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The following programs are just some of the programs that are available. Please note that each program will be customized to address the specific needs and challenges that are facing your organization and your industry.

These needs are uncovered in an in-depth interview process that is included as a part of Joe's customization process.

For a detailed description of each program simply clink on the link:

The Power of O.N.E.
One of the toughest challenges facing corporations today is inability for their employees to take accountability and ownership for their work. The Power of O.N.E. is a groundbreaking new perspective on life at work. Using humor and real life experience, Joe will inspire your group to look at their work in a completely new way; a way that will change the responsibility avoiding behaviors in your workplace. The Power of O.N.E. Is a 60-90 minute program that will:
  • Ignite the fire in your workforce to achieve organizational objectives.
  • Instill a "team" focused mentality throughout the workplace.
  • Shift your corporate culture from responsibility "avoiding " to responsibility "taking."



The Power of SELF
The ability to connect to other people begins with your ability to understand not only your own needs but the needs that drive the behavior of your co workers, leaders, and most importantly, your customers. Most people stay in their comfort zone and can relate only to those who are just like them. This problem can cause internally between different departments as well as ineffective Sales people who only sell to people they like. The Power of SELF will:
  • Help your team identify their individual strengths and limitations so they can be more effective at work.
  • Help your people to function out of their areas of strength so that they can improve their performance levels.
  • Increase your salespeoples ability to people influence a wider range of clients.
  • Teach your managers how to identify the needs that drive their employees behaviors.



The Power of NOW
Managing time is a challenge that we all must overcome. Time Management seminars are filled with people who continuously struggle with this challenge. The Power of NOW is a new twist on the whole concept of time management. Joe will inspire your group to look at their time in a completely new way; a way that will change them to:
  • Increase their effectiveness so that they can get more done in less time.
  • Change the time management paradigm in your organization so that you will never have to go to another time management seminar again.
  • Learn the 3 keys to breaking the time management vice that prevents people from getting things done.



The Power of COACHING
It is becoming extremely difficult to attract and retain top talent. The number one reason employee's leave a company is due to poor management. Leaders who lack the skills to coach and lead their people set up a downward spiral effect that results in dissatisfied, demotivated employee's who are performing at a level well below their potential. Eventually, the good people leave and the poor performers stay costing your organization thousands of dollars per employee in lost productivity. In the The Power of COACHING your leaders will :
  • Master the 7 coaching skills that will transform your team from good to great.
  • Learn how to shift accountability and ownership back to the employee where it belongs.
  • Understand how to draw the highest level of potential from each employee.
  • Learn how to get communicate behind the behaviors to the thoughts that drive employee performance.
  • Develop a Performance ProView Plan for their employee's.



Closing the Gaps
Few companies truly understand that before you can close the gaps between you and your customer, you need to close the gaps within your employees and within your organization. Closing the Gaps is a high-powered, dynamic presentation that brings the whole concept of customer-centric down to the core of where it begins; the attitudes and perceptions of your employees. Closing the Gaps is a 60-90 minute program that will:
  • Shift the culture in your organization from problem focused to customer centered.
  • Create a shift in the way your employees work together as a team
  • Draw your organization closer together internally, so that you can close the gap between you and your market externally.



Are You Talking To Me?
Poor communication skills can alienate your employees, your peers, and your customers. This can lead to poor customer relationships that will eventually finds its way to the bottom line. Are You Talking to Me? Is a half-day experiential workshop that will dramatically improve your group's ability to communicate effectively. Joe will help your group to:
  • Become aware of destructive communication patterns.
  • Unblock the obstacles to effective communication.
  • Learn to listen beyond the words.
  • Learn how to use the A.R.T. of CommunicationTM to improve their skills.


The following three programs are available individually or as a 3-Part Series


Discover Your PURPOSE
Now more than ever individuals are searching to find meaning and purpose in their work. The journey to uncovering a purpose at work and in life are interrelated. The journey begins when you ask yourself the question: Why Am I here? Why am I here in this job, at this company and what does it have to do with why I am here on this earth. Joe Contrera will help your group to discover the answer to the question "Why am I here?" Discover Your Purpose will help your people understand:
  • What happens when you don't have purpose at work.
  • Two basic need's that must be met in order to find meaning and purpose at work.
  • How to identify their unique attributes and bring them into their work.
  • How to get beyond themselves and contribute to the overall purpose of the organization.


Discover Your PASSION
Passion is at the core of what drives our behavior. Most people believe that if they felt different about their work they would be more passionate about their work and therefore more productive. The key to being passionate about your work is to understand where Passion really comes from. Discover your Passion will:
  • Create a spark that will ignite the passion of your employee's for years not just for two hours following the presentation.
  • Help your people to not only sustain their passion for work but to increase their capacity for passion so that they can be more focused and more effective at work.
  • Unlock the 4 keys that drive their passion.


Discover Your PURSUIT
Pursuit is the "How" we go about doing our work. In order to be successful we must disconnect ourselves from those things that prevent us from achieving higher levels of success and responsibility. In order to truly be successful we need to connect ourselves to the truth about who we are and what we do. Discover Your Pursuit will:
  • Help your people to identify and remove those beliefs that are holding them back from achieving higher levels of productivity.
  • Help your people to breakthrough their fear so they can operate at a higher level of potential.
  • Shift from simply "aspiring" to be world class to actually "being" world class.





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