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“I have taken 7 leadership courses in the last 3 years and this was the best”

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ABOUT

The team at Chatman Enterprises, Inc. has worked with hundreds of corporations and government agencies including the Chase Bank, the U.S. Secret Service, Phillips 66, Clear Channel, and St. Joseph’s Health to help people reach new heights of effectiveness by understanding themselves and others better.

Their hands-on, highly interactive workshops provide practical, usable knowledge that people implement immediately for business and personal success. Every program is tailored to fit the organizational and team needs of the client and consistently garner outstanding and enthusiastic reviews. Whether you’re looking for a few hours of strategy-based solutions – a multi-day leadership training program, or something in between, your team will come away with the tools, training, insights, and systems they need to propel your organization’s productivity, morale, and bottom-line results.

*All Workshops Have The Option Of Being Conducted Virtually

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Deliberately Leading Through The Disruption of Change

How to Turn Disruption into a Catalyst for Growth, Excellence, and Transformation

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Blind Spots and Breakthroughs

Uncovering Hidden Patterns in Decision-Making

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The Force Multiplier: How to Lead Teams Where Everyone Wins

Becoming An Influential and Indispensable Leader!

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Working Through Decades of Differences

How to Turn Generational Diversity into Organizational Opportunity

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A Way With Words

How to Say what you Mean to Get What You Want the Workplace

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Light Up Your Culture

How to Build a Workplace That Inspires, Innovates, and Thrives

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Leadership Essentials

New Supervisor Training

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EXPERTS EMPOWERING ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS AND TEAM MEMBERS AROUND THE GLOBE…

to Adopt the Strategies and Skills Necessary to Successfully
Navigate Change, Diversity, Bias, Culture, and Collaboration.

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Deliberately Leading Through the Disruption of Change

How to Turn Disruption into a Catalyst for Growth, Excellence, and Transformation

Change is constant, but how organizations navigate it determines their success. Whether it’s global events like COVID or AI innovations, or internal shifts such as restructuring or mergers, people often struggle to adapt. Knee-jerk policies force employees to choose between new practices and old habits, creating resistance, instability, and lost opportunities.

The reality is: Organizations don’t go through change; people do. And for change to succeed, people need to be both ready and motivated to embrace it.

At Chatman Enterprises, we’ve spent over 20 years helping organizations navigate change by focusing on people, not just policies. Deliberately Leading Through the Disruption of Change provides your leaders and teams with the tools, mindsets, and strategies they need to turn disruption into a driver of transformation and sustained success.

What This Workshop Will Do for Your Organization
This workshop equips your team with tools to:

  • Understand the Dynamics of Change: Learn the difference between change and disruption and why it matters.
  • Assess Change Readiness: Evaluate how prepared your organization is for change and take proactive steps to improve.
  • Boost Productivity: Minimize disruption and resistance while keeping teams focused and effective.
  • Guide Change Effectively: Apply proven strategies to help even the most resistant individuals embrace change.
  • Foster Resilience and Innovation: Turn uncertainty into opportunities for growth and excellence.

What Makes This Workshop Different?

  • People-Centered Approach: Focus on the human side of change for lasting, impactful results.
  • Proven Strategies: Leverage decades of experience and research-based techniques to drive successful transformations.
  • Practical Tools: Equip leaders and teams with actionable strategies they can use immediately.
  • Tailored Solutions: Adaptable content to meet the unique needs of your organization.

Key Takeaways

Your leaders and teams will leave with the ability to:

  • Identify and overcome barriers to accepting change.
  • Guide and encourage others through the transformation process, even during chaos.
  • Socialize change effectively across the organization.
  • Embrace new ideas, processes, and responsibilities with confidence.
  • Leverage disruption to create powerful transformation.

Let’s Navigate Disruption with Confidence
Change doesn’t have to mean chaos. With the right tools and mindset, your organization can embrace disruption and use it as a catalyst for growth, resilience, and success.
Contact us today to schedule your workshop and start leading through disruption—deliberately.

Blind Spots and Breakthroughs

Uncovering Hidden Patterns in Decision-Making

How Thinking Shortcuts Lead to Unintended Consequences
(3-4 hours)

On an average day, the typical adult makes around 35,000 decisions—from what to prioritize at work to how to respond in a meeting. Many of these decisions are small and automatic, driven by mental shortcuts that help us conserve time and energy. But these same shortcuts can also create patterns in our thinking that quietly shape our choices in ways we don’t always notice.

When these patterns go unexamined, they can lead to hiring the wrong candidate, overlooking a promising idea, or misreading a colleague’s intentions. Over time, these blind spots can snowball, creating missed opportunities, inefficiencies, and conflicts that are entirely avoidable. Recognizing and addressing these hidden patterns is essential to improving team collaboration, enhancing decision-making, and driving better results.

This interactive session provides the tools and insights your team needs to uncover and address these blind spots. Participants will learn to identify how thinking shortcuts show up in their daily work, recognize the impact of these patterns, and apply proven strategies to reduce their influence.

Key Takeaways:

Participants will:
  • Understand the science of unconscious bias and the psychological roots of thinking shortcuts.
  • Identify how blind spots show up in decision-making and workplace interactions.
  • Learn to recognize patterns that can unintentionally impact relationships with coworkers and customers.
  • Explore practical strategies to reduce the influence of bias in processes like hiring, promotions, and evaluations.
  • Develop skills to professionally and effectively address bias when it arises.
  • Shift from relying on "gut instinct" to making more deliberate, thoughtful decisions.

This session isn’t about pointing fingers or assigning blame. It’s about equipping your team with tools to uncover hidden patterns, challenge assumptions, and create clarity in decision-making. By addressing blind spots head-on, you’ll unlock new opportunities for growth, collaboration, and success.

Lead Smarter: Build Winning Teams. Drive Real Results. Future Proof Your Tomorrow.

You don’t need more superstars. You need leaders who know how to build them.

In today’s high-pressure, constantly changing business climate, expectations are rising faster than most teams can keep up. People are burned out. Margins are tighter. And organizations are asking more of their leaders than ever before.

That’s where Force Multipliers come in.

Force Multipliers are the leaders who don’t just manage—they elevate. They turn tension into trust, disengagement into ownership, and average teams into top performers. And here’s the game-changer:


Force Multipliers aren’t born. They’re built.

This keynote gives your leaders the mindset, skillset, and communication tools to thrive in the chaos and bring out the best in everyone they lead. No fluff. Just proven, psychology-backed strategies your people can use immediately.

Key Takeaways

Participants will learn to:

  • Drive team performance and productivity—even under pressure
  • Build trust, loyalty, and collaboration without compromising accountability
  • Transform conflict into momentum using emotional intelligence and empathy
  • Unlock the full potential of every team member—especially the hard-to-reach
  • Fuel profitability by building teams that consistently deliver

With a blend of science, story, and real-world application, Tony Chatman delivers more than inspiration—he delivers a roadmap. Your leaders will walk away equipped, energized, and ready to multiply their influence where it matters most.

Because when your leaders become Force Multipliers,
you don’t just get better teams—you get better business.

Working Through Decades of Differences

How to Turn Generational Diversity into Organizational Opportunity

Imagine this: A seasoned employee dismisses a younger colleague as “entitled,” while the younger team member privately views their senior as “out of touch.” Sound familiar? These quiet judgments aren’t just office gossip—they’re symptoms of a growing divide that can sabotage your organization.

Generational gaps in the workplace create friction that impacts teamwork, communication, and results. Left unaddressed, they can drive away talent, stall innovation, and erode trust. But here’s the good news: Generational diversity doesn’t have to divide—it can unite.

Each generation brings unique strengths to the table. When your workforce learns to appreciate and leverage those strengths, you unlock new opportunities for collaboration, innovation, and growth. Working Through Decades of Differences equips your team with the tools to bridge generational divides and harness diversity for organizational success.

What This Workshop Will Do for Your Organization
This workshop helps your team:

  • Build Cross-Generational Understanding: Explore the values, expectations, and behaviors that define each generation.
  • Enhance Communication: Develop skills to improve dialogue and understanding across age groups.
  • Boost Collaboration: Break down silos and foster respect for diverse perspectives.
  • Retain Knowledge and Talent: Create mentoring opportunities that benefit both senior and junior employees.
  • Strengthen Engagement: Build a workplace where every generation feels valued and motivated.

What Makes This Workshop Different?

  • Research-Backed Insights: Understand generational dynamics and their impact on work.
  • Actionable Strategies: Equip your team with practical tools to foster trust and collaboration.
  • Engaging Activities: Reveal common ground and strengthen relationships through interactive exercises.

Key Takeaways

Participants will leave with the ability to:

  • Recognize and appreciate generational differences without judgment.
  • Improve communication to foster stronger connections across age groups.
  • Build mentoring relationships that retain knowledge and boost confidence.
  • Create an inclusive environment where every generation thrives.

Let’s Bridge Generational Gaps
Generational diversity doesn’t have to divide your team—it can drive your success. Working Through Decades of Differences will help your team build understanding, strengthen collaboration, and transform differences into opportunities.

Contact us today to schedule your workshop and start turning generational diversity into organizational opportunity.

A Way With Words

How to Say What You Mean to Get What You Want

In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes world, the ability to communicate effectively isn’t just a skill—it’s a necessity. Poor communication can lead to misunderstandings, strained relationships, and missed opportunities. And yet, too many professionals struggle to bridge the gap between their intentions and their delivery, leaving them wondering: “Why don’t people understand what I’m trying to say?”

A Way With Words is an immersive workshop designed to transform how your leaders and teams communicate. By addressing both the informational and relational levels of communication, participants will learn to express themselves with clarity, build trust, and foster collaboration.

What This Workshop Will Do for Your Organization
This workshop helps your team:

  • Communicate with Clarity: Deliver messages that are clear and professional.
  • Build Stronger Connections: Foster trust and reduce misunderstandings.
  • Navigate Difficult Conversations: Resolve conflicts with tact and professionalism.
  • Master Digital Communication: Ensure virtual and written messages resonate effectively.


What Makes This Workshop Different?

  • Balanced Approach: Combines informational and relational communication for maximum impact.
  • Hands-On Exercises: Engaging activities to practice real-world scenarios.
  • Practical Tools: Strategies to improve communication across all platforms.
  • Customizable Content: Tailored to meet your organization’s unique challenges.

Key Takeaways:

Participants will learn to:

  • Listen actively to understand both words and intent.
  • Use language that builds rapport and trust.
  • Adapt communication styles to connect and influence others.
  • Convey messages effectively in virtual and written formats.

Let’s Build a Culture of Clarity and Civility

Effective communication isn’t just about being heard—it’s about leaving a positive and lasting impression. A Way With Words equips your leaders and teams with the tools to communicate with confidence, clarity, and respect, ensuring every conversation contributes to greater collaboration and success.

Contact us today to schedule your workshop and help your team master the art of impactful communication.

Light Up Your Culture

How to Build a Workplace That Inspires, Innovates, and Thrives

Organizations with vibrant, people-centered cultures consistently outperform their peers. Over the past two decades, companies ranked among the Fortune 100 Best Places to Work have outperformed the market by over 300%.[1]

Why?
Because culture drives results.

But here’s the truth: a thriving culture doesn’t live in mission statements, policies, or systems—it lives in the day-to-day interactions, relationships, and shared values of your people. It’s not enough to articulate your vision in an employee handbook and expect it to flourish. Your culture grows (or falters) based on how your teams connect, collaborate, and trust one another.

To transform your culture into one that fuels innovation, deepens resilience, and delivers results, you need to meet your employees where they are—acknowledging their unique experiences, perspectives, and challenges. That’s where our Light Up Your Culture workshop comes in.

This dynamic, research-backed experience helps your teams:

  • Build meaningful relationships grounded in trust and respect.
  • Collaborate across differences, including backgrounds, generations, and communication styles.
  • Overcome barriers like disengagement and mistrust.
  • Harness individual and collective strengths to create a culture that attracts and retains top talent.

At the heart of it all, we explore one powerful question:

“What beliefs and actions will light up our culture—creating a workplace where people feel valued, connected, and inspired to achieve extraordinary results?”

What Your Team Will Gain

Your people will leave this workshop with practical strategies and tools to:
  • Navigate the stages of team development to build high-performing groups.
  • Transform differences into a unifying strength for greater collaboration.
  • Address and repair team dysfunction with proven solutions.
  • Cultivate trust, loyalty, and mutual respect among colleagues.
  • Reignite engagement and motivation at work.
  • Strengthen workplace relationships through connection and influence.

This workshop doesn’t rely on lofty rhetoric or “perfect-world” policies—it focuses on what really works to bring teams together and spark a thriving, results-driven culture.

Let us help you light up your culture—and watch your people and organization shine.

[1] “Kitterman, T. (2023, April 26). When employees thrive, companies triple their stock market performance. Great Place To Work.”

CHATMAN ENTERPRISES’

LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS

NEW Supervisor Training

New to the management and leadership game? That can feel overwhelming and even a little scary. This workshop has got you covered. It’s designed to give new managers practical tools and strategies that will not only make you a better leader, but help prepare you for greater future responsibility as well! It’s totally hands on with a mix of powerful interactive utilizing assessment tools, group activities, role-playing, and thought-provoking training. Give us a week and your new leadership candidates and we’ll send them back with a head full of ideas, strategies that work, mindsets that will move them forward, and skills that will allow them to lead with more ease. This week-long program is presented in a traditional classroom setting.

Here’s what they’ll learn:

LEADERSHIP:

  • Making the initial leap from worker to leader
  • The daily responsibilities of an effective Leader
  • Critical actions that boost credibility, establish authority, and earn respect
  • Establishing a professional and effective relationship with your boss
  • Understanding your natural leadership (using assessment tool)
  • Developing a leadership plan based on your natural abilities
  • Leading by influence (with or without authority)
  • Avoiding common management missteps

TEAM BUILDING:

  • Assessing the strengths and skills of your team members
  • Leading people with different behavior styles
  • Focusing employees on “goal accomplishment”
  • Harnessing inborn worker motivation to accomplish organizational goals
  • Maximizing the effectiveness of each team member through mentoring and coaching
  • Creating an employee development plan
  • Learning how to build trust, loyalty, and respect amongst your team
  • Creating a collaborative environment

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT:

  • Identifying and understanding the most common causes of conflict
  • Identifying your natural  style of managing conflict (using assessment tool)
  • Learning how to resolve conflict without taking sides
  • Learning why people are often difficult and how to work effectively with them
  • Keeping conflict from escalating by utilizing key phrases and eliminating caustic communication
  • Handling difficult situations (e.g. employee publicly disagrees with  you, etc.)
  • Handling complaints without losing your cool
  • Dealing effectively with unacceptable behavior
  • Preparing to effectively engage in difficult workplace dialogue
  • Creating an environment that minimizes unnecessary conflicts

TEAM BUILDING:

  • Understanding the value of diversity
  • Recognizing changing demographics and increasing diversity in the workforce; learning to maximize the value of a multi-generational, multi-cultural workforce
  • Understanding the sources of diversity-related conflict
  • Learning to leverage the different perspectives to enhance the  worker experience
  • Aligning team members with the vision and mission of the organization
  • Identifying and avoiding common missteps and pitfalls
  • Nurturing an inclusive culture where people respect differences and strive to understand each other

ACCOUNTABILITY:

  • Understanding the formal and the informal processes of managing employee performance
  • Dealing effectively with root causes of poor performance
  • Making delegation a natural part of your leadership routine
  • Learning to set goals that workers can aim for and achieve
  • Training yourself and your workers to take responsibility for results
  • Dealing effectively with tardiness and absenteeism
  • Taking control of your time and schedule
  • Learning to manage yourself so that you’re capable of effectively managing others

COMMUNICATION:

  • Gaining an in-depth understanding of the different components of human communication (e.g. verbal, nonverbal and para-verbal) and how they affect what is heard and what is done
  • Identifying the filters that affect how messages are received
  • Becoming a more effective listener
  • Determining your own natural communication style
  • Communicating effectively via email
  • Leading efficient and productive meetings
  • Giving powerful and effective presentations
  • Giving criticism and negative feedback without provoking workers
  • Replacing common conflict-invoking words and phrases that destroy your authority and credibility, with phrases that build trust, credibility, and loyalty

You want your team to be more than just managers – you want them to be leaders. The kind of people who can leverage change, think and act on the fly, make decisions that will elevate your organization and the people in it.

That’s what you’ll get when you invite Tony Chatman in to take your fledgling new managers and turn them into dynamic and positive influencers and leaders for your organization.

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