Catalog - Topics and Pricing Overview

I can provide the following services to your team(s), from groups of 5 to 5,000. Mix and match services to create a program that matches your team’s needs. Booking multiple services/customized programs results in pricing discounts. 

• Keynotes and breakout sessions 
• Lunch-and-learns (1 or 1 ½ hours) 
• Onsite training (full or half-day) 
• Web-based training, including recording (1, 2, or 3 hours) 
• Single and multi-day retreats/intensives 
• Training and content development for SHRM groups
• 30 Days Toward Becoming Healthy, Productive, and Stress-Free Coaching Program
• The “30 Days Toward Becoming Healthy, Productive, and Stress-Free” Certification Program (coming in 2024)

 All training and speaking services include 4 weeks of follow-up emails. 

A La Carte Pricing

• Keynote/Breakout sessions: $3,000 per day
• Full-day training (3+ hours): $4,000
• Half-day training: (2-3 hours): $2,500
• Lunch-and-Learn (onsite): $1,275
• Web-based training: $750 per hour
• Retreats: regular training rate + $150 per person/per day (includes meals and overnight accommodations)
• For custom topics, there is an additional fee of $150 per hour for development. Typically, every 2 hours of training requires 1 hour of development. If desired, custom topics presentations and handouts will be branded and will become the property of the customer upon completion.

I do not charge any additional fees for equipment, supplies, or travel within the United States.

Standalone Topics

Break the Cycle

Learn how we, as human beings, have a tendency to develop and follow patterns of behavior (habits), whether or not those patterns are beneficial. These patterns must be broken in order to achieve what we truly want and need out of life.

Key points:

• The science of how behavioral patterns are developed and maintained
• The key factors which cause ineffective behaviors to be repeated
• Methods to change each step of the unhelpful cycle
• Tools that are essential to making long-term change

This topic is available as a half-day (3 hours) and full-day (6 hours) experience.

It is strongly recommended that either group or individual follow-up sessions at 1 week, 30 days, and 6 months also be scheduled to maximize and support the therapeutic change that will occur.

Essentials of Customer Service

Customer service is not just about task completion: it is about relationship development. And, sometimes it's difficult developing these relationships when the wants and expectations of others are unrealistic, they are behaving badly, or we are having a bad day. Learn how to provide exceptional customer service, to both internal and external customers, every day without burning out.

Key points:

• Recognize our opportunities for developing customer relationships
• Become motivated by our customer interactions
• Do not take bad behavior personally
• Develop a solution-focused attitude
• How to say “no” by saying “yes” (without lying!)

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), a full-day (6 hours) experience, or a multi-day intensive.

Forgiveness as a Business Best Practice

A sign of intelligence is one's ability to learn from experiences and apply this knowledge to future experiences. This becomes a problem, however, when a negative experience impacts our ability to effectively interact with certain people or situations because of residual anger, regret, resentment, or anxiety. Often, conflicts, "bad attitude", and negative morale are not due to what is going on with the current situation but, rather, are the symptoms of previous negative experiences.

Key points:

• The true meaning of forgiveness
• Let go of past issues that negatively color current interactions
• Set healthy and appropriate boundaries
• Become empowered in our outcomes
• Reduce the negative stress in our relationships
• Reduce chronic anger, frustration, and anxiety

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), a full-day (6 hours) experience, or a multi-day intensive.

Live Like a Rock Star! (without the fame, fortune, or having to get onstage)

Are you excited every day to be you (WOOHOO)? Do you believe you regularly manifest your natural gifts and talents (YIPPEE)? Do you believe that others value you and your relationship with them (APPLAUSE WHEN YOU ENTER A ROOM)?

Key points:

• Development of healthy and positive belief systems
• The real meaning of humility
• Dealing with guilt, shame, and feeling “less than”
• Identify your innate talents, strengths, and gifts
• Develop a healthy support system
• Learn how to deal with bad situations when there are no “good” options

This topic is only offered as a multi-day intensive.

Managing Your Productivity

“Do more with less” has become a common mantra in many organizations. However, this is often expected to mean you work harder AND smarter! Over time, this results in significant drops in productivity and morale. Instead, learn to develop a proactive vs. reactive process essential to sanity and productivity.

Key points:

• Identify true priorities and plan accordingly
• Ensure your priorities dovetail with your supervisors'
• Tame the e-mail beast
• Have structured goals and still be able to “go with the flow”
• Improve work quality by using time more effectively – not working faster
• Ask for help and resources without appearing unable to do the job
• Effectively create, communicate, and meet realistic deadlines

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), full-day (6 hours), or multi-day experience.

R U LOL? Basic Business Writing

Advances in technology have made communication easier and faster. However, this is not always beneficial, especially in the workplace. In addition, the rules of grammar and punctuation for the English language change over time. Learn how to write correctly, clearly, and concisely in order to become more productive, manage your time more effectively, and project a truly professional image.

Key points:

• The correct punctuation and grammar rules
• The difference between a “writer focus” and “reader focus”
• Eliminate writer's block and reduce writing time
• The differences between creative writing and business writing
• Reduce unnecessary or unproductive emails
• Become aware of the “tone” and image presented
• The formats and functional differences between different types of writing

This topic is available as a full-day (6 hours) or multi-day experience. Participants are encouraged to bring a writing sample (e.g. a resume).

“Say What?” Communication to Get You What You Want

Effective communication is a core skill of successful professionals. Unfortunately, in our fast-paced, immediate-results-driven world, thoughtful and effective communication is no longer the standard but, rather, the exception. Learning to listen and speak in other peoples' languages increases productivity, reduces stress, and enhances relationships.

Key points:

• Respectful communication vs. being “politically correct”
• Perception is reality: What image of ourselves do we present?
• The pros and cons of stereotyping inadvertent boundary violations that happen all the time!
• The power of listening
• The differences between verbal, nonverbal, and written communication

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), full-day (6 hours), or multi-day experience.

Turn Down the HEAT: Handling Difficult Situations

Learn how to manage difficult situations with assertive poise and confidence without taking things personally. Let productive options become the focus of the interaction rather than adding negativity. By objectively assessing emotional situations, it is also possible to minimize “stress contamination”: the negative residual effects of a stressful situation on other life areas.

Key points:

• The difference between objective and subjective situational interpretations
• The difference between taking something personally and developing personal insight respond to situations with a solution-focus rather than adding negativity to an already difficult situation
• Change blaming and dis-empowering patterns of behaviors and responses to one of assertive communication

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), or full-day (6 hours) experience.

“Who Do You Think You Are?” Excellence as a Choice

Excellence and leadership are very popular buzzwords in the corporate arena. But what exactly do they mean and how do we make them part of our daily lives? The concepts of excellence and personal leadership are directly intertwined, and it is up to each of us to identify and commit to manifesting the individual strengths we bring to our relationships at work, at home, and within our social circles.

Key points:

• The effect of self-talk
• How belief systems are created
• The impact of process-based belief systems of excellence
• Becoming proactive vs. reactive
• Directly impact our outcomes for desired results most of the time
• Create positive relationships through servant leadership

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), a full-day (6 hours) experience, or a multi-day intensive.

You, Me, and We: Meeting the Needs of the Individual AND the Team

Develop healthy and assertive conflict management skills to learn to ask for, and get, what you want and need. Learn to recognize what is most important to you and how to effectively communicate this to others positively, respectfully, and productively without feeling guilty. Understanding the relationship between individual and group goals is essential for productive and healthy teams and families. Learn how to effectively balance seemingly competing wants and needs between yourself and the others in your life: family, friends, coworkers, and customers.

Key points:

• What assertiveness really means
• How members of a group take on roles within the group
• The difference between being nice and being respectful
• The necessity of healthy conflict
• The difference between selfish and healthily self-centered

This topic can be presented as a keynote/lunch and learn, a half-day (3 hours), full-day (6 hours), or multi-day experience.

Specialized Topics

The following topics are highly specialized for the indicated demographic and provides therapeutic-level content. Please contact me regarding details and participation requirements.

Addressing Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue

Designed for professionals with secondary exposure to trauma (first responders, social workers, ED staff, etc.) to help boost psychological immunity, maintain emotional boundaries, and be able to effectively process and move through one's own response to trauma. 

Self-Care in Health Care

Health care is consistently ranked as one of the most stressful industries in the US. Health-care workers are also less likely to access wellness services for themselves. Secondary issues include reduced patient satisfaction and diagnosis, as well as increased treatment errors.

Self-Care in the Caring Professions

Research indicates that those who are in the helping or caring professions (teachers, pastors, therapists, etc.) report some of the highest levels of occupational and overall stress. Between rising expectations and reductions in resources, those who choose to help others are often the ones who need support the most.

Contact me for a more detailed description to learn how these trainings can best help you, your team, and your organization.

Improve the quality of your day-to-day life almost immediately with Grace's simple and effective step-by-step approach. Daily modules, worksheets, and Grace's unique encouragement will help you become more healthy, increase your productivity and reduce your stress level.

This online course provides manageable and realistic goals that are created with a specific, written plan, with daily tools to create achievable, manageable, long-term, and sustainable change.

This online program includes over 12 hours of video instruction.

Click here for the program outline.

Pricing: $540 per person, only $18 a day. 

Corporate discounts apply.

Stay tuned for upcoming developments and further information.

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