7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
 Focuses on an "inside-out" approach to personal and interpersonal leadership development based on the well-known book by Stephen Covey. The program teaches that we must establish and nurture qualities of character in our personal lives before we can authentically celebrate meaningful interpersonal relationships with others. The 7 Habits include: "Being Proactive," "Beginning With the End in Mind," "Putting First Things First," "Thinking Win-Win," "Seeking First to Understand — Then To Be Understood," "Synergizing" and "Sharpening the Saw." Pastoral, theological and scriptural adaptations included.
Recommended length: 3 days
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TAXES & RETIREMENT FOR PRIESTS
 Addresses the differences between taxes for priests and lay people, what constitutes income for priests, key tax deductions common to priests, the benefits of stocks and bonds as investments, the importance of investment diversification, developing an investment strategy through retirement planning and the importance of personal savings plans. The facilitators are Wayne Lenell, CPA, PhD. and Mr. Robert Mesch, CFP.
Recommended length: 1 Day
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CONFLICT DYNAMICS
 Looks at the relationship between leadership and conflict resolution skills. Participants consider the distinction between constructive and destructive ways of dealing with conflict and 15 specific conflict resolution behaviors. Prior to the workshop, participants complete an online assessment of how they personally deal with conflict and following the workshop they have the opportunity for personalized consultation regarding their assessment scores.
Recommended length: 1 Day
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THE 4 ROLES OF LEADERSHIP
 Intensive program for councils and pastoral leaders who want to significantly improve their strategic thinking, long term vision and positive influence on others. The program helps participants identify and develop the four critical activities of a leader: "Pathfinding," "Aligning," "Empowering" and "Modeling" and how to implement these roles to achieve measurable long-term results.
Recommended length: 2 days
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APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY
 Addresses the essential role of priestly leadership in building a culture of life and hope within parishes and other ministries. It introduces Appreciative Inquiry as a powerful tool for enhancing pastoral life and ministry. This workshop includes 1) the principles of Appreciative Inquiry and how it can help the parish or ministry to focus upon discovering "what gives life" and envision new images of "what is possible" in creating a more vibrant future; and 2) practical methods for application in parish/ministry and everyday life.
Recommended length: 1 Day
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EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
 Helps participants improve their ministry by learning how to recognize, manage, motivate, and integrate one's array of feelings and emotions to enhance relationships. Participants explore the key aspects of emotional intelligence while examining the contemporary challenges clergy face in their personal lives and in ministering to others. The program offers practical guidelines of when and how to express emotions in appropriate ways, improve communication, enhance self-esteem, deepen empathy and increase self-confidence while coping with life's challenges.
Recommended length: 1 Day
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FOCUS ON YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES
 Helps participants achieve their highest priorities by providing a guide to how time is spent, planning and organizing. It combines proven productivity skills with an integrated planning system to achieve the things most highly valued.
Recommended length: 1 day
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HEALTHY INTIMACY
 Explores the sacred gift of human sexuality through three fundamental aspects of healthy adult psychosexual maturity; Identity, Intimacy, and Integration. Looking at both research and experience, the workshop discusses the challenges and the opportunities of spirituality in a celibate lifestyle and looks at the critical importance of a mature self-identity, including a deepening self-awareness and self-acceptance. It addresses healthy as well as unhealthy ways adults express intimacy in relationships and coping with loneliness such as "cybersex" and other sexual addictions and compulsions. The program can be a source of healing and wholeness both for oneself and those one is called to minister. Topics include: Images of Sexuality, A Model of Healthy Sexuality, 6 Dimensions of Psychosexual Development, Defining Intimacy, Obstacles to Intimacy, The Path of Psychosexual Integration and Ways to Nourish Affectivity
Recommended length: 1 Day
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COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT
 Focuses on diocesan presbyteral councils. Participants discuss how the council members work together with the bishop, their fellow priests and each other. It examines the practical principles of a good council and the functions and attributes of a good team. The program features the principles from the NFPC publication, Unity Among Us and the DVD Priests in Council.
Recommended length: 1 Day
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