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business case Development
Effectively Evaluating Ideas
Frequently within your organization, staff identifies interesting,
novel ideas that could prove valuable to the company's enhanced productivity, employee or customer satisfaction, and, the bottom line. Unfortunately, many of those ideas get lost in the transfer. Very often, there isn't a mechanism for bringing them forward in a clear, cogent manner for full and appropriate analysis of the opportunity. Senior leadership is reluctant (and correctly
so) to commit the organization's limited resources for such undertakings
without that analysis and at least a basic plan of implementation. In this
workshop, participants will discover the essential components of
a business case, the critical role it plays in organizational success and
most importantly, learn step-by-step how to develop a professional business
case:
Creating Internal Business Analysts
Every employee needs some level of business analytical skills, but critical
roles require them. There are essential skills that must be built within
an employee to nurture a competent business analyst. Your business will
progress more quickly only if you have analytical skills within your employee
population that can be applied on a daily basis to make critical and timely
business decisions. In this workshop, we will cover:
Business analysis workshops of other durations can be customized to fit your specific requirements.
Business Writing—Beyond E-Mails
Business writing is not limited to e-mails—which is a class in and of itself.
This workshop focuses on the writing of formal letters, reports, plans, etc.,
to assure that you are fully, clearly and appropriately communicating in
documents that become part of the permanent record. Excellent writing skills, beyond all others, carry the greatest likelihood of drawing attention to your usefulness to the organization, which often leads to expanded professional opportunities. Report-writing,
formal letters and plans differ from other forms of communication like in-person,
phone and e-mail, as you don't have the opportunity for immediate response
and interaction to gauge how the conversation is going. It requires developing and enhancing the following skills:
Effective E-Mail Communication Course
This workshop is designed to significantly enhance the effectiveness of overall e-mail communication skills for attendees. The curriculum content is comprehensive and will ensure participants are exposed to the critical skills required for managing effective e-mail communication. In this workshop, participants will:
Developing the Characteristics
of Excellent Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving
Some people are natural-born critical thinkers; others can be nurtured to
develop the skill. We know that the most successful people are accomplished, aware
critical thinkers—which means they have spent some time understanding and
enhancing that skill. Unfortunately, most people rarely give the concept
of critical thinking, in and of itself, much thought. We don't appropriately
understand its characteristics and application or our own personal skill level and how to improve it. We are, therefore, missing the opportunity
to progress—personally and professionally. In this workshop, you will (re)learn
the characteristics of critical thinkers and how to identify the personal
factors that affect our ability to think critically. Understanding the organizational
impact of decision-making, why it is important to use an objective process
to make crucial decisions, and which tools to use to analyze problems and identify
criteria for decisions are all part of effective critical thinking.
A standardized problem-solving process drives a successful critical thinking
outcome. In this workshop, participants will:
A Systematic Approach to Managing
Projects of All Sizes
This is an essential-skills workshop that demonstrates a systematic approach
to managing complex undertakings. All of us are required to make
complex decisions in life, and many of us lead or participate on project teams. Successful
organizations recognize the benefits of applying the tools of project management—allowing
for more efficient use of an organization's resources, from planning to
implementation. This workshop is especially applicable for individuals who
want to hone their project management skills and learn how to effectively
manage projects—end-to-end. This contributes dramatically to the difference
between a leading organization and one that is just making it. In this
workshop participants will:
Developing Attention-Grabbing
Presentations
The ultimate basis of all business interactions and personal relationships
is clear, effective communication. Particularly in the professional world,
that includes formal presentations—the thought of which makes most of us
very nervous. Delivering a presentation that is concise, clear and purposeful
for the intended audience must be the goal every time you present—large
group, small group, with colleagues or strategic audiences. Effective
presentations combine valuable information with an appropriate level of
humor, and leave attendees with applicable information to use
personally or professionally. You owe your audience respect for their
time and moving them to a higher plane of knowledge and understanding with
your words. This essential-skills workshop strengthens your ability to prepare
and present information to others comfortably (even planning for potential
disaster) in a variety of methods. It builds effective presentation skills
by taking you through a step-by-step presentation planning process that
focuses you on the most critical areas of presenting. In this workshop, participants
will:
Facilitation—Critical Skills
to Drive Your Organization to a Competitive Advantage
A trained facilitator is a key player in critical or complex team efforts.
Through this workshop, leadership and appropriate employees will acquire skills
to drive their organization ahead, assuring its competitive advantage by
facilitating critical process improvements. Trained facilitators will achieve
maximum output by:
This workshop will train facilitators to become
Clearheaded and Refreshed: Simple Tools to Manage Stress
We all need simple tools to manage our stress. The better we understand
the stressors that affect us, the more effective we will be in coping with
workplace and general life events in an appropriate and healthy manner.
Everyone should periodically examine how they handle stress and where improvement
can be made. In this workshop participants will:
Time (Self)-Management—Getting the Most Out of Every Day
Employees are faced with constantly growing demands in highly dynamic work
environments. The one critical commodity we all need, and yet can not expand,
is time itself. This workshop will expose participants to concepts that will
contribute to more effective use of time and increased productivity. In
this workshop participants will:
Capturing a Major "Time Thief"
Meetings can literally be "time guzzlers." They are costly—both from the
lost productivity while in them and, if the
meetings are not productive, triple that cost. Each of us must learn how to
effectively plan and participate in meetings. Course participants will gain
exposure to the effective tools and techniques that are critical to managing
meetings for successful outcomes. In this workshop participants will: