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Lectures/Workshops
Having completed a Masters degree in Experiential Education, I understand the value of creating powerful and interactive workshops. With over 40 hours of programs written, tested and ready to go and having over 20 years teaching experience, I consider myself an expert in engaging participants in self-development, inspiration and motivation. Whether creating a dynamic career or seeking balance in one's personal life, there's likely a program for it! If you have a special need or request, I am happy to explore other options with you!
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In Search of Work / Life Balance: The Bold Adventure
Are you in search of the elusive work/life balance that everyone’s talking about or have you written it off as a myth? Amidst the daily chaos of life it can seem impossible; however, there’s a way.
Gain insight to what motivates and inspires you, creating a greater sense of fulfillment personally and professionally. Understand the urgency of aligning your daily choices with your greater life vision, as well as simple steps to begin. Consider what it would be like to live excellence and truly make life an adventure worth living for.
Key learnings:
- Re-discover what truly nourishes you and keeps you focused
- Aligning with key priorities for greatest impact
- How your being “out of balance” affects more than just you
- Understand that where you “dwell” in your mind determines your experience
- Tools to rebalance daily
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Reconnecting with Inspiration: Using Inspiration as an Anchor
As professionals you are managing multiple aspects of yourself constantly. You may play the role of wife, mother, administrator, or support person while trying to integrate the drive to be successful, the desire to make a difference, the question of whether you are on your “path,” and the concern whether you are fulfilling your deepest desires. No wonder we often get tired or discouraged!
Key learnings:
- Understand your values and priorities and learn what brings you joy, strength and grace
- Learn tools that re-inspire -- the simple things, work, family, opportunities
- Techniques for raising awareness of your inner critic and choosing inspiration
- Methods to enhance your “environments” that pull you forward (people, places, things, movies, books, music, etc.)
- What it means to truly “nourish” yourself and the professional and personal results of doing so.
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Mindset and Attitude: The Immense Power of Thought
When someone said that attitude is everything, it couldn’t be truer. Have you ever met someone who has experienced significant achievement who didn’t believe in themselves or their vision? Unlikely. Your life can only be as great as you believe it will be. I’ll share the secrets of the connection between your thoughts and your level of success and fulfillment; how to take back the reigns of your “busy brain” and train your mind to work for you, no matter what’s happening.
Key learnings:
- How to notice what you’re focused on and re-direct your thoughts toward success
- Techniques to eliminate fear, resistance and negative thinking
- Top 5 ways a negative mindset creates negative results
- How creating reserves can set you up for success on challenging days
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Say What? The Ins and Outs of Communication and Conflict
If you’ve ever felt unspoken tension between yourself and a coworker, struggled with offering corrective feedback (and watched the situation escalate as you postponed the discussion) or wished that your needs were being better met, you’ve faced communication challenge. This program will illuminate “secrets,” tools, and techniques to deepen and strengthen your relationships at work and home.
Key learnings:
- Determine where you are on a scale of effective communication
- Identify opportunities to improve communication and become a more valued team member
- Tools to disarm a potentially heated “conflict” and prevent miscommunication.
- Ways to ensure that people actually hear what you mean rather than interpreting your ideas incorrectly.
- How to draw out the truth rather than making up stories.
- Techniques to express your needs without seeming like a bulldog.
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Delivering on “Yes”: Boundaries for Success
I’ll show you what it means to have reserves, how to know what’s right for you and how to stay on track. Being a devoted employee, parent or wife does not translate to “give yourself away.” Ever notice that the people at the top have no problem asking for what they want? It’s no accident. Learn your best tools for maximizing your success while clearing out old roles or patterns that no longer match your life and goals.
Key learnings:
- Various methods of saying “no thanks” that maintain relationships
- The red flag words, “Should, could, would” and what to do with them
- Identifying boundary-challenged areas: work, self, relationships, health and steps to address them
- Re-training your patterns and loved ones
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Get Focused! Simple Tools. Dynamic Outcomes.
How well do you really listen in conversation? When you eat a meal, do you truly taste it? Why is multi-tasking not really more efficient?
Being “present” in a moment is perhaps one of the most challenging, powerful and rewarding tools we can use in our lives. Learn simple, yet deep, questions and learn techniques to take control of “busy brain” and immerse in the present. This dramatically impacts your personal and professional relationships, and your level of contribution to outcomes and leadership.
Key learnings:
- Methods to get and stay focused
- Simple techniques to reduce stress
- How to clear your mind so you can sleep better
- Improving non-verbal communication to hold a powerful presence
- Enhancing the senses for greater personal and professional awareness
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Crafting a Compelling Vision: Designing a Life Worth Living
Make the distinction between thinking about something vs. living your life towards your vision.
Understand the power of getting clear about your goals and intentions, as well as the stumbling blocks of typical goal setting. Leverage excitement for sustainable commitment begin to assemble a compelling vision that pulls you into action in your life.
Key learnings:
- Simple tools to stay on track with your goals
- Techniques for choosing goals that inspire you
- The distinction between an “okay” life and a compelling one
- How being intentional about life creates a sense of freedom and contribution
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Please contact Robin Peglow for program rates.
Representative Client List
Association for Experiential Education
Coors Brewing Company
Museum of National Science
Alliance of Professional Women
Centura Health
University of Colorado Music School
Institute for Integrative Nutrition:
Fox 31 News
Alliance of Professional Women
OMNI Research and Training
Colorado Women’s Forum for Health Administrators
Women of Cherry Creek
Edward Jones- Women’s Enrichment Seminar
DU Daniel School of Business presenting to ECC (Environmental Chemical Corporation)
KPMG
Society of American Military Engineers
ECC- Environmental Chemical Corporation
CBeyond Telecommunications
Facilitation Experience
Camp Echo Lake-Residential Summer camp (450 campers, 200 staff for 8 weeks)
- Waterfront and Program Director: Trained and managed 10-20 International staff 1990-2000
- Recruiter-hired and created orientation programs for 200 staff annually 1997-2000
Wilderness Ventures
- Outdoor leader/facilitator- Two 3 week backcountry programs for teens
Women’s Yoga and Inspiration Retreat
- Organized, created and facilitated all aspects of 2-day retreat for 10 women, July ‘05
Access Your Power Within™ -12 Principles for Juicy, Soulful Living
- 18 hour women’s series-Programs since ’03 –“Graduated” over 100 women
Yoga practitioner and instructor
- Practicing since 1997, teaching private and group classes since 2001.
Related Training
American Red Cross
- Certified as Swimming, First Aid, CPR and Lifeguard Teacher for 15 years
State University of New York at Geneseo
- Four years of leadership and staff development training in residence life, R.A, and R.D.
Project Adventure Facilitator Training
- Leadership and ropes course facilitator certification program
Prescott College, M.A. in Experiential and Adventure Education,
- Thesis focused on how to transfer learning and create lasting change from the learning environment into life.
Alliance of Professional Women
- Board member 2005 to present
Overall Benefits of Seminars and Life Coaching
Benefits to Individuals
- Increased sense of confidence
- Positive action based on inspiration and motivation
- Greater sense of self
- Deeper understanding and vision of their potential
- Increased motivation and understanding of how to stay in “the game”
- A sense of connection amongst women—shared experiences, challenges, resources
- Specific tools to manage their lives—health, wellness, attitude, communication
- Positive and empowered attitude to choose
- Techniques to reduce illness and burnout
- A touch of bliss!
Benefits to Organization
- Stronger sense of community within the organization
- Increased morale amongst staff
- Higher level of commitment to professional goals
- Reduced burnout
- Potential to reduce turnover rate and related expenses
- Helps close the gap between expectations and outcomes
- An accountability partner for F.A.’s can increase performance
The statistics
- An International Coaching Federation survey of coaching clients found that most coaching clients asked for help with time management, career, business and relationships. More than 50% experienced greater self-awareness, higher self confidence, improved goal setting and results. 40% felt it enhanced communication skills. Over 50% said they had a more balanced life. More than 25% felt that coaching had helped them increase their income.
- 98.5% said their investment was well worth it.
- The International Personnel Management Association research into training and development showed that employee productivity, following training, increased by just over 22% whereas training combined with coaching produces an increase in productivity of 88%.
- A Metrix Global Study of a Fortune 500 company determined that coaching produced a return on investment (ROI) of 529%.
- Manchester, Inc. study reported a return of $6 for every dollar spent on coaching. Improvement was made in bottom-line profitability, productivity, quality, organizational strength, customer service, reducing company complaints, retaining executives, and cost reductions.
- The International Coach Federation reported that individuals experience the following outcomes as a result of working with a coach:
- Increased self-awareness 67%
- Lower stress levels 57%
- Setting better goals 62%
- Self-discovery 53%
- More balanced life 60%
- Self-confidence 52%
- study completed in 2001 by Triad, reports an almost ten to one return on investment rate for coaching services. Key findings included company savings of $100,000 in the form of retained personnel, $250,000 increased sales results due to managers working more effectively with their direct reports, $100,000 savings in reduced erosion in customer based revenues and customer satisfaction. (Independent study conducted by Triad; "Impact Evaluation Report on the Coaching.com Intervention (Client Name)" October 2001)
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