Coaching
"Uncover the unknown, awaken the unaware, remove the resistance, and you will perform to your potential."
Dr. De Luise has been a counselor for over a decade. He has counseled people through an assortment of problems, across a variety of career fields, and those from the lowest levels of their organization to commanders and CEO’s. As the former director of a military marriage and family center, a master resiliency trainer, and doctoral trained leadership expert, his wisdom and guidance has helped thousands of people reach their goals. His ability to breakdown problems, discover the pieces of each issue, and generate solutions is unmatched. Arguably his greatest asset is his ability to connect with people. For years Chris has been entering military squadrons to care for troops. As such, he developed a strong social intelligence necessary to garner the trust and respect of those he served. He learned very early on that the social chemistry between a counselor and client is paramount. Similarly, if you don’t resonate with your coach, you will not be motivated to act on their counsel. With Chris you will find an empathetic, engaged, competent coach who is whole-heartedly invested in your success. In Chris you get the heart of a chaplain, the will and determination of a resiliency expert, the mind of an academic, and the leadership of a military officer. It would be his joy to coach you to your next level of success.
Workshops
Dr. De Luise offers half-day and full day training opportunities. Training is always high-energy, engaging, interactive, illustrative, and thought provoking. Your team will walk away with a variety of strategies to arm themselves for success. Please see below for the different workshop opportunities we offer.
Popular workshops:
- Arm Up! Creating your Mental Battle Plan - This is Neuro Armor’s most requested program. How successful would your organization be if they didn’t have a plan to accomplish their goals? Do you think a fighter pilot would do well without a mission plan? What level of performance would you expect from a professional sports team who had no game plan? We plan in so many ways for life, but we often don’t have our own mental battle plan. Are you prepared for the mental battle of the day? What will you take with you to conquer your day? How are you going to manage the adversity that comes your way today? If you don’t have a mental battle plan and don’t know your mental strategies, then you will be cornered with just your raw emotions to manage those moments. Arm Up! is a powerful training that delivers the performance techniques necessarily to win each day.
- A.M.P.P.: Arming the Mind for Protection and Performance – How do you protect yourself from yourself? Are you your own worst enemy? How many people on your team are harder on themselves than you would ever be? How many of them can’t take feedback because they take it so personally? How many have the potential to do better, but they get in their own way? The protection side of A.M.P.P. will help your team members develop the emotional intelligence strategies to become more confident in themselves and their ability, as well as, uncover their hidden potential. The performance side of A.M.P.P. will empower your team to raise their level of commitment and supply them with the mental armor and strategies for optimal performance.
- Cadence: How to get your team in step – Cadence is a term frequently used when military members are marching. The training instructor calls out a cadence for everyone to follow. However, sometimes people get out of step. If the misstep is not quickly corrected, it can cause others to get out of step. Cadence is a training program designed to get all team members in step with one another. Your team will learn how to manage interpersonal dynamics, the importance of being a team, how to cultivate a culture of positivity, and much more. By the end of this training, your team will all be marching to the same beat.
- Call Sign - In the military, it is not uncommon for members to be given a call sign. A call sign is issued based on a standout event a person participated in, or it can be given based on the nature of a person. Sometimes it is funny, sometimes it is embarrassing, and sometimes it is empowering. This program is designed to help people figure out what their call sign should be. This program will take a deep dive in discovering your teammates character, values, internal motivations among other identity defining factors. At the end of the training each person will develop their own call sign, or they can elect for the team to choose for them. This is a fun and informative training your team is sure to enjoy.
- R.A.M.P.: The Resiliency, Attitude, & Motivation for peak Performance – This program is skills training at its finest. R.A.M.P. is designed to help your team R.A.M.P. UP their performance. Your team will learn how to overcome adversity and setbacks, why attitude is the key to their personal and professional success, the real secret of motivation, and a load more. R.A.M.P. will help your team climb to the next level of performance.
- Team Armor: How do you protect your team from infighting, poor communication, and disengagement? Arm them with the right materials to prevent, or recover from, these toxic stances. How do you do this? You build their morale. Team Armor is a training program designed to lift your team’s morale and help them build a more unified team culture. The right Team Armor is just the protection your team needs to make them unstoppable.
- Create your own: Let us know the problems and challenges your organization is facing and we will create a training program to address your needs.
Consulting
During Dr. De Luise’s time in the Air Force, including stents at the United States Air Force Academy and the Pentagon, he learned a great deal about developing a culture of success. He discovered the hallmarks of developing highly successful teams were through creating cultures founded upon dignity and respect, shared values, grit and perseverance, character development, and deliberate process. It is interesting how many people would agree that these are important factors, yet their workplace doesn’t reflect these practices.
It is not a mystery as to how important an organization’s people are to its performance. An organization may be guided by its vision, mission, purpose, goals, and policy; its sales may be driven by innovative products and superior technology; but the heartbeat of every organization is its people. Without the team working to the same beat, the system will break down.
When teams are not on the same sheet of music discord is bound to occur. Sometimes the disharmony surfaces due to ineffective leadership and other times it is due to interpersonal conflict. Whatever the cause, there needs to be a catalyst to synchronize teams to play their best.
Chris can be your catalyst. He has worked with a variety of organizations including start-ups, non-profits, educational institutions, government agencies, investment funds, and professional service firms, to improve business outcomes, vital to organizational success, by boosting people performance through:
- The process of how to engage in healthy conflict
- How to communicate in a clear and effective manner, so teams are unified in their efforts
- Creating a value-based, character-driven, optimistic culture
- Building high-performance leadership teams
- Uncovering morale issues and shifting practices and behavior to revitalize workplace loyalty
- Strengthening workplace relationships
- Developing a mindset of continuous improvement
- Discovering the causes of employee disengagement and building employee commitment
- Creating an emotionally intelligent workforce
