Creating a Mentoring Program for your Company
Course Description:
75% of executives surveyed target mentoring as one of the key factors in their business successes. In order to have a successful mentoring program at your company it is very important to have support from top executives and senior managers, time and resources devoted to this effort and a healthy organizational climate,
Who Should Attend:
HR Executives, CEOs or Presidents
What You Will Take Away:
- Course of action for mentors
- Course of action for mentees
- Tools to use in the process
Decision Making Tools for Companies—Using the RACI Chart
Course Description:
Are you a team leader who has been asked to solve a particular problem on behalf of your department or another department you work closely with? Do you find yourself involved in brainstorming activity and then having no way to plot your ideas so that you have owners and an action plan? As a facilitator you must ensure that everyone who needs to be involved in the resolution IS involved. Use of a RACI Charts is a tool that aids teams with cross-functional communication.
The acronym stands for: Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed.
Who Should Attend:
Team Leaders, Program Managers or Team Facilitators
What You Will Take Away:
- Immediate application to current company problem
- Application of the tool to improve cross-functional communitation
- How to apply accountability for team participation
Developing a Mission and Vision for Your Company
Course Description:
For a company to ensure that all of its employees are pulling in the same direction, it is important that they share a similar purpose, mission and vision for success. The purpose, mission and vision define the entity’s strategic direction. The terms purpose, mission and vision are often confused or used interchangeably. They actually have distinct meanings and play complementary roles in defining strategic direction. This 2-day workshop helps strategic leaders in departments or in companies work through their strategic planning to ensure that the organization’s purpose provides long-term continuity as the business navigates changing market conditions and adopts different missions.
Who Should Attend:
Strategic Leaders, Managers, Small Business Owners
What You Will Take Away:
- Application of a Mission Statement
- Application of a Purpose Statement
- Setting strategic direction for your company
Goal Setting and Accountability
Course Description:
Are you getting the results you need from your employees? Are your employees equipped with the tools they need to create goals for themselves? Regardless of an employee’s position, he/she must be held accountable for results. The workshop facilitates the development of goals, mechanisms for quantifying and qualifying goals and methods for measuring effectiveness.
Who Should Attend:
Managers, Team Leaders, Program or Project Managers, Team Facilitators
What You Will Take Away:
- How to establish quantifiable goals and objectives
- How to use Action Planning Tools to hold employees accountable
Motivating Values for Optimum Job Performance
Course Description:
Is your organization going through change? Are your employees beginning to assess or think about the jobs they are doing today and how they might be able to fit into the jobs of tomorrow? This workshop prepares employees for change by having them assess their values as they relate to their work worlds.
Who Should Attend:
All employees at all levels
What You Will Take Away:
- Long- and short-term goals and job preferences
- How to sustain motivation while at work
Strategic Business Planning
Course Description:
This is a 4-day intensive course designed to help senior level managers or business owners develop strategic plans for their companies. The course begins with defining a purpose statement and culminates in implementation planning. This course is best delivered over the course of multiple days so that participants can go back to their own work places and work on specific tasks identified in the class.
Who Should Attend:
Senior level managers or business owners.
What You Will Take Away:
- How to create a formal business plan.
- How to develop operating principles and core values.
- How to define Key Success Factors.