Organizational Development - OD Training Classes and Seminars In Akron, OH

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<p>Good business teams produce results during times of prosperity. It’s a different story during times of change and uncertainty, when only prepared and motivated teams have the agility, focus and motivation to successfully in navigate the shifting environment.</p> <p>As a leader, you must help your people overcome their reactions, embrace the change initiatives, and use focused approaches to keep team activities on course. </p> <p>In this workshop, you’ll gain practical tools that will enable...

<p>In a shifting business environment, it’s the agile and resilient organizations that have a much better chance to survive—and even to thrive. With future orientation and entrepreneurial focus, this course gives you the roadmap to seize new opportunities and bounce back even stronger from unforeseen changes.</p> <p>Let’s build agility and resilience into your leadership repertoire and your organization’s DNA. Add the ability to shift mindset and inspire behavior change. Plus, the strategies ...

What if you could create radical solutions that could stimulate an emotional response? Better yet, what if you could do so rapidly? Experimental, collaborative and holistically innovative. That’s design thinking. It’s a mindset for success. It’s for anyone who wants to see infinite possibilities and turn problems into solutions. Putting the customer front and center, design thinking offers a strategy for successful companies to be more agile and innovative. Using a proven process to drive inn...

<p>Breakthrough growth isn’t about luck. It requires that everyone in the organization change their mindset from <em>what is </em>to <em>what if </em>and create a disruption. Disruption equips us with the ability to withstand external threats, like competition, technology, government regulations, demographic shifts, economic uncertainty, and other influences.</p> <p>As a leader of disruptive innovation, you will help your business capitalize on new opportunities and safeguard it against stagn...

<p>With import/export costs accounting for up to 20% of bottom-line expenses for many U.S. corporations, there is an urgent need for global supply chain professionals with the most current skill sets available. This course offers you a comprehensive and contemporary foundation in these issues. Explore regulations, procedures, global security, documentation, dealing with customs and other government agencies, trade compliance, HTS classifications, managing freight and much more. You’ll interact w...

<p>Research shows that most companies have little or no deliberate succession planning in place—and aren’t fully aware of how much the lack of it can cost their organization, especially in an unstable economy. Managing the succession of talent is a vital strategic process that minimizes gaps in leadership and enables your best people to develop the skills necessary for possible future roles.<br> <br> This seminar will show you how to design and implement an effective and flexible succession pl...

Professionals who can write clearly and correctly are far more valuable to an organization than those whose business writing is filled with errors. Whether you need to refresh your knowledge of grammar and punctuation—or know what’s grammatically correct but can’t always explain why—this highly interactive and collaborative course is the perfect and painless solution. Grammar in business writing gives you the tools to correctly apply the standard rules for proper usage in business writing. Using...

Adjusting and re-adjusting to a business environment that is constantly changing can feel like a never-ending struggle. Without specific skills to adapt, your productivity, morale and business results can be adversely impacted. You first need to recognize your responses to your environment—and then learn how to adapt your mindset accordingly. This workshop explores ways to develop great adaptability through emotional intelligence and mindset. Using specific steps, tools and techniques, you’ll...

<p>The modern workplace is here! For leaders like you whose team is co-located, remote or a combination, you’ve got to be ready to implement the next set of actions to build a culture in which innovation, creativity and collaboration can thrive regardless of any physical boundaries separating employees. Take charge and explore what’s possible for you in this course.</p> ...

All projects introduce change into organizations which invariably change the way stakeholders work. Organizational change management (OCM) is about the people side of change – helping them let go of old practices and embrace the new. Through this interactive workshop, you will learn techniques to clearly define the change, generate support, assess organizational readiness, develop a change management plan, effectively address resistance, and identify the critical success factors to sustain the change once it is implemented. In short, you will leave class ready to participate as a valuable change agent in any change initiative....

This course includes multiple techniques for leading classes virtually or in person. Effective facilitation of group sessions, whether remote or in person, is a key skill for Trainers, Supervisors, and Managers as an expression of their leadership and their ability to focus a group. This 3-day course covers multiple techniques and provides a solid foundation in facilitation, instruction, interactive learning, and presenting skills. Dedicated to anyone who delivers content to a group regardless of the setting. Attendees will have ample opportunity to prepare, practice and deliver to the group and receive instruction, coaching, and feedback to support their development of outstanding training skills. Upon successful course completion and test teach, you will earn a badge from Credly....