What you will learn:
Go beyond surface-level team building in this interactive, deeply engaging Elective.
In this Elective your teams will: connect courageously by discovering their shared human experiences with each other, participate in actually authentic conversations, and walk away with social-emotional tools which will have a lasting impact on your team's internal culture.
This 60-minute class is designed to provide a psychologically safe environment so that everyone on your team, from your most socially-avoidant introvert to your oversharing colleague, turns on their camera & mic to courageously connect.
HR leaders and Forbes Magazine agree that employees' connection is crucial for any business. Employee retention and engagement are linked to the amount of opportunities teams are provided to meet each other at a human level.
Sign up and help your team find, what you already know to be true, that we are all in this together!
About the instructor:
Sophia Koehler-Derrick (she/her) is a former educator turned educational consultant with over 8 years of experience serving in New York City public schools. As a Social-Emotional Learning Coach/Teacher in Brooklyn, she curated the conditions for her school community to connect authentically & compassionately.
As a consultant, Sophia is passionate about providing research-based social-emotional tools and building psychologically safe spaces to positively impact workplace communities and their internal cultures. Her expertise Is creating calm within high-stress environments (imagine all your middle school feels X 30) to every room where she facilitates.
Sophia holds a master’s degree in Special Education from Brooklyn College. She was Teach for America’s 2019 Spotlight Teacher and is a Certified Meditation Teacher from Nalanda Institute For Contemplative Science. She founded her Educational Consulting Company, Internal Light LLC, in 2019 and has since had the opportunity to work with teams globally from the corporate and nonprofit sectors.
Sophia is a proud New York City transplant who is also Midwest Certified “Indiana-Nice.” She meditates (every-damn-day), drinks her whiskey neat (always), and is humbled by how her stubbornness is no match for that of her toddler son (most days).
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Suggested Length:60 min(Flexible)
# of Employees: Flexible
Delivery: Live via Zoom
Available Formats:
- Keynote Followed by Q&A
- Lecture with Discussion
- Interactive Workshop
What employees are saying:
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Sophia is a master facilitator. She was so cool, deep, reflective, safe and engaging. Everyone was engaged! (Which is rare). This felt meaningful -- and honestly such a cool opportunity for teams to connect with one another and learn some really neat zoom tricks to utilize moving forward.
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Absolutely fantastic use of zoom to create psychological safety--recommend for any teams that need some re-connection opportunity.
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