Training Philosophy
It is my experience that people rarely learn necessary skills in single-day or large group seminars. Learning is interactive and dynamic, requiring time and investment on the part of both the trainer and the attendee.

I am passionately committed to delivering exceptional training experiences to my clients. My goal is to leave your workshop participants with practical, applicable communication and thinking skills. In my training sessions attendees get hands-on practice with the specific skills taught in the workshop, immediate feedback and videotaped sessions reviewed one-on-one between the individual participants and me.
 
Workshops
Highly Effective Teams
Highly Effective Managers
Powerful Presentations
Advanced Powerful Presentations
New Business Team Presentations
 
Other Training Services
Individualized instruction/personal coaching
Training tailored to specific job or field requirements
Special rates for non-profit groups

 
Teams:
Highly Effective Teams
Teams are at the heart of modern business. All too often teams wrestle with tedious communication problems, challenges with team leadership and reduced productivity. Every member of a team can master strong techniques to make the team significantly more effective. In this workshop you will:
 
Learn the latest, most effective team leadership skills
Ramp up understanding of different thinking and behavior styles
Strengthen team cohesion and communication
Develop more effective metrics for assessing team productivity
 
Highly Effective Managers
Modern managers are expected to be both great managers and great producers. Strong communication techniques and team leadership skills are essential for managers to reach their production goals. In this workshop you will:
 
Learn 3 powerful tools for making a good manager great
Increase access to each team member’s specific strengths
Develop conflict reduction/resolution skills
Learn effective feedback tools to improve employee performance
 
Presentations:
Powerful Presentations
Every company needs strong, skillful presenters, whether in sales, marketing, manufacturing, or management. Yet too often presenters wrestle with just-adequate skills, often-debilitating presentation anxiety and awkward or dense visual aids. In this workshop you will:
 
Deal with and diminish presentation anxiety
Create persuasive presentation outlines and PowerPoint decks
Kick up personal delivery skills
Learn the secrets of high-impact visual aids
 
Advanced Powerful Presentations
Business presentations often involve issues such as challenging audience interaction, speaking to large numbers of people and creating a sense of excitement and interest in a product or service. A strong presenter in a small group or standard presentation can find these scenarios difficult to manage. In this workshop you will:
 
Learn to manage Q&A sessions (including difficult or even hostile audiences)
Master large audience presentations
Boost your energy and enthusiasm for what you’re presenting about
Become a presentation leader for your company/group
 
New Business Team Presentations
Sometimes a company needs a group of people to present their product or service. This is obviously more complex than having a single presenter do the job. You want your pitch/presentation team to be strongly prepared, well-coordinated and highly energized to deliver the most effective presentation possible. With this workshop you will:
 
Develop strong presentation team presence and delivery
Learn techniques for effective group coordination for presentations
Use each presenter’s strengths to the fullest possible extent
Master the secrets of high-impact visual aids
 
Workshop Parameters
Optimal training conditions include:
10-15 attendees
12-15 hours across 2-3 days
Individualized instruction
Time to practice skills/information learned in training
Videotape review of training sessions or presentations













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