AiA Classic Information
AiA Classic Personal & Professional Development Program
When you need something that will help motivate your employees to do their best work,
what you don’t want is a quick-fix workshop that’s forgotten by dinner.
What you want is a proven process to effect permanent and lasting change in each and every individual.
AiA Classic is the “most used and attended” personal and professional development program in the world with more than 5 million participants since it’s inception.
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| Bob Conklin |
Developed in 1957 by Bob Conklin
Originally called "Adventures in Attitudes," it is still the largest selling and most widely attended learning system for employees, managers, salespersons, supervisors, and executives.
The AiA Classic learning program is the predecessor of Stephen Covey’s professional development work by several decades. Stephen Covey widely quotes Bob Conklin in his materials and seminars.
AiA Classic has been changing how people think and work together, literally changing lives for almost 50 years.
What Dale Carnegie did for public speaking, AiA did for a much deeper and broader range of learning and skills development within organizations—improve the individual to improve the bottom line.
AiA Classic has changed lives for 50 years.
You too can learn how to change your life...at work...or at home!
During this 30-Hour Experiantial Workshop you will move through high-involvement learning using small group interaction, shared experiences, individual and group exercises and facilitator-led discussions.
What Makes AiA Classic So Unique and Different?AiA Classic is not your typical "workshop," it is not "taught," IT IS EXPERIENCED.
This experience develops through the interaction of small groups working on common projects.
This 30-hour experience is a pre-packaged learning system in organizational training, corporate leadership development, college and continuing education cirriculum, employee and human resource development programs, retreats, etc. It can be adapted and implemented to meet the needs, requirements, and time constraints of any group. AiA successfully addresses people problems.
AiA addresses the thinking and attitudes that effect Behavior, Actions and Reactions, Personality, Performance, Success. AiA Classic exposes the cause that underlies the problem.
No lectures, no homework, no typical classroom structure. It is effective through personal involvement and experience. Every Participant is a Student and a Teacher!!
- increase self-awareness, self-confidence, and self-motivation by affirming strengths, talents, abilities
- transform negative attitudes into positive ones
- improve listening, verbal, recording, reporting and speaking communication skills
- overcome self-imposed limitations and restrictions
- enhance personal initiative and determination
- increase leadership, innovation, management skills
- develop awareness of the importance of ethics, honesty, integrity, values, and personal responsibility
- develop information evaluation and information synthesizing skills leading to accurate reporting
- improve team work, group management, and situation management skills
- develop empathy, compassion, intuition, and judgment in interpersonal relationships
- achieve new levels of performance through goal-setting and time management techniques
- learn effective approaches to problem-solving and problem anticipation
- utilize imagination and creativity in negotiation, change strategies, and conflict management
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| UNIT 1: COMMUNICATION |
UNIT 6: RELATIONSHIPS |
Module 1:
Communication Skills
An Invitation to Grow
Listening
Module 2:
Communucation Problems
Life is Thought
Communication |
Module 11:
Getting Through to People
The Difference Can Be Enthuiasm
Unwrapping Yourself
Module 12:
Problem Solving Skills
How to Handle Problems
Problem Solving Attitude |
| UNIT 2: ATTITUDE AWARENESS |
UNIT 7: GROUP DYNAMICS |
Module 3:
Understanding Yourself
Turning Weakness into Strength
As One's Thinking Is
Module 4:
Removing Personal Roadblocks
Mutual Trust
The Self-Image |
Module 13:
How You Come Across to Others
Achieving Security
Gaining Self-Confidence
Module 14:
Getting Along in Groups & Teams
Personal Responsibility
Reasoning Together |
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UNIT 3: SELF CONFIDENCE |
UNIT 8: WORK |
Module 5:
Managing Yourself
Motivating People
Positive Affirmations
Module 6:
Managing Emotions
Another Way to Understand Yourself
Managing Your Emotions |
Module 15:
Attitudes About Work
The Hidden Secret about Work
Generating Motivation
Module 16:
Six Mental Steps to Motivation
Take Action
Finding Your Inner Force |
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UNIT 4: UNDERSTANDING |
UNIT 9: PURPOSE AND GOALS |
Module 7:
Understanding Others
Helping Others Become Successful
Developing Understanding
Module 8:
The Key to Good Relationships
The Challenge of Change
A Great Human Hunger |
Module 17:
Defining a Life Purpose
You Were Born to Succeed
Expectations
Module 18:
Life Purpose & Setting Goals
Discovering Opportunity
Setting Goals |
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UNIT 5: PERSONALITY |
UNIT 10: PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT |
Module 9:
Leading by Attitude & Personality
Remember to Smile
The Pleasing Personality
Module 10:
Fulfillment of Personal Needs
The Hurdle of Self-Concern
Humility |
Module 19:
Self Management
Expectations
The Time of Your Life
Module 20:
The Seven Great Attitudes
Onward and Upwarp
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Metropolitan Life |
3M |
YoungLife |
West Point Pepperell |
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General Mills |
St. Cloud Hospital |
Abbott Laboratories |
Society for the Blind |
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US Dept. of Housing & Urban Development |
Chrysler Corp. |
United States Steel Corporation |
IBM |
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Honeywell |
Dept of State International Development |
McDonalds |
Whirlpool |
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Minneapolis Star & Tribune |
Raleigh Public Schools |
Farm Bureau Insurance |
Northern States Power Company |
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Sisters of St. Joseph |
St. Catherine Hospital |
American Automobile Association |
Northwestern Mutual |
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Amfac |
Adolph Coors Company |
Denver Health & Hospitals |
THOUSANDS of OTHERS |
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Company Quotes:"Unbelievable is the only expression I can use as to the metamorphoses in our students."
Professor, Lansing College Management and Marketing Department
"This has been good for everyone in the 10-week Leadership Program for teamwork between food service, retail, and hospitality." Training Coordinator, Regional Hotel Franchise
"Our employees are now impressed with our commitment to them as people." HR Director, Radisson Resort
"...Revolutionary teaching approach to attitudes, business and personal relationships, and learning about the most complex issue today--ourselves. The 20-week program changed lives." Personnel Coordinator, Toro
"Imagine participants looking forward to training, feeling they want to be there!" Green Tree Financial
"We have always talked about improving interpersonal and problem solving skills, but it took this 10-week class and its attention to developing these these skills." Manager, Northwest Natural Gas
"Recommended for supervisors, office personnel, up to and including all upper management. It is a semester program at our corporate university." VP, Technology manufacturing company in PA
"We used a schedule of 1/2 day per week and the facilitator's manual is well designed and easy to use. We took the pilot results and have now made it available to our entire company."
Staff Development, Corporate Transfer
"The combination of teaching, a proven course, interaction with others during lessons and activities provided an ideal way to get maximum benefit. The participant manual is still helpful to all." Brent and Leanney
"AiA provides comprehensive, non-threatening information and exercises in our school for pregnant teens."
Clinical Social Worker, Catholic Family Service
"The results of Adventures in Attitudes were spectacular! The plant efficiency rose from 59% to 69% the following week and remained at that level well into the next year. Departments have learned to work together and many other benefits were noticed. The plant's on-time delivery percent rose from 65% to 97% in 1 1/2 years. Problems were solved and relationships with internal and external vendors improved. We improved from last to best of the plants." Focused Factory Manager, Snyder General Corporation
"Through this program we have noticed a remarkable change within the organization. Morale, teamwork, and productivity have increased as a result of this training." OD Administrator, Dannon Company
"AiA is the most powerful part of our Leadership Series." HR Director, Kelowna, BC
"AiA helped our employees at both home and work. It helped with the inter-shift conflicts that we were experiencing and opened up communications. We are still seeing the benefits. The program requires top down commitment if it is to be truly successful." Plant Manager, Rosenberger Cold Storage
"..A must for every business, especially those dealing with the public. We made our mediocre company into a stellar performer...and I became a Stellar performer myself." Administrator, Wyndham Resorts
"We all agreed AiA was the most worthwhile in-service 10-week program in memory." Mt Sinai Hospital
"I highly recommend this approach for teams who are serious about quality improvement."
Center for Commerce & Economic Development - Dean, Community College
"The evaluations consistently identified the professional skills development brought to the learning experience." Director of Training - NASA - Aeronautics and Space Industry
"..Dramatic changes in the abilities of our supervisors and improved employee relations and productivity. We continue to facilitate the 6 week series on an ongoing basis." Production Manager National Newspaper | Thinking Precedes Behavior:
- Attitude Awareness and Development
- Listening and Communications
- Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
- Conflict Resolution
- Time and Stress Management
- Understanding Others (Diversity)
- Goal Setting and Planning
- Team Building
- Leadership, Management and Personal Development
- Motivating Self and Others, Leading and Accepting Change
- Determining Your Life's Purpose
The 30 hours of AiA Classic content can be implemented over several days, weeks, or months. The modular flexibility of the program allows it to be delivered as:
- 3 consecutive day retreat!
- (10) 3-hour modules over 10 weeks
- (20) 90-minutes sessions over time
- (5) 6-hour sessions over time
- It is designed and can implemented to meet your needs and time constraints.
Have You Ever Asked Yourself These Questions?
- Who am I? What is my direction? Where am I going?
- Can I like myself better? Feel better in my self-image, self-esteem and self confidence?
- What are my positive and negative attitudes? How can I change them?
- What are my emotions? How do I handle them? How can I overcome fear, anxiety, doubt?
- How can I get along with people better?
What are good relationships & how do I develop them?
- How do I handle people problems in my life?
- How do I move forward? Setting goals and taking action? How do I motivate myself and others?
- Do I need to take more personal responsibility?
- Can I improve the quality of my life, day to day? Better utilizing goals, time, expectations, or opportunities?
- Can I be a good leader and manager? Develop leadership skills? Can people count on me?
Empowerment begins with seeing the possibilities not just the problems.
It means changing our perspective - on ourselves and others.
Saying yes opens up many new insights and possibilities.
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