1. SAMPLE START RIGHT … STAY RIGHT Every Employee’s Straight-Talk Guide to JOB SUCCESS WELCOME!

2. SAMPLE TRAINING OBJECTIVES 1.Review and discuss the key concepts presented in the START RIGHT … STAY RIGHT handbook. 2.Examine and discuss the relevance of the handbook contents to our jobs and our organization. 3.Work together to identify ways we can apply the principles of the handbook back on the job.

3. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION If you had to condense this book down to one overall message, what would that message be?

4. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION Who benefits when people are successful at work?

5. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION What information from the book stuck with you? What got your attention? What could you relate to?

6. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION What will you work on doing differently/ better as a result of reading this book?

7. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION What success behaviors are you doing well that you’ll work to continue?

8. SAMPLE GENERAL DISCUSSION QUESTION What are some things we all can do to get the most benefit from what this book has to offer?

9. SAMPLE Exercise: “TOP 5 SUCCESS BEHAVIORS” In Table Groups … 1.Review all the behaviors listed on the book’s “Content” page (pg 7). Then, 2.Work together to identify the 5 behaviors you feel are most critical to employee success in our organization. Write them on the flipchart sheet. Finally, 3. Select someone to present your behaviors (and why you selected them) to the entire group. 9 minutes.

10. SAMPLE “TOP 5 SUCCESS BEHAVIORS” DISCUSSION QUESTION Was it easy or difficult to narrow all the behaviors presented in the book down to the “top 5”? Why?

11. SAMPLE “TOP 5 SUCCESS BEHAVIORS” DISCUSSION QUESTION Were there any similarities or patterns in the results of the various table teams? What does that tell you?

12. SAMPLE “TOP 5 SUCCESS BEHAVIORS” DISCUSSION QUESTION If you had to identify one “nugget” of learning from this exercise that will help you be more successful, what would it be?

13. SAMPLE Exercise: “OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS” As individuals … 1.Quickly review your assigned behavior from the book. Then, 2.Write down all the obstacles you can think of that might prevent you from “doing” the behavior. Finally, 3. Identify 1-2 things you could do to minimize and/or overcome each of those obstacles. 5 minutes.

14. SAMPLE “OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS” DISCUSSION QUESTION What percentage of all the obstacles identified seemed to be “self-inflicted” versus externally imposed? Explain.

15. SAMPLE “OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS” DISCUSSION QUESTION To what degree do you feel you can minimize and/or overcome the obstacles you identified? Explain.

16. SAMPLE “OBSTACLES TO SUCCESS” DISCUSSION QUESTION What have you concluded and learned from this exercise?

17. SAMPLE Exercise: “WHAT WE’LL BE WORKING ON” In Table Groups … 1.Review your personal self-assessment results (book pages 42-43) and select 2 behaviors marked “no” that you commit to work on and improve. Then, 2.Share your selected behaviors with each other at your table – explaining why you chose them. Have someone record all the behaviors on the flipchart sheet. Finally, 3. Select someone to present your flipchart list to the entire group. 7 minutes.

18. SAMPLE “WHAT WE’LL BE WORKING ON” DISCUSSION QUESTION Did anyone have difficulty deciding which behaviors to work on? Why?

19. SAMPLE “WHAT WE’LL BE WORKING ON” DISCUSSION QUESTION How will you know if you’ve been successful at improving the behaviors you’ve identified?

20. SAMPLE “WHAT WE’LL BE WORKING ON” DISCUSSION QUESTION How will our organization be different if everyone here follows through on his or her commitment to improve?

21. SAMPLE KEY LEARNING CONCEPTS 1.Success comes from BEHAVIORS. 2.Success behaviors are mostly COMMON SENSE. 3.Success is about how I treat OTHERS … and MYSELF. 4.Success requires EFFORT and SELF-DISCIPLINE. 5.Success is MY CHOICE.

22. SAMPLE Thank You … for your time and your participation!