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Project Management

Project Management –

Successful project management is not just about planning and organization; it’s about follow through as well.

Seven ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

  1. Document your progress and delays.
  2. Document any changes to the original scope of the project.
  3. Continually calculate risks.
  4. Constantly adjust timelines, budget, and the scope statement.
  5. Don’t let any “add-ons” take you away for your ability to meet the project goals.
  6. Make sure you’ve planned for all the required deliverables.
  7. Complete project evaluation when you’re finished to improve for the future.

Our project management skills training workshop provides the project management skills for effective project planning and control.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based project management skills training and other management courses and communication skills and leadership skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-02-14T16:55:40-05:00February 12th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Supervisor Skills

Supervisor Skills –

Great supervisors are works in progress!

Four ideas to increase your success with leading others include:

  1. Make continuous improvement your motto.
  2. Seek opportunities to develop as a person and as a leader.
  3. Focus on intentions, feelings and ideas.
  4. Be authentic.  Your sincerity will speak volumes

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-24T14:57:24-05:00February 8th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Project Management

Project Management –

The success of your project is related to the effectiveness of your planning and process.

Five ideas to add to your project management strengths include:

  1. Build a solid foundation buy involving stakeholders early.
  2. Assemble your project team based on ability to contribute; not availability.
  3. Maintain ongoing communication with all team members concerning priorities, deadlines, budgets.
  4. Focus on key project activities, deadlines, costs.
  5. Keep all of the players updated on the progress and delays.

Our project management skills training workshop provides the project management skills for effective project planning and control.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based project management skills training and other management courses and communication skills and leadership skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-24T14:53:22-05:00February 5th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Communication Skills

Communication Skills –

Work at being respectful!

Four ideas to add to your communication strengths include:

  1. Follow up promptly
  2. Deal with facts not opinions or judgements.
  3. Receive well intended feedback graciously.
  4. Speak without emotion or sarcasm or defensiveness.

Our Toronto based Communication skills training workshop provides the communication skills for performing positively and clearly to enhance your career and personal success.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based communication skills training and other management skills and leadership courses and workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-17T12:23:00-05:00February 1st, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Leadership

Leadership –  

Increase your success by connecting with people.

Four ideas to increase your success with networking include:

  1. Be prepared with business cards, a pen, a notebook and a smile.
  2. Arrive early so you can network at meetings
  3. Approach people in social settings who are standing by themselves.
  4. Shake hands.   Introduce yourself in 30 seconds or less. Describe the service you provide to your clients in one or two sentences.

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-17T12:17:39-05:00January 29th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership

Leadership –  

Increase your success by networking and following-up with any contacts.

Eight ideas to increase your success with networking include:

  1. Set a weekly goat of meeting people
  2. Figure out where you would meet people
  3. Join associations
  4. Attend conferences, meetings, trade shows
  5. Meet your encounters goal

Our Toronto leadership training course provides leadership strategies and techniques to shape your performance as a supervisor or team leader. The program will assist you to influence others.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based leadership skills training seminars and other communications skills supervisory skills workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-17T12:13:19-05:00January 25th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Communication Skills

Communication Skills –

Effective communication means transferring understanding through two-way communication.

Four ideas to improve to your communication effectiveness include:

  1. Listen without interruption
  2. Give the other person time to speak
  3. Clarify and confirm to check your understanding
  4. Provide feedback looking to the future not the past

Our Toronto based Communication skills training workshop provides the communication skills for performing positively and clearly to enhance your career and personal success.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based communication skills training and other management skills and leadership courses and workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-10T12:38:47-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Leadership – Conflict

Leadership – Conflict –

While conflict is unavoidable, it’s also what leads to progress!

Eight ideas to increase your success in dealing with conflict include:

  1. Give the process time.  Don’t increase stress by rushing decisions.
  2. Look for common ground and/or common goals.
  3. Listen to the message not the delivery
  4. Stay unemotional, problem-solving oriented.
  5. Demonstrate your understanding by repeating their position.
  6. Ask the other person to repeat what you said to demonstrate their understanding of your position.
  7. Negotiate differences by asking questions like “How can we resolve this…?”
  8. Identify areas of disagreement and then brainstorm to develop possible solutions for each area.

Our conflict management training provides strategies and techniques to resolve conflict in everyday situations.  Our conflicts resolution in a union environment workshop is specific designed for handling challenging union issues.   Each training courses can be delivered at your location or in our location in Toronto.

Contact us today to find out how our training programs and workshops related to communications skills and leadership skills can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-23T16:28:44-05:00January 18th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Training For The Trainer

Training For The Trainer –

Training adults can present challenges for classroom or one-on-one trainers. Adult trainees need to actively develop as well as apply new strategies and techniques.

Three ideas to increase success with training include:

  1. Create a highly motivational climate by allowing for choice.
  2. Practice polished delivery free of distracting mannerisms.
  3. Use visuals that support your presentation as opposed to duplicating it.

Our Toronto based  train the trainer training workshop provides the training facilitation skills essential to getting your ideas, plans and feelings across with confidence and conviction.

Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based training for the trainer skills training and other leadership skills courses and workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-03T12:34:19-05:00January 15th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments

Communication Skills

Communication Skills –

Build your communication skills by practicing one important communication skill every day of the week. Five ideas to add to your communication effectiveness include:

  1. Monday – Be open to new ideas
  2. Tuesday – Be accepting of differences
  3. Wednesday – Be specific
  4. Thursday – Speak with conviction
  5. Friday – Be assertive

Our Toronto based Communication skills training workshop provides the communication skills for performing positively and clearly to enhance your career and personal success. Contact us today to find out how our Toronto based communication skills training and other management skills and leadership courses and workshops can help you build your professionalism.

2018-01-17T15:45:22-05:00January 11th, 2018|Tips of the week|0 Comments