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Return on Relationships

Workshop: Return on Relationships

ROR = Return on Relationships – The New Buzz in Biz!
The Meetings Industry is about building long-lasting and meaningful relationships. In fact, life is all about relationships. How do you want your relationships to be? 

To be a leader in your field and life you want to build quality relationships. We have all heard of ROI. Your ROI is directly linked to your ROR – Return on Relationships. You first need to realize how to connect, create and build strong and respectful relationships. This can lead to healthier and abundant business practices, strategies and results.

Do you want a better ROR with your clients, suppliers, friends, family and most of all yourself? The first steps in developing relationships, is to understand that ‘we are never not in a relationship’. Aha!!!

This interactive and often playful workshop invites the participants to become aware that relationships begin with that relationship they have with themselves. From there we can relate to other cultures, individuals, teams and organizations. This will be discovered through different individual, dyad and group exercises as well as a variety of tips and tools. We will also use a group case study to solve.

You will walk out the door with the question, ‘How do I want to be in relationship with …?, buzzing in your ear. Now you are ready to begin to receive ROR.

Be prepared to connect; participate fully; get curious; discover and create mindful Relationships!

Participant Take Aways
‣ The discovery of what is relationship and how important the role they play in defining business success in any type of economy.
‣ Developing the awareness that we have choices how we want our relationships to be.
‣ Tips, tools and processes to create more solid relationships
‣ A personal statement of ‘how you want to be in relationship with…’

Workshop: 2 Days
Conference: 2.5 hours
 


Quote of the Week

The Mind

'One's own thought is one's world. What a person thinks is what he becomes - That is the eternal mystery.'  Maitri Upanishad

Aha Reflection

'Look within yourself, for all the answers lie within you'

I do not know the sayer of this quote even though I sense I have seen this in many places. It is also sitting as a plaque on a park bench on the English Bay Seawall facing the lovely ocean. Go find it and sit their and contemplate as you look out in the Bay.  HMMM.

The Prophet

'Madness is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results,'  Albert Einstein
Do you do this?  Just think about it.  I can own up to the fact that I have come to realize I do sometimes.  Not to stop it and look for new opportunities out of the same old. :)))

'Work is Love made Visible', Kahil Gibran, The Prophet

I am just rereading this classic, The Prophet, how beautiful it is. A delightful look at the true essence of life.  


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New Blog Launch

www.ahamoments.us Blog Launch
I am excited to invite you all to engage and share at my NEW BLOG site - www.ahamoments.us. This is a space to share your Aha Moments in life and the great wisdom you have gained from them. Let's start an Aha Revolution.

www.ahamoments.us Blog Launch

I am excited to invite you all to engage and share at my NEW BLOG site - www.ahamoments.us. This is a space to share your Aha Moments in life and the great wisdom you have gained from them. ...

New Article

Lois Elfman of New York City has written an article about me for Ice Network. Here is the link:
Kevin Cottam featured in Ice News

Olympic Inspiration

Olympic Inspiration - click in the link below and you will be able to read one of the chapters of my book called, Legacy. It is one of the Pearls that I learned from my position as Director and Choreographer of the Closing Ceremonies of the 1988 Calgary Olympics. What a thrill - and this thrill is coming to Vancouver - watch out world!!!

Calgary Olympic Closing Ceremony Choreographer Kevin Cottam

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Upcoming Events

Thu Sep 09, 2010 @07:00PM - 08:30PM
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Testimonials

‘You set a good example through your listening skills and you inspire others with to challenge their creative strengths.  I know these are some of the qualities which I see you bringing out in me.
You have many leadership skills which I'm sure allowed you to create 'Energia'.  Your concern for the 'well-being' of those who you teach and your ability to inspire people around you to be the best they can be are both credits to your "Unique Ability".’
Ian Mellor, CFP Senior Financial Planner, Assante Financial Management, Vancouver, Canada

‘Always pleasant to work with and remains calm when others don’t.
Deals with everyone on a personal level and encourages people to exceed their boundaries. The sky is the limit. Never settles for less, Demanding of himself and others, Sincere, Humane, Always helpful, Compliments hard work, Open to discussion, Gentle.’
Jayne Hamelink, Casting Director, Holiday on Ice, Holland

‘In the growing curve of a company there is the need to stop, reflect and answer to some basic questions like - what is your business all about, where are you going, what is the vision, how are you achieving your vision. Kevin is a great coach to help you on that process of redefining the basics and reshape the path for a solid growth of an institution.
We have been very successful integrating the team in redefining the essence of the company and Kevin brought that spirit to tlc. Definitely a must do to any organization.’
Diogo Assis, Managing Director, TLC – Events in Portugal

‘Professionalism. Your presentations combine business imperatives with life balance. Great creativity in the use of adult learning techniques (not a one way communication, interaction is always there).’
Didier Scalliet, MPI Europe, VP of Global Development, Luxembourg

‘He understood the project from the very beginning and gave me all the solutions the same days. Unique!‘  
Marcelo Molinari, Costa del Sol Convention Bureau, Malaga, Spain

‘It was a great experience working with you. I enjoy the show very much and love what you've done to show us new possibilities. Thank you!’
Hendrik Jan de Mari, CEO, Holiday on Ice

‘As a facilitator you strive to try on different techniques and are more than wiling to learn from others. You see partnership always as an opportunity, never as a competition. You almost never say no but rather remain open minded to techniques and approaches all the while bringing many other creative ideas. You like to start with the big picture in mind and that makes you stronger I think in the end, cause while you go deep, you never seem to lose the bigger picture.‘  
Janet Logan, Facilitator/Coach, Toronto, Canada

‘It has been my experience that communication within a creative group of individuals can be a stressful, ego centered and emotionally draining event. Kevin has the ability to tame the frustrated ego and make every member of the team feel empowered to rise above personal limitations to a common goal.‘  
Simone Alexander, Choreographer, Denver, Colorado

‘I think the biggest thing about you is that you get people to see the opportunities and challenges in front of them in a different way. Your challenge to me to ‘walk through that door and step into that room’, has stuck with me. I visualize that and it has made my thoughts and ideas land much more effectively with me’.
Bill Baker, Chief Strategic Officer, Envisioning + Storytelling, Vancouver, Canada

'Kevin is an original thinker, who engages, involves and inspires his audiences. He uses his unique experience to help his clients find their own new creative solutions.  He is stimulating and sincere in all his actions.'
Robin Lokerman, CEO - Institutional Division, MCI Group Singapore

‘Kevin gives total dedication to his projects ... he brings creative solutions to the table, sticks to a given timeline, is a perfectionist when it comes to execution and always provides a sense of calm to the team, so that they can achieve their potential.’
Bojan Tercon, Partner, Singapore Sing