Workshops and
Training Programs
Leadership
Development
Engineers are typically
promoted to positions of leadership as a “reward” for their
technical excellence. These new roles, as either a team
leader or manager, demand a completely different set of
skills. These new skills include effective communication
skills, conflict resolution, and change management. To be
successful, the new leader must quickly demonstrate
proficiency in these new skills.
New leaders must also resolve
any personal and professional issues associated with the
transition from technologist to generalist. Our programs
address each of these topics as well as provide opportunities
to practice and exercise these new leadership skills and
techniques.
We help you:
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Understand the challenges of the transition
to leadership.
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Learn the skills and behaviors that make
leaders successful.
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Learn effective techniques to resolve
conflict.
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Practice interpersonal communication skills
that make leaders effective.
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Learn how to develop high performance work
groups.
Strategy Planning
and Implementation
Increased
uncertainty and compressed life cycles have created
fast-paced, complex environments that are more complex than
ever. Reacting to day-to-day crises leaves little time for
effective strategic leadership. Now more than ever,
leadership at every level is critical to survival and
viability. We help clients understand important strategic
competencies that impact effective strategy management.
We help you:
Project
Management
In today’s corporate environment, teams are
engaged in a variety of projects from designing new products
and services to reengineering business processes. But many of
these teams have little to no training in project management,
and therefore, struggle with meeting project deadlines or even
completing them at all.
We equip your project team with
information and insights that will elevate their project
management skills in a very short period of time.
We help you:
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Understand the skills needed to be a
successful project manager
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Learn how to develop project plans
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Define the scope of work using WBS
methodology
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Effectively plan resources
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Establish project schedules
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Understand the right information to report to
management
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Effectively close out projects
Business Transformations and Change Management
Agility, adaptability and resilience are key to
survival in today’s turbulent economy. Change loses its power
over businesses with effective skills for understanding and
coping with change. Successful businesses that have mastered
change management will be those with processes for sensing,
responding and adapting to rapidly changing environments. Our
management consultants work with businesses to fully develop
key skills and competencies for managing change.
We’ll help you:
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Understand the forces driving the need for
change
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Understand and articulate
‘what’ needs to change
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Formulate effective change strategies and
implementation plans
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Manage resistance to change and minimize
impact of loss on those most affected by the change
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Ensure organizational alignment to
effectively operationalize change
Conflict
Resolutions Skills and Strategies
Conflict is
inevitable, especially in healthy and creative environments
where new ideas are vigorously debated. In fact, conflict is
an essential element of good decision making.
While conflict
can’t always be resolved, it can always be addressed in
constructive ways.
We provide an
opportunity to build effective planning and communication
skills and techniques to manage conflict, strengthen
relationships and promote team cohesion.
We help you:
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Learn the anatomy of
conflict, its causes and symptoms
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Learn to distinguish between
constructive and destructive conflict
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Deal with interpersonal
issues before they grow into project issues
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Build skills and confidence
needed to effectively manage and resolve conflict and crisis
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Understand how trust and
rapport can be strengthened in conflict situations.
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Develop an action plan for
continuing personal development as a conflict competent
leader
