIL HAS BEEN SENT WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO ATTEND.  FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE EMAIL VP OF PROGRAMMING MARANDA HENDERSON ([email protected]).

Program Description

Virtual and hybrid teams are as much as 3x more likely to engage in backstabbing, gossip, undermining, passive aggression, etc. Unfortunately, the workplace will never return to "normal." Fortunately, it is possible to build relationships, teamwork, and culture in a hybrid world. It just takes more effort.

In this engaging, interactive presentation, participants will learn strategies they can use to reconnect with their co-workers, and build communication, teamwork, and culture in a hybrid world. The presentation uses a real-time survey, data, and group discussion to uncover the real-life challenges facing the participants. Customized to the needs, real-life challenges, and personal objectives of the participants, this presentation involves participants to build connection and community.

This will be a meaningful, engaging, and interactive presentation where we will explore the unique dynamics of hybrid teams, identify common communication pitfalls, and discover actionable techniques for fostering trust, collaboration, and a sense of belonging.

Learning Objectives: 

• Understand how to read body language in virtual meetings, communicate expectations around cultural norms, connect with co-workers on Zoom, and other effective strategies.

• Understand how to identify employees’ communication needs and expectations.

• Understand tools and strategies to improve communication and to build culture in virtual and hybrid workplaces.

• Develop actionable plans to improve communication, collaboration, and trust within their teams.

• Foster a sense of community and connection across differences.

Speaker Bio

Dan Kaplan is driven by the belief that anything is possible if we can just learn to talk to each other. As a mountain-climbing expedition leader, Dan has guided many teams through difficult conversations and high-altitude danger. Combined with his nearly 30 years of communications leadership experience across the public, non-profit, and private sectors, Dan helps leaders and teams communicate to their audiences and each other.

Through his company, Confident Communicators, LLC, Dan’s training workshops, presentations, and keynote speeches help leaders, managers, and teams overcome communication dysfunction – challenges such as silos, information hoarding, internal politics, power plays, giving and receiving feedback, sloppy management, virtual communication, issue avoidance, fear of speaking up, and ineffective presentations. His corporate communications consulting helps organizations craft and cascade messages, influence audiences, and inspire. 

Dan is an Everything DiSC® Authorized Partner, 5 Behaviors of A Cohesive TeamTM Authorized Partner, and Certified 6 Types of Working GeniusTM Expert. Through leadership, management, and team communications workshops, the firm helps organizations build trust, master conflict, achieve commitment, embrace accountability, and focus on results. Sample clients include the Gates Foundation, Google, The State of Maryland Department of Social Services, The US Food & Drug Administration, The State of Montana Department of Health, The Loggerhead Marine Life Center, the American Astronomical Society, The Montgomery County Police Department, and the San Francisco Aids Foundation.

Dan is a graduate of the University of Maine (MA, English) and the University of Maryland (BA, English & Business). Dan lives in Baltimore with his wife and three children, has visited 40 countries, and in his spare time raises money for breast cancer research by climbing mountains.

To learn more or book Dan for speaking engagements, visit www.ConfidentCommunicator.com, email [email protected], or call 443-845-7724.