The Base Experience with Agile EQ™ Workshop Package

WHY TEAMS BOOK THE WORKSHOP

Clear communication is the start. Staying agile under pressure completes it.

Imagine you manage a team of ten in a quarter where the plan changes every week. In Monday's meeting one colleague pushes harder, another goes quiet, and a third starts picking the plan apart. Each reaction makes sense from where that person sits, and none of the three reactions moves the meeting forward.

Miscommunication creates roadblocks, and emotional reactions under pressure drive the tension further. The Workshop Package gives your team a shared language for how each person works, and the emotional agility to choose a better response when the pressure is on.

PURPOSE AND KEY OBJECTIVES

What the workshop is for

Organizations book this workshop for a business reason: friction between people costs money. Misread messages delay projects, reactions under pressure turn disagreements into standoffs, and people who feel misunderstood disengage or leave.

The purpose of the Workshop Package is to help your team cut those costs, so more of the team's time and energy goes into the results your organization is measured on: productivity, retention and, in the end, profitability.

To get there, by the end of the four sessions participants will:

Your objectives may differ. Symphony 100 discusses these objectives with you up front. If your team has different priorities, the objectives and the emphasis of the sessions are adjusted to match. Results vary with each team's culture, participation and follow-through: results disclaimer.

WHY A WORKSHOP

Why not just read the reports on your own?

Imagine you lead a ten-person product team. Everyone has taken the assessment and opened their profile. A week later, most people remember their style, a few have explored Catalyst™, and Tuesday's planning meeting runs exactly as before. The team read the reports, but the team's habits did not change.

• A shared conversation instead of ten private readings. The team compares styles together, live, with polls and breakout discussions.
• Practice as well as insight. Guided exercises work on the team's real working relationships, including difficult conversations and feedback.
• A certified facilitator in the room. The facilitator answers questions as they come up and keeps every exercise tied to how your team actually works.
• Follow-through after the sessions. Each participant leaves with post-session resources and an action plan, and Catalyst™ keeps the learning part of everyday work.

THREE WAYS TO START

Which live workshop fits your team?

Symphony 100 offers three live online workshops on Everything DiSC® on Catalyst™ for teams that are getting started. Each one builds on the one before.

Try it first

Assessment & Profile + 90-minute introductory workshop

• For one person who wants to see the platform work before proposing it for a team
• One seat, one profile, one live 90-minute session with Frank

$250 per seat · profile included

See the introductory workshop →

The foundation

Base Experience Workshop Package

• For a team that wants a shared language and better working relationships
• Two live 90-minute sessions, 10 profiles and a team report

$3,500 per cohort · all-inclusive

See the Base Experience Workshop Package →

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Base Experience with Agile EQ™ Workshop Package

• For a team that also needs to stay agile under pressure
• Four live 90-minute sessions: the two Base sessions, then two on emotional agility, with 10 profiles and a team report

$6,500 per cohort · all-inclusive

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THE FOUR LIVE SESSIONS

Six hours, four sessions, one team that adapts under pressure

All four sessions run live and online on a private Zoom link and on the Catalyst™ platform, with polls, breakout discussions and application exercises. From time to time, a producer assists the facilitator to keep the delivery smooth and professional. The sessions are typically scheduled one week apart, which leaves time to put each session into practice, and the series is completed within four weeks to keep the momentum. An optional fifth session, on Your Groups and action planning, can follow.

SESSION 1 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC® FUNDAMENTALS

Building awareness

Participants leave with greater self-awareness and a clearer view of how their style shapes daily interactions.

1. 1
   Welcome and who is whoEach participant introduces their role and one tip colleagues should know about working with them, so the facilitator and the group know who is in the room.
2. 2
   The Everything DiSC® modelThe four styles, the two questions that sit under the model, and why no style is better than another.
3. 3
   Your profileEach participant works through their own Everything DiSC Workplace® profile: the priorities that drive their behavior, and what energizes and drains them at work.
4. 4
   Your colleaguesHow each style sees and reacts to workplace challenges, and how to recognize a colleague's style from everyday cues.
5. 5
   Wrap-up and a task for Session 2Before the next session, each participant compares styles with two colleagues on Catalyst™.

SESSION 2 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC WORKPLACE®

Applying DiSC® at work

Participants turn insight into practical tools they can use right away to build more meaningful working relationships.

1. 1
   Check-inWhat participants noticed about themselves and their colleagues since Session 1.
2. 2
   You and other stylesHow each style responds to conflict, feedback and collaboration, and how to adjust your approach to each one.
3. 3
   One relationship that mattersEach participant chooses a key working relationship and uses the Catalyst™ comparison and Get Advice to plan a better way of working together.
4. 4
   Practice in breakout roomsSmall groups rehearse a challenging conversation using what they learned.
5. 5
   Action plan and closeEach participant leaves with an action plan, and the team agrees how it will keep using the shared language.

SESSION 3 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC® AGILE EQ™

Your EQ strengths

Participants see emotional intelligence as a set of mindsets they can choose from, starting with the mindsets that already come naturally.

1. 1
   Check-inWhat participants noticed about working with other styles since Session 2.
2. 2
   Emotional intelligence as agilityWhat emotional intelligence means at work: reading the emotional and interpersonal needs of a situation and responding accordingly.
3. 3
   Your EQ strengthsEach participant discovers the mindsets that come naturally to them and the needs that drive those mindsets, and considers how to use those strengths in new ways.
4. 4
   The eight mindsetsThe full range of Agile EQ™ mindsets around the DiSC® circle, and why stretching beyond a comfort zone matters when the situation changes.
5. 5
   Wrap-up and a task for Session 4Before the next session, each participant notices one situation where their instinctive response did not serve them.

SESSION 4 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC® AGILE EQ™

Stretching and developing your EQ

Participants practice the responses that take more effort and leave with a plan for building agility.

1. 1
   Check-inThe situations participants noticed since Session 3.
2. 2
   Beyond your comfort zoneUsing personalized insights, video and discussion, participants practice new ways of responding to complex social and emotional situations.
3. 3
   Develop your EQEach participant chooses one mindset to work on and explores what will make stretching to that mindset difficult.
4. 4
   Action plan and closeEach participant leaves with an action plan for becoming more agile, and the team agrees how it will support the new habits.

OPTIONALSESSION 5 · 60 MINUTES · YOUR GROUPS ON CATALYST™

Your Groups and action planning

Sessions 1 to 4 cover the basics of each application. This optional session takes the program to the next level: the team turns individual insights into a plan for the whole team. Some teams run this session on their own; others ask Symphony 100 to facilitate it.

1. 1
   Your team on one mapThe team builds a group on Catalyst™ and reads the group's style mix, strengths and areas for growth.
2. 2
   Using Your Groups in practiceYour Groups is not limited to one group. Participants learn to build different groupings over time, small and large, as people join and leave: a project team, a leadership team, a new-hire cohort.
3. 3
   The intentionThe team discusses what the group view is for, and how the team will and will not use it.
4. 4
   PrivacyLearners who prefer not to share their style can opt out from the Privacy tab in Catalyst™ and change the setting at any time.
5. 5
   Team action planThe team leaves with shared commitments for how it wants to work together.

+$825 when Symphony 100 facilitates the session. Book a call to add the session →

A guide, not a script. The time spent on each topic varies with the group, so the facilitator adjusts the pace to your team. Symphony 100 also reviews this syllabus on a regular basis and adjusts the topics and activities to better meet clients' needs, so the outline above is subject to change.

What each person takes away

WHERE SESSION 1 STARTS

Four styles, one shared language

Everyone is a blend of all four Everything DiSC® styles, and one, two or even three usually stand out. No style is better than another: every style brings strengths, and every style has blind spots. Session 1 shows each participant where they fall and why they react the way they do.

Tap a style to see how it shows up at work:

WHERE SESSIONS 3 AND 4 GO

Most teams know how they react. Few know how to shift.

Imagine you are in a tense planning meeting. Your instinct is to push harder; a colleague goes quiet; a third person starts picking the plan apart. Each reaction makes sense from where that person sits, and none of them moves the meeting forward. Everything DiSC® Agile EQ™ helps people recognize when their go-to responses, such as detaching, controlling, or avoiding, no longer serve them, and shows them how to shift toward more valuable responses, such as empathy, self-assurance, or collaboration.

Eight mindsets around the DiSC® circle

Each part of the DiSC® circle is associated with different EQ strengths, called mindsets. No mindset is more valuable than another: the situation decides which one is right. Each learner's profile shows the mindsets that likely come naturally to them and the ones outside their comfort zone.

Tap a mindset to see what it means:

What powers each mindset

Behind every style's EQ strengths are psychological needs: progress and control for some people, harmony and reassurance for others. The poster shows the needs of each style around the DiSC® circle. Each learner's profile includes an EQ snapshot that names their own.

What the Agile EQ™ section of the profile covers

Your EQ strengthsThe mindsets that guide your interactions, the benefits and challenges that come with them, and how they shape your responses.

Beyond your comfort zoneThe mindsets outside your comfort zone, the benefits of stretching to each, and how much effort each stretch is likely to take.

Develop your EQBeginner, intermediate, and advanced steps for each stretch mindset, and an action plan for the one you choose to work on first.

AFTER THE SESSIONS

Catalyst™ keeps working after the workshop ends

Your Colleagues

Pick any colleague and see your two styles side by side: what you have in common, where you are likely to misread each other, and tips for working together. Learners use it before a first meeting, a handover, or a difficult conversation.

Group Continua

See where each member falls on spectrums such as logic versus feelings, or realities versus possibilities. The group spots its natural tilt and the perspectives it tends to leave out when it decides.

Get Advice

Ask for advice on a real situation, such as building a relationship, working through a tension, or getting buy-in, and receive tips written for your style and the other person's.

Learner privacy

Learners who prefer not to share their style can opt out from the Privacy tab in Catalyst™ and change the setting at any time.

Groups you can build with Your Groups

HOW IT WORKS

From order to action plan in four steps

YOUR TEAM REPORT

See the whole team, not just the individuals

Two reports turn the team's individual profiles into a picture of the group, and each one has a different job. The package includes the one you choose.

13 pages

Group Culture Report

FOR THE WHOLE TEAM · 13 PAGES · NO NAMES

Shows the team its culture: the distribution of styles, and how the group's shared tendencies shape decisions, pace, and communication. Because it names no one, you can hand it to everyone.

• use it in the team session and at offsites
• use it when a team keeps hitting the same wall

Group Culture Report · $150 →

17 pages

Facilitator Report

FOR THE FACILITATOR · 17 PAGES · WITH NAMES

Prepares the person running the session: each participant's style, group maps with names, and guidance for leading a group with this culture.

• use it to plan the session and pair people for exercises
• use it to anticipate where the group will get stuck

Facilitator Report · $150 →

Want both? Add the second report for $150 at checkout.

WHO IT IS FOR

Select your organization type

Tap your organization type to see why teams like yours choose the Base Experience with Agile EQ™.

Startups and scale-upsInvestors and portfolio companiesHigh-tech companiesResearch centersBiotech and life sciencesHealthcareFinancial servicesProfessional services firmsMultinational and cross-border teamsRemote and hybrid teamsGovernment and large organizationsMid-sized companiesSmall and family businessesEducationNonprofits and mission-driven organizationsCoaches, trainers, and consultants

PRICING

One price for your cohort

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