The Base Experience with Management Workshop Package

WHY ORGANIZATIONS BOOK THE WORKSHOP

Great managers aren't born. They're developed.

Imagine you promoted your best engineer to lead a team of six. She hands every person the same brief in the same way. One person feels micromanaged, another feels left alone, and a third has quietly stopped raising problems. Your new manager knows what needs to be done. She has not yet learned how to adapt her approach to each person.

Most managers are in the same position. The Workshop Package gives your managers a shared language for how each person works, then applies it to the everyday work of managing: directing and delegating, motivating, developing each team member, and working with their own manager.

PURPOSE AND KEY OBJECTIVES

What the workshop is for

Organizations book this workshop for a business reason: friction between people costs money. A manager who directs every person the same way loses time to rework, misses what motivates each person, and watches good people disengage or leave.

The purpose of the Workshop Package is to help your managers cut those costs, so more of each 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 five 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 and managers who 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 Management Workshop Package

• For managers who need to adapt their approach to each person they manage
• Five live 90-minute sessions: the two Base sessions, then three on managing, with 10 profiles and a team report

$7,750 per cohort · all-inclusive

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THE FIVE LIVE SESSIONS

Five sessions that turn insight into everyday management

All five sessions, seven and a half hours in total, 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, so the series keeps its momentum. An optional sixth 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® MANAGEMENT

Your management style

Managers see how their own style shapes the way they manage, and start reading the people they lead.

1. 1
   Check-inWhat participants noticed about working with other styles since Session 2.
2. 2
   Your management styleEach manager learns about their DiSC® management style and the priorities that drive their approach to the work.
3. 3
   What energizes and drains youIn small groups, managers explore the responsibilities that energize them and the ones that drain them through the day.
4. 4
   Reading your direct reportsA short refresher on recognizing styles, this time applied to the people each manager leads.
5. 5
   Wrap-up and a task for Session 4Before the next session, each manager notes how two direct reports respond to the way work is handed to them.

SESSION 4 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC® MANAGEMENT

Directing, delegating and motivating

Managers adapt how they hand off work and how they motivate, one direct report at a time.

1. 1
   Check-inWhat managers noticed about their direct reports since Session 3.
2. 2
   Direct and delegateManagers discuss their natural strengths and challenges when directing and delegating, and customize their approach to specific direct reports.
3. 3
   MotivationManagers look at the environment they create for the people they manage, and how to tailor that environment to each direct report.
4. 4
   Wrap-up and a task for Session 5Each manager tries one change in how they delegate to, or motivate, one person.

SESSION 5 · 90 MINUTES · EVERYTHING DiSC® MANAGEMENT

Developing talent and managing up

Managers plan how to grow each person on their team and how to work with their own manager.

1. 1
   Check-inWhat happened when managers tried the change.
2. 2
   Develop talentManagers discuss the advantages and disadvantages of their natural way of developing others, and the different development needs among their direct reports.
3. 3
   Manage upManagers explore how their own manager tends to see them, and how to connect, get buy-in and deal with conflict.
4. 4
   Action plan and closeEach manager leaves with an action plan for the people they manage and for the relationship with their own manager.

OPTIONALSESSION 6 · 60 MINUTES · YOUR GROUPS ON CATALYST™

Your Groups and action planning

Sessions 1 to 5 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 TO 5 GO

Every manager has a style. Every direct report needs something different.

Imagine you are handing off a new project to two people on your team. One wants the goal and the deadline, and then wants to be left alone. The other wants clear guidelines and to know you will be there if something goes wrong. Give both the same hand-off, and one feels micromanaged while the other feels left on their own. Everything DiSC® Management shows each manager their own management style, and how to adapt their approach to each person they manage.

Three management principles

The Management map

The eight priorities around the circle show what different managers tend to emphasize in their work, and what the people they manage value. Each learner's profile places their dot and comfort zone on this map, then uses it in every part of the Management section.

Tap a part of the profile to see what each style needs:

From the sample Everything DiSC® Management profile. Each part ends with pages on working with each style: you and the D, i, S, and C styles.

What managers take back to their team

Direct and delegateHand off work in the way each person responds to: more autonomy for some, clearer guidelines and support for others.

MotivateBuild an environment where each person finds their own motivation, from public recognition to sincere appreciation.

Develop talentSupport each person's long-term growth by building on their strengths, not only fixing their weaknesses.

Manage upUnderstand their own manager, get buy-in, and speak up for what the team needs.

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 Management.

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

Prices are in US dollars. Sales tax, where applicable, is calculated at checkout.