Sparkwise: Explore Immersions

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

Crafting a convincing storyline

Turn your message into a compelling storyline that persuades

Solve problems critically

Structuring problems (part 1)

Break down complex problems into manageable parts using issue trees

Be a great people manager

Giving impactful feedback

Offer constructive feedback like a caring, thoughtful coach

Manage difficult conversations

Disagreeing productively

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

Create insightful slide decks

Crafting slides: messages

Structure your messages in slides for a clear, concise, and compelling delivery of insights

Manage up

Adopting a leader mindset

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

Make meetings count

Streamlining meetings

Streamline meetings and free up valuable time

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

Writing an executive summary

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

Build executive presence

Overcoming imposter syndrome

Dissect and conquer your imposter syndrome to free yourself from self-doubt and show up like a confident leader

Build executive presence

Behaving with gravitas

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

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)

Make others want to participate by making opportunities feel relevant, valuable, and worthwhile

Influence without authority

Motivating others to engage (part 2)

Make others want to participate by getting them invested and using encouragement

Manage difficult conversations

Shifting mindset

Get into a productive mindset for a difficult conversation

Manage difficult conversations

Preparing thoughtfully

Do advance planning that lets you enter difficult conversations with confidence

Manage difficult conversations

Managing emotions

Maintain your composure throughout a difficult conversation

Manage difficult conversations

Asserting & listening

Balance asserting and listening in difficult conversations

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

Tailoring management style

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

Be a great people manager

Delegating

Be thoughtful about what to delegate and how

Be a great people manager

Developing people on the job

Apprentice your team efficiently

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

Coaching your team purposefully

Strategically tailor your coaching approach by context

Improve team effectiveness

Promoting psychological safety

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

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

Top-down vs. bottom-up change

Consider the tradeoffs between top-down and bottom-up change tactics and strategize intentionally

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 critically

Defining the problem

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

Solve problems critically

Structuring problems (part 2)

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

Solve problems critically

Prioritizing issues

Create early hypotheses to accelerate problem solving and reach a good-enough answer fast

Solve problems critically

Maximizing impact

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

Solve problems critically

Reducing cognitive bias

Address common biases that impede effective problem solving

Solve problems creatively

Expansionary & contractionary thinking

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

Solve problems creatively

Breaking old thinking patterns (part 1)

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

Solve problems creatively

Breaking old thinking patterns (part 2)

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

Make meetings count

Framing & synthesizing the meeting

Structure and guide the conversation for maximum insight

Make meetings count

Human-centered meeting planning

Run meetings that move both minds and hearts of the participants

Make meetings count

Adaptive meeting facilitation

Facilitate your meetings dynamically to unlock everyone's best contribution

Drive decisions

Framing the decision

Overcome decision paralysis by framing the decision in different ways to clarify everyone's thinking

Drive decisions

Creating a decision-making process

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

Drive decisions

Cultivating alignment

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

Manage up

Managing your own capacity

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

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

Minimizing unnecessary rework

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

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

Prioritizing work

Prioritize your work in a structured way to work smarter, not just harder

Take ownership

Contributing in meetings

Engage in meetings, proactively and impactfully

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

Determine business value

Orienting around business value

Prioritize where to invest more time and effort based on business value

Navigate risky problems

Identifying risks in advance

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

Navigate risky problems

Managing uncertainties

Use scenario planning to create a robust strategy under significant uncertainties

Build your identity

Defining your unique genius

Elevate how you show up by reflecting on your strengths

Build your identity

Building a personal brand

Form a personal brand statement to communicate your value to others

Explore Sparkwise immersions

Leading with the answer

Crafting a convincing storyline

Structuring problems (part 1)

Giving impactful feedback

Disagreeing productively

Crafting slides: messages

Adopting a leader mindset

Streamlining meetings

Professional writing style

Crafting slides: visuals

Crafting slides: formatting

Writing an executive summary

Overcoming imposter syndrome

Behaving with gravitas

Building trust

Motivating others to engage (part 1)

Motivating others to engage (part 2)

Shifting mindset

Preparing thoughtfully

Managing emotions

Asserting & listening

Motivating your team

Tailoring management style

Delegating

Developing people on the job

Holding meaningful 1-1s

Coaching your team purposefully

Promoting psychological safety

Diagnosing & addressing team issues

Building empathy for each other

Changing mindsets & behaviors

Crafting a change story

Managing stakeholders for change

Top-down vs. bottom-up change

Creating change momentum

Sustaining change

Defining the problem

Structuring problems (part 2)

Prioritizing issues

Maximizing impact

Reducing cognitive bias

Expansionary & contractionary thinking

Breaking old thinking patterns (part 1)

Breaking old thinking patterns (part 2)

Framing & synthesizing the meeting

Human-centered meeting planning

Adaptive meeting facilitation

Framing the decision

Creating a decision-making process

Cultivating alignment

Managing your own capacity

Managing work holistically

Delivering end-to-end

Minimizing unnecessary rework

Boosting attention to detail

Prioritizing work

Contributing in meetings

Building cross-cultural trust

Tailoring feedback cross-culturally

Combating unconscious bias

Orienting around business value

Identifying risks in advance

Managing uncertainties

Defining your unique genius

Building a personal brand