Leadership Strategies Delivers Impactful Results.

Our clients turn to us when outcomes matter—when they need buy-in across multiple stakeholders, solutions to complex challenges, and momentum that lasts beyond the meeting. Whether we are facilitating their sessions or training their team to facilitate them, our expert facilitators create the structure and engagement needed to achieve the outcomes they care about most.

Leadership Strategies’ Mission:
We empower our clients to collaborate more effectively and achieve transformative results through better decision-making, with higher levels of buy-in and commitment. 

* Engaging Meetings, Sessions, & Events
* Collaboration & Team Building
* Measurable, Repeatable Results

Leadership Strategies - 2026 Webinars

###### Part of the Webinar Series: Introduction to Facilitating Groups

Transform your meetings from time-wasting gatherings into focused, results-driven sessions that participants actually want to attend.

This introductory webinar provides a practical foundation in facilitative leadership, equipping you with proven frameworks and techniques to lead groups with confidence, increase engagement, and drive shared ownership of outcomes. Whether you’re new to facilitation or looking to strengthen your fundamentals, this session will help you shift from “running meetings” to truly facilitating results.

**What You Will Learn**

*   The proven 6 Ps of Preparation methodology to design clear, purposeful, and results-driven sessions
*   How to use the IEEI framework (Inform, Excite, Empower, Involve) to establish credibility, gain buy-in, and set the tone in the first 15 minutes
*   Why participant-driven solutions are significantly more likely to be implemented than leader-imposed decisions
*   Core facilitation techniques for managing common meeting challenges—such as low engagement, side conversations, and lack of focus
*   How to guide discussions toward outcomes while keeping participants involved and accountable

## Who Should Attend

This webinar is ideal for:

*   New or aspiring facilitators
*   Team leaders, managers, and supervisors
*   Project leads and professionals who run meetings
*   Anyone seeking more productive, engaging, and outcome-focused group sessions

> **Bonus for Attending:** All attendees receive a recorded session and exclusive content giveaways.


Intro to Facilitating Groups: The Basics

###### Part of the Intro to Facilitating Groups Webinar Series

Are you tired of meetings that feel like herding cats—chaotic, unfocused, and exhausting? Join us for an exclusive, high-impact session in our acclaimed Intro to Facilitating Groups webinar series, designed for facilitators, leaders, and professionals who want to transform the wildest group dynamics into productive, results-driven sessions.

This interactive webinar will be hosted by Michael Wilkinson, Certified Master Facilitator and founder of Leadership Strategies.

## What You'll Learn:

In this session, you'll discover:

*   The secrets behind the 10 Principles of Facilitation used by the world's top facilitators
*   Step-by-step methods to keep your group focused, energized, and engaged—even when dealing with the most challenging personalities
*   Practical tools for herding cats, redirecting side issues, and building genuine consensus
*   Real-world examples and actionable strategies you can implement immediately in your 2025 workplace

Whether you're running virtual, hybrid, or in-person sessions, you'll leave equipped to drive clarity, commitment, and high performance—no more cat herding required.


Intro to Facilitating Groups: Herding Cats - The Secrets to Focusing Groups

Are your business relationships driving results—or holding you back? In today’s fast-paced marketplace, the ability to build trust, align expectations, and communicate effectively is the difference between average performance and breakthrough success. Whether you partner with clients internally or externally, mastering the strategies of relationship management is essential for leaders and teams who want to consistently deliver value.

Join “Strategies for Managing Business Relationships: Unlocking Trust and Communication” for proven frameworks, hands-on exercises, and expert insight from Michael Wilkinson, CMF™—Founder of Leadership Strategies and a Hall of Fame master facilitator.

## What You'll Learn

You’ll discover how to:

*   Build and recover trust using the “5 C’s” model—Competence, Communication, Commitment, Caring, and Character.
*   Spot and close the critical “Expectations Gap” that derails so many projects.
*   Adapt your approach to different communication styles (including an introduction to DISC), so you always get your message heard—no matter the audience.
*   Use the power of questioning to uncover client needs, avoid missed assumptions, and drive win-win outcomes.
*   Manage mistakes and setbacks confidently, and turn them into opportunities that strengthen partnerships.

## Who Should Attend:

Perfect for sales leaders, consultants, project managers, account managers, and anyone who works with clients or colleagues where outcomes depend on strong relationships and mutual trust.


Strategies for Managing Internal and External Relationships: Unlocking Trust and Communication

Are you tired of strategic plans that gather dust instead of delivering game-changing results? Successful organizations know that a strategy is more than a document—it's the disciplined roadmap to achieving your most ambitious goals. So why do so many plans fall short, stall out, or miss their mark?

Join “Why Strategic Plans Fail: 10 Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them” to discover the most common mistakes leaders make in strategic planning—and unlock concrete tactics to drive implementation, engagement, and measurable progress.

Led by Michael Wilkinson, CMF™, Founder of Leadership Strategies and a globally recognized master facilitator, this session distills the wisdom from thousands of strategy sessions across industries to deliver:

*   The 10 most frequent and costly pitfalls that derail strategic planning for leaders and organizations
*   Step-by-step solutions—rooted in the proven Drivers Model—so you can steer clear of missteps at every stage
*   Clarity on the differences between vision, mission, goals, objectives, and strategies—and why getting them right accelerates success
*   How to involve the right people, conduct a thorough situation assessment, and create powerful action plans that don’t get left behind
*   Keys for gaining buy-in, building accountability, and establishing a real-world monitoring system that puts your plan into action

Who Should Attend:

This masterclass is a must for executives, managers, team leads, and anyone navigating strategy in a fast-changing environment. If you’re responsible for steering teams and making things happen, you’ll gain the tools and frameworks to transform strategies from theory to high-impact results."


Why Strategic Plans Fail: 10 Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

Are your training sessions achieving maximum engagement? Discover how to shift from presenter to facilitator in this power-packed webinar that reveals the secrets behind truly effective learning experiences.

## What You'll Learn

In this fast-paced 60-minute session, you'll discover:

*   The 5 Principles of Engagement that ensure learning sticks—including why relevance to real-world application is critical for adult learners
*   The 60/40 Rule that top trainers follow (hint: it's about who's doing the talking)
*   Type-B Questioning Technique that instantly sparks discussion and draws out participant knowledge
*   The Training vs. Facilitation Matrix that shows exactly how to balance content delivery with participant interaction
*   Practical Dysfunction Management strategies to handle challenging behaviors before they derail your session

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## Key Takeaways

Immediately Applicable Tools:

*   Walk away with multiple engagement strategies including "Whip Around," "Elevator Speech," and "Think-Pair-Share" techniques
*   Learning Style Mastery: Discover how to simultaneously engage visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners
*   Energy Management: Learn to read the room and maintain high engagement from start to finish

## Who Should Attend

*   Corporate trainers seeking higher engagement scores
*   Subject matter experts who need to transfer knowledge effectively
*   L\&D professionals designing or delivering training programs
*   Team leaders who conduct training or onboarding sessions

## ﻿Your Presenter

Dave Adleman brings decades of facilitation expertise to this session. As a Leadership Strategies Core Team Facilitator, Dave has helped thousands of trainers transform their delivery style from presentation to facilitation.

## Bonus Materials

All attendees receive:

*   Webinar recording for future reference
*   Special discount on the comprehensive 3-day "Engaging Trainer" workshop


Facilitative Training Skills: Transform Your Training Impact

Are you ready to transform your project sessions from routine to remarkable?

Join our expert master facilitators, bringing tips straight from the FSPM course, to discover how elite project managers use five proven strategies to maximize team involvement and drive results. In this interactive session, you won't just learn what to do. You'll get inside access to the approaches top facilitators use to keep energy high and everyone engaged.

## Five Core Engagement Tools

*   Listing: When it's time to collect facts and details, this structured approach ensures every perspective is captured.
*   Brainstorming: Tap into the creative power of your team and draw out a wide range of fresh ideas.
*   Grouping: Quickly organize, categorize, and gain clarity around all the information gathered, making sense of complex inputs.
*   Prioritizing: Narrow the focus to what matters most by identifying key priorities and aligning your team on top action items.
*   Lobbying: Equip yourself with fast methods to secure buy-in, foster agreement, and move your solutions forward.

## What to Expect

*   Practical demonstrations of each core tool. See how they work in live sessions.
*   Expert insights from certified master facilitators, including the strategies Michael Wilkinson uses with Fortune 500 teams.
*   Participation opportunities. Bring your engagement challenges and leave with real solutions.
*   Tools and handouts you can immediately put to use in your next meeting.

## Who Should Attend?

*   Project managers who want to boost meeting participation and outcomes.
*   Anyone involved in leading cross-functional or remote teams in 2025 and beyond.
*   Professionals eager to add new facilitative skills to their toolbox.

Don't miss the latest techniques for meeting excellence from the Facilitation Skills for Project Managers course. This session is your gateway to more effective, engaging project meetings

👉 Reserve your spot today! Register now to secure your seat and step confidently into your next project session!


Unlocking Engagement: Five Tools Every Project Manager Needs

###### Part of the Intro to Facilitating Groups Webinar Series

The Challenge: You're leading a strategic meeting. Two smart people disagree. Passionately. You try to convince them. They dig in deeper. Two hours later? *Still stuck.*

-> Here's the reality: Most leaders don't understand *WHY *people disagree—so they apply the wrong solutions and waste everyone's time.

## What You'll Discover:

*   The 3 fundamental reasons people disagree (and why most leaders miss 2 of them)
*   5 proven strategies for moving disagreement to consensus in your meetings
*   The consensus methodology that works even when stakes are high
*   Real-world examples showing exactly how to apply these techniques
*   A practical decision-making process you can use immediately

## Who Should Attend:

*   Leaders managing teams through critical decisions
*   Managers conducting strategic planning sessions
*   Project leads navigating conflicting stakeholder interests
*   Anyone tired of meetings that go nowhere

**What You Get:**

✓ 60 minutes of expert facilitation instruction

✓ Free eBook: The 10 Principles of Facilitation: A Facilitator's Methodology

✓ Video recording of the session

✓ Actionable tools you can use immediately

✓ No sales pitch—just practical methodology

Register for Free!
