Organizational Effectiveness, Training, Mentor Programs

Baraka Institute is delighted to offer curriculum based training, assessments, organization development and leadership coaching/consulting in the following focal areas:

Influencing Others: Leadership Development Training & Mentor Coaching
is an ideal path for those seeking a more influential role in affecting productive, sustainable change within their organization, profession and/or community. The Program’s flexibility allows for a custom designed focus based on participant needs and goals. Various assessments help determine the most suitable conduit(s) for achieving personal and professional excellence. Participants typically include: company owners, senior level executives, managers and team leaders and those seeking to grow their potential as impactful leaders.

Coach-Like-Leader Skill Development & Mentor Coaching
Some leaders and aspiring leaders decide to add coaching skills to their existing tools for greater effectiveness in communicating and inspiring a self-generating learning environment. Employing a stimulating, supportive relationship based on in-time feedback and real world conditions, this program helps prepare participants to assume the qualities necessary for orchestrating extraordinary outcomes. Participants typically include: those seeking to embody the power of coaching as a tool for creating and managing change within a company, including company owners, managers, HR professionals, OD consultants, trainers and team leaders.

Customized Assessments, Training, Mentor Coaching & Curriculum Development is a great route for those interested in a whole system approach to generating positive change throughout their organization. This type of coaching views a team, group or organization from a whole systems viewpoint, recognizing the numerous influencing factors on organizational effectiveness. It looks at the aspects of passion, motivation, empowerment, relationship to self and others, values, vision, and leadership. It functions on the premise that everyone possesses the capacity to contribute to the whole if appropriately inspired and given a suitable environment and the tools to succeed.

Organizations and companies choosing this approach may focus on a variety of disciplines including: change management, systems theory, team building, conflict management, business intelligence, strategic visionary processes, facilitation, and more. Participants in the company may include leaders, team leaders, managers and employees for a wholistic approach to change making that is highly sustainable. At Baraka Institute we believe in systems that grow to be self generative and self responsible for continuing to grow and tend to a highly effective learning community culture.

Customized training and development programs may include curriculum and mentoring on any of the following topics listed below. We highly recommend an assessment to clarify and establish the needs of the organization to maximize the return on investment. At Baraka Institute, we believe in integrating existing/previous training and development efforts to build upon and develop in real-time solutions for today's challenges and leverage the learning as tommorrow's tools.

• Team Building / Team Effectiveness
• Effective / Productive Communications
• Time Management / Process Improvement
• Crucial Conversations / Negotiations
• Effective Strategic Meeting Facilitation
• Strategic Visioning
• Succession Planning
• Talent Development
• Assessments & Evaluations
• Developing in-house Coaching Dept. / HR
• Leadership Development: Influence, Culture Development
• Performance Assessment & Mentor Programs
• Corporate Executive & Team Coach Certifcation Trainings

Creative Learning Labs
Custom Interactive Games & Themed Learning Opportunities Inspire your employees through our Creative Learning Labs (CLL). Each CLL is designed to deliver content while engaging employees in motivating tasks planned around company directives. The carefully crafted activities combine relevant knowledge with thought-provoking memories garnered through multimedia, interactive theatre/role playing and the use of music, theatre and film making in learning organizations. These labs are an ideal choice for team building and leadership development. They are also great for corporate parties, board development and more. Please contact us for a free design consultation and learn how we might ignite creativity and collaboration and enhance communication in your organization!

Our Style
Our Leadership & Organizational Development Programs are based on a set of core principles that guide our methodology and conduct. We value deference, harmony, genuineness, self-appreciation, collaboration and empowerment. These qualities aid us in providing honorable, effective coaching services.

We work with participants to determine the most suitable coaching path to meet their needs/goals.

We consider communities and organizations as a whole. We recognize that change in any given section of a system causes change in other parts of the whole and, to be maintained, that supports need to be in place for all areas affected by change.

We collaborate with participants to determine the best options to sustain the changes they wish to make. Our team may be adept in the coaching process but the participants are better versed in the requirements of their organization. Such a partnership – uniting both types of knowledge – yields remarkable results.

We promote a learning community approach. A learning community is a highly interactive group of people committed to furthering the well-being of an organization through shared information and resources. This type of network allows for greater communication and opens the opportunity to pursue common ground. It produces a beneficial melding of ideas, which can lead to greater efficiencies, and generates a shared interest in sustaining changes and completing/exceeding goals.

Become a leader of change. Pave the way to a better, more efficient environment through collaboration and communication. Contact us today for your free consultation: Phone: 503-241-2200 or Email Us