A 30-Hour Personal & Professional
Experiential Development Workshop

Delivered in 10 flexible modules
Attended by over 5 MILLION People!

THE POWER OF ATTITUDE
Our Lives are not determined by what happens to us,
but how we react to what happens;
not by what life brings us,
but by the attitude we bring to life.
A positive attitude causes a chain reaction
of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes.
It is a Catalyst...A spark that creates extraordinary results.



EXPERIENCE AiA Classic

Formerly "Adventures in Attitudes" Click Here for Details 

An Empowerment Strategy for Today’s World
In a recent national training survey, companies were asked to choose which ranked higher: employee aptitude, including hard skills and technical competencies, or employee attitude, including motivation, commitment, and communication.  Nearly 60 percent of respondents ranked attitude as the number one priority.  Coping with the continuous changes of today’s downsized, team-oriented, increasingly diverse workplace has left many people confused and fearful. As attitudes deteriorate, so do levels of commitment and performance.  Used in a variety of settings to create positive attitudes which in turn create positive actions; and positive actions improve performance.

Empower People to Choose Their Own Attitudes
AiA Classic™ is designed to help people understand that they can choose how to perceive and respond to events around them, and that it’s in their control to change a negative outlook to one that’s positive.  By establishing personal responsibility and accountability in the midst of change, individuals learn that passive resistance can be transformed into high-energy performance.  Using small-group interaction, shared personal experiences, individual and group exercises, and facilitator-led discussion, AiA Classic™ provides a remarkable process for self-discovery.

Participants Work as Teams Through 10 High-Involvement Excercises Essential to Personal & Professional Development. These 10 Units are 3 hours each, divided into (2) 90 minute Modules.

UNIT 1: COMMUNICATION     Module 1: Communication Skills                  Module 2: Communucation Problems         An Invitation to Grow                                Life is Thought         Listening                                                 Communication

UNIT 2: ATTITUDE AWARENESS     Module 3: Understanding Yourself              Module 4: Removing Personal Roadblocks             Turning Weakness into Strength                Mutual Trust         As One's Thinking Is                                The Self-Image

UNIT 3: SELF-CONFIDENCE     Module 5: Managing Yourself                        Module 6: Managing Emotions         Motivating People                                    Another Way to Understand Yourself         Positive Affirmations                                Managing Your Emotions

UNIT 4: UNDERSTANDING     Module 7: Understanding Others                 Module 8: The Key to Good Relationships         Helping Others Become Successful            The Challenge of Change         Developing Understanding                        A Great Human Hunger

UNIT 5: PERSONALITY     Module 9: Leading by Attitude & Personality        Module 10: Fulfillment of Personal Needs         Remember to Smile                                          The Hurdle of Self-Concern         The Pleasing Personality                                    Humility

UNIT 6: RELATIONSHIPS     Module 11: Getting Through to People        Module 12: Problem-Solving Skills         The Difference Can Be Enthusiasm            How to Handle Problems         Unwrapping Yourself                                Problem-Solving Attitude

UNIT 7: GROUP DYNAMICS     Module 13: How You Come Across to Others        Module 14: Getting Along in Groups & Teams         Achieving Security                                            Personal Responsibility         Gaining Self-Confidence                                    Reasoning Together

UNIT 8: WORK     Module 15: Attitudes About Work                Module 16: Six Mental Steps to Motivation         The Hidden Secret About Work                    Take Action         Generating Motivation                                Finding Your Inner Force

UNIT 9: PURPOSE AND GOALS     Module 17: Defining a Life Purpose                Module 18: Life Purpose & Setting Goals         You Were Born To Succeed                          Discovering Opportunity         Expectations                                              Setting Goals

UNIT 10: PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT     Module 19: Self Management                            Module 20: The Seven Great Attitudes         Expectations                                                Onward and Upward         The Time of Your Life

AiA Classic Implementation Options:
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.

Discover How Positive Attitudes Create Positive Action
AiA Classic™ provides companies and organizations with a time-tested, life-changing human relations program that will:

• gain committed individuals/employees,
  not compliant ones
• foster communication and teamwork, not control
• inspire leadership and innovation, not dependency
• increase positive energy, not stress
• encourage change, not resistance to it
• create a climate of empowerment, not power

Give Your People Greater Personal Growth & Professional Success
AiA Classic™ provides individuals with the knowledge and skills to:

• increase self-awareness and affirm strengths
• learn to transform negative attitudes
• overcome self-imposed limitations
• develop effective listening and communication skills
• improve relationships
• achieve new levels of performance
• learn effective approaches to problem-solving

Say Yes to AiA Classic
Empowerment begins with seeing the possibilities, not just the problems. It means changing our perspective - on ourselves and others.  But changing attitudes is risky.  It means leaving where you are and not coming back, stepping out of the comfort zone and getting uncomfortable.  It requires mental and physical stamina, courage, and even some distress.  It’s easier to say no to changing our attitudes than it is to say yes. But the nos are simply ways of repeating the past.  Saying yes opens up all sorts of new opportunities. Say yes and discover the power within you to change your attitudes, your work, your relationships, and your life.  For the better. 

The Facilitator Trainer Package provides everything trainers
need to conduct the AiA Classic Learning Program.

• Learning Process Overview Section: Facilitator basics and the AiA learning process critical components.

• Scripted Facilitator Projects Manual: Complete step-by-step scripts for guiding Participants through all 74 Projects included in AiA.

• Scripted Train-the-Trainer Manual: Fully scripted.  Used in participating in and conducting Facilitator Training.

• AiA Preview: Project Masters and Scripted Presentation Manual for marketing or positioning AiA.

• Resource Section: Research, references, historical information, skills gap grids, emotional intelligence information, documents, etc.

• 4 Program Audio CDs

• PowerPoints CDs

• Additional Resources 

The Participant Manual becomes a personal resource for post-course learning and continuous reinforcement and improvement. 

• AiA Classic Facilitators Manual Table of Contents 

• Sample Section from the AiA Classic Facilitator Manual

• AiA Classic Executive Overview

• What AiA Customers Are Saying

• AiA Classic eBrochure

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