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Contents

Custom Design 1

Workshops 2

High-Potential Programs 8

Blended Learning 9

Leadership Express Series 10

Experiential Exercises & Materials 11

Keynote Workshops 12

Assessments 13

Books & Resources 14

Client Testimonials & Awards 15

The 10 Outcomes 16

The Pipeline 17

Bluepoint Leadership delivers some of the finest leadership development training in the world. We work with

organizations of all shapes and sizes, at all levels, to build better leaders; leaders who will have an impact today and

build a talent pipeline for tomorrow.

We believe that leadership development should be a career-long endeavor. People at all organizational levels can

significantly enhance their leadership effectiveness through the study of advanced leadership concepts, direct

feedback, intense learning experiences, accountability-based leadership coaching, and personal reflection.

Using a blended learning approach, we educate, train and coach leaders to use their natural talents to dramatically

accelerate their personal and professional development. We work best for clients who hold their leaders accountable

to create exceptional alignment, engagement, innovation, and productivity and believe that great leadership is

everyone’s business.

Our programs include a wide range of onsite and online leadership development workshops, a range of express

programs (90 minutes) that can be led by internal leaders, and a full custom, instructional and graphic design service

that allows you to build a program to meet your specific needs.

If you have any questions or require any further details about any of the programs and services in this catalogue,

please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected].

Best regards,

The Bluepoint Leadership Development Team

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Bluepoint designs world class leadership development workshops and workshop materials for client

organizations all over the world. In addition to our standard workshops, we offer fully customized

instructional and graphic design for our client organizations who are looking for workshops that leverage

their unique brand, incorporate their core values and culture and address their competency model.

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Over the course of this two-day fast-paced workshop, participants are guided

through a series of thought-provoking lecturettes, exercises, video case

studies, personal coaching sessions, action research projects and practicums.

This workshop is uniquely designed to equip managers with the practices and

competencies necessary to lead successfully at the personal, interpersonal, team

and organizational levels. It provides a strong developmental foundation for both

new and seasoned leaders.


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Bluepoint Leadership Development and Marshall Goldsmith have

partnered to create a very special leadership workshop. Drawn

from the very best of Dr. Goldsmith’s experience, research and

expertise, combined with our facilitation and instructional design

processes, this workshop challenges you to abandon your out-

dated ideas on leadership and learn potent new practices that you

can immediately use to inspire your teams and organizations to

dramatically higher levels of performance. This is new leadership

for a new day!


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An intense training experience designed to provide a solid foundation for

those seeking to significantly accelerate their development as leaders.

Through the course of the day, participants discover how Leadership

Emotional Intelligence is the primary determinant of a leader’s ability to

effectively influence others. They learn to recognize their own emotions in

a wide variety of interpersonal circumstances, respond to these emotions

in ways that enhance their leadership, become aware of the emotions of

others, and be a positive, energizing force within their organization.


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Great leaders make their voices heard – a comprehensive exploration of

the core tenets of great leadership communication studied through the

use of several video case studies of business, social and political leaders.

Participants learn to apply communication methodologies to key leadership

challenges such as organization change, strategy implementation and

operational effectiveness. And, learn how to use their natural leadership

and communication talents to immediately have a positive impact on others

in their organization and beyond.


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A fast-paced hands-on, two-day workshop where participants explore

the powerful Leading Change Model employing a wide variety of proven

educational processes to maximize learning and stimulate new ways of

thinking about leading change. Brief lecturettes, engaging exercises,

peer coaching, a confidential self-assessment, Coaching Power Tools, and

facilitator feedback create a dynamic, learning environment. Participants

identify the most important business and organization changes they are

facing and focus directly on developing the skills, approaches, and habits

that will have the most immediate and significant impact on these changes.


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If you are interested in delivering any of Bluepoint’s Leadership Development Workshops, we invite you to become a

certified facilitator by successfully completing a Certified Facilitator Workshop. This workshop will provide you with a

deep understanding of our models, exercises, experientials, core competencies and comprehensive instruction from

a Bluepoint Master Facilitator. You will also be provided several opportunities to practice delivering components of a

workshop. Participants will receive personal feedback and be provided with a full suite of workshop materials (facilitator

guide, slides, assessments and videos). Participating in a workshop is a pre-requisite for the Certified Facilitator Workshop.

TRAIN THE TRAINER

This 3-hour, highly experiential workshop has been designed to equip leaders at all organization levels

with proven approaches, skills and tools they can use to guide their team members through the challenges

and obstacles associated with significant organization change. Through a series of brief lecturettes,

interactive exercises, small group discussions, case studies and video clips, participants will:

1. have an opportunity to reflect on and learn from their own and others’ experiences with

organization change,

2. learn how to connect with and be genuinely helpful to team members who are experiencing

anxiety and powerlessness,

3. explore how they can communicate so that team members will have accurate and timely

information, and are able to understand the potential consequences for their colleagues and

themselves, and

4. study ways in which they can fully engage their team members in critical day-to-day operations

and focus on operational excellence in the face of an uncertain future.

At the conclusion of the workshop, participants will be provided with take-away tools that they can use to

immediately apply the key concepts that have been presented.


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This intense, six-month to year-long development program is designed especially for

leaders who have the potential to move through increasingly senior management roles.

During this cohort-based program, participants are challenged to seriously examine

their ambitions, talents and current leadership readiness, and seek out ways to shift

their performance to a whole new level. Through highly-experiential workshops,

personalized coaching, peer accountability trios, virtual learning and comprehensive

online resources, this program not only equips participants with the vital skills

they will need as they acquire more organization responsibility, it also helps them

develop a leader’s mindset. Participants graduate from the program with a solid

understanding of advanced leadership practices and master’s-level competency

in high-impact dimensions such as coaching, communication, innovation and

facilitating change.

S H I F T I N G G E A R S !. . . A C C E L E R AT E D D E V E L O P M E N T F O R H I G H - P O T E N T I A L L E A D E R S


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Bluepoint provides a wide array of virtual programs, online resources, webinars and coaching

support, all designed to create an ongoing learning path for program participants. Clients can

create their own custom Blended Learning Programs by selecting from the many options that are

available to support the workshop (classroom or virtual) learning experience. These include:

• Prework Videos – to help participants prepare effectively and maximize the benefits of

their program.

• Online Resource Portal – a client specific webpage that provides participants with

access to relevant webinars, videos and articles.

• Self-Directed Online Learning Modules – 15 minutes duration, these are designed to

help support client learning and application.

• Facilitator-Led Webinars

• Making Great Leadership a Habit

• Making Great Coaching a Habit

• Leadership Lessons – a series of 12 weekly follow-up lessons in PDF or video format

designed to help participants apply their newly acquired skills and behaviors

• Coaching – Individual, trio or team coaching options for continuous learning, application

and accountability.

• Leadership Consults – facilitator led, online group discussions.

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Comprised of short, yet highly impactful

workshops designed to provide participants

with leadership practices, tools and

methodologies that they can immediately

use back on the job. These 90-120 minute

workshops are not simply cursory overviews,

participants are quickly immersed in key

leadership concepts, then guided through

challenging experiential exercises that provide them

with the opportunity to rapidly learn advanced leadership

principles and acquire new, practical skills.

These workshops are designed to be delivered by internal

trainers or facilitators using the accompanying detailed

Facilitator’s Guides. Materials can be purchased as a complete

series of twelve workshops or as stand-alone sessions.


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Drawn from the best of Bluepoint’s leadership workshops these exercises are ideal additions to dramatically

increase the level of engagement and learning at any meeting, training event or conference. They are easily

facilitated but are not simply ice-breakers. Each exercise is designed to stimulate fresh thinking, challenge

assumptions, teach new skills or encourage important dialogue. Most can be completed in 20-60 minutes but can

be readily tailored to suit the time available.

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ES The Leadership encounTerAdvise the participants to:• see this as a particularly potent learning experience,

• listen deeply to the feedback given,• be candid and direct,• be sensitive and compassionate, but to not try to rescue

other participants, and• dive in and enjoy the experience.Instructions:1. Assign each participant to a station (4-6 participants to a

station).2. Advise the participants that they will take turns being in

the role of leader who will draw a card from The Leadership

Encounter Card Deck and use the question contained

therein to request feedback from the others at the station.

Cards are to be drawn from the top of the deck and

returned to the bottom of the deck.3. Anyone may request to be the leader at any time.

4. Each feedback round should be between 5-10 minutes

(facilitator discretion).5. Signal the end of each round and encourage the leaders to

thank others for the feedback.6. To add variety, shift the leaders who have completed their

turns to a new group.7. Participants can take on the role of leader as often as

time allows.8. Advise the participants that they can pass on giving or

receiving feedback at any time. 9. Provide the participants with 5 minutes at the end of

the exercise to reflect on the feedback they received

and make notes in their Participant Notes brochure.

10. Facilitate a group debrief discussion with these

questions:• “What was that experience like for you?”• “What did you learn about yourself as a

leader?”

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Leading with PassionGeneral: This card deck has been designed to help participants identify,

share and explore their current Passions (those things that

are most important to the participants at this point in their

careers and/or work). This is an excellent exercise to enhance

self-awareness, build trust and create significant connections.

Participants should be encouraged to be thoughtful, candid and

curious.

Suggested Timing: 60 minutes

Suggested Exercise Steps:1. Introduce the exercise. (5 mins)2. Conduct the card sort (see instructions below). (10 mins)

3. Invite the participants to complete page 2 in the

Participant Notes. (5 mins)4. Assign the participants to coaching trios and invite them

to discuss the Coaching Questions on page 3 in the

Participant Notes. (25 mins)5. Facilitate a debrief and class discussion (see potential

debrief questions below). (10 mins)6. Invite the participants to complete page 4. (5 mins)Card Sort Exercise: When you introduce the idea of Passion identification,

suggest to the participants that this is an opportunity to

explore what leadership means to them as it relates to

their basic motives. Why do they lead? Encourage the

participants to see their unique set of Passions as an

important factor in their approach to leadership.

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Gifts DifferinG: IdentIfyIng UnIqUe traIts & CharaCterIstICsSome important points to share with workshop

participants:

1. Considerable diversity in personalities is unavoidable and can contribute to or hinder the performance of individuals, teams and organizations.

2. The more we know about our personal preferences, the better able we are to utilize these to advance our leadership and interpersonal

effectiveness.

3. Our non-preferred dimensions often present excellent sources of personal development.4. We all have potential blind spots and personal

biases which can be uncovered through dialogue with others with significantly different personalities.

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Personal Values IdentIfIcatIonGeneral: This card deck has been designed to help participants identify,

share and explore their current Values (those things that

are most important to the participants at this point in their

careers and/or work). This is an excellent exercise to enhance

self-awareness, build trust and create significant connections.

Participants should be encouraged to be thoughtful, candid and

curious.

Suggested Timing: 60 minutesSuggested Exercise Steps:1. Introduce the exercise. (5 mins)2. Conduct the card sort (see instructions below). (10 mins)

3. Invite the participants to complete page 2 in the

Participant Conversation Guide. (5 mins)4. Assign the participants to coaching trios and invite them

to discuss the Coaching Questions on page 3 in the

Participant Conversation Guide. (25 mins)5. Facilitate a debrief and class discussion (see potential

debrief questions below). (10 mins)6. Invite the participants to complete page 4. (5 mins)Card Sort Exercise:When you introduce the idea of Values identification,

suggest to the participants that this is an opportunity

to explore what leadership means to them as it relates

to their basic motives. Why do they lead? Encourage

the participants to see their unique set of Values as

an important factor in their approach to leadership.

Introduce the exercise by advising the participants

The Leadership Encounter

An intense, feedback-rich experience designed to dramatically increase

the potency of conversations in training cohorts and intact work teams.

The Courageous Conversation

Designed for intact work teams at all organization levels that are seeking

to dramatically improve their cohesiveness and collective effectiveness.

Through the use of supplied cards decks, participants are challenged

to discuss several pointed Courageous Questions on topics such as

interpersonal differences, unsatisfactory interactions and potential

partnerships.

Gifts Differing – Identifying Traits and Characteristics

In this self-awareness building exercise, facilitators use card decks to

introduce participants to the concept of personality differences without

the use of assessments. Exploring how their personal preferences

impact both their relationships and approach to leadership as well as

their personality strengths, potential blind spots and likely biases.

Leading with Passion

Energize any team meeting or training session with this great passions

identification exercise. The Leading with Passion card sort gets

participants quickly engaged in the learning process and immersed in

profound conversations about what’s most important to them in their

work and in their leadership roles.

The Bluepoint Innovation Stimulation Kit

Designed to significantly increase the innovation effectiveness of

individuals and teams by encouraging the challenge of assumptions,

stimulating fresh thinking, and inspiring radically different options and

alternatives.

The Personal Value Identification Exercise

This highly-engaging card-sort/conversation exercise helps workshop

participants rapidly identify their most important values and explore,

in small group conversations, the impact of these values on their work,

careers, relationships and leadership styles. Participants will also have

the opportunity to discuss the implications of potential gaps and

overlaps with their organizations’ values.


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All Bluepoint Keynote Workshops provide the audience with a highly-engaging, interactive experience that

results in a powerful learning outcome for each participant. Whatever the topic, all Keynotes are designed to

be more than entertaining team building events. Participants are guided through a powerful learning journey

during which they are introduced to new ways of seeing, relating to and influencing others, and provided

opportunities to immediately experiment with and practice advanced approaches to coaching and leadership.

Through the use of colorful materials, image-based story-telling, modern movie clips and impactful coaching

tools, the Keynotes come alive for the entire audience. Titles can be selected from our library of stock content

or customized to support your priorities and culture, and can be designed to fit a variety of time slots, typically

in the one to three-hour range.

Popular speaking topics include:

Our speakers are highly-skilled leadership facilitators and coaches who bring remarkable energy,

enthusiasm and expertise into the room. Whether your group is numbered in the dozens or hundreds,

and no matter whether it is a management conference, association meeting or leadership retreat,

you can be assured that every participant will leave the session with new skills and tools which they

can immediately use to significantly increase their impact as leaders and coaches.

What excites you the most about the future of your organization?


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Bluepoint’s Leadership Assessments serve to document feedback, knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs – the core

component of these assessments is a series of 30-40 behaviors that are closely associated with leadership success. All

of this is very valuable information when considering how to develop the perspectives, competencies and approaches

that will increase the effectiveness of leaders at your organization.

A S S E S S M E N T S

The Leadership Feedback Report

Provides you with invaluable feedback on your current performance as a leader and advice on the most significant

changes you can make to increase your effectiveness in the future. This report contains detailed, summary and

comparative information on how others perceive you as a leader. The core component of this assessment is a series

of 40 behaviors that are closely associated with leadership success.

The Leadership Essentials Inventory

This report contains detailed, summary and comparative information on how others perceive the leader in question.

The major component of this assessment is a series of 40 key behaviors that are closely associated with leadership

success. Essentially, those selected as observers will indicate how frequently they see the leader engaging in these

behaviors. They will also provide commentary on how the leader has positively influenced them and others, as well

as how the leader can increase their leadership effectiveness in the future.

The Leadership Emotional Intelligence Assessment

Created to provide leaders with anonymous, confidential feedback on their interpersonal effectiveness, leadership

impact and development opportunities. Leadership emotional intelligence is the primary determinant of a leader’s

ability to effectively influence others. It involves recognizing one’s own emotions in a wide variety of interpersonal

circumstances, responding to these emotions in ways that vitalize one’s leadership, understanding and relating to

the emotions of others, and being a positive, energizing force within the organization.

L E IL E ILeadership Essentials Inventory

THE L E ITHELEQLeadership Emotional Intelligence Assessment

Confidential Report


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UNLEASHED! THE LEADER AS COACHImagine for a moment that you are the kind of person who insists

on seeing the greatness in others, challenges them to live up

to their own high standards, and holds them accountable for

outstanding performance every day of their work life. You have just

seen yourself as a coach! Today’s fastest growing human resource

development process is coaching. Why? Simply because it works.

In this thought-provoking book, Gregg Thompson, President of

Bluepoint Leadership Development argues that leaders need to

step up to a new role in order to win the war for talent... a war that

can be fought and won within organizations.

Leaders today need to be constantly

learning and developing in their roles as

team leaders, visionaries, and strategic

thinkers. This is the key to organizational

growth.

How do leaders do this? They do this

by continually empowering themselves

with impactful leadership resources

that will give them tools to serve their

organizations in deep and profound ways.

Visit Bluepoint’s Resources page for

complimentary leadership development

videos, articles, and webinars that will

significantly increase your leadership

impact throughout the organization.

www.bluepointleadership.com/resources

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2009/2010/2011/2012/2013Leadership Excellence magazine rates Bluepoint in the Top 5 for Leadership Development.

2015: HR.com - Bluepoint earns Top 3 ranking in Leadership 500 Excellence Awards.

2010 - Qualcomm Award2008 - Bluepoint wins Learning Leader Award for Best in Vendor Innovation.

“In my 36-year career with American Airlines, US Airways and now, the new American, there are a couple of projects that stand out as the pinnacles of my career. Going for Great: Airport Leadership Program is one of them. What started with a simple text from my boss asking me to be the executive sponsor concluded with a ground-breaking, best–in–class leadership experience. We partnered with the Bluepoint Leadership Development team who helped us create the 3 day program that provided our front line leaders with simple and practical leadership tools. The Bluepoint team was one of the best vendor partners I have ever worked with in terms of quality of content and design, classroom delivery, follow-up support and all aspects of customer service. They demonstrated a true desire to develop leaders who will help inspire their teams to restore American to Greatness.”

BOB CIMINELLI, VICE PRESIDENT, AIRPORT INTEGRATION, AMERICAN AIRLINES

“I am amazed that no one has brought the distinction between advice and coaching to our attention before. To begin with, I just didn’t get that coaching was not about giving advice. I am not sure that everyone else in the room did either. The conversations that followed unlocked the misconceptions that I had. It was a brilliant day and I learned loads. Thank you.”

“In advance, I was very critical regarding this course. Afterwards, I have to say that this course was really fantastic and that I have learned a lot!! Thank You.”

“It was a terrific session. I am sure it has immense value to the organization. The whole idea of the Leader As Coach is new and refreshing.”

AMERICAN EXPRESS PARTICIPANT COMMENTS

“Our experience with Bluepoint has been outstanding – from set-up, to delivery, to the dedicated service center and the ongoing support through coaching, they are an exceptional partner!”

CHERIE LOPEZ, SR STAFF LEARNING SPECIALIST, QUALCOMM


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THE10 Outcomesof

Great LEADERSHIPGreat leaders make a meaningful impact on their organizations. They challenge processes and practices that reduce the organizations effectiveness. They communicate in ways that create alignment, commitment and engagement. They confront others in ways that change attitudes and performance. And, leaders build purpose driven communities that are known for innovation and productivity.

Strategic AlignmentHigher performance and optimal

contributions of people, processes, and inputs achieving measurable results.

ProductivityA higher level of industry effectiveness.

AgilityPeople that are flexible

and energized by change.

ResponsivenessA proactive organization able to react quickly and positively

to changing needs.

Pervasive LeadershipA wide spread positive leadership style.

EngagementFully involved people that bring

their “A” game to work everyday.

RetentionPeople willing to stay with

the organization through the ebbs and flows of business.

InnovationPeople that are stimulated and supply a steady stream of ideas,

change and improvement.CollaborationPeople working together

for organizational success.

Talent DevelopmentAn organization known to foster

exceptional talent and development.


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Individual

Contributors

Leader As Coach*

The Coaching Essentials*

Leadership Essentials

Advanced Coaching Skills*

Executive Leadership Essentials

BreakOut!

The Leader Within

The Leader Speaks

Leading Change

Master Coach Certification*

Leading in Tough Times

The Leadership Express Series

Shifting Gears - High Potentials

Emerging Leaders Team Leaders Business Leaders Enterprise Leaders

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