At Wavemaker we offer a range of professional development and life skills programs that can help you, or someone you know develop the skills, knowledge and confidence necessary to get noticed and rise above the pack. We also love to work with intact teams to help them and the companies they work for achieve unprecidented results. From our Boot Camps, to our personal effectiveness coaching sessions, Wavemaker personal and professional development solutions have only one goal - YOUR SUCCESS! 

Wavemaker Boot Camps

Wavemaker Boot Camps are 2-3 three day intensive programs which take place in a residential camp setting on beautiful Indian Arm, the most southerly glacial fjord in Canada. Through this venue which is free from the distractions of the workplace and confines of traditional learning facilities, we blend outdoor and classroom activities to bring you a learning experience you will never forget. Combining highly experiential outdoor and classroom activities brings to life the learning process. It enables you to step out of your comfort zone and redefine your sense of what you are capable of.

Being less about what we can teach you and more about what we can help you discover, the sessions are anything but 'Chalk and Talk'. Outside of the classroom, we offer such activities as rock climbing, kayaking, raft building and more. We don't do this just for the fun of it. Each of the outdoor initiatives is closely related to the overall learning objectives of the specific programs.

Be warned - this is not Camp Cup Cake! We rise early and work (and play) hard. The shared accommodations are rustic, but dry and comfortable. Meals are simple, but the food is plentiful and nutritious and the activities are designed to stretch, but not break you. But rest assured - you will take away far more than the specified learning outcomes from a Wavemaker Boot Camp. We promise a learning experience that will change your life.

Current Boot Camp offerings include:

You're On!
During this intensive 2-3 day boot camp you will rethink everything you ever thought about public speaking. Regardless of your starting point, you will emerge a far more confident, efficient, effective and exciting speaker. We will help you get those butterflies flying in formation and teach you a process for developing and delivering presentations that substantially reduces the effort required, while at the same time greatly increasing your ability to 'knock the socks off' even the toughest of audiences!


Make It Happen!
Whether you you are trying to address a significant operational issue, integrate a recent acquisition, transition to a different organizational structure, or simply take your business to a whole new level, this 2-3 day strategic planning retreat will help make it happen. Best suited for intact work groups and/or top teams, Make It Happen sessions are specifically designed to address the performance needs of your organization What the sponsoring company takes away is a realistic action plan for efficiently and effectively addressing the issue in question and what the participants gain is a commitment and whole new skill set for resolving not only this issue, but also others that arise in the future.

Choices
The purpose of this 2-3 day personal growth and wellbeing program is to help you achieve more of whatever you want out of life, It does this by taking you through an exploration process to help you identify you vision and values. It enables you to test and stretch your personal boundaries and redefine your sense of the possibilities as well as provides the processes of thought, planning and action necessary for achieving the goals you set. Young or old, rich or poor, regardless of education, religion, politics or ethnic origin, this program will teach you how to make the day-to-day choices that over time will change your life for the better. The results will amaze you!

Testimonials

Jim’s connections within the training and coaching industry are broad and deep—connections that enable him to marshal the professional resources are needed to successfully complete just about any type of project that comes his way whether training, coaching, assessment or research. I am unreserved in recommending Jim Francis. Give him a call—you’ll be glad you did.

                                                  Dr. Tom Olson (Performance Consultant and Author)

Through the gradual ascent of experiencing how to do introductions to bravely delivering impromptu and formal presentations and then finally on to the concluding “Thank You!” - you have helped us take each step without us even knowing that you were holding our hands! It was great to be in your class! I now feel far better prepared to make presentations!
 
                                                  Teresa Tavelino (Accounting Student and Aspiring Public Speaker)