WHAT GRADUATES SAY
Many leaders describe Walk the Talk as “life and career changing” because of its deeply personal nature and profound application to both business and personal life.
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LEADERSHIP BREAKTHROUGH:
Walk the Talk of Change
An often life-changing experience that transforms leaders and teams.
When you develop yourself from the inside out, giant leaps in performance become possible
The Leadership Breakthrough: Walk the Talk of Change (WTTC) program will unleash your potential for greater leadership of yourself and others.
Most leaders describe this program as “life and career changing” because of how deeply it impacts their ability to consistently bring their best self to their work, leadership, and family.
Walk the Talk is about pursuing breakthroughs within yourself and how you relate to others. You discover the personal breakthrough in your mindset and behavior that will have the most profound positive impact on your leadership and life. Then you learn how to achieve that breakthrough through pragmatic self-management practices, tools and techniques.
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Walk the Talk is about your journey to greater self-mastery. It begins with increasing your self-awareness and insight into what makes you tick as a person and leader. Then, you learn how to self-manage your internal states of being for greater focus, presence and centeredness so you can operate in the “flow” of high performance. You learn how to change self-limiting patterns in your mindsets and behavior so you can express more of your full potential.
You will gain extraordinary leadership capabilities because you develop deep insight into yourself and how to operate from higher and more effective states of being, working and relating. This opens a new set of possibilities for your life, your leadership and your impact in the world.
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Walk the Talk generates key skill development in four critical leadership areas
Self Mastery
- Gain insight into your greatest Personal Breakthrough
- Manage your inner state in real time for an immediate increase in performance
- More consistently operate from the “flow or zone" of high performance
- Increase your conscious awareness and why it is the single most important success factor in leadership
- Consistently model the desired values, behavior and culture of your organization
- Develop multiple breathing and centering techniques for increased personal performance amid the chaos of 21st Century leadership
- Use mental rehearsal to accelerate your personal development
Relationship Mastery and Communications
- Build relationships of mutual trust that weather any storm
- Immediately diagnose why an interaction is breaking down and what to do about it
- Use your voice and ensure that you are heard
- Make sure others feel heard by you rather than talked at
- Use “Center-to-Center” communications to resolve conflict and increase employee trust and engagement
- Self-disclose your personal truth so it has positive impact on those around you
- Deepen a conversation for greater meaning and impact
Team Mastery
- Transform a group into an aligned and committed team
- Build a co-creative culture within your team
- Understand why open and honest discourse will catapult your team to extraordinary performance, and why most teams cannot do it
- Create a team learning environment, and what currently exists in your team that is likely prohibiting this possibility
- Ensure your team members speak up and tell their truth…to deepen the bonds and performance of your team
- Intervene when necessary and catalyze your team to break through and grow
Organizational Culture & Transformation
- How your modeling – walking your talk – can unleash the performance of those around you
- The critical things most leaders do that unconsciously create a low performing culture – and how you can stop
- What is needed in your organization to build a culture of accountability, collaboration and trust
- The key leadership behaviors that have established the limiting characteristics of your current culture
The Impact of Walk the Talk and Leading with Self Mastery
The Change Process Leaders at York Regional Police talk about why it was important to send their leaders to Walk the Talk before launching their Culture Champion Network and how afterwards they had more traction in 1.5 months than they did in the full year before.Â
They also tell a powerful story about how leading with self-mastery helped stakeholders start their own development paths, increasing trust and engagement and their impact on the transformation’s success.
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“I would recommend this experience for anyone, especially aspiring leaders, to enhance their self-awareness and become equipped with useful tools to enhance the qualities they wish to improve in themselves and their organizations.”
"The impact this program had on our organization was enormous... It was instrumental in developing our high-performing executive team."
“The program is phenomenal and Being First really goes above and beyond to pull greatness out of the participants. 'Walk the Talk' causes you to really dig deep and shows you how to get out of your own way to be the best version of yourself while giving others the space to be the best version of themselves.”
“This had the most positive impact on my leadership and personal life... than any other in my entire career.”
“Being First understands the nuances of paramilitary and emergency organizations which allows them to provide industry-specific advice. Partnering with Being First catapulted YRP toward realizing its wellness and inclusion-focused transformational vision: Inspiring positive change to support and include all members.”
“Leaders must change themselves to have a company breakthrough..."
"I learned how leaders need to have a change in themselves if they want to have a breakthrough in their company. ”
"I learned how leaders need to have a change in themselves if they want to have a breakthrough in their company. ”
“Being First has crafted a truly transformational experience. The skills discussed apply to both personal and professional growth... Prior to this intense leadership training experience, I operated in my personal and professional life with a limited awareness of 'self.' Now, I view each action/decision through the lens of my breakthrough declaration.”
“While I have been through many self-awareness training sessions, I have never been self-compelled to take a serious inventory of my positive and egotistical behaviors. This program has positively revealed my behaviors and also gave me the tools to positively divert those unproductive behaviors.”
"Initially, I thought 'Being First' was all about empowering me. However, by participating in this wonderful program, I believe 'Being First' is all about improving myself in order to enable the team and to help others."
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LEADERSHIP BREAKTHROUGH
Walk the Talk of Change
Our Next Public Program
Dates:
March 14-17, 2023
Venue: Being First Center for Achieving Breakthrough   Â
16295 W. Hwy 160 Durango, CO 81301
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Design
Design of the WTTC Process
The power and effectiveness of WTTC occurs because of four design features:
- A balanced mix of many different learning modalities: adult experiential learning, short lecturettes, simulations, one-on-one discussions, team exercises, visualizations, assessments, video, feedback, small group discussions, readings, role plays, and outdoor experiences.
- The weaving of the above learning modalities through four different, yet fully integrated areas: 1) Self Mastery; 2) Relationship Mastery and Communications; 3) Team Mastery; and 4) Organizational Culture and Transformation. The exploration of these areas reveals the underlying human dynamic that governs behavior and performance at all levels of scale. This dramatically increases leaders’ ability to lead individuals and the organization to sustained excellence.
- Embodied self-management practices that enable leaders to access higher states of awareness in real time, in all situations, so they change behavior and optimize their own performance, even under high stress.
- Immediate and consistent application of the key insights, tools and skills of the program to the participants’ real leadership and change leadership challenges.
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Timeframe
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Process
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Professional Credits
Graduates of this program qualify for:
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (SHRM)
38 SHRM Professional Development Credits
Being First is recognized by SHRM to offer 38 Professional Development Credits
(PDCs) towards SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.
The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATIONS INSTITUTE (HRCI)
34 HRCI Business Recertification Credit Hours
This program has been approved for 34 Business recertification credit hours towards aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).
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Instructors
Instructors
Dr. Dean Anderson
Dr. Dean Anderson is an international thought leader, speaker, bestselling author, and strategic advisor to the C-Suite. For 40 years, Dr. Anderson has been guiding transformational leaders of Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and global non-profit organizations to integrate the inner work of personal transformation and mindfulness with advanced methodologies that guides leaders in HOW to design and implement transformational change successfully. Dean is passionate about co-creation — the high-performance way of Being, working and relating that brings people of diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges and produce breakthrough results for all.
Dr. Dean Anderson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Being First, Inc.
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is a founding leader of the Organization Transformation field. Dr. Ackerman Anderson brings 40+ years of experience in facilitating and teaching transformational change in Fortune 1000 businesses, governments, the military and large not-for-profit organizations. Linda’s passion is to equip leaders and consultants with the capability to create transformational change strategies that produce extraordinary business outcomes while transforming leadership mindset and culture. She co-authored with Dr. Dean Anderson the seminal books on Conscious Change Leadership, "Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results through Conscious Change Leadership" and "The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation."
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is the Co-Founder and VP of Being First, Inc.
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Venue
The Being First Center for Achieving Breakthrough is located just outside breathtaking Durango, in Southwest Colorado
This is a quintessential executive mountain retreat center providing serene comfort and a classroom area for up to 20 leaders.
AMENITIES
- Classroom for 20 participants
- Six bedrooms with two master suites
- Full Wi-Fi throughout
- State of the art sound system wired throughout
- Full amentities for sleeping areas including towels and linens
- High-end projection screen and projector
- Multiple white boards and flip charts
- Gourmet kitchen upstairs and kitchen area near classroom for coffee breaks
- Tons of seating areas inside and multiple patios and seating areas outside
Explore the Center
During your breaks enjoy expansive views from the Center’s hilltop vantage point overlooking a large mountain meadow valley that is teaming with wildlife throughout all seasons. It’s common to see elk, deer, wild turkey, fox, many varieties of birds including hawks and eagles, and even the occasional black bear from the comfort of many outdoor and indoor areas.
Retreat Center Lodging
There are accommodations for guests to stay onsite. There are six bedrooms with two master suites, five baths, two different living areas, TV loft area, a fully stocked kitchen, dining room, and multiple decks and patios. For large groups, local hotels and world-class restaurants are just seven minutes away.
Durango, Colorado Outdoor Activities
The Durango area is a mecca for outdoor activities – skiing, snowboarding, hiking, fishing, rafting, boating, jeep tours and horseback riding. Your group has plenty of off-day activity options nearby – the Center is located within about a ten-minute drive of downtown Durango, Mesa Verde National Park is a 30-minute drive to the West, and Purgatory Ski Resort is a scenic 40-minute drive away.
Design of the WTTC Process
The power and effectiveness of WTTC occurs because of four design features:
- A balanced mix of many different learning modalities: adult experiential learning, short lecturettes, simulations, one-on-one discussions, team exercises, visualizations, assessments, video, feedback, small group discussions, readings, role plays, and outdoor experiences.
- The weaving of the above learning modalities through four different, yet fully integrated areas: 1) Self Mastery; 2) Relationship Mastery and Communications; 3) Team Mastery; and 4) Organizational Culture and Transformation. The exploration of these areas reveals the underlying human dynamic that governs behavior and performance at all levels of scale. This dramatically increases leaders’ ability to lead individuals and the organization to sustained excellence.
- Embodied self-management practices that enable leaders to access higher states of awareness in real time, in all situations, so they change behavior and optimize their own performance, even under high stress.
- Immediate and consistent application of the key insights, tools and skills of the program to the participants’ real leadership and change leadership challenges.
- 3.5 Days, In-Person Retreat
- 75-Minute Pre-Retreat Interview with Coach
- 60-Minute Post-Retreat Follow Up Call with Coach
- 4-Hour Retreat Follow Up Virtual Group Session
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Objectives
- Participants enroll, access the online program resources, and complete assessments before their pre-retreat interview
Logistics
- Access the Being First learning platform during self-enrollment and/or via an email from Being First
- Launch the Course Pre-Work
- Participants complete and submit required documents and assessments by due dates
Objectives
- Help participants begin to establish the personal leadership breakthrough they are going for in the program
- Clarify personal learning objectives
- Begin participants’ introspection and self-discovery
- Answer any specific questions
Logistics
- Schedule interview two to three weeks in advance of the Retreat
- Have a 75-minute discussion via Phone with a WTTC Program Coach
Objectives
- Experientially establish self-awareness, mastery and Presence as the source of great leadership, and begin to increase each of them
- Increase understanding of how all human excellence – whether as individuals, in relationships, teams or organizationally – begins in one’s interior (mindset and awareness)
- Gain insight about how to apply the above realization pragmatically in one’s leadership of people and in one’s organization
- Significantly increase one’s understanding of human dynamics and how best to manage them to bring out the best in oneself and others
- Learn the pragmatic self-management practices of Olympic athletes and build skills to be able to shift one’s internal state to higher levels for improved performance and leadership
- Increase interpersonal communications skills to better engage and motivate others
- Learn methods for improving relationships within the one’s team; including how to resolve difficult past history and establish a foundation for breakthrough going forward
- Learn ways to establish a conscious, learning orientation that will allow one’s team to grow
- Increase one’s ability to model their organization’s desired values, culture and behavior, and to support others to do the same
Logistics
- 3 full days including evenings and one half day ending at 1pm
- Conducted at the Being First Center for Achieving Breakthrough in Durango, Colorado, a beautiful residential executive retreat center in a natural, mountain environment
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Objectives
- Further participants’ ability to successfully apply what they learned in the Retreat
- Continue encouragement to maintain participants’ motivation to pursue their personal breakthroughs and the practices that support them
- Help participants navigate challenges and resolve problems related to their leadership, relationships and communications, and team performance
- Answer questions and provide support
Logistics
- One post-retreat 60-minute coaching call by phone, Zoom or MS Teams, two to three weeks after the Retreat
Objectives
- Learn advanced material and take what was learned at the Retreat to the next level
- Provide encouragement and help individuals navigate live leadership challenges and resolve questions
- Deepen the participants’ application of their learning to their personal and organizational success
- Align the participants’ around their personal choice to continue pursuing their conscious and intentional self, relational and team development
Logistics
- 4-hour online session, approximately one month after the Retreat
- Attend via Zoom
Graduates of this program qualify for:
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (SHRM)
38 SHRM Professional Development Credits
Being First is recognized by SHRM to offer 38 Professional Development Credits
(PDCs) towards SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®.
The use of this official seal confirms that this Activity has met HR Certification Institute’s® (HRCI®) criteria for recertification credit pre-approval.
HUMAN RESOURCE CERTIFICATIONS INSTITUTE (HRCI)
34 HRCI Business Recertification Credit Hours
This program has been approved for 34 Business recertification credit hours towards aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).
Instructors
Dr. Dean Anderson
Dr. Dean Anderson is an international thought leader, speaker, bestselling author, and strategic advisor to the C-Suite. For 40 years, Dr. Anderson has been guiding transformational leaders of Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies and global non-profit organizations to integrate the inner work of personal transformation and mindfulness with advanced methodologies that guides leaders in HOW to design and implement transformational change successfully. Dean is passionate about co-creation — the high-performance way of Being, working and relating that brings people of diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges and produce breakthrough results for all.
Dr. Dean Anderson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Being First, Inc.
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is a founding leader of the Organization Transformation field. Dr. Ackerman Anderson brings 40+ years of experience in facilitating and teaching transformational change in Fortune 1000 businesses, governments, the military and large not-for-profit organizations. Linda’s passion is to equip leaders and consultants with the capability to create transformational change strategies that produce extraordinary business outcomes while transforming leadership mindset and culture. She co-authored with Dr. Dean Anderson the seminal books on Conscious Change Leadership, "Beyond Change Management: How to Achieve Breakthrough Results through Conscious Change Leadership" and "The Change Leader’s Roadmap: How to Navigate Your Organization’s Transformation."
Dr. Linda Ackerman Anderson is the Co-Founder and VP of Being First, Inc.
The Being First Center for Achieving Breakthrough is located just outside breathtaking Durango, in Southwest Colorado
This is a quintessential executive mountain retreat center providing serene comfort and a classroom area for up to 20 leaders.
AMENITIES
- Classroom for 20 participants
- Six bedrooms with two master suites
- Full Wi-Fi throughout
- State of the art sound system wired throughout
- Full amentities for sleeping areas including towels and linens
- High-end projection screen and projector
- Multiple white boards and flip charts
- Gourmet kitchen upstairs and kitchen area near classroom for coffee breaks
- Tons of seating areas inside and multiple patios and seating areas outside
Explore the Center
During your breaks enjoy expansive views from the Center’s hilltop vantage point overlooking a large mountain meadow valley that is teaming with wildlife throughout all seasons. It’s common to see elk, deer, wild turkey, fox, many varieties of birds including hawks and eagles, and even the occasional black bear from the comfort of many outdoor and indoor areas.
Retreat Center Lodging
There are accommodations for guests to stay onsite. There are six bedrooms with two master suites, five baths, two different living areas, TV loft area, a fully stocked kitchen, dining room, and multiple decks and patios. For large groups, local hotels and world-class restaurants are just seven minutes away.
Durango, Colorado Outdoor Activities
The Durango area is a mecca for outdoor activities – skiing, snowboarding, hiking, fishing, rafting, boating, jeep tours and horseback riding. Your group has plenty of off-day activity options nearby – the Center is located within about a ten-minute drive of downtown Durango, Mesa Verde National Park is a 30-minute drive to the West, and Purgatory Ski Resort is a scenic 40-minute drive away.
Tuition Includes:
- 3.5-Day In-Person Retreat in Durango, Colorado
- All Meals During the Retreat
- Pre-Work Materials
- One-on-One 75-min Interview with Walk the Talk Coach
- One 60-min Post-Retreat Online Coaching Session​
- Follow Up 4-Hour Online Session
Interested in a custom program for your team or organization?
Leadership Breakthrough is always customized, built around your leader’s and organization’s most pressing agendas, like implementing key business strategies, solving market or customer challenges, innovating new products or services, or transforming culture. We help you apply what you learn personally to achieving your most essential organizational outcomes.
