Sparkwise: Topic Library

Communicate like an executive

Leading with the answer

Communicate efficiently by stating the main point up front, followed by structured arguments

Communicate like an executive

Using AI to communicate with impact

Improve the speed, quality, and style of your communication while avoiding common pitfalls with AI support

Solve problems with structure

Introduction to issue trees

Break down complex problems into manageable parts using issue trees

Solve problems with structure

Using AI to structure complex problems

Analyze the scope, nature, and structure of problems with an AI copilot

Be a great people manager

Tailoring management style

Understand your team's level of skill and will, and proactively adjust management style accordingly

Improve team effectiveness

Giving impactful feedback

Offer constructive feedback like a caring, thoughtful coach

Drive strategic decisions

Using AI to make better decisions

Improve both the quality and speed of your decision making with AI support

Create insightful slide decks

Crafting slides: messages

Structure your messages in slides for efficient delivery of insights

Communicate like an executive

Crafting a convincing storyline

Turn your message into a compelling storyline that persuades

Communicate like an executive

Framing conversations for impact

Ensure efficient work conversations through clear, concise, and compelling framing

Communicate like an executive

Speaking with structure

Offer insightful comments in an organized way during live conversations

Communicate like an executive

Professional writing style

Learn how to makes writing clear, concise, and compelling

Create insightful slide decks

Crafting slides: visuals

Use eye-catching visuals to convey information and make your slides pop

Create insightful slide decks

Crafting slides: formatting

Improve your slide hygiene to leave a stronger impression

Create insightful slide decks

Basics of executive summary

Craft a clear executive summary that summarizes and structures the overall presentation

Build executive presence

Overcoming imposter syndrome

Understand imposter syndrome and help yourself and your team show up as confident professionals

Build executive presence

Behaving with gravitas

Convey confidence—not nervousness or insecurity—with your words & behaviors

Build executive presence

Interacting with senior leadership

Shift your mindset and communication approach to engage senior stakeholders with confidence

Influence without authority

Building trust

Develop trust strategically by breaking it down to competence, closeness, and motive

Influence without authority

Motivating others to engage (part 1)

Foster participation by making opportunities feel relevant, valuable, and worthwhile

Influence without authority

Motivating others to engage (part 2)

Foster participation by getting people to feel invested and encouraged

Influence without authority

Moving others through inquiry

Elevate people's thinking by asking more powerful questions

Influence without authority

Establishing credibility

Inspire others' belief in you with confidence and authenticity

Resolve conflict

Disagreeing productively

Disagree with curiosity and tact to make the most out of your conversation

Resolve conflict

Asserting & listening

Balance asserting and listening in difficult conversations

Resolve conflict

Tailoring conflict resolution sylte

Adjust your conflict resolution approach by the nature of the issue and the parties involved

Resolve conflict

Difficult conversations: mindset

Get into a productive mindset for a difficult conversation

Resolve conflict

Difficult conversations: preparation

Do advance planning that lets you enter difficult conversations with confidence

Difficult conversations: managing emotions

Resolve conflict

Difficult conversations: managing emotions

Maintain your composure throughout a difficult conversation

Using AI to master difficult conversations

Resolve conflict

Using AI to master difficult conversations

Elevate how you prepare for, practice, and reflect on difficult conversations with AI support

Be a great people manager

Motivating your team

Inspire your team to do their best work by tapping into their intrinsic motivators

Be a great people manager

Delegating to your team

Be thoughtful about what to delegate and how

Be a great people manager

Instilling work ownership

Give your team the motivation and structure to perform well

Be a great people manager

Coaching your team

Strategically tailor your coaching approach by context

Be a great people manager

Holding meaningful 1-1s

Level up your 1-1s to better support your team members and deepen connections

Be a great people manager

Boosting performance with insight

Provide insightful support to help your team do their best work

Be a great people manager

Cultivating your team's growth mindset

Foster a culture of growth, resilience, and learning from setbacks

Be a great people manager

Tackling underperformance

Determine the right actions to solve low employee performance

Be a great people manager

Delivering performance evaluation

Thoughtfully prepare and discuss performance evaluation with your team

Improve team effectiveness

Receiving constructive feedback

Know how to process and make the most of the feedback you receive

Improve team effectiveness

Promoting psychological safety

Foster a team environment where everyone feels comfortable speaking freely and taking risks

Improve team effectiveness

Fostering a high-performing team

Lead teams through key stages of team development and maturation

Improve team effectiveness

Diagnosing & addressing team issues

Diagnose and fix issues that hold your team back

Improve team effectiveness

Building empathy for each other

Take a structured approach for your team to get to know each other and work better together

Drive organizational change

Changing mindsets & behaviors

Influence people mindsets and behaviors to kickstart, drive, and reinforce change

Drive organizational change

Crafting a change story

Craft a change story to build conviction around the change you want to drive

Drive organizational change

Managing stakeholders for change

Lead change by managing key players thoughtfully

Drive organizational change

Creating change momentum

Design and run small change experiments to build momentum for your larger goals

Drive organizational change

Sustaining change

Make change stick by weaving it into structured systems and processes of your organization

Solve problems with structure

Defining the problem

Clarify what question to answer and what factors to consider at the start of problem solving

Solve problems with structure

Building robust issue trees

Master the art of building issue trees from scratch both top down and bottom up

Solve problems with structure

Prioritizing issues

Narrow down the most important issue to focus on in a structured way

Solve problems with structure

Maximizing impact

Figure out and focus on what drives the most impact when problem solving

Solve problems creatively

Thinking outside the box (part 1)

Break out of fixed thinking patterns and unlock creative solutions using "subtraction" and "task unification"

Solve problems creatively

Thinking outside the box (part 2)

Break out of fixed thinking patterns and unlock creative solutions using "multiplication," "division," and "attribute dependency"

Solve problems creatively

Expansionary & contractionary thinking

Use two contrasting modes of thinking to be both creative and practical in problem solving

Solve problems creatively

Reducing cognitive bias

Address common biases that impede effective problem solving

Solve problems creatively

Using AI to solve problems creatively

Shape the definition of problems, expand the solution space, and improve solution selection with an AI copilot

Make meetings count

Framing & synthesizing the meeting

Structure and guide the conversation for maximum insight

Make meetings count

Planning high-impact meetings

Prepare meetings to move both minds and hearts of the participants

Make meetings count

Adaptive meeting facilitation

Facilitate your meetings dynamically to unlock everyone's best contribution

Make meetings count

Creating accountability for action

Establish meeting next steps with clear agreements

Drive strategic decisions

Creating a decision-making process

Set the right decision-making approach to balance speed, accuracy, and buy-in

Drive strategic decisions

Cultivating alignment

Strategically win stakeholder buy-in to bring the decision to a close

Take ownership

Time management basics

Manage your schedule intentionally to work smarter

Take ownership

Managing work holistically

Think of your work in simple domains—task, people, self, and orchestration—that make it easier for you to stay on top of everything

Take ownership

Delivering end-to-end

Take your level of ownership from good to great across all aspects of work

Take ownership

Boosting attention to detail

Minimize errors by freeing up your working memory, improving your focus, and create a system to reduce mistakes

Take ownership

Minimizing unnecessary rework

Create rapid prototypes of work outputs before producing full versions to align upfront and reduce churn

Manage up

Adopting a leader mindset

Gain more autonomy over your work by demonstrating leadership day-to-day

Manage up

Managing your own capacity

Balance enthusiastically accepting new opportunities with ensuring you don’t over-extend yourself

Manage up

Building & preserving manager trust

Understand behaviors that promote vs. erode trust between you and your manager

Work cross-culturally

Building cross-cultural trust

Develop cultural intelligence to foster trust across teams and unpack cultural values that define how people work

Work cross-culturally

Tailoring feedback cross-culturally

Adjust how you deliver feedback based on cultures

Foster diversity, equity & inclusion

Combating unconscious bias

Tackle unconscious biases that harm your team dynamics and effectiveness

Navigate strategic risks

Identifying risks in advance

Conduct a pre-mortem to identify and mitigate risks early on

Navigate strategic risks

Managing uncertainties

Use scenario planning to create a robust strategy under significant uncertainties

Navigate strategic risks

Using AI to manage strategic risks

Elevate how you identify potential risks and evaluate their probabilities with an AI copilot

Empower yourself

Defining your unique genius

Elevate how you show up by reflecting on your strengths

Empower yourself

Building a personal brand

Form a personal brand statement to communicate your value to others

Empower yourself

Combating your inner critic

Conquer negative self-voice that diminishes your effectiveness

Empower yourself

Adopting a growth mindset

Expand your opportunities and grow new skills with a growth mindset

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Leading with the answer

Using AI to communicate with impact

Introduction to issue trees

Using AI to structure complex problems

Tailoring management style

Giving impactful feedback

Using AI to make better decisions

Crafting slides: messages

Crafting a convincing storyline

Framing conversations for impact

Speaking with structure

Professional writing style

Crafting slides: visuals

Crafting slides: formatting

Basics of executive summary

Overcoming imposter syndrome

Behaving with gravitas

Interacting with senior leadership

Building trust

Motivating others to engage (part 1)

Motivating others to engage (part 2)

Moving others through inquiry

Establishing credibility

Disagreeing productively

Asserting & listening

Tailoring conflict resolution sylte

Difficult conversations: mindset

Difficult conversations: preparation

Difficult conversations: managing emotions

Using AI to master difficult conversations

Motivating your team

Delegating to your team

Instilling work ownership

Coaching your team

Holding meaningful 1-1s

Boosting performance with insight

Cultivating your team's growth mindset

Tackling underperformance

Delivering performance evaluation

Receiving constructive feedback

Promoting psychological safety

Fostering a high-performing team

Diagnosing & addressing team issues

Building empathy for each other

Changing mindsets & behaviors

Crafting a change story

Managing stakeholders for change

Creating change momentum

Sustaining change

Defining the problem

Building robust issue trees

Prioritizing issues

Maximizing impact

Thinking outside the box (part 1)

Thinking outside the box (part 2)

Expansionary & contractionary thinking

Reducing cognitive bias

Using AI to solve problems creatively

Framing & synthesizing the meeting

Planning high-impact meetings

Adaptive meeting facilitation

Creating accountability for action

Creating a decision-making process

Cultivating alignment

Time management basics

Managing work holistically

Delivering end-to-end

Boosting attention to detail

Minimizing unnecessary rework

Adopting a leader mindset

Managing your own capacity

Building & preserving manager trust

Building cross-cultural trust

Tailoring feedback cross-culturally

Combating unconscious bias

Identifying risks in advance

Managing uncertainties

Using AI to manage strategic risks

Defining your unique genius