Statewide
From our historic and beautiful campus to communities across the State of Alabama, we are committed to providing an action-learning environment which enriches the overall experience.
Our Workshops
We are all about Leadership, Talent & Business - and transferring our knowledge and experiences to participants through providing best practices in applied action-learning methods.
Project Management - Jump Start
The Project Management Jump Start workshop will provide a foundational knowledge of project management – equipping employees at all levels to identify projects that make the greatest contribution to the organization’s business strategy, to execute projects faster, within budget and with less risk.
Social Media Marketing | Leading Without Limits
Social Media is an integral part of the day-to-day operations of businesses, small and large. When used strategically, social media channels can provide, at a large-scale, opportunities to reach and engage with customers, strengthen relationships, increase customer growth, build and grow community relationships, generate leads, and increase brand recognition.
Leadership Strategies of Champions
Champion leaders are those leaders of leaders who unleash talent to drive organizational success. They understand and utilize a delicate balance of hard and soft skills. Moving beyond merely knowing what to do, a true leader is deeply invested in how to do it. In this workshop you’ll learn foundational roles, skills and functions of champion leadership, influence, negotiation, conflict resolution and accountability. We’ll conclude with a dynamic real-world exercise, translating learning objectives into practical leadership.
Customer Experience
From hiring and developing the best team to rewarding excellent service, customer service culture begins with leadership. This workshop will create a positive work environment, decrease turnover and deliver the results of true customer service excellence.
Activity-Based Budget Development
Legacy budget development and cost management methods are no longer adequate for the ever-increasing demands on the maintenance organization to do more and more with fewer resources and less money. This session introduces activity-based budgeting and best practices cost management methodology that ensures a budget predicated on actual need and a practical means to manage that budget for optimal benefit in terms of available capacity, reduced cost and maximum useful life of capital assets.
Developing Project Management Skills
This three-day, results-oriented, “roll up your sleeves” workshop will introduce you to the quality-drive philosophies and tools that contribute to enhancing the project team’s participation and productivity.
Supervision I - Essential Skills
Truly, times have changed for those who lead others, yet the solutions in dealing with such changes can be found in the fundamental principles of basic supervision - the roles, skills and functions required of supervisor. This workshop is designed to help individuals build competencies in basic supervision practices. It works to define supervision, explains the competencies required of supervisors, and describes the supervisor's position from an operational perspective.
Leadership and Management Skills for Managers and Supervisors
Effective maintenance is dependent on an engaged workforce that shares a common vision and strives for world-class performance. Deficiencies in people skills is perhaps the greatest weakness within the maintenance function. It is incumbent upon the maintenance manager and supervisor to have and practice effective leadership and management skills. This session focuses on providing these skills and practical guidelines that will help them involve and motivate their workforce, deal with conflicts and other challenges.
Supervision Part II - Modern Day Challenges
This workshop moves beyond the attainment of up-to-date supervisory skills to applying such skills while facing the daunting organizational challenges of the 21st century. It provides an overview of today’s organizations, issues affecting organizations, and ways that modern supervisors in organizations are responding strategically. This workshop also focuses on emerging new directions for supervision, the future of supervision, and ways to prepare for and act in the future.
Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
The mission and strategy created for the maintenance organization depends on effective planning and scheduling. This session provides the necessary knowledge and understanding needed to effectively manage the planning and scheduling process. It is not intended to provide mastery of skills required to execute the planning and scheduling function.
