Training Courses
Emotional Intelligence & De-Escalation Skills
Strong communication starts with understanding people—especially during moments of stress, conflict, and uncertainty. This practical, interactive course helps participants develop emotional intelligence skills that improve self-awareness, communication, decision-making, and professional relationships. Participants will learn how emotions influence behavior, recognize escalation triggers, and apply proven de-escalation techniques to navigate difficult conversations with confidence.
Through real-world examples, group discussion, and practical tools, attendees will learn how to regulate their own responses, communicate with clarity, reduce workplace conflict, and build stronger connections with coworkers, clients, and community members. Whether working in leadership, customer service, healthcare, education, government, or business, participants will leave with immediately applicable skills that create safer workplaces, stronger teams, and better organizational outcomes.
Key Topics:
- Emotional Intelligence Fundamentals
- Self-Awareness & Self-Management
- Communication Under Pressure
- Conflict Recognition & De-Escalation
- Active Listening & Empathy
- Building Stronger Workplace Relationships
- Practical Tools for Everyday Conversations
Working Genius® Assessment & Team Development
Every team has talented people. The challenge is ensuring those talents are aligned, understood, and utilized effectively.
The Working Genius® assessment, created by Patrick Lencioni and The Table Group, helps individuals identify the types of work that naturally energize them and the work that creates frustration. Unlike traditional personality assessments, Working Genius focuses on how people contribute to the work itself—providing practical insights that improve communication, collaboration, productivity, and employee engagement.
Participants complete a brief assessment and receive a personalized report identifying their Working Geniuses, Competencies, and Frustrations. During the facilitated workshop, teams learn how the six geniuses—Wonder, Invention, Discernment, Galvanizing, Enablement, and Tenacity—work together to move ideas from concept to completion.
Through team mapping, discussion, and practical application, participants gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their teammates. Organizations leave with a common language for teamwork, greater appreciation for individual strengths, reduced workplace frustration, and improved team performance. Working Genius is a practical tool that helps leaders build healthier, more productive, and more engaged teams.
Key Outcomes
- Discover individual Working Geniuses, Competencies, and Frustrations
- Improve team communication and collaboration
- Reduce workplace frustration and burnout
- Increase engagement and productivity
- Build stronger, more effective teams
- Create practical team maps for future planning and projects
Threat of Violence Training
Threats of violence can happen in any workplace, school, business, nonprofit, or community organization. This practical, scenario-based training helps participants recognize potential warning signs, understand their response options, and take decisive action when safety is at risk.
Participants learn three primary responses: Evacuation, Shelter in Place, and Lockdown. The class emphasizes situational awareness, decision-making under stress, and the importance of choosing the response that best fits the threat, environment, and available options.
This training is not about creating fear. It is about building confidence, preparation, and a clear plan before a crisis occurs. Through discussion, practical examples, and tabletop scenarios, participants leave better prepared to protect themselves, protect others, and respond effectively.
Be aware. Be prepared. Your response saves lives.
Customized Leadership Development
Every organization is different. The challenges facing a manufacturing company are not the same as those facing a law firm, healthcare organization, nonprofit, or public agency. That’s why effective leadership development should never be one-size-fits-all.
At Gravity Leadership, we partner with organizations to build customized leadership training that addresses real-world challenges and produces measurable results. Whether you are developing first-line supervisors, preparing future leaders, improving communication, strengthening accountability, or creating a healthier workplace culture, we design training that aligns with your people, your mission, and your goals.
Our programs combine practical leadership principles, interactive learning, group discussion, and real-world application to create meaningful growth that extends beyond the classroom. Participants leave with tools they can immediately apply to lead people, improve performance, strengthen teams, and navigate workplace challenges with confidence.
Common Training Topics Include:
- Supervising Employees
- Employee Evaluations & Accountability
- Communication Skills
- Emotional Intelligence
- Conflict Resolution & De-Escalation
- Leading Through Change
- Team Development
- Management Fundamentals
- Building Effective Systems
- Employee Wellness & Resilience
Whether you need a one-hour workshop, a multi-day leadership academy, or a customized leadership development series, we will build a program that meets your organization’s unique needs.
Strong leaders create strong teams. Strong teams create strong organizations.
Instructor Development & Public Speaking
Great instructors do more than deliver information. They create connection, build confidence, and make learning memorable.
This interactive course is designed for trainers, facilitators, supervisors, leaders, and subject matter experts who want to improve the way they teach, train, or present. Participants learn how to organize content, engage adult learners, communicate with confidence, manage the room, handle questions, and deliver presentations that create lasting impact.
Through practical exercises, coaching, peer feedback, and real-world application, participants develop the skills and presence needed to lead any room with clarity and confidence. Whether you are teaching a formal class, leading a staff training, speaking at an event, or presenting to your team, this course helps you move from simply sharing information to creating meaningful learning.
Teach. Engage. Inspire.
Employee Wellness: Echoes from the Street
Stress impacts every profession. Whether you work in public safety, healthcare, education, business, government, or nonprofit leadership, prolonged stress can affect performance, relationships, decision-making, and overall well-being.
In this powerful and authentic course, Chris Littrell shares lessons learned from a career in law enforcement, military service, leadership, and his personal journey through post-traumatic stress injury and recovery. Through real stories and practical application, participants gain a deeper understanding of how stress affects the mind and body, how it can quietly accumulate over time, and what steps can be taken to build resilience before stress becomes overwhelming.
This course is not about eliminating stress. It is about learning how to recognize it, manage it, and respond to it in healthy ways. Participants leave with practical tools for improving wellness, strengthening relationships, managing emotional health, and creating sustainable habits that support long-term success both personally and professionally.
Key Topics Include:
- Understanding Stress and Burnout
- Recognizing Early Warning Signs
- Building Personal Resilience
- Sleep, Recovery, and Physical Wellness
- Healthy Coping Strategies
- Emotional Health and Connection
- Leadership and Wellness Culture
- Creating a Personal Wellness Plan
Healthy people build healthy teams. Healthy teams build healthy organizations.
