Course Catalog

    Human-Centered. Compliance-Aware. Culture Transformation.

    BuildWiseHR helps organizations strengthen culture, leadership, and performance by aligning people and practices with mission, values, and real business demands. Our programs don't just teach concepts—they change how leaders think, decide, and lead.

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    How We Work

    Organizational needs analysis and diagnostics — uncover culture gaps, leadership patterns, and team dynamics

    Customized learning design — training aligned to your mission, vision, values, and operational realities

    Interactive impact sessions — practical, applied learning that turns insight into immediate action

    Custom consulting engagements — translate findings into sustainable operational and leadership strategy

    Leadership labs and coaching — build confident leaders who align people, culture, and performance

    Why Buildwise Works™

    Customized to your mission, values, and real work—not theory

    People-first leadership balanced with operational and legal awareness

    Focus on why people leave—before turnover becomes a crisis

    Managers learn how their behavior shapes culture and results

    Leaders become confident, consistent, and fair decision-makers

    Licensed & Certified Delivery

    Buildwise is an authorized and certified provider of select licensed leadership and assessment experiences, including programs from The Arbinger Institute®, Everything DiSC® (Wiley), and The Five Behaviors® (Patrick Lencioni/Wiley). All intellectual property remains the property of its respective owners. Buildwise delivers these experiences through certified facilitation integrated with proprietary diagnostics and consulting methodology to create measurable organizational impact.

    Section I

    Culture-Driven Leadership™

    Stop losing your best people to unclear leadership, burnout, and misaligned culture. Culture-Driven Leadership™ equips leaders to see the human impact of their decisions, build trust that drives performance, and execute strategy through people — not pressure.

    Who Benefits

    • Executives and senior leaders responsible for strategy execution through people
    • HR and People Operations leaders driving engagement, retention, and culture alignment
    • Department heads and managers building high-trust, high-performing teams
    • Organizations experiencing growth, restructuring, leadership transitions, or culture strain

    Developing & Implementing an Outward Mindset®

    The leadership shift that unlocks performance through people.

    This Arbinger Institute experience helps leaders recognize inward-focused patterns that quietly undermine trust and execution — and replace them with outward-focused practices that build ownership, collaboration, and clarity.

    Business Impact

    • Greater ownership, accountability, and follow-through
    • Stronger collaboration that improves execution
    • Healthier, trust-based culture that supports performance
    • Reduced defensiveness, blame, and workplace friction
    2-day workshopEnglish & Spanish

    The Five Behaviors® of a Cohesive Team

    Trust → Conflict → Commitment → Accountability → Results.

    Designed for intact teams, this program addresses the behaviors that drive or derail performance—trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and results.

    Business Impact

    • Higher team performance and accountability
    • Increased trust and psychological safety
    • Healthier, results-focused conflict
    • Stronger alignment around shared goals
    2 daysEnglish

    DiSC® The Work of Leaders

    Clarity in vision, alignment, and execution.

    Leaders examine how they cast vision, build alignment, and execute, while understanding how behavioral styles influence communication, decision-making, and conflict.

    Business Impact

    • Clearer leadership direction and priorities
    • Stronger execution across teams
    • Reduced friction in cross-functional collaboration
    1 dayEnglish

    DiSC® Management Profile

    Leading people, not just tasks.

    Managers learn how their leadership style influences motivation, feedback, and performance — and how to adapt communication while maintaining authenticity.

    Business Impact

    • Stronger manager–employee relationships
    • Improved communication and performance conversations
    • Increased accountability and clarity of expectations
    • Reduced voluntary turnover risk
    1 dayEnglish & Spanish

    Executive Alignment & Change Readiness Review™

    A strategic leadership diagnostic that strengthens alignment before change begins.

    This facilitated experience helps leaders step back from daily pressure to examine workforce alignment, change fatigue, team dynamics, and operational clarity.

    Leadership Insight Areas

    • Workforce capacity and role clarity
    • KPI and scorecard alignment
    • Change fatigue awareness and prevention
    • Why people leave — growth, recognition, culture, balance, leadership, and alignment
    • Performance consistency and leadership alignment
    • Decision points around realignment and organizational direction

    Business Impact

    • Stronger, trust-based culture that supports performance
    • Higher employee engagement and retention
    • Clearer alignment between strategy and execution
    • Leaders equipped to address challenges before they escalate
    4 hoursEnglish & Spanish
    Section II

    Frontline Leadership & Supervisory Impact™

    Because employees experience culture through their direct supervisor, daily leadership behavior becomes the single greatest driver of retention, engagement, and execution. This section equips supervisors with the practical skills, confidence, and decision-making habits needed to translate strategy into people-centered action.

    Who Benefits

    • New and emerging managers stepping into people leadership
    • Managers without formal supervisory training
    • High-potential individual contributors preparing for leadership roles
    • Frontline leaders responsible for daily team experience and retention
    • Teams needing clearer expectations, accountability, and cohesion

    Next-Level Leadership: Your First Step as a Manager™

    From individual contributor to confident people leader.

    Designed for new supervisors and high-potential employees, this program builds the foundational mindset and skills needed to lead effectively.

    Business Impact

    • Faster transition into effective leadership behavior
    • Improved team performance and decision-making
    • Increased confidence in managing people challenges
    • Stronger culture of accountability and collaboration
    • Reduced risk through improved leadership awareness
    4 hoursEnglish & Spanish

    DiSC® Workplace Profile

    Build self-awareness and communication skills that strengthen teamwork.

    Participants learn how behavioral styles influence communication, collaboration, and workplace misunderstandings.

    Business Impact

    • Clearer communication and fewer misunderstandings
    • Stronger collaboration across teams
    • Faster problem-solving and decision-making
    • Improved day-to-day team effectiveness
    7 hoursEnglish & Spanish

    DiSC® Agile EQ

    Emotional intelligence leaders can apply in real-time decisions.

    Participants learn how emotional responses influence leadership effectiveness, communication, and conflict.

    Business Impact

    • Improved leadership presence and communication
    • Better decision-making under pressure
    • Stronger trust and team relationships
    • Reduced reactive conflict and workplace tension
    6 hoursEnglish

    Coaching for Performance™

    Coach for growth. Lead with clarity. Strengthen accountability.

    Participants learn how to identify skill versus motivation gaps, deliver feedback that drives improvement, and hold performance conversations with confidence.

    Business Impact

    • Leaders address performance issues earlier and more effectively
    • Increased employee ownership and engagement
    • Stronger performance consistency across teams
    • Improved retention through clear development conversations
    2 hoursEnglish & Spanish

    DiSC® Productive Conflict

    Turn workplace tension into healthy, results-focused dialogue.

    Participants learn how conflict styles influence behavior and outcomes—and how to address issues constructively before they escalate.

    Business Impact

    • Leaders manage conflict with confidence and consistency
    • Teams resolve issues earlier and more constructively
    • Stronger accountability and trust across teams
    • Reduced workplace friction and turnover risk
    6 hoursEnglish

    DiSC® Sales

    Build influence, strengthen client relationships, and lead productive conversations.

    This experience helps participants understand how behavioral styles impact customer interactions, internal collaboration, and stakeholder conversations.

    Business Impact

    • Stronger relationship-based selling and influence
    • Improved client trust and communication
    • More effective cross-functional collaboration
    • Increased confidence in high-stakes conversations
    1 dayEnglish
    Section III

    Workplace Risk & Responsibility™

    Most workplace risks don't start with bad intent — they start with everyday leadership decisions made without clarity or confidence. This section translates complex employment laws into practical, people-centered leadership behaviors managers can apply immediately.

    Who Benefits

    • Frontline supervisors and people managers making daily workplace decisions
    • HR professionals supporting compliant, consistent leadership practices
    • Executives responsible for culture, risk exposure, and operational stability
    • Organizations seeking practical compliance without overwhelming managers

    Harassment Prevention Training Requirements

    RoleHoursFrequency
    Supervisors2 hoursEvery 2 years
    Non-Supervisors1 hourEvery 2 years
    New Hires—Within 6 months
    Temporary/Seasonal—Within 30 days or 100 hrs

    Manager Training — Workplace Harassment Prevention™

    Lead proactively. Protect your people. Reduce risk.

    Buildwise's Harassment Prevention Training for Managers goes beyond compliance checklists — teaching leaders to recognize early warning signs, respond effectively, and build a respectful, accountable environment.

    Business Impact

    • Proactive risk management that reduces liability
    • Leaders equipped to respond confidently and fairly
    • Stronger, trust-based culture
    • Clearer expectations and consistent enforcement of workplace standards
    2 hoursEnglish & Spanish

    Employee Training — Harassment Awareness & Responsibility

    Know your role. Speak up. Be part of the solution.

    This training raises awareness of harassment, discrimination, and retaliation, and empowers individuals to act responsibly — whether by speaking up, supporting colleagues, or reporting concerns.

    Business Impact

    • A workplace where issues are addressed early, not after they escalate
    • Employees feel safe, heard, and responsible
    • Reduced incidents and improved reporting effectiveness
    • Supports overall engagement, retention, and culture alignment
    1 hourEnglish & Spanish

    Wage & Hour: The Lawsuits You Don't See Coming™

    Everyday pay and scheduling decisions carry real risk—equip leaders to get it right.

    This course translates complex wage and hour laws into practical, real-world leadership behaviors so managers can make compliant decisions while maintaining fairness and employee trust.

    Business Impact

    • Reduced exposure to costly wage and hour claims and penalties
    • Leaders make confident, compliant pay and scheduling decisions
    • Greater consistency across teams and departments
    • Stronger employee trust through fair and transparent practices
    • Fewer escalations driven by unclear expectations
    2 hoursEnglish & Spanish

    Leaves Laws Essentials™

    Handle leave requests with clarity, confidence, and care.

    This course provides clear, practical guidance on responding to employee leave requests appropriately while maintaining fairness and operational continuity.

    Business Impact

    • Minimized legal risk and costly penalties
    • Increased confidence handling sensitive employee requests
    • Stronger employee trust through fair, consistent responses
    • Improved operational continuity during employee absences
    • Leaders make decisions without hesitation or confusion
    2 hoursEnglish & Spanish
    Additional Programs

    Individual Development & Personal Growth

    Specialized programs for individual leadership development, career navigation, and personal effectiveness.

    Burned-Out High Performers: Individual Development & Career Navigation™

    Individual navigation, burnout recovery, and strategic career reinvention.

    Through individualized coaching, participants conduct a comprehensive skills inventory, clarify career direction, and develop a targeted approach to networking, interviewing, and employer evaluation.

    Business Impact

    • Clear career direction aligned with strengths and goals
    • Increased confidence and professional presence
    • Strategic, focused job search — not scattershot applications
    • Stronger professional positioning and personal branding
    • Sustainable career decisions that reduce future burnout
    Customized coaching journeyEnglish & Spanish

    The Five Behaviors® Personal Development

    Lead yourself so you can lead others.

    Participants explore personal tendencies that impact trust, conflict, commitment, accountability, and results — strengthening leadership presence and interpersonal effectiveness.

    Business Impact

    • Increased personal accountability and ownership
    • Stronger leadership presence and influence
    • Improved communication and collaboration
    • Greater confidence navigating team dynamics
    1-day workshop or 6-week 1:1 coaching journeyEnglish

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    Let's discuss which programs align with your organization's goals, challenges, and culture.