Elizabeth Soltis

A creative, vibrant work culture develops when leaders and teams authentically collaborate to hold all needs and perspectives with care. This begs the question, how to respect self and others when differences arise? This workshop explores the nuances of conventional collaboration while introducing a new vision and model called authentic collaboration. This holistic practice is based on relationship intelligence and behavioral science. The intention is to bring more of who we are to the workplace and, in so doing, unlock the door to personal mastery, empowered choice, true engagement, trust-building, innovation and high performance. Together, let's discover how to build collaborative bridges so self, others and Earth can all thrive.

Emotional intelligence research shows that this EQ set of skills and qualities are more important to personal and professional success than IQ. Intended to build resiliency and healthy relationships, the four EI domains are deepening self-awareness (strengths and growing edges), self-regulation (modulating feelings/thinking), social awareness (listening with empathy) and relationship management (teamwork/conflict mastery). This offering supports leaders and teams in identifying personal triggers and healthy coping strategies so that people can ride the waves of emotion with greater ease and skill.

Conflict can be a powerful opportunity to learn, deepen respect and foster shared understanding. Nonviolent Communication principles enables people to move beyond the strategies of attack/defend and shame/blame to observe without judgment, empathize with feelings, identify needs, creatively solution-find and ask for what we want. This win-win approach is about stepping beyond separation to meaningfully re-engage and repair our important relationships. The focus is on choice, meaning and connection as we practice new ways of thinking, speaking, listening and behaving.