Maria Sowden-Weingarden
Maria Sowden-Weingarden Transformation Catalyst, Coach and Trainer. With more than twenty-five years of training experience working in a wide variety of public, private, health, educational and non-profit sectors.
Maria leads workshops that optimize individual competencies and bring spirit and values to the workplace. Maria's relaxed, lively, entertaining delivery style captures and maintains the attention of her audience. She delivers messages that are compelling, thought-provoking and inspirational. Maria has received praise from workshop attendees for her vast knowledge, exceptional communication skills, and keen sense of humour. Maria has an uncanny ability to read an audience and expertly tailor the course to meet the needs of the attendees.
As a Transformation Catalyst and Coach Maria helps leaders (existing, new, and future) get better results by helping them identify and change behaviors that limit their effectiveness. She coaches leaders to develop and leverage their skills so that they can maximize their potential as leaders.
Maria has a passion for inspiring people to realize their full potential, helping to create thriving careers while maintaining a focus on life-balance, health and well-being. She helps people clarity their choices in life by helping them develop a strategy to move from where they are to where they want to be.
Maria Sowden-Weingarden Transformation Catalyst, Coach and Trainer. With more than twenty-five years of training experience working in a wide variety of public, private, health, educational and non-profit sectors.
Maria leads workshops that optimize individual competencies and bring spirit and values to the workplace. Maria's relaxed, lively, entertaining delivery style captures and maintains the attention of her audience. She delivers messages that are compelling, thought-provoking and inspirational. Maria has received praise from workshop attendees for her vast knowledge, exceptional communication skills, and keen sense of humour. Maria has an uncanny ability to read an audience and expertly tailor the course to meet the needs of the attendees.
As a Transformation Catalyst and Coach Maria helps leaders (existing, new, and future) get better results by helping them identify and change behaviors that limit their effectiveness. She coaches leaders to develop and leverage their skills so that they can maximize their potential as leaders.
Maria has a passion for inspiring people to realize their full potential, helping to create thriving careers while maintaining a focus on life-balance, health and well-being. She helps people clarity their choices in life by helping them develop a strategy to move from where they are to where they want to be.
Building Better Teams
Teams are an important building block of successful organizations. Whether the focus is on service, quality, cost, value, speed, efficiency, performance, or other similar goals, teams are the basic unit that supports most organizations.
With teams at the core of corporate strategy, your success as an organization can often depend on how well you and other team members operate together. How are your problem-solving skills? Is the team enthusiastic and motivated to do its best? Do you...
Eye of the Storm: Navigating Through Change
Change is something that excites people who love opportunities for growth, to see and learn about new things, or who like to shift the status quo. Some changes, however, are harder to adjust to and lead to expressions of resistance and anger. We can take concrete steps to make change more palatable by understanding people's hesitation, enlisting the help of others, setting up plans, and managing stressors. These steps can also ensure that desired changes are implemented...
Self-Leadership
Self-leadership puts together taking responsibility for our outcomes, setting direction for our lives, and having tools to manage priorities. Self-leaders work at all levels of an organization. They are front-line workers in every possible role, middle managers, and CEOs.
Self-leadership requires a commitment from individuals to decide what they want from life and to do what’s necessary to get the results they want. This one-day workshop will help participants internalize the four...
Personal Productivity for Peak Performance
Time is money, the saying goes, and lots of it gets lost in disorganization and disruption. We also deal with a constant barrage of technology, people, and tasks that can contribute to that disorganization. Many people find that they flit from one task to another, trying to get everything done. In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to make the most of your time by getting a grip on your workflow and office space, using your planner effectively, and delegating some of your work...
Stop the Merry-Go-Round: Managing Stress Effectively
Stress seems like an inevitable part of life. The demands of work, home, and society can place a lot of stress on just about anyone. This one-day workshop will help you identify your personal stressors and will explore some ways to manage and prevent stress.
Cultivating Emotional Savvy
