Unlock Influence
with the CARA Code
In today’s world of instant answers and shallow connections, curiosity is the competitive edge. The Connection Lab is a six-week, small-group experience where you’ll practice the CARA Code: Curiosity, Attunement, Resonance, and Amplification. Through guided exercises and real-time practice, you’ll learn how to move beyond surface-level conversations, tune into subtle cues, and create authentic resonance that transforms relationships and drives results.
You'll gain practical tools to:
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Stand out by bringing presence and purpose to every conversation.
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Unlock deeper insights that give you an edge with clients and teams.
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Amplify trust, loyalty, and results through meaningful connection.
Topics:
A Positive Tone
Understand your values, motivators, and how to approach conversations.
Mindset for Connection
Discover how to stay open and curious to create genuine rapport.
Meaningful Questions
Practice asking the right questions to deepen understanding.
Active Listening
Acquire skills to build trust and rapport.
Authentic Sharing
Learn to respond with empathy and awareness.
Perfect For:
Leaders who want to build trust with their teams.
Sales managers who want to connect deeply with clients.
Professionals who want to improve their relational skills.
This isn't just another training program
it's a transformative experience that empowers you to connect with confidence, authenticity, and purpose in every interaction.
Join us and discover the key to turning conversations into opportunities!
Week 1 - SELF-AWARENESS: Know Yourself First
This session helps participants build a strong foundation by understanding their values, motivators, and barriers, empowering them to enter conversations with clarity, intention, and confidence.
Learning Points:
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The Importance of Self-Awareness
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Provides the grounding needed to connect authentically and influence effectively.
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Define Self-Awareness
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The ability to recognize your own values, motivators, emotions, and default patterns - and understand how they shape your interactions with others.
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Best Practices for Self-Awareness
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Identify values and motivators – clarify what drives your choices and communication style.
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Notice internal barriers – recognize stressors, limiting beliefs, and assumptions that can get in the way.
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Set your resonance baseline – become aware of the energy you bring into conversations and how to adjust it with intention.
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Week 2 - CURIOSITY: Ask Meaningful Questions
This session helps participants move beyond surface-level conversation by asking thoughtful, meaningful questions that spark openness, trust, and deeper connection.
Learning Points:
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The Importance of Curiosity
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Demonstrates genuine interest, builds rapport, and opens the door to influence.
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Define Meaningful Questions
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Curiosity-driven, open-ended, and value-oriented questions that invite understanding without judgment.
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Best Practices for Curiosity
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Go deeper – ask follow-up questions that show you’re truly listening.
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Balance tone and timing – use pacing and body language to invite openness.
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Avoid the surface trap – skip predictable or transactional questions and aim for ones that reveal values and motivations.
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Week 3 - ATTUNEMENT: Tune In Deeply
This session helps participants develop the ability to notice not just words, but tone, energy, and rhythm — creating alignment that fosters deeper trust and connection.
Learning Points:
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The Importance of Attunement
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Builds empathy, strengthens trust, and helps uncover the unspoken layers of communication.
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Define Attunement
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The practice of tuning into another person’s verbal, nonverbal, and emotional cues to fully understand both what is said and what is meant.
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Best Practices for Attunement
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Be fully present – minimize distractions and give undivided attention.
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Notice rhythm and tone – observe pacing, pauses, and emotional inflection.
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Mirror and validate – reflect back what you notice to signal understanding.
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Week 4 - RESONANCE: Create Alignment
This session helps participants explore how to move beyond understanding into alignment, empowering them to build trust and influence through shared energy, values, and connection.
Learning Points:
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The Importance of Resonance
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Strengthens trust, deepens rapport, and creates a sense of being truly seen and understood.
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Define Resonance
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The moment when curiosity and attunement converge, creating alignment that feels natural, authentic, and influential.
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Best Practices for Resonance
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Listen for energy – notice what lights people up or shuts them down.
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Reflect emotions – acknowledge not only what was said, but how it was felt.
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Seek alignment – find the shared values, motivations, or rhythms that allow connection to deepen.
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Week 5 - AMPLIFICATION: Ripple Influence
This session helps participants learn how to extend their influence beyond one-on-one interactions, empowering them to create ripple effects that inspire teams, clients, and communities.
Learning Points:
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The Importance of Amplification
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Transforms personal resonance into collective momentum, allowing influence to spread and create broader impact.
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Define Amplification
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The ability to carry the trust and alignment built in individual conversations into larger groups, meetings, and organizational cultures.
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Best Practices for Amplification
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Model curiosity - demonstrate the behaviors you want others to adopt.
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Leverage resonance - share stories, insights, and energy that connect with group values.
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Create ripple effects - encourage others to carry forward the connection, multiplying your impact.
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Week 6 - Review & Conclusion
The final session is about bringing everything together, celebrating progress, and ensuring participants leave with clear, actionable steps to continue applying the CARA Code in their daily lives.
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Celebration
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Share: “What’s one moment during this lab that stood out to you or made a difference in how you connect with others?”
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Review Key Concepts from Each Week
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With each week’s topics, participants will recall a key takeaway and how it’s been applied to their interactions.
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Integrate the CARA Code
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Participants see the system as a cohesive whole rather than separate components.
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Practice the Full System
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Connection role play
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Reflection and Action Planning
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Connection Commitment (reflect and create personal action plan)
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Closing