Opportunity Development Workshops
“Sessions that are far greater than the sum of their parts”
Our team is skilled in leading opportunity development workshops, helping individuals and teams identify and pursue new avenues for growth and innovation. With tailored sessions, we foster a collaborative environment where participants can explore strategic opportunities, brainstorm creative solutions, and map out actionable plans for success.
Our award-winning facilitators combine extensive experience with engaging methodologies, ensuring each workshop is both structured and adaptable to the group’s evolving needs. Having guided over 110,000 people worldwide, we are dedicated to empowering you to seize new opportunities and drive meaningful progress in your field.
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What We Facilitate
Great content is only made better by great facilitators
As an Award-Winning Facilitator and the Owner and Founder of Positive Impact, Will empowers people around the world to lead their best life by blending the art of coaching, integrating mindfulness principles with skills learned from over a decade’s experience with one of the top-three best-known brands globally. The result is a meaningful vision and a gratifying journey. Read more about Will’s journey from Coca-Cola to Positive Impact below.
Lindsay was recently awarded the Top Entrepreneur Coach by the Coach Foundation. She is a passionate entrepreneur, guide, and coach. She brings her experience as a director and divisional head, along with an international coaching certification to help entrepreneurs and business leaders achieve the strategic growth, scale and success they strive for. The focus is on building a highly strategic plan, finance model and leadership team to support this growth.
Bringing over a decade of leadership and development experience ranging from improv stages to executive offices, Michael has worked with over 50,000 people across North America in supporting their own personal and professional development.
Jason is a TEDx speaker, author, certified Life and Corporate Coach, counsellor, and hypnotherapist. With training in Suicide Intervention (ASIST), NLP, MBSR, MBCT, psychology, and peer support, Jason tailors his approach to meet each client’s unique needs. Driven by a passion for building more cohesive teams, he focuses on emotional intelligence, effective communication, and self-restoration—the triad of success.
It was a pleasure to work with Will and Positive Impact. I was both inspired and empowered to co-deliver a meaningful offsite. Their positive incite into leadership performance and emotional resilience gave me clear direction and tactical tools I could apply to my workplace right away. I thoroughly look forward to working with Will again.
– Haley Daniels
Olympian and Motivational Speaker
Thanks for your incredible support, kindness, professionalism, and realness.
It was my sincere pleasure and privilege to work with you on our event.
You are a unique and special human, and I’m grateful that our paths crossed on this project, and look forward to the next time.
– Shauna Grinke, MBA, CPHR
Vice President – People and CultureThe workshop was an incredibly valuable experience for our team — the facilitator created an open, engaging environment that encouraged honest discussion and collaboration. The content was thoughtfully tailored to our team’s specific goals, making the session both relevant and actionable. We’re excited to continue partnering with Positive Impact to build on the great momentum sparked in this session.
– Shannon Charbonneau
Account Director
Treetop Marketing and Promotion Inc.
I’m leaving our session with a sense of optimism that I haven’t had in a while. It was time extremely well spent! I am sure that we all feel much closer and more connected.
– Participant
MDA Geointelligence Engineering Leadership SummitThe environment that was created made me feel comfortable to participate and collaborate with my colleagues. It was very well organized. I liked the outcome of the brainstorm sessions and warmup activities.
– ParticipantThe level of engagement and pace of the training was excellent. Like the fact that this workshop was trainer-guided, but participants lead!
– ParticipantFantastic facilitating most importantly Will understood when to let us talk and when to corral us back on track. Excellent value this afternoon.
– Engagement Workshop Participant
Featured Workshop
COMS Communication Styles
COMS Communication Styles draws inspiration from Paul Costa and Robert McCrae’s research on the Big Five Personality Model, introducing how different personality styles prefer to communicate along the spectrums of result-driven vs. interpersonal and reflective vs. assertive.
COMS is an interactive communication styles exploration. Through answering 8 strategically designed questions, you and your team will gain valuable insights into how individuals tend to communicate and interact. By visualising this into a simple but effective grid and delivering an interactive workshop, it can be instrumental in improving team dynamics, reducing conflict, and fostering more effective communication across the organization. Each of the four identified style has its strengths in different contexts. Your team will leave the session knowing with a deeper understanding and appreciation for diverse communication styles as well as how to leverage each approach and adapt their style to maximize impact and drive positive outcomes.
Strategic Planning
This isn’t just another corporate exercise – it’s a chance for you to engage your team in the planning and execution of the organization and an opportunity to align on strategic planning initiatives and actions.
As strategic planning facilitators, we guide organizations through the strategic planning process. We don’t dictate solutions to you, we enable your groups to co-create strategies based knowledge, experience and diversity. We create an environment conducive to open dialogue, innovation, critical thinking, and collaborative decision-making. This role is distinct in that it focuses on empowering your organization rather than imposing external ideas. Our award-winning facilitators are catalysts for transformative decision-making and planning. We do, however, offer guidance and insight into how other organizations operate and offer suggestions you may wish to implement. To us, strategic planning is more than just a single planning session. We work with our clients to help them navigate the strategic plan throughout the months and even years ahead. With our objective lens, we are well-positioned to offer insights into the strategic plan and execution tactics.
FAQs for Opportunity Development Workshops
What is an Opportunity Development Workshop?
An Opportunity Development Workshop is a structured session designed to help teams identify, refine, and evaluate new possibilities for growth or improvement. This could include new service lines, strategic partnerships, internal process changes, or emerging market ideas. The session creates a shared space for exploration without losing focus. We guide teams through decision-making tools and frameworks that clarify risk, alignment, and next steps. It’s not about generating ideas for their own sake—it’s about moving the right ones forward.
Who are these workshops designed for?
These workshops are ideal for leadership teams, cross-functional working groups, innovation committees, or boards of directors. They’re useful in early-stage planning, annual strategy cycles, or when pivoting due to market shifts. Whether you’re solving a problem, assessing a proposal, or weighing competing ideas, this session helps your group move from discussion to decision. We adapt facilitation to match your team’s size, sector, and stage of development.
What problems do Opportunity Development Workshops help solve?
They help teams get out of analysis paralysis, build alignment around priorities, and bring structure to open-ended questions. If your group is stuck between options, unclear on how to assess impact, or spinning in divergent directions, this workshop provides clarity. We help identify criteria for success and filter ideas against your mission, capacity, and timing. The goal is to advance ideas worth pursuing—and let go of ones that don’t fit.
How do you structure the workshop?
We use a combination of frameworks like SWOT+, risk/value grids, effort-impact mapping, and customized decision-making criteria. Each session includes a mix of breakout work, full-group dialogue, and guided prioritization. Participants walk through a focused process to generate, test, and rank opportunities. The format is built collaboratively to match your organization’s pace and complexity. We balance creativity with rigor so ideas don’t just emerge—they move forward.
Do we need to have ideas already before the session?
Not necessarily. Some teams come in with a long list to sort, while others use the session to generate new options. We’ll ask a few discovery questions in advance to tailor the structure accordingly. Whether you’re brainstorming or narrowing down, the process supports both modes. What matters most is your team’s readiness to explore and evaluate honestly. We create a safe, focused space to do that.
Can this workshop be part of a larger strategy process?
Yes, opportunity development often works well as an input into strategic planning or innovation pipelines. We can facilitate this as a stand-alone session or embed it within a broader strategy engagement. In some cases, it follows stakeholder engagement or internal consultation. In others, it’s used to kick off a planning cycle. We’ll help you map where this fits in your decision-making rhythm.
What outcomes should we expect from the workshop?
You’ll leave with a prioritized set of opportunities, a shared understanding of why they matter, and clarity on what’s next. The team will have worked through risks, dependencies, and organizational fit. Most importantly, you’ll walk away with confidence in what to pursue—and what to pause. The workshop also builds alignment and buy-in by involving key voices early in the process.
How long is the workshop, and how far in advance should we book?
Most Opportunity Development Workshops run three to four hours, though half-day and full-day formats are available depending on scope. We recommend booking at least four weeks ahead to allow for discovery, design, and scheduling. If your timeline is tighter, reach out—we’ll let you know what’s possible. The earlier we start planning, the more tailored and impactful your session will be.
