Training Courses
Manager Focused, Results-Driven
Project Management Fundamentals
This course is for those new to project management or who want to see a higher success rate.
Common mistakes new Project Managers make and how to prevent them.
Understand the fundamental processes, documents, deliverables, and approaches to being a good project manager.
Knowing what your stakeholders really want.
The common reasons a project will go sideways and the steps to mitigate.
What experienced managers wish they were told when they started.
Managing risks, issues, bugs, and difficult people.
When to use Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, or something else.
How to really use Microsoft Project in 3 hours (Add-on and additional cost)
What Great Project Managers Do
This course is for Project Managers with 3 + years of experience
How to increase the likelihood of success of your by 6 times
How to factor in Change Management
Time management for the Project Manager.
No matter your project methodology how to spot activities going sideways
What those who work on your team really want.
What we can learn from Andy Grove and Peter Drucker about Project Management.
Working with the team you inherit
Rescuing the troubled project - a proven methodology.
How to communicate with leaders and customers.
What Great Managers Do
3 Day Course
Why do most people dislike their managers?
Management by the numbers
The Four Keys of Great Managers
Identify your strengths as a manager and how to use them to effectively manage.
Identify your team's strengths and understand how to leverage them for higher performance and satisfaction.
How to hire the right people.
How to assess performance and discuss compensation
Managing your team through change
Working with the team you inherit.
Where most managers stubble when it comes to time management.
Effective communication with leadership and customers.
Improve employee engagement.
Change Management
This course is designed to give managers tools and knowledge that can be quickly applied to any change effort.
Why Change Management efforts fall short.
The role of Change Managers and Sponsors.
What effective Sponsors do.
Change Management Frameworks.
Managing large organization changes.
Managing change in an Agile project.
Evaluate Organizational Readiness.
Conducting Stakeholder Assessments.
Creating the Change Management Strategy.
Creating the Change Management Plan.
Working with Project Managers.
Executing the Change Management Plan.
Sustain the change within the organization and individuals.
How Great Managers Find and Hire the Best Talent
The course is for managers at all levels
What recruiters get wrong and set new hires up for failure.
What many managers get wrong about the position and set new hires up for failure.
Why organizations (hiring managers) can't find the people they need.
Why most job descriptions attract the wrong talent.
Effective interviewing techniques for hiring managers to get the best talent.
How to attract, identify, select, and hire talent.
Creating Employee Success.
Engagement and Motivation in the Workplace
How to be a manager that people want to work with and follow
Applying talent.
Conducting effective one-to-ones.
Motivation Frameworks, research, and data.
Why employees quit and how to prevent them from quitting when they still work for you.
Having tough conversations.
What employees really want.
What engagement models get right and wrong.
It's not all about dollars and ping-pong tables.
Designing jobs that motivate people..
Time Management and Communicating with Leadership
This course is for all levels of management
Understanding and Recognizing Communication Cycles.
Communicating with Upper Leadership and Executives.
Organizing Your Message.
Building Effective Persuasive Communication
Running Effective Meetings with Leaders.
Running Effective Meetings with your Direct Reports.
What Many Managers Get Wrong with Time Management.