Balanced Choice Workplace

Since 2014, Balanced Choice has refined programs that disarm the protective behaviours people use to prevent personal connection and uncomfortable conversations. The company works day-in and day-out with those that keep the world at a distance for their emotional survival. People who have often lost confidence in kindness and have learned to connect hope to disappointment. 

The processes that break through these beliefs work as effectively in a high-pressure leadership team or staffroom as they do in a prison. Balanced Choice evolved in organisations known for underlying conflict, and we specialise in breaking barriers to bring people together to explore pathways for positive change.

Your Workplace Partner

Keynote Speakers

  • Adam Drake

    FOUNDER & CEO

    Leadership & Team Building

    Relentless Positivity – overcoming negativity to forge positive personal connections

    The Anchor Values – how they were identified and how they are used to make better choices

    Futures Thinking – creating a pathway for improvement

    Inspiration – Examples of hope and positive change in the face of overwhelming challenges

  • Jason Macdonald

    MANAGING DIRECTOR – VICTORIA & SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    JLeading Young – overcoming age in earning respect

    Physical development and its role in positive psychology 

  • Fraser Corfield

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Communicate your social impact – tools for telling your story

    On Your Feet – how participation deepens meaning 

    The Arts and Engagement - how creativity can realise educational and social goals

“Adam Drake gives us time to reflect on work and ourselves in a fun but constructive manner. Each workshop he gives us skills in leadership and we always take away a little bit of strength."

Ethan Wood-Alum - Menzies School of Health Research

In our experience, the behaviours people use to engage the world around them frequently mask concerns about how they are perceived or understood by others. The less we know about and trust in those around us, the more our behaviours are used to keep a distance between us. 

Maintaining effective teamwork and a culture of positivity requires an investment of time. Time to put aside the pressures and concerns of life and allow ourselves to be present. Time to listen to our colleagues and better understand them. Time to discuss our goals and challenges and agree how best to address them together.

Balanced Choice specialises in using your time effectively to build connection and communication. Whether it’s a school staffroom, a youth advisory committee, prison guards or an executive team, a Balanced Choice engagement specialist will disarm tensions in a room and find common ground. 

We do this by applying the principles of Learned Optimism through the lens of PERMA – Positive emotion, Engagement, Relationship, Meaning and Achievement. 

While Balanced Choice can tailor a program to meet your specific needs, for most clients new to our company we recommend a half-day workshop with your team. It will cover:

  • Building connection and safe participation

  • Assess current team dynamics - silos and networks

  • Examine workplace values and shared goals within the context of current activities

  • Articulate opportunities for, and a commitment to, collective positive change

Team Building

“The biggest communication problem is that we do not listen to understand, we listen to reply.”

Stephen R. Covey

Whether you are leading a company, a classroom, sporting team, steering committee or setting out on your own path, your capacity to inspire and motivate others will be tested. There may be times when the pressure of being the person in charge, carrying the weight of decision making, will challenge your ability to adhere to the values that keep you grounded.

Balanced Choice leadership programs bring our stories and experience working in complex and emotionally-charged environments and relate them to the challenges specific to you and your team. Our approach is deeply personal. We work to identify the specific leadership qualities that are required for each workplace and individual. Balanced Choice realigns people to their personal values, then builds confidence to use those values to make more informed decisions. 

We can work with you to tailor a leadership workshop to meet specific needs, or for new clients we recommend the three-hour induction program. The induction workshop will cover:

  • Defining leadership 

  • Examining which values underpin good leadership

  • Reflecting on inspirational leaders influencing people in the room

  • Identifying opportunities for personal growth

Leadership

·       Haileybury Rendall School (NT)

·       Homeboy Industries (USA)

·       Leaders of Tomorrow Program - NT Government

·       Lockhart River State School (Qld)

·       Menzies School of Health Research

·       Nambour State College (QLD)

.       Norgine

.       Northern Territory Department of Corrections

·       AFL Northern Territory

·       Arrernte Community Boxing Academy

·       Barkly Regional Council

·       Bribie Island State School

·       Casuarina Senior College

·       Chamber of Commerce - NT

·       Emmanuel College (QLD)

·       Gurindji Aboriginal Corporation

Balanced Choice proudly works with a diverse group of organisations.

.       Northern Territory School of Distance Education

·       Northern Territory Training Awards

·       Northern Territory Youth Round Table

·       Nhulunbuy Corporation

·       Papulu Apparr-Kari Aboriginal Corporation 

·       RN Employment

.       Student Voice - Positive Choice 

.       Victorian Department of Justice and Community Safety 

Contact

If Balanced Choice could make a difference where you are, we’d love to hear from you.

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