Instructor Led Collaboration Training in United States

CULTURAL DIVERSITY SKILLS TRAINING ...he culture of Mexico. These cultural courses result from collaboration among dozens of acclaimed intercultural experts from 35 countries. Participants learn a process for navigating cross cultural communication more effectively and learn to develop practical strategies for driving cultural assimilation. The course will boost productivity by helping students learn specific cultural values  more...

Professional Services Program (PS) At the heart of the PS program are courses helping people to better frame their business context, listen to client needs, facilitate to consensus, articulate value, collaborate and present solutions with confidence! Workshops (10 days): The Professional s Toolkit Creating Valued Solutions Making the Business Case Collaborative Consulting Presentations That Count In many companies, the job of  more...

Project Management Program (PM) Executives and project sponsors need to be confident in project performance reporting so return on investsment can be realized. When project risks are avoided and stakeholder expectationa managed, relevant business solutions can result. Project management knowledge alone does not equip a person with the good judgment required to architect their project deliverables. It takes leadership through  more...

Business Analysis & Requirements Program (BAR) Successful requirements gathering, documentation and communication require professionals to rediscover processes, adapt development systems and continually build a better, more efficient way to accomplish results. Can your organization benefit from improvements to the requirements gathering process? The BAR Program will: - Provide tangible methods and build skills necessary for gathering and  more...

SharePoint Designer 4 Day Workshop ...s document approval, custom event notification, and other collaboration tasks with the Workflow Designer. Create reporting and tracking applications using data views and forms to easily gather and aggregate data from outside your site and from SharePoint lists and document libraries on the Web site. Get started fast with pre-built Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services Application  more...

Effective Scrum Developer Using NET With Visual Studio 2010 ...or the Certified Scrum Developer Program in these areas. Collaboration The teamwork and collaboration on a Scrum team Architecture and Design The principles that drive code quality and support quick delivery of business value from testable, understandable and correct code. Test Driven Development Using the practice of Test First to help ensure the requirements are well understood and  more...

Effective Scrum Developer - Minneapolis MN Using .Net With Visual Studio 2010 Part of the Scrum Alliance Certified Developer Program This course is aimed at helping software development professionals and teams be more effective when implementing Scrum and other agile software development methodologies. In an effort to raise the effectiveness of Scrum, the Scrum Alliance has created the Certified Scrum Developer program. This course is  more...

Negotiation Skills for Project Managers Course Overview We constantly negotiate in order to meet our goals and objectives and to accomplish our project tasks and activities. Essential time is wasted and relationships damaged when parties focus on a positionsa versus the underlying a interesta which defines the problem. Often we attack each other in trying to reach an agreement that WE will accept versus attacking the problem  more...

GFSI Overview & Comparison Course ... The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is an extensive collaboration between some of the worlda ™s leading food safety experts from retailer, manufacturer and food service companies, as well as service providers associated with the food supply chain. Since customers are becoming better educated and more informed and are now requesting retailers and suppliers in all food supply and  more...

Emotional Intelligence ...power and acumen of emotions to facilitate high levels of collaboration and productivity. In the business environment, EQ is important because it help you leverage your awareness of emotions for workplace effectiveness. High performing organizations recognize that competencies that separate good employees from great ones are based on leadership skills which have a strong basis in emotion  more...

Dealing with Difficult People Within an increasingly diverse work environment and global economy, there is an even greater potential for conflict in the workplace. This one-day seminar empowers participants with tools and techniques to deal more effectively and constructively with conflict and difference. By learning how to manage expectations and to use powerful communication strategies, conflict can be transformed into  more...

AutoCAD Civil 3D Essentials In this introductory three-day course participants will learn a basic understanding of the 2011 Civil 3D, become familiar with topographic information, layouts and labeling, assembly creation, pile networks and grading tools. This course will also cover quantity take off and project collaboration.  more...

Conflict Resolution Learn how to Turn Conflict into Collaboration. Conflict is inevitable because of a diverse workforce, constant change, stress from doing more with less, confusion over responsibilities, and miscommunication.  more...

STRATEGY QUICKSTART Improve Strategic Focus and Execution in 30 Days "This was the most focused and results-oriented strategic planning session I have ever attended." a UAPCS Board Member Your organizationa ™s growth and profitability in 2012 require your leaders to be competent in 3 critical areas: Strategic Thinking, Strategic Planning and Strategy Execution. Unclear goals, losing sight of priorities and lack of accountability are often causes of poor  more...

Using Influence to Effectively Sell Ideas Products and Services Nov 22, 2011 ...mething they need to get done at their work and where the collaboration of others (boss, peer and/ or reports) are required. It could be a product innovation, setting up a new system or even arguing for a promotion or frankly anything else on the individuala ™s agenda. The group will be guided through the thinking as well as the techniques that are required in the art and science of  more...

Effective Team Development using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team System Training ...eam System architecture and how these are used to improve collaboration and increase the overall efficiency of the team development process Describe project management tools availalbe in Visual Studio Team System Describe the Developer and Architect tasks in Visual Studio Team System 2008 Describe MSBuild architecture and customize Team Build Access Version control and use branching and  more...

Getting Started with Adobe Acrobat 10/27/07 ...cuments Searching multiple PDF documents Choosing a collaboration workflow Adding review tools to a PDF document Digitally signing a PDF document Marking-up a PDF document Compiling and viewing Comments from multiple reviewers Rescheduling / Cancellation Policy Launch will refund 100 of a class price minus a registration cost of $5 on all cancelled and rescheduled classes  more...

Leading Effective Meetings ...earn simple-to-use tools to create a more involvement and collaboration from your meeting attendees so your meetings are more productive, gratifying and fulfilling. We will cover the key elements that make meeting more effective, clarify meeting roles, learn the meeting processes to ensure productivity, discuss how to make meeting attendees more comfortable and learn how to maximize the use of  more...

Think Like a Team ...on activities, your team will enhance their productivity, collaboration and problem solving skills. Each module includes our Thinking Styles Exercise which will give your team valuable insights into their own thinking and communication styles, and how to appreciate and better utilize the strengths of their team mates. Many different content modules are available; each one focuses on a different  more...

Negotiations - Achieving Objectives and Strengthening Relations The term negotiations is most often considered to be the problem solving process used to resolve disputes in formal settings, such as business, legal or other formal organizational settings. Although the negotiation process is more formalized in these areas, it is in fact an interpersonal dialogue people use to resolve conflicts, and therefore a process each of us, in less formal situations,  more...

Interpersonal Conflict A Positive Opportunity for Change and Improved Relationships Many people experience interpersonal conflict as a negative dynamic. Yet conflicts are defined as situations where individuals have competing or opposing needs and interests. In varying degrees, each of us experiences situations of conflict throughout the day. It is not conflict that produces a negative experience, but rather the behaviors that we use to resolve conflict. In the United States  more...

Rational Team Concert Training Suite Rational Team Concert Team Collaboration - 1 day Rational Team Concert Source Control - 1 day Rational Team Concert Project Admin - 1 day Eclipse, .NET, and web interface variations.  more...

Certificate in Agile Development Using current development methodologies, project requirements are difficult to identify up front and are prone to substantial change. Technical risks are realized late in the project, costing precious time and money. Incorporating key enterprise functionality can take months, only to be delivered with a myriad of defects. It all leads to tense and adversarial relationships between the development  more...

Cross Cultural Communication Skills ...king to strengthen their cross cultural communication and collaboration skills and work confidently with others. Activities throughout this course immerse you in an ongoing simulation including a media-rich experiential learning environment that allows you to practice the communication techniques, tools and strategies presented. Activities include: a Experiencing the difference between  more...

Building Cultural Intelligence One of the most frequently cited reasons for failure in mergers and outsourcing engagements is culture. Often, organizations underestimate the power of culture to influence decision making, problem solving, and collaboration. To build partnerships and relationships, we need to improve our cultural intelligence: our capability to move fluidly and work successfully with different countries and  more...

Influencing for Results Influencing for Results The Business Challenge In todaya ™s organizations, with processes and workflows that cut across yesterdaya ™s clearly defined lines, individuals are called upon to influence others - often with no direct authority and in the midst of competing priorities. When faced with this situation, individuals often try to compel or force others to act in a certain way,  more...

Essential Facilitation The Essential Facilitation workshop is a three-day, highly experiential workshop that provides a solid foundation of facilitation theory and practice. During the workshop participants will learn to: * Keep discussions on track. * Design results-focused agenda, group processes, and implementation plans. * Design and conduct planning sessions and cross-functional team meetings. * Use a  more...

Championing Sustainability: A creative forum for organizational change leaders Championing Sustainability is a one day "creative forum:" an interactive collaborative exploration of what it means to lead sustainability efforts. The outcomes of this one day forum are: * Help you understand key principles for sustainability and how to begin incorporating them into your organization * Introduce you to diverse frameworks to assist you in generating innovative ideas and  more...

Evolutionary Leadership for Sustainability The purpose and unique offer of this leadership development program is to expand the understanding of leadership by placing it in an all-encompassing context of global interconnectedness and long-term viability of humans in partnership with Earth. It focuses on the development of core competencies that comprise the mind-set, skill-set and heart-set of the evolutionary leaders.  more...

Myers-Briggs Would you like to improve morale, productivity, communication, collaboration, leadership and customer satisfaction? We are certified to present Myers-Briggs Training in its many applications including: Teams Dealing with Conflict Individual Change Organizational Change Career Development Career Decisions Selling Culture  more...

PowerPoint 2003 Level II ...rganizational charts, special effects, Web presentations, collaboration functionality, and advanced presentation delivery, or students who desire to prepare for the Microsoft Office Specialist exam in Microsoft PowerPoint 2003 and who already have knowledge of the basics of Microsoft PowerPoint 2003, including slide formatting, working with tables, images, and objects, charting data, and  more...

Using Emotional Intelligence: How to Best Use Your Brain for Successful Results ...king well with others -Increasing skills of negotiation, collaboration and influence Methods Used The workshop is highly interactive, giving participants a chance to practice the new skills and to discuss how to integrate the skills after class is over. Techniques used include self-awareness exercises and assessments, exercises in time- and energy-management, and case-studies and games to  more...

Six Thinking Hats Six Thinking Hats Six Thinking Hats is a world-renowned course developed by Dr. Edward de Bono that will eliminate unproductive meetings and help individuals organize and maximize their thinking, making problem solving and decision making easier, faster and more effective. Six Thinking Hats teaches you to separate emotion from facts, the positive from the negative, and critical thinking from  more...

Iterative Development and the Business Analyst ...ments Based Software Estimation The Business Analyst in Collaboration with the team Use Cases and Iterative Development PM and BA activities and deliverables required at each phase of iterative development Current iterative methodologies, including MSF, Agile, Scrum and Extreme Programming Agenda  Day 1: Introduction to IT Project Management Process Model Project  more...

Gateway Leadership Certificate Program ... dedication; understanding the effects of competition and collaboration on the effectiveness of a team: and appropriately empowering people to make the right decisions for the team and the organization. Companies who are market leaders and have achieved sustained success claim that successful team leadership is one of the most critical factors contributing to their success. Focused, inspired,  more...

Managing Successful Negotiations Whether knowingly or not, people negotiate everyday when they haggle over price, decide which movie to see, discuss the conditions of employment, or settle terms and conditions of a contract. The program is designed to help you acquire the necessary concepts, skills, and techniques to prepare for and conduct successful negotiations.  more...

Powerful Feedback Powerful Feedback "Focusing employees on results" The most successful managers work to create an environment where employees know how they are performing and how they are contributing to the company. Too often managers rely on no news is good news to impart performance feedback. What we know is that feedback must be an ongoing management activity that combines collaboration, mutual evaluation  more...