Barbara
is an outstanding leading edge thinker who has designed breakthrough
workshops and interventions since 1979. She has been studying transformational
learning with many exceptional thinkers, including Dr. Flores, Ph.D.
Program Director of Linguistics, University of Berkeley. Her programs
include workshops for men and women, youth, and couples, as well as
her highly acclaimed corporate initiatives. Barbara is recognized throughout
Canada and the United States as the authority on Gender Awareness. Her
recently published book on the subject titled "Same Words, Different
Language" is certain to become required reading for both women
and men striving to achieve excellence in the workplace of the future.
BARBARA ANNIS & ASSOCIATES INC. are the recognized leading experts
in Transformational Leadership Coaching, Gender & Diversity in North
America. Our Mission is to create leadership styles and workplace cultures,
which acknowledges, values and optimizes the unique capabilities each
individual can contribute in working together towards inclusiveness
and breakthrough results. Barbara Annis & Associates have facilitated
over 2000 corporate workshops to North America's business leaders and
executives.
Business is changing at an unsettling speed, three forces are converging:
a new generation of business leaders, a new value system, a new client
mindset. The winners will be those who are able to achieve competitive
advantage by ensuring that every man and woman in the organization has
the opportunity and encouragement to excel. The services provided by
Barbara Annis & Associates act as a lever to make this process positive
and effective. Our commitment is to bring the latest research and thinking
on gender differences into the workplace so that organizations can turn
diversity into a powerful technology of success
As a leading gender specialist, she offers a fascinating and practical
guide to how gender differences at work lead to misunderstandings -
and what you can do about it.
Barbara Annis has discovered that men and women often misinterpret
each other or speak in ways that mislead the other. She reveals the
top five 'challenges' men and women experiences with the opposite sex
at work, the blind spots and different communication styles men and
women have, and gives strategies for improving communication between
the sexes. Barbara Annis also covers topics such as conflict resolution,
harassment in the workplace, and uses real-life scenarios and practical
techniques to turn communication into win-win relationships. She has
facilitated over 2000 workshops in North America & Europe