Meet Our Founder

Dr. Rhoni Booth, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Rhoni Booth brings 36 years of professional experience to this community platform. She has served from local, to Regional and National Government levels as well as in the private sector. Her most recent post involved managing the operational readiness of a national training team. This includes staffing 300 professionals through a specialized force structure model, equipping individual team members with mission appropriate equipment, overseeing collective and individual training requirements, qualifying team members in their specific job title, and monitoring/facilitating field performance evaluations for each team member. Rhoni exercises a broad range of managerial and supervisory authorities and responsibilities for a subordinate staff that directly support executing mission operations.

Rhoni has previously served as a National Training Institute course manager, Regional Training Manager and Preparedness Cycle Team Leader. Prior to these positions, she headed up Staff and Faculty Development for the Department of Defense Media Activity. While there, Dr. Booth trained and evaluated staff and faculty instructors. In addition, she administered both the Master Instructor and Master Training Specialist Programs. She founded Sistagurl’s Clubhouse with a wealth of knowledge and well-rounded experience in various applications of training and development.

Rhoni’sprior assignments include Interior Communications Electrician, Plant Engineer, Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, Financial Counselor, Advanced Electronic Maintenance Instructor, Curriculum Developer, and Supervisory Instructor Trainer.

Rhoni is an ordained minister who holds undergraduate degrees in Public Safety & Administration and Emergency Management. She also holds multiple graduate level degrees in Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Disaster Preparedness & Executive Fire Leadership, and Motivational Speaking. She has Doctorates in both h Christian Education and Counseling disciplines.

In addition to being a Professor of Wellness Studies, Rhoni possesses a host of professional certifications including Personal Strengths Strength Deployment Indicator Administrator and Facilitator, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Administrator, Gallup Strengths Finder Coach, Contracting Officer’s Representative, Business Analysis Expert, Communications Expert, and a Management/Leadership Specialist. Rhoni is a Langevin Certified Master Instructor, Master Facilitator, Master Trainer, and Conflict Resolution Counselor/Mediator.

Our History

Established in 2010, Sistagurl’s Clubhouse is a viable, sustained training resource for the community that offers seminars that empower, inform & prepare participants to make responsible life choices through sound decision-making practices.

Alternative Resource Network Partner

Sistergirl's Clubhouse partners closely with the Alternative Resource Network (ARN) to push the members of the community to succeed in their careers, self-esteem, and family needs. The primary goal is designed for members to become self sufficient to then demonstrate and share what they have received initially from ARN.

Sistagurl's Clubhouse Mission

Our mission is to infuse resilience into the community and our partners through training and education events based on the 7 integral and interrelated components that make up being resilient – competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping and control. Each of these 7 Cs are explained briefly in below and our training sessions are crafted carefully in order to include content and group processes that will enhance each and every one of the 7 Cs.

The Significance of the 7 Cs of Resilience

What are they?

1. Competence – is the ability to know how to handle stressful situations effectively. It requires having the skills to face challenges and having had the opportunity to practice using these skills so that one feels competent in dealing with situations. Our groups offer stress-reduction and social skills training and by learning these skills in a group of similar aged peers, provides the opportunity for participants to practice these skills, and enhance their competence.

2. Confidence – is the belief in one’s own abilities and is rooted in competence. People gain confidence by being able to demonstrate their competence in real situations. Our groups enhance self-confidence by identifying each person's individual strengths and when people are noticed for their strengths, watch them soar high and be self-motivated to overcome their challenges.

3. Connection – People with close ties to friends, family, and community groups are likely to have a stronger sense of security and sense of belonging. These individuals are more likely to have strong values and are less likely to seek out alternative destructive behaviors. In our groups, we foster a sense of belonging and we discuss ways participants can strengthen their ties by being a good friend, a caring family member, and an important community member.

4. Character – People with “character” enjoy a strong sense of self-worth and confidence. They are in touch with their values and are comfortable sticking to them. They can demonstrate a caring attitude towards others. They have a strong sense of right and wrong and are prepared to make wise choices and contribute to the world. Our groups aim to strengthen character through enhancing self-esteem with our strengths-based work, and by teaching skills of empathy and caring for others. In our youth activities, teenagers and young adults are empowered to recognize that they have the ability to make choices and that they can make “wise” choices towards their values rather than away from their values.

5. Contribution – if people can experience personally contributing to the world, they can learn the powerful lesson that the world is a better place because they are in it. When participants hear the "Thank Yous" and feel appreciated when they contribute, it will increase their willingness to take actions and make choices that improve the world, thereby enhancing their own competence, character, and sense of connection. In our groups, there are activities that include time for participants to explore how they can contribute and matter in this world. In our relationship-building, self-awareness, and resume workshops we give lots of ideas on ways that families may be able to collaborate and engage together in order to experience the power of contributing.

6. Coping – those who have a wide repertoire of coping skills (social skills, stress reduction skills) are able to cope more effectively and are better prepared to overcome life’s challenges. Our interpersonal skills workshops teach both stress-reduction skills and social skills for coping with everyday life stresses.

7. Control – when people realize that they have control over their decisions and actions, they are more likely to know how to make choices in a way that they can bounce back from life’s challenges. Our seminars aim to empower and provide a sense that participants have choices – on how they wish to think and act, and that they can determine results based on these choices.

Why does it matter?

There are 7 integral and interrelated components that contribute to a person being resilient – competence, confidence, connection, character, contribution, coping and control. Each of these 7 C’s are explained briefly on the left and our training programs and community events have been crafted carefully in order to include content as well as individual and group activities that will enhance each and every one of the 7 C’s.

Find out more

Workshop Listing

These and many of our other seminars are offered in person as well in an interactive online format via the Zoom and Adobe Connect platforms.

The seminars are also available upon request for groups of 6 participants or more. Please contact staff for more information.

Performance Management

This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the elements of a performance management system, roles and responsibilities of associated parties and techniques for success and empowerment.

Working as Part of a Team

This workshop will emphasize elements of teams including effective & ineffective characteristics, developmental stages and strategies for building successful teams.

Telework Basics

This workshop is designed to provide an overview of the elements of telework, roles & responsibilities of associated parties and techniques for success and empowerment.

Meeting Facilitation Basics

This workshop features a variety of ways to successfully plan, manage and conduct purposeful, engaging meetings. Key topics include defining the role of the facilitator, the importance of audience engagement and staying on track during the meeting.

Professionalism in the Workplace

This workshop gives an overview of effective strategies to demonstrate a conscientious behavior, courtesy and business-oriented manners while performing in an operational environment.

Providing Effective Feedback

This workshop is designed as an interactive discussion focusing on principles and strategies to give analytical information in such a way to increase productivity, motivate and encourage skills development in a professional environment.

Workplace Civility

This workshop fosters a discussion around professional conduct in the workplace to build a more positive, inclusive and productive atmosphere.

Microsoft Teams Basics

This workshop is designed for participants who have very little knowledge about Microsoft Teams. It will provide information on the basic usage and functions of the Microsoft Teams application.

Professional Communications

This workshop is designed to foster a discussion around professional communication practices and provides a host of successful strategies and resources regarding conducting professional exchanges.

Navigating Difficult Conversations

This workshop is designed as an interactive discussion centered around the elements of high stakes conversations and strategies for achieving successful outcomes.

Dealing With Difficult Behaviors

This workshop is designed as an interactive discussion centered around counterproductive behaviors and strategies to address them in a professional environment.

Stress Management

This workshop is designed to provide basic information regarding stress and techniques for countering and managing physiological and psychological effects.

Diversity Basics

This workshop is designed as an interactive discussion highlighting the benefits and challenges of diverse people working together and strategies to capitalize on them to achieve goals regarding a diverse workforce.

Soft Skills

This workshop covers the different types of workplace skills along with their potential impacts on employment success. It also highlights common soft skills employers seek when hiring and assists participants in creating an individual action plan of development.

Customer Service

The workshop goal is to provide participants an opportunity to enhance individual professional development around proper customer service.

Beyond Listening

This workshop is designed as an interactive discussion centered around effective techniques for gathering information and providing appropriate responses during a conversation to facilitate effective communication.

Pushing Past Your Packaging

This presentation is designed as an interactive discussion centered around the elements of personal awareness and presentation. Key topics include bias, professionalism, assertiveness in choice and strategies for achieving successful individual outcomes.

Ergonomics Basics

This workshop provides an overview of strategies to fit your workspace to your needs in effort to increase efficiency and productivity and reduce discomfort.

Improving Your Social Skills

This workshop focuses on strategies to develop abilities to successfully interact with customers and colleagues beyond the basic exchanges within the sterile topics associated with work.

Cross Cultural Communication

This interactive workshop discusses culture and how it affects our communication. In addition to standards, expectations and norms, the workshop also provides strategies for success in cross cultural communications.

Motivating Yourself

This workshop is designed to familiarize participants with strategies to increase their own productivity and avoid demotivation pitfalls.

Interviewing Skills

This workshop gives an overview of different types of employment interviews. It also includes insight into preparations, behaviors and follow up actions a candidate can perform during the interview process.

Professional Networking Basics

This workshop provides an overview of networking skills to aid in moving forward in your professional goals. Both social and professional networking are covered plus benefits and practices.