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A Different Kind of Leadership,
A Different Kind of Workplace

Carpe Diem Associates

Steve Greenblatt, Esq.,  Principal

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Discover a Different Way to Lead

A different kind of leadership, a different kind of workplace.

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Are your “problem employees” really irredeemable?

Employees acting out, not meeting expectations, or leaving after training?

Managing people can be stressful and draining, especially if you feel you’ve tried everything in your toolbox and nothing seems to help.

Help Your Employees Succeed

Intentional Influence: leadership with empathy and respect

Build Trust And Resilience​

Leadership calls for intentional influence. Plan how to make these challenging conversations a win-win-win for you, your staff member and your agency. We coach you in making behavioral changes yourself that will influence your staff, even your resistant people, to improve their performance as well.

Develop Skills For Difficult Conversations​

Conflict is inevitable, and managing difficult interactions is one of the most important parts of the supervisor’s job. When done assertively with skill and respect, it can be a rewarding experience for you and your team, reducing tensions and improving productivity, employee satisfaction and retention.

Improve Employee Retention​

You’ve invested in training your employees and you don’t want to see them fail. Our proven problem resolution techniques reduce grievances, influence employees to willingly modify behaviors and reduce employee turnover.

There are NO Canned Workshops

All content is original and based on research and empirical experience. And you can apply your new and improved skills your first day back at work!

Our 6 Most Popular Programs

Managing People

A Pennsylvania State University program that takes a whole new approach to leadership...
and can be implemented the next day. Course is 3 days/ maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

The Road to Employee Satisfaction

Employee Engagement and the Psychological Contract: Tools to create a workplace that is welcoming to everyone.
Managers and supervisors who are not tuned in to these concepts and their complementary skills are missing essential tools. Put into practice, these innovations can enhance every workplace relationship. Course is 3 days/ maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

New Supervisor's Orientation

Reviews Leadership and Human Resource issues...
both for the new supervisor and those who are being groomed for supervisory positions. Veteran managers have also found this one-day review eye-opening, offering novel insights into practices that need updating. A one-day workshop / maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

“Everybody Thinks He’s A V.I.P.! ”

Cultural Sensitivity And Customer Service​
An unprecedented approach to DE&I that highlights the diversity of the participants and culminates in a transformational Culture Share.
Programs

Handling Performance Issues Effectively

Most performance management systems just don’t work...
Supervisors and employees both have an aversion to the process and do their best to make it painless; unfortunately, that also renders it basically inconsequential. Learners will leave with a blueprint to make theirs more effective.
Programs

Respect in the Workplace: It's Not Just About Sexual Harassment

Highly interactive workshop on the latest rules ...
that apply to all forms of harassment. Participants leave understanding how to be an active bystander and how to respond effectively to inappropriate actions and remarks. A one-day workshop / maximum enrollment: 40​
Programs

Managing People

A Pennsylvania State University program that takes a whole new approach to leadership...
and can be implemented the next day. Course is 3 days/ maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

New Supervisor's Orientation

Reviews Leadership and Human Resource issues...
both for the new supervisor and those who are being groomed for supervisory positions. Veteran managers have also found this one-day review eye-opening, offering novel insights into practices that need updating. A one-day workshop / maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

Handling Performance Issues Effectively

Most performance management systems just don’t work...
Supervisors and employees both have an aversion to the process and do their best to make it painless; unfortunately, that also renders it basically inconsequential. Learners will leave with a blueprint to make theirs more effective.
Programs

The Road to Employee Satisfaction

Employee Engagement and the Psychological Contract: Tools to create a workplace that is welcoming to everyone.
Managers and supervisors who are not tuned in to these concepts and their complementary skills are missing essential tools. Put into practice, these innovations can enhance every workplace relationship. Course is 3 days/ maximum enrollment: 25.​
Programs

“Everybody Thinks He’s A V.I.P.! ”

Cultural Sensitivity And Customer Service​
An unprecedented approach to DE&I that highlights the diversity of the participants and culminates in a transformational Culture Share.
Programs

Respect in the Workplace: It's Not Just About Sexual Harassment

Highly interactive workshop on the latest rules ...
that apply to all forms of harassment. Participants leave understanding how to be an active bystander and how to respond effectively to inappropriate actions and remarks. A one-day workshop / maximum enrollment: 40​
Programs

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Carpe Diem is Unique!

Based on research and experience, our Leadership model is durable and culture-changing—and can be applied immediately.

 Canned workshops are disappointing because they are presented by non-experts without the empirical experience to enhance and solidify your learning.  All my workshops are developed and taught solely by me. They are based on science and hands-on learning.

Nothing cookie-cutter here!  We present workshops that no one offers: “Employee Engagement and The Psychological Contract” offers entrée to a process that can literally transform your relationship with your staff members and with your team. “Cultural Sensitivity and Customer Service” combines a novel approach to DE&I with heightened empathy to reignite the spark in diverse workplaces.

The learning does not stop when the training workshop is over! Carpe Diem Associates believes that learners can form collegial units to share problems and use their new contacts for brainstorming and collaboration. Spending time with colleagues from other agencies provides an opportunity to see that cognitive diversity results in better decisions than individual decision-making.

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“ I can help you train more effective and respectful leaders for your workplace.”

— Steve Greenblatt

I am Steve Greenblatt, Principal, Carpe Diem Associates. My background  lets me relate to your particular issues and develop courses uniquely suited to your needs.

  • Specialist in Labor Law for 40 years​
  • Served as Appellate Counsel to 23 District Attorneys’ Offices throughout New York State​
  • Ran the NYC Sanitation Department disciplinary system
  • Innovated policies related to drug testing, sexual harassment, cultural diversity, affirmative action, recruitment, and exit interviewing​
  • Conducted ethics training and statewide cultural sensitivity training for NYS Governor’s Office of Employee Relations​
  • Investigated hundreds of disciplinary complaints​
  • Consulted in workplaces with intractable employee morale problems ​

What Our Participants Say

"He had a whole different approach to managing people..."


"We were hiring a whole new team, there was turmoil around staff communication and trust issues. We were trying to figure out how to onboard— it needed to be new and we needed someone on the outside. I chose Steve because of his background and experience, and because he had a whole different approach to managing people that I hadn’t ever seen. It was more about what values you have and how they are expressed in managing people. Often training is just someone sitting everyone in a circle and talking, I spend all this money and leave wondering if it was worth it. But Steve was so thorough — he provided all this data and video. Our staff really felt safe. And those three days were the most enjoyable time I ever had on a retreat."
Profile Candace Wright
Candace WrightExecutive Director
Solar Youth

"...I was able to use what I learned immediately"


I used other resources to train our staff and especially our managers. Often I would leave shaking head and asking “Why did I waste my time and money?” With Steve’s well-thought out, structured course I was able to use what I learned immediately. Steve’s training resonates, it specifically relates to work in human services, and it was uniquely instrumental in getting me to the next level in communication with my staff. It really laid the baseline for more direct and honest communication.
Profile Shannon McCann
shannon mcCannChief Operating Officer
Southeastern Employment Services

"…we could let our guard down and really tap into learning"


"The training by an outside person allowed for a full experience in a non-judgmental space. It wasn’t intimidating, we could let our guard down and really tap into learning and absorbing all Steve had to teach. He opened up a different angle of leadership than I had been exposed to before. He showed us that it’s not always about you but about the people you are leading. You focus on their wants and desires to get their true buy-in. He comes with a lot of knowledge and experience, but even if he corrects you it’s in a kind, humane, way. He opens your eyes to things you didn’t even know you needed to know."
Profile Nate Paige
Nate PaigeProgram Administrator
Care at Home by JFS

"His scenario practices...really helped me understand critical moments"


My supervisor sent me because she had taken his course and valuable things stuck with her for years. She wanted to pass it on…I always met monthly with staff before, but what I really liked were his scenario practices. They helped me understand critical moments and to address important things in the moment when they came up — to have confidence. He gives good constructive criticism: he is VERY honest with people, but with a great sense of humor. Whether you are new or have been in your job for long time, there’s always something more to learn, and he’s the one to show it to you.
profile Carly Tutuhill
Carly TuthillProgram Director
The Chase Center

"I felt that I could approach Steve after the course ..."


"I felt that I could approach Steve after the course because the impression he left with me was such that he’d welcome continued contact and has interest in seeing the people he meets in trainings not only succeed but excel. Steve was able to help by listening to my issue and asking questions that I needed to consider before proceeding with any further action. After talking with Steve, I felt that my assessment of the situation we discussed was accurate and worth pursuing further."
profile Jessica Ahern
Jessica AhernDDS Program Manager
Southeastern Employment Services

"He has a lot of experience, very professsional, with unique ideas on how to train people..."


He was very creative in how he trained. He developed programs for people to do a lot of role playing on the subject matter he was teaching, and he put us in a position where we were not only acting as the manager but also the employee being investigated or being disciplined or who had to be taught in order to exist in the organization. Steve made it very entertaining -- he’s a character, and kept people’s attention all through the program.
Profile Nicholas Galeota
Nick GaleotaDirector Pharmacy, retired
Downstate Medical Center
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“I believe that we can change people’s lives — at least their working lives —and our daily experience in the workplace.”
— Steve Greenblatt

A different Kind of Leadership,
A Different Kind of Workplace

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