The Inside Edge: Mastering Emotional Intelligence for Real Impact - Exploring Sensitivity, Somatics, and Self-Awareness (6-week intensive)

Sale Price: $899.00 Original Price: $1,199.00

Theme:Transforming Executive Conflict into Strategic Alignment

Week 1 – Foundations of Crucial Conversations & Self-Awareness

Focus: Introduction, psychological safety, and personal insight
Objectives:

• Define what constitutes a Crucial Conversation and why they break down

• Establish coaching goals and ground rules for respectful dialogue

• Begin to uncover personal communication triggers

Assessments:

• MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) — uncover cognitive styles and preferences

• Reflection Prompt: How does your MBTI type affect how you handle conflict?

Key Exercises:

• “Start with Heart” activity: Identify personal motives in current/recurring conflict

• Executive journaling: Document current tensions or ongoing challenges

Week 2 – Recognizing the Stories We Tell Ourselves

Focus: Understanding emotional reactions and narrative bias
Objectives:

• Learn to separate facts from stories

• Identify personal “path to action” and cognitive distortions

Assessments:

• Enneagram — explore core fears, desires, and growth paths

• Use Enneagram to reflect on personal narrative habits (e.g., avoider, confronter, harmonizer)

Key Exercises:

• Map a conflict using the “Path to Action” model (See/Hear → Tell a Story → Feel → Act)

• Guided role-play: Reframing emotional stories into objective facts

Week 3 – Building Mutual Purpose & Mutual Respect

Focus: Creating safe space for dialogue
Objectives:

• Learn tools to rebuild trust and reduce defensiveness

• Develop skills to clarify shared objectives and long-term goals

Assessments:

• StrengthsFinder — uncover natural talents that can support collaboration

• Explore how personal strengths may help or hinder crucial conversations

Key Exercises:

• Shared Values & Goals Mapping (use real executive conflict scenario)

• Partner dialogue practice: “I notice… I value… I hope…”

Week 4 – Mastering Your Emotions in Real Time

Focus: Emotional regulation under pressure
Objectives:

• Learn tools to pause, reflect, and choose productive responses in tense moments

• Identify personal stress cues and self-soothing strategies

Assessments:

• DiSC Communication Styles — decode reactions under stress

• Practice reading each other's DiSC tendencies in conversation

Key Exercises:

• “Make it Safe” Toolbox: Learn and apply AMPP (Ask, Mirror, Paraphrase, Prime)

• Real-play session with pause/reflect coaching

Week 5 – Speaking Persuasively Without Provoking Defensiveness

Focus: Blending candor with curiosity
Objectives:

• Learn to state your path while inviting others to share theirs

• Practice making bold statements while maintaining psychological safety

Key Exercises:

• “STATE” Model Application:

  • Share your facts

  • Tell your story

  • Ask for others’ paths

  • Talk tentatively

  • Encourage testing

• Team scriptwork: Rewrite a current difficult conversation using STATE

Week 6 – Integration, Repair, and Moving Forward

Focus: Conflict recovery and sustainable dialogue practices
Objectives:

• Develop personal action plans for future conversations

• Learn techniques for mending strained relationships

Key Exercises:

• Reflective Dialogues: Conduct a structured conversation with a previously conflicted colleague (live or via coaching simulation)

• Personal Conflict Blueprint: Each executive creates a 1-page guide outlining:

  • Triggers

  • Preferred communication style

  • Best ways to resolve tension

• Wrap-up assessment: Revisit MBTI/Enneagram insights with progress notes

Optional Add-Ons & Resources:

• Pre-Program 360 Feedback Survey (to identify perceived communication effectiveness)

• Crucial Conversations Companion Workbook

• 1:1 Coaching Touchpoints (between group sessions to deepen personal insight)

• Recommended Reading: “The Anatomy of Peace” by The Arbinger Institute (as post-program growth)

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SHIFT: Interrupting Patterns. Reclaiming Choice. Leading from Within.

6-Week Intensive

Sale Price: $899.00 / Original Price $1,199.00

Theme: From Reaction to Response: Transforming Emotional Patterns into Intentional Leadership

This intensive is designed for leaders who know what to do—but find themselves reacting in ways that don’t reflect who they truly want to be.

SHIFT introduces a practical, embodied framework for recognizing internal patterns in real time and choosing a different response—especially under pressure.

The SHIFT Framework

S — Slow Down Create space before reacting. Even a brief pause can interrupt momentum and allow clarity to surface.

H — Honor What’s True Acknowledge what’s actually happening—internally and externally—without minimizing or avoiding it.

I — Interrupt the Pattern Notice the automatic response and choose differently. You are not required to follow your first instinct.

F — Focus Forward Return to what matters most in the moment. Not everything needs to be addressed—only what moves things forward.

T — Take Intentional Action Respond in a way that reflects your values, not just your emotions.

Program Structure

Week 1 – See It: Awareness is the Turning Point

Focus: Pattern recognition & self-awareness

Objectives:

• Identify reactive patterns in leadership and relationships

• Recognize early signals (emotional, cognitive, physical)

• Establish coaching container and psychological safety

Assessments:

• CliftonStrengths or DiSC (your choice depending on audience)

Key Exercises:

• Pattern Mapping: “Where do I get pulled out of alignment?”

• Trigger Timeline: Identify recurring emotional moments

• Awareness Journal: Begin tracking reactions in real time

Week 2 – Hold It: Creating the Space to Choose

Focus: Interrupting automatic reactions

Objectives:

• Learn how to pause in high-stakes moments

• Build capacity for emotional regulation

• Develop tolerance for discomfort without acting on it

Key Exercises:

• The Sacred Pause Practice (in-the-moment interruption technique)

• Somatic Check-In: Where do I feel this in my body?

• “Name It to Tame It” emotional labeling practice

Week 3 – Investigate It: The Stories Beneath the Reaction

Focus: Meaning-making & narrative awareness

Objectives:

• Separate facts from interpretation

• Identify unconscious beliefs driving reactions

• Explore identity, fear, and protection patterns

Assessments:

• Enneagram (optional but powerful here)

Key Exercises:

• Story Deconstruction: “What am I making this mean?”

• Belief Excavation: Identify underlying assumptions

• Coaching Dialogue: Reframing interpretations in real scenarios

Week 4 – Feel It: Emotional Processing & Somatic Intelligence

Focus: Emotional fluency and body awareness

Objectives:

• Increase comfort with difficult emotions

• Understand how emotions move through the body

• Learn to process instead of suppress or discharge

Key Exercises:

• Emotion Mapping in the Body

• Guided Processing Practice (instead of avoidance or reaction)

• Window of Tolerance exploration

Week 5 – Transform It: Choosing a New Response

Focus: Intentional communication & aligned action

Objectives:

• Translate awareness into behavior change

• Practice new ways of responding in real situations

• Align communication with values and leadership identity

Key Exercises:

• Rewrite the Moment: “What would aligned look like here?”

• Real-play conversations using SHIFT in action

• Personal Response Rehearsal

Week 6 – Integrate It: Making SHIFT a Way of Being

Focus: Sustainability and identity integration

Objectives:

• Build a personal practice for continued growth

• Solidify new patterns and responses

• Create a leadership identity rooted in intentionality

Key Exercises:

• Personal SHIFT Blueprint:

  • My triggers

  • My early signals

  • My go-to patterns

  • My new choices

• Integration Dialogue: Apply SHIFT to a real-life situation

• Reflection: “Who am I becoming as I practice this?”

What Makes This Different

Unlike traditional communication or emotional intelligence training, SHIFT:

• Works in the moment, not just in theory

• Integrates mind + body + behavior

• Focuses on pattern interruption, not just skill-building

• Helps leaders become self-led, not just better communicators

Optional Add-Ons & Enhancements

• 1:1 Coaching Sessions between group calls

• Pre/Post Self-Awareness Assessment

• SHIFT Reflection Journal (this could become your branded asset)

• Voice-note coaching support (asynchronous)

• Recommended Reading:

  • Crucial Conversations

  • The Anatomy of Peace

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Leading with Heart: Building Trust from Day One

Sale Price: $1,299.00 Original Price: $2,799.00

Designed for the new supervisor or team lead, in this workshop, we’ll kick things off with warm-up exercises to create an open, engaging atmosphere—setting the stage for the main event: You! You’ll share your story, highlighting the key moments that shaped your life and leadership. From there, we’ll clarify your expectations and what it means to be part of your team. As your team listens, they’ll reflect and capture their impressions, which we’ll explore together in a dynamic, facilitated discussion aimed at building connection, commitment, and buy-in. We’ll close with actionable next steps, leaving space for feedback and ongoing conversations in future team-led tag-ups.

This is designed as a half-day workshop, but can be customized to fit your needs.

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THE CLEAR Model: A Simple Framework for Breaking Down Barriers in Conflict

C — Check your internal state
L — Look for the real need underneath your reaction
E — Engage with curiosity
A — Acknowledge the shared humanity
R — Respond with clarity and boundaries

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C — Check your internal state

Before we speak, email, or “correct” someone, we have to ask:

Internal Questions:

• What exactly am I feeling right now?

• Where is this reaction coming from? (exhaustion, insecurity, fear of loss, feeling disrespected, feeling unheard?)

• Is this about the current situation or something older?

• Is my body telling me I’m threatened, overwhelmed, or overextended?

Why this matters:
This step reduces reactivity and moves us out of “fight/flight” mode and into “thinking mode.”

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L — Look for the real need underneath your reaction

Most conflict responses come from an unmet need, not the surface behavior.

Internal Questions:

• What need of mine isn’t being met?
  (clarity, stability, respect, structure, recognition, control, reassurance?)

• What am I hoping will change?

• What part of me feels threatened or vulnerable?

• Is this conflict pushing up against one of my values?

Why this matters:
When we identify the underlying need, we can address the right problem — not the symptom.

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E — Engage with curiosity

Curiosity dissolves 80% of workplace conflict.

Internal Questions:

• What might I not know about their perspective?

• What story might they be telling themselves?

• What pressures might they be under that I can’t see?

• What would explain their behavior if I assume they are doing the best they can?

Why this matters:
Most conflict escalates because both people believe they already understand the other person’s intention.
They rarely do.

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A — Acknowledge the shared humanity

This step is quiet but powerful.

Internal Questions:

• Have I forgotten that this person has fears, needs, hopes, and limits just like me?

• What effort might they already be making that I’m not seeing?

• If I assume they’re not my enemy, how does that change the conversation?

Why this matters:
A moment of human acknowledgment can break through defensiveness faster than any script or technique.

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R — Respond with clarity and boundaries

Once we understand ourselves and them better, we can speak with clarity, not emotional charge.

Internal Steps:

• State the issue factually, without blame

• Clarify the impact

• Identify what you need going forward

• Ask for their perspective

• Set boundaries or expectations if needed

Why this matters:
The response becomes less about winning and more about alignment.

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Speak Human: Escaping the Communication Jungle - 1-Day Workshop

A team dynamics experience that replaces frustration with flow.

Sale Price: $2,499.00 Original Price: $3,799.00

This is a one-day workshop designed to give you a broader understanding of yourself and your team members through the lens of the popular Communication Jungle personality assessment. The Communication Jungle assessment provides a fun way of discussing our unique preferences and styles as we communicate both verbally and nonverbally with one another in our work spaces. The knowledge gained will help you to discover when and how to adopt behavior to improve communication. You will have fun interacting with your peers in a safe and exciting learning environment, and you will leave with a newfound appreciation of the differences we have with one another.

This offer is limited to groups of 40 individuals or less.

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Critical Growth Audit - Threshold 50 Full-Time Employees

The number 50 is a critical threshold for several HR-related regulations, particularly under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and EEO-1 reporting. For employers with 50 or more employees, certain obligations and requirements come into play. This is also a critical time to start thinking about infrastructure, the creation of more formalized policies and procedures, and the development of HR leadership to support your company’s growth and agility. Let Integral Path be your compliance and strategy partner for the future of your HR department.

Book a 30-minute call with me HERE to discuss your critical growth needs.