Talent Management

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Training

“Tell me, I’ll forget. Show me, I’ll remember. Involve me, and I’ll understand.

This is the core philosophy of our training programs. Through memorable team experiences, we empower your organization’s team to impact change with fun and practical training.

We offer team development programs to help professionals and their organizations learn how to work better and more effectively on teams, separated into various categories.

Each workshop is conducted by Michael E. Parker or one of our highly-skilled instructors and includes a phone planning session, a professional presentation, at least one interactive exercise, workbooks for each participant, and a summary report with the results of our participant satisfaction survey.

See below for a selection of our development topics and schedule your workshop:

Our Signature Workshop

Introduction to Lean Fundamentals

Our top-rated training program for over 10 years: this workshop will transform how your team sees work through the lens of Lean Management. Topics include:

  • The history of Lean Management

  • How Value Streams impact business success

  • Recognizing operational waste and waste elimination’s associated benefits

  • The 3 Phases of Lean Application

  • How to apply cost reduction, performance speed increase, and quality improvement

Value-Centered Management & Lean Workshops

  • Maximizing Productivity by Focusing on Value

Learn to identify non-value added activities, and strategies to eliminate them for good.

3 Hours

  • 7 Commitments of a Value-Centered Culture

Learn the key principles and 7 commitments any team needs in order to build a strong value-centered culture.

3 Hours

  • Improvement Mindset as a Strategy

Make improvement a culture, not a program. Understand how Kaizen-minded professionals think and obtain real results through Kaizen’s proven principles.

6 Hours

  • Improvement as a System: Solving Problems Through Kaizen

Empower any team member to use a 7-step system for resolving challenges the right way. 

12 Hours

  • Empowering Team Members through Leadership Development

Dig deep into methods to empower and enlighten team members, including project management, workload organization, and critical thinking strategies.

6 Hours

Professional Development Workshops

  • Your Image, Your Success

Learn the connection between your personal image and personal/professional success and how personal image is directly related to our treatment of ourselves and others.

2 Hours

  • Setting Goals for Personal and Professional Growth

Map out the best way to achieve your dreams. Team members will learn the five steps to creating realistic goals—and achieving them!

2 Hours

  • Making Winning Decisions

Decision-making is a process. In this course, you will learn how to evaluate solutions, identify consequences, and make decisions with ease and confidence. 

4 Hours

  • Unlocking Your Team’s Hidden Potential

Learn how to engage your team members and unlock their potential by pulling out their best attributes.

2 Hours

  • Effective Communication: Part I

This workshop will teach team members the principles of effective communication, whether that’s verbal, non-verbal, written, or cultural/personal expression.

2 Hours

  • Effective Communication: Part I

This workshop will teach team members the principles of effective communication, whether that’s verbal, non-verbal, written, or cultural/personal expression.

2 Hours

Custom-Tailored Workshops

Although we have many prepared training programs, we prefer to create a customized training program that addresses the unique needs of your audience. 

Our content customization services include: 

  • Q&A session with your team to discover their specific needs.

  • Customization of the presentation material to fit your event’s time constraints.

  • Example, case studies and/or interactive exercise customization.

  • Creation of a custom learning path for your audience.

See What We Can Do For You. 

Are you ready to begin your business transformation? Contact us for a discovery meeting today.

At Value-Centered Solutions, our story is one of complete dedication to solving complex operational challenges. We listen, we problem-solve, and we overcome. 

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