YOUR SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

“It is possible—in fact, vital—to improve organizational performance through culture change… Leading with culture may be among the few sources of sustainable competitive advantage left to companies today. Successful leaders will stop regarding culture with frustration and instead use it as a fundamental management tool.”

— Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng, Harvard Business Review

OUR CULTURAL APPROACH 

Leaders are often confounded by multiple failed attempts to improve leadership communication or elevate their culture. Why do such efforts often fail? Because developing a culture of empathetic leadership requires both art and science.

From the very first call with you, we listen closely and design a breakthrough strategy that reflects the unique challenges and goals of your organization. Our proven leadership methodologies are built from deep expertise in organizational change, behavioral psychology, cultural analysis, design thinking, and creative ingenuity.

The Antropology of Leadership

When leaders communicate, they create culture.

Through assessments and interviews, The Applause Institute team acts as cultural anthropologists to identify factors that contribute to the challenges facing your teams and leaders. Understanding what impacts individual or team performance ensures we address the roots of the problem, not just the symptoms.

Attuned to Change

In order to successfully innovate, teams and leaders first need a training ground for adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.

We design elevated learning experiences that move leaders out of their comfort zones so they can become attuned to change. Executives are immersed in a supportive yet unpredictable environment where it’s safe to fail fast.

Attuned to Change

In order to successfully innovate, teams and leaders first need a training ground for adaptability, empathy, and collaboration.

We design elevated learning experiences that move leaders out of their comfort zones so they can become attuned to change. Executives are immersed in a supportive yet unpredictable environment where it’s safe to fail fast.

Beyond Tips & Tricks

Your executives don’t need another presentation training!

Our curriculum is scaled to challenge experienced high-performers. From mid-level executives to distinguished senior leadership teams, we apply a range of teaching methods to provide thought-provoking, content-rich learning experiences for leaders who want to take their ability to influence and inspire to the next level.

Diverse Perspectives

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are key to drive cultural transformation and successful innovation across every industry.

We design curriculum to hear from every voice in the room. Gender, race, cultural background, introverts, extroverts, creatives, scientists…mining the diversity of thought in the room generates more ideas, stimulates collaboration, and allows leaders to consider a situation or problem from multiple perspectives.

Diverse Perspectives

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are key to drive cultural transformation and successful innovation across every industry.

We design curriculum to hear from every voice in the room. Gender, race, cultural background, introverts, extroverts, creatives, scientists…mining the diversity of thought in the room generates more ideas, stimulates collaboration, and allows leaders to consider a situation or problem from multiple perspectives.

Practice & Feedback

We are invested in growing a culture of practice and feedback within your organization so your leaders can build a more collaborative culture, perform at their best, and maximize results.

Your executives will have the opportunity not only to learn powerful leadership principles and tools, but also to get on their feet, practice, and receive real-time feedback from both our expert faculty as well as from their colleagues.

The Power of Stories

A well-told story makes a complex business idea easier to comprehend and gives meaning and nuance to any situation or challenge.

All our thought leaders at The Applause Institute are experts at bringing valuable stories to life so your executives can build compelling narrative that is brand-relevant, makes a memorable impact, and inspires deeper understanding.

The Power of Stories

A well-told story makes a complex business idea easier to comprehend and gives meaning and nuance to any situation or challenge.

All our thought leaders at The Applause Institute are experts at developing valuable story material so your executives can build compelling narrative that is brand-relevant, makes a memorable impact, and inspires deeper understanding.

From The Inside Out

Leadership presence is driven most by what executives are thinking and feeling in any given moment — their mindset. We all notice the difference between a leader who is stressed and one who is full of passion and purpose.

At The Applause Institute, we delve beneath the surface to teach your best people practical tools and techniques to manage their mindset to bring out their boldest and brightest leadership presence. We develop leaders from the inside out.

“Chi delivered outstanding communication training for the team. He took a group with mixed ability and turned them all into something great. Using a variety of techniques, Chi was able to install confidence and increase skills in all of us.

Despite it being a large group of around 14 people, each person felt that they had one-to-one support from Chi throughout the two-day training. I am now able to walk into any situation from boardroom to community meeting, and pitch my ideas with success.”

— Esther Foreman, Chief Encouragement Officer, The Social Change Agency

“Chi delivered outstanding communication training for the team. He took a group with mixed ability and turned them all into something great. Using a variety of techniques, Chi was able to install confidence and increase skills in all of us.

Despite it being a large group of around 14 people, each person felt that they had one-to-one support from Chi throughout the two-day training. I am now able to walk into any situation from boardroom to community meeting, and pitch my ideas with success.”

— Esther Foreman, Chief Encouragement Officer, The Social Change Agency

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