Essential Behaviors that Elevate Performance, Influence, and Leadership
Based on Neal Whitten’s newest book: Power Skills that Lead to Exceptional Performance.
Today’s workplace moves fast — and the individuals and teams who rise above the noise are those who master the Power Skills that drive accountability, influence, and exceptional results. This one‑day, high‑impact masterclass gives your workforce the practical tools and behaviors to immediately elevate their performance and contribution.
This workshop is one of the most valuable investments your organization can make. Bold claim? Absolutely. But you’ll see why on Day One.
Why Power Skills Matter More Than Ever
For decades, Neal has coached leaders, project managers, and teams on a simple truth:
Technical skills may get you in the door — but Power Skills determine how far you go.
Power Skills are the behaviors that create trust, build strong relationships, strengthen execution, and inspire leadership at every level. They are the greatest predictors of long‑term success for individuals and organizations.
This fast‑paced, no‑nonsense masterclass delivers real‑world, actionable, immediately applicable skills — not theory.
Offered virtually or in person, this training is designed for teams who want results now.
Workshop Overview
This dynamic 1‑day experience identifies the most critical Power Skills required to thrive on projects and in the workplace. You’ll learn how to think, act, and communicate in ways that strengthen accountability, sharpen decision‑making, and accelerate personal and team success.
These skills are the result of years of working with hundreds of leaders, project managers, and professionals across industries. They are proven, practical, and transformative.
But this workshop goes beyond individual performance. When applied consistently across a team or organization, these Power Skills create a culture that continuously evolves — improving effectiveness, collaboration, and results.
This workshop is ideal for:
- Leaders and aspiring leaders
- Project managers, team leads, and managers
- All employees and team members who want to raise their professional value
Power Skills influence every interaction, every day — and mastering them puts you in control of your outcomes.
Neal — your master mentor — invites you to a game‑changing experience in your pursuit of success.
This stuff works.
Bonus benefit: This workshop and the book from which it is derived can serve as a valuable mentor that you can return to for advice, encouragement, and inspiration for years to come.
Workshop Objectives
- Provide best-practice advice from a senior mentor that spans the most important performance-related topics in play today
- Recognize how to make things happen — how to lead — despite what is happening around you
- Identify power skills (soft skills) that are essential for your success
- Build a Power Skills foundation for an organization that can result in continuously and holistically evolving
Topics Include
Participants will explore a wide range of essential Power Skills, including:
- How to manage priorities
- Knowing when to challenge the rules
- Never avoiding necessary confrontation
- Accountability and personal responsibility
- Courage, boldness, and integrity
- Thinking for yourself
- Staying present and emotionally grounded
- Don’t make it personal; don’t take it personally
- Trust but verify
- Communication excellence
- Empowerment and initiative
- Bringing solutions with problems
- Making your leaders look good
- Creating your Performance Improvement Plan
…and much more.
Your Seminar Experience Includes
- Identification of 24 foundational daily Power Skills
- Ten Power Skills for working effectively with your leaders
- Real stories of bold personal initiatives that made a difference
- Self‑assessment questionnaire on Power Skills mastery
- Exercise: Identify your top 3 Power Skills for growth
- Introduction to building your personal Performance Improvement Plan
- Takeaways you can use immediately back at work
Course Length
1 day (8 hours)
PMI Talent Triangle: 8 PDUs (Power Skills – 8.0)
Class Size
Ideal for 20–30 participants for meaningful discussion and engagement.
Security
Training is delivered through your organization’s video conferencing platform (Teams, Zoom, etc.) to ensure security and compliance.
Contact Neal
Join me for a fun, insightful, and career‑enhancing experience.
To schedule a class or request more information:
- Website contact page: here
- Email: neal@nealwhittengroup.com
- Call me: 770-378-2980
I’m dedicated to your success — let’s do great things together.
Sincerely,
Neal Whitten, PMP