EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
Welcome to the TLS Events page. Below you will find a variety of interesting events which we hope you will join. Please bookmark this page and check back often as we will be adding new events throughout the year!
Staff Retention: The Importance of Staff Development, Evaluation and Recognition
CT Community Nonprofit Alliance 35 Cold Spring Road, Building 500, Rocky Hill, CT, United StatesEmployee retention is a critical component of running a successful organization. Strengthening your nonprofit’s ability to engage and retain talented staff members is an important investment in your mission.
More InfoCommunicate to Drive Action
This session explores the impact of presence and preparation to facilitate effective meetings and sessions. Participants will address specific approaches to written and verbal communications that can increase efficiency and effectiveness.
More InfoBasic Boundary Setting with Staff
During this session, participants will have an opportunity to define essential boundaries needed in their current role. Areas of strength and challenge will be identified.
More InfoFinding Calm in the Chaos: Decreasing Stress through Mindfulness
Participants will explore the connection between how worry creates a feeling of anxiety in the body and how to begin to shift negative thinking patterns through mindful attention and intention.
More InfoAdvanced Boundary Setting with Staff
In this session, leaders will learn strategies to recognize when boundaries are not being honored and approaches that can be utilized as they work to reinforce them. They will also consider how delegation may be an important part of how each leader sets their own boundaries within the team.
More InfoEmotional Intelligence Foundations
Emotions drive our behavior and can either energize us or deplete us. In this session, participants learn how to identify their emotional states and explore how to not let their emotions ‘control them’. Strategies for responding versus reacting to strong emotions will be shared.
More InfoLeading a Multigenerational Team
In this session, participants will review the attitudes, behaviors and skills that each generation exhibits. Participants will also identify skills for improving communication, motivation and engagement among diverse teams.
More InfoBalance is a Verb: The Real Truth about Self-Care
The experience of ‘balance’ in life can feel very elusive. We often believe that it is a state to achieve versus the practice of choosing where and how we place our attention and energy. In this session, participants will explore the role that mindset, boundaries, guilt, and self-compassion play in creating an experience of balance in life.
More InfoCreating Professional Boundaries at Work
No matter our professional role, setting appropriate boundaries is necessary for people to feel safe, create healthy relationships, increase effectiveness, and support success. In this session, participants will have an opportunity to develop greater insight into the application of healthy boundaries in the workplace.
More InfoAddressing Compassion Fatigue & Burnout
Compassion Fatigue and Burnout are states of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. They occur when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands … and can leave you feeling devoid of motivation and beyond caring.
More InfoHolding Staff Accountable
This session will explore how to effectively establish and promote accountability as part of an organization’s culture. Participants will have a focused discussion on the meaning of accountability and how best to hold themselves, along with members of their team, to account.
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