Karla Brandau is a thought leader in management and team building techniques. She trains managers to improve their relationship with the employees to earn their gift of discretionary effort. She specializes in personalities, communication skills, leadership principles.
She is the CEO of Workplace Power Institute and has educated mangers with her proven leadership principles in companies such as Motorola, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Panasonic, and BYD America.
She has a degree in education and is a Certified Speaking Professional, an earned designation given by National Speakers Association.
Karla’s book, How to Earn the Gift of Discretionary Effort, teaches managers how to be the leader people CHOOSE to follow, not have to follow because of their position on the organizational chart.
Wednesday
28The concepts in The Communication Advantage webinar that apply to adapting to different personalities, help you break free from instinctual ways of responding and teaches you how to embrace alternative approaches to conversations.
Thursday
05Every message a leader delivers-or fails to deliver-shapes the culture of trust. Participants will discover how to communicate with transparency, authenticity, and empathy. The session equips executives with communication frameworks that engage employees, eliminate mixed messages, and reinforce trust through consistent, honest dialogue.
Tuesday
10As work becomes more hybrid, global, and AI-driven, the most successful organizations will be those that transcend generational barriers.
Monday
16Listening is not automatic; it's an intentional skill. Leaders often think they're listening, but true listening requires presence, curiosity, and restraint.
In this webinar you will move through refining your objectives and realistic deadlines, to analyzing the assignments to various team members and laying out "check-in" midpoints on Outlook group calendars.
Microsoft Outlook is a powerful productivity tool and if you are using it only for email and for keeping track of meetings and appointments, about 80-85% of the power of Outlook is unused. You paid a great deal for the privilege of using Microsoft Outlook – why not wring every dollar you can out of it?
Do you remember when hand-written letters or typed letters was the main means of communication? If so, you may also remember how glorious it was to send information and have immediately received via the fax machine.
Prioritizing is a fundamental time management principle and, in this webinar, you are taught the principles of prioritizing and how to work check off work right in your Inbox.