The “old story” way of managing and leading is the “mechanistic” view that people are like machines. They are behaviorally controlled through a system of rewards and punishment, to get the outcome we want. The “new story” perspective is that people are naturally creative and resourceful, and are intrinsically motivated out of a sense of purpose, through using their natural gifts, and through caring – not controlling – relationships. This perspective is at the heart of “Unleashing People’s Best Selves.”

We have three focuses to help Unleash People’s Best Selves.

Leadership Development

Oasis helps new and established leaders find your ambitious goal and commit to speaking and acting from it. Our training helps people hold conversations that will make a difference to creating the future you want, while promoting accountability and community. Leaders learn powerful ways to communicate, collaborate and advocate.

This approach supports everyone to develop their leadership abilities from wherever they stand, for greater employee satisfaction, retention, performance and innovation.

Leadership development training follows a basic model that is tailored to your needs.

Management skills training and coaching covering areas such as how to delegate and give feedback effectively, are also available.

We help leaders, managers and supervisors
develop communication, coaching* and engagement skills to help you lead.

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Building on Natural Strengths

Identifying and using your natural strengths, is a powerful way to unleash the creative potential of people, and find the “zone” of enhanced performance. Supporting your people to use their natural strengths is a leadership tool to increase personal satisfaction, employee retention and organizational performance.

Pioneered by Martin Seligman and The Gallup Organization,
Oasis incorporates a strengths–based approach in our leadership development, coaching and throughout our work.

Improving Personal Performance

Improving performance depends on understanding what is shaping current performance. Sometimes an individual is not suited to a particular job, or the way his or her manager communicates and delegates, creates resistance. In other cases, employees need to develop new skills. We collaboratively assess, then help you develop the conditions and skills for unleashing your own or others’ positive performance and new habits.

“360 feedback” is an available assessment tool to strengthen performance and build leadership capability. 360 feedback provides the manager or coachee with input from a range of people in your professional and personal life to help you see yourself more clearly and chart a path of development. This tool is structured in a safe way that is intended for personal use, not for performance evaluation purposes.

Resources to Unleash People’s Best Selves
and improve performance include
Kouzes and Posner, Diana Whitney and Peter Block.