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Best practice skills tailored to your industry

In addition to designing, developing and delivering custom training for specific systems and/or products, we are experienced in training the following skill sets which can be customized for your industry:

Leadership Development:

  • self awareness
  • creating your vision as a leader
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • relationship building/networking
  • leading through change
  • conflict management
  • influencing others
  • decision making

Supervisory/Managerial Development:

  • communication
  • team building
  • planning the work
  • delegating
  • coaching
  • providing feedback
  • writing effective performance appraisals

Presentation:

  • voice characteristics
  • non-verbals and gestures
  • creating a presentation
  • preparation
  • using visual aids
  • humor in a presentation
  • controlling the fear

Communication/Customer Service:

  • impact of voice characteristics
  • effective listening skills
  • using fact-finding questions to determine need and/or establish understanding
  • recognizing differences in communication styles
  • building rapport
  • basic telephone manners and guidelines
  • leaving effective voice mail messages
  • dealing with stress
  • choosing your attitude
  • problem solving
  • giving and receiving effective feedback

Sales:

  • effective listening skills
  • effective observation skills
  • using fact-finding questions
  • building rapport
  • the sales process
  • overcoming objections
  • presenting yourself and your product
  • territory management
  • closing the sale
  • follow up

Business Writing:

  • basic elements of good writing
  • email etiquette
  • style
  • grammar
  • punctuation
  • editing and proofing

Time Management:

  • planning
  • prioritization
  • goal setting
  • handling interruptions
  • dealing with procrastination
  • handling email
  • ending clutter

Facilitation: Designed to help trainers at your company facilitate successful in-house training:

  • building rapport
  • maintaining schedule
  • delivery skills
  • asking and answering questions
  • listening
  • handling challenging situations
  • using instructional materials
  • conducting demonstrations and activities
  • preparing yourself for training
  • delivering feedback