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WHAT IS A LICENSING WORKSHOP?
How KBA Workshops train today's leaders with today's best HR techniques.

 What exactly is a KBA Workshop? KBA Workshops, or Licensee Training Workshops, are 5 day sessions in which new Level 1 KBA Licensees are trained by Level 2 Licensees or Dr. Benziger to be able to produce assessments from the BTSA and interpert KBA terminology and theory. KBA Licensees may then freely use KBA services and techniques which help people identify thier natural leads, recognize falsification of type, and how these realizations may affect their life. For more information on licensees, click here.

KBA Workshops have also been approved by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) credit. ICF members successfully completing the workshop can now earn at total of 31 CCEs in the following categories:

  • ICF Core Competencies: 16.0
  • Development of Coaching Practice: 1.6
  • Other Skills & Tools Directly Applicable to Coaching: 12.8

Who should attend KBA Workshops? Becoming a licensee is well suited for coaches, organizational development and HR professionals, as well as career counselors and management consultants. However, anyone wishing to become part of the KBA team may attend.

What exactly occurs during a workshop? Workshops run over a 5 day period in which many activities will take place.
  • Classroom time with over 40 hours of intensive classroom instruction and interaction time over the 5 day period.
  • Focus on the scientific bases of the BTSA and Benziger model: exploring the work and contributions the leading scientists whose ideas and insights contributed to development of the model.
  • Real, 1-on-1 practice coaching sessions using your new skills to coach other participants using their BTSA data.
  • Enhanced media and graphics to improve both learning and retention.
  • Updated materials and software to support you in the use of the BTSA in your practice.
  • One day’s experiential teaching devoted to: using the BTSA to do team building and team development to improve team morale and team effectiveness.
  • A structured Follow-up Program, including Exercises and Assignments you take Home and do, designed to help you apply and master the workshop content after you leave. The Follow-up includes completing additional practice sets of BTSAs, discussing your results / evaluations with your partner participants, and then submitting your results to Dr. Benziger for evaluation and feedback, including coaching on your answers. This built-in follow-up module matches best practices in continuing adult education to provide adult learners with opportunities to retain and apply what they learned.
Schedules for workshops are the following:

Day 1, Monday Getting the Big Picture
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • Overview of the Model and its applications
  • Understanding Introversion and Extraversion
  • Understanding the Four Core Modes of Functionally Specialized Thinking
  • Understanding Falsification of Type
  • Question and answer session
  • Learning how to use the BTSA results to do Team Building and Team Development
Day 2, Tuesday Going Deeper into the Knowledge
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • In-depth information on the Model's neuro-physiological bases
  • In-depth understanding of the Assessment and its structure
Day 3, Wednesday Recognizing Patterns & Their Structure
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • Scoring and interpreting the BTSA
  • Developing an awareness of the big picture and links between Falsification, Emotional Tone, Wellness and Effectiveness
  • Learning to interpret eBTSA data
Day 4, Thursday Achieving Competency and Using the BTSA for Coaching
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • Practice in interpeting BTSA data
  • Learning to use Solutions 1st Software for Profiling
  • Practicing 1 on 1 coaching using the eBTSA
Day 5, Friday Taking the BTSA Home
9:00 am to 6:00 pm
  • Applying the Model to improve Individual Wellness
  • Applying the Model to improve Team Performance
  • Reviewing & Signing Licensing Agreements

What skills will I gain by attending the workshop? By attending the workshop and becoming a Level 1 Licensee, you will gain information useful to any coach, leader, or manager. For example:
  • How and why many of your colleagues see Benziger's work as the most powerful life/career planning tool available.
  • Physiological insights that set the Benziger model and assessment apart from others. These insights clarify:
    • the physiological foundations for our four core functions or modes of thinking
    • why our natural lead function is so much easier to develop and use than our other functions
    • why falsifying type can be so costly to our mental, emotional and physical well-being
    • how extraversion-introversion impacts job performance and satisfaction
  • How to help, heal, and empower clients who are experiencing career confusion, burnout, and depression by sharing with them new insights about Falsification of Type and its costs.
  • How to answer your clients' questions easily and effectively.
The skills you will develop during the Workshop include:
  • How to produce a fully customized 22+ page BTSA Feedback for each of your clients.
  • How to use the BTSA with its support materials most effectively with your clients.
To maximize your learning, your ability to work with the BTSA and model will be developed in practical, hands-on training sessions led by Dr. Katherine Benziger, with ample time to answer questions.

What will I take home with me to start using KBA services as a Licensee? An in-depth, comprehensive learning experience, supported by:
  • 5-days of expert training
  • Your own BTSA Feedback and Analysis
  • Your own KBA's Level 1 Licensing Manual
  • A comprehensive reference library, including:
    • The BTSA User Manual
    • Falsification of Type
    • Physiological Bibliography
    • Overcoming Depression
    • Using Your Whole Brain to Create a High Performance Team: presents proven, successful strategies for managing the balance between operations and creativity in changing times; and strategies and techniques for managing weaknesses. by Dr. Katherine Benziger. Recorded September 1992 – 2-CD (2 hour) Program.
    • Managing for Increased Creativity: Presents proven, successful trategies for managing the balance between operations and creativity. Program given by Charlie M. Leighton Chairman of The CML Group. Recorded 1995 - 1-CD Program.
    • Applying the Benziger Model to Education: Introduces the model to educators. Program presented over two days to educators and educational consultants using Workshop Way at a national educational conference. Program given by Dr. Katherine Benziger, for Workshop Way Teachers and Consultants Recorded 1993 – 4-CD 3 hour Program.
  • Solutions 1st Profiling Software to produce both individual BTSA Feedbacks and Team Analysis spread sheets
  • A Solutions 1st User Manual
  • eBTSA Software
  • eBTSA User Manual
 How much do workshops cost? Beginning January 2007, the cost of the 40-hour workshop and the eBTSA profiling software lease will total $4,500(US). The cost for a starter set of 30 eBTSAs and 30 copies of Thriving in Mind which are given on completion of the workshop total $1,350(US), plus costs of shipping for the books. The total of the workshop will then be $5,850, plus the extra shipping cost.

Ok! I want to attend a KBA Workshop, but what do I do now? All potential attendees of KBA's Licensing Workshops must fill out a registration form, which is available in pdf here. Please read the entire form, print it, fill in the appropriate fields clearly and legibly, and fax it to Dr. Benziger (001.618.529.3161).

Notice that there are prerequisites to attending the Workshop. To insure that all participants share the same foundation knowledge of the Benziger Breakthrough tools, the following prerequisites have been set up to foster a more effective educational experience:
  1. taking the eBTSA
  2. reading your eBTSA feedback
  3. reading Thriving in Mind
  4. optional: scheduling a personal coaching session by phone with Dr. Benziger to go over any questions you have about your eBTSA Feedback or the content of Thriving in Mind

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