Instructor Led Challenges Training Classes

Sales Success Relationship sales targets customer-focused sales skills that helps identify customer's needs and develop powerful solutions. We explore the selling cycle, how to match your style to your customer, and how to enhance basic communication skills (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on  more...

On Course to Excellence - Sailing Business Simulation Just as in business, we often choose a course where the destination is known, but the tools and strategies for getting there are not yet in place. This is a unique business simulation that uses sailing as a model for our work environment. From the moment that your team sets foot on the boat(s), they are challenged to define their objectives and to leverage their experience. With minimal  more...

Meeting Effectiveness Ineffective meetings are one of the most common time wasters in today's business. Our meeting effectiveness programs focus on what to do before, during and after a meeting to minimize time and maximize effectiveness. We also explore what roles need to be filled, and how to manage difficult people in meetings (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific  more...

Cross Gender Communication Our cross gender communication programs focus on how men and women communicate differently and how they manage conflict differently. The goal is improved understanding and an improved ability to communicate effectively (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on skills and concepts, promoting  more...

Building A Strong Telecommuting Work Team ... At its core is the functional team unit, with all of the challenges of a traditional face-to-face environment. This includes: clarity of purpose, goals, roles and responsibilities, communication, conflict management, participative leadership, and most of all, trust. In a virtual environment, these challenges are compounded by distance, technology, and even organizational culture. All too often  more...

Problem Solving and Decision Making Our problem-solving decision-making programs focus on helping participants explore a fact-based problem-solving model that targets root causes, weeds out inappropriate solutions and gains buy-in. We also use a matrix analysis to examine how to make better, more consistent decisions (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your  more...

Presentation Skills Our presentation skills program helps participants realize what they have to do before, during and after a presentation to be more effective. They examine specific techniques for dealing with stage fright, managing audio-visuals, and presenting with confidence and competence (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate  more...

Writing Effectiveness Our writing effectiveness programs focus on how people can present information in a clear and concise manner. We cover everything form critical grammar and composition mistakes to how to better address the needs of the audience (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on skills and concepts,  more...

Managing Across Generations Managing across genders is increasingly becoming an issue for people in today s workforce. These sessions focus on how to better understand the different generations and how to communicate more effectively across age groups. We also explore different ways to motivate people differently (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your  more...

Learning Technologies Consulting Services Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on skills and concepts, promoting direct application, and creating an environment where participants can practice new strategies, the likelihood of impacting real, positive change, is dramatically improved. Each of our programs is specifically designed to address your  more...

Change Management This highly interactive program focuses on how to increase resiliency, better manage transitions, and deal with imposed change. We frequently use one of several change style assessments to give participants insight into how they can better manage change and more effectively leverage their personal style (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results  more...

Effective Performance and Employee Management Effective performance management requires an ability to successfully coach others, both in an annual review and on an ongoing basis. We explore how to prepare for and conduct discussions, and what to do to follow-up afterwards and how to help people operate at their maximum capacity (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your  more...

Steps to Effective Delegation One of the most challenging aspects of leadership is effective delegation, but this is also one of our most powerful tools for managing our time and developing others. We explore how to determine what to delegate and whom to delegate to. We also use a step-by-step delegation model that helps guide the delegation process (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve  more...

Conflict Management Effective conflict management is critical for both individual and team development. It is also a major cause of ineffective communication. We explore dealing with the emotional aspects of conflict, how to have difficult conversations, and what to do when things get ugly (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business  more...

Developing a Successful Sales Team Managing the sales process is one thing, managing sales people is another. Sales management focuses on how to manage sales people who are often remotely located. It also explores how to maximize individual and team potential while keeping communication open (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By  more...

Essential Communication and Listening Skills for an Effective Workplace Effective communication is an active process that requires both speaking and listening. Our ability to communicate is our most powerful tool for ensuring maximum team performance. We explore different communication styles, how to express yourself clearly, and how to listen to the real message behind the words. We also explore critical communication tools for both the individual and the team  more...

Effective Coaching Skills Effective coaching is a continuous process, not something you do just once a year. Here we focus on specific skills needed to be an effective manager or coach. We also explore a specific step-by step coaching process to help you maximize your coaching effectiveness (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business  more...

Understanding and Managing Diversity Taking advantage of the diversity in your team and company is critical to success in today s world. Our diversity programs focus on appreciating differences and better understanding different cultures. We also explore how to benefit from diversity rather than allowing it to build walls (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your  more...

Interviewing Skills Critical interviewing skills include how to effectively plan for an interview, how to build rapport, effective listening skills, and how to dig deeper using strategic questioning skills (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on skills and concepts, promoting direct application, and creating  more...

Giving and Receiving Feedback Feedback is the cornerstone to almost every communication process. From tracking performance, to managing goals, our ability to give and solicit feedback is critical. We explore how to give feedback in an effective manner and how to receive feedback yourself. We explore a specific feedback process minimizes the fear and emotions often associated with difficult situations (See Details Below).  more...

Essential Listening Skills Listening is one of the most important communication skills we possess. Unfortunately, the ability to do it well does not come naturally. In our listening skills programs we focus on assessing how well you listen, different listening tips and techniques, and what non-verbals can tell you (See Details Below). Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your  more...

Classroom Sessions, Workshops, and Assessments Every LTI classroom program is designed to achieve specific results aligned with your immediate business needs. By focusing on skills and concepts, promoting direct application, and creating an environment where participants can practice new strategies, the likelihood of impacting real, positive change, is dramatically improved. Each of our programs is specifically designed to address your  more...

Practical Process Control Training - PID Control The Practical Process Control Training course (more than just a PID tutorial, will give you a firm foundation in Process Control and PID control tuning . SEMINAR/WORKSHOP TRAINING DATE: Jun 27-28, 2007 Receive hands-on instruction and gain the confidence you need to solve complex process control challenges. With real world examples and the PID control tuning simulation software, you  more...

Remote People Management ...Any manager will agree that people management has its own challenges but in today's fast-moving business environment, work has become more remote and more flexible, with people often working from a number of different sites. This presents a new set of challenges, with organisations requiring improved management processes and managers needing to develop new competencies and strategies.  more...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Testers ... SOA Advantages SOA Differentiators Risks and Challenges of SOAs The "Wrapping" of Legacy Systems Module 2 SOA Implementation (1. 5 hrs.) SOA Technology Stack Common Internet Stack XML and it use Core Web Service Standards o SOAP o WSDL Services Deployment Tools. Application Deployment Platforms. System Integration and  more...

Collaboration and Communication This program provides individuals and teams with the opportunity to experience collaboration across both internal and external boundaries. Working both within groups and across groups, participants build awareness of the: Importance of cooperation Challenges inherent in inter-team communications Significance of creating and sustaining effective partnerships.  more...