Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People®
Module One: Change and Resistance
At the conclusion of module one, you will be able to:
- Move beyond blame and optimize productivity ~ even during rapid change
- Transform resentment into a shared responsibility for the future
- Prevent costly conflicts instead of continuously resolving them
- End negative assumptions about other people and groups
- Renew energy and optimism, lower absenteeism, turnover and stress
- Stop projects from being derailed by power struggles and turf wars
- Build teams that align with leadership, and pull together
Module Two: Redirect Anger, Blame and Resentment
At the conclusion of module two, you will be able to:
- Calm angry colleagues or customers using a proven five-step technique
- Use appreciation and respect as antidotes for stress and anxiety
- Turn self-righteous indignation into curiosity and concern
- Increase collaboration between departments and functions
- Engage in a hardheaded search for solutions
- Create legacies of integrity and trust

I’m thrilled to publish
Anna’s material!
Dawn Raffel,
Executive Articles
Oprah Magazine

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You won’t be the same after you hear her message ~ even years later.
Heidi Hudson, Sales Supervisor
Hickory Technology
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Module Three: Your Organization’s Hot-Spots
At the conclusion of module three, you will:
- Apply seminar strategies to critical issues in your organization ~ identified prior to the session by an in-house planning team
- Begin solving long-standing tensions during the seminar
- Address widespread misunderstandings and discover the hidden reasons for other groups’ behaviors
- Turn downward spirals of resentment and retaliation into cycles of cooperation, understanding and respect
- Shift groups’ focus away from blame and onto the five root causes of workplace tension
- Increase your team’s ability to identify and eliminate barriers to productivity
- Transform long-term enemies into rock-solid allies

The first time I heard Anna’s presentation I felt cheated.
I wish I had heard it 30 years ago.
Larry Gigliotti
South Dakota Game Fish & Parks Page 
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Module Four: Breakthrough Conversations
At the conclusion of module four, you will be able to:
- Replace avoidance and backstabbing with the courage to address tough issues
- Diffuse defensiveness and fear
- Learn to engage in conversations with a 96% likelihood of positive outcome
- Take issues directly to stakeholders and secure their commitment to a search for solutions
- Build alignment by being “soft on the people ~ hard on the problem”
- Resolve long-standing roadblocks
- Forge lasting agreements
- Build an enduring legacy based on teamwork and trust
If you would like to preview a portion of "Self-Defeating Habits of Otherwise Brilliant People" prior to bringing a keynote or seminar into your organization or conference, please contact us at info@TheraRising.com.
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