How to Make the Effects of a Workshop Long Lasting!

We have all been to a workshop or conference that left us pumped up and jazzed to get business moving at rocket speed. You know, the workshops where we have amazing ah-ha moments, get some great tools, and learn that one thing that will really change how effective we are in business.

The truth is, that is what a professional development workshop is for.  To provide tools and equip people to get things done better, faster, with more ease and less stress.

The trick is taking all that you learned from a workshop and infuse it into your existing systems and processes so that you can replicate the effects you got while in the workshop.

The following are recommendations, key things to consider, and some critical steps to take before the infusion begins.

1.  Write down all that you experienced at the workshop (motivation, master minding, critical thinking, excitement, etc.)
2. Write down all that you learned at the workshop (methods, insights, processes, procedures etc.)
3. Write down all that you accomplished in the workshop (created action or business plans, created scripts for effective communication, updated processes and procedures etc.)
4. Look at the first three items and identify the components necessary and critical for you to replicate what you accomplished but in other areas of your business.
5. Infuse the necessary components in the areas of your business that need to be energized (or re-energized) so that the success from the workshop can be replicated.

While the fourth and fifth items can be done independently, I highly recommend working through them with a coach, a trusted business partner or friend who can provide objectivity and take the “emotional high” out of the decision making.

Don’t let your time, energy, and investment from the workshop be limited to the time you were in it.  Use the recommendations above to help you have sustainable effects from the workshops you attend.