CapacityWorks™
Training

We all want better results! That's the primary focus of just about any management team. The problem is that we don't always know the best way to achieve the results we want. That's why Light Storm Consulting places such a strong emphasis on results. We simply don't believe in preaching pie-in-the-sky principles that never translate into real benefits. We teach skills that help individuals expand their capacity to achieve results.

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DialogueWORKS® Collaborating for Results® - Explore the value of one-on-one and team communication by helping participants develop the skills it takes to work through tough issues in ways that bring shared understanding and commitment while simultaneously strengthening relationships.

DialogueWORKS® Expanding Leadership Capacity™ - Often, Leaders focus on creating and being responsible for RESULTS while denying the impact of personal relationships or growth opportunities on their people. Could you and your executives benefit from improving your “people management” skills? DialogueWORKS: Expanding Leadership Capacity helps maximize your effectiveness, enhance employee development, and instill value to individual contributors.

MentalWORKS™ Thinking for Results™ - Individuals explore the mental models that pervade their organizations, their teams, and finally their own views of themselves as they apply the critical thinking skills to a number of personal or professional challenges. MentalWorks is about discovering and learning from our mental models to enhance professional and personal problem solving and effectiveness.

CoachWORKS™ Partnering for Improved Results™ - Built on the GROW model of coaching and incorporating the latest sports performance technology into a practical, hands-on business coaching model. Participants learn effective coaching skills by coaching each other through several rounds of unique challenges. This course provides coaching skills beyond those covered in PerformanceWORKS™.

PerformanceWORKS™ Managing for Results™ - Focuses on the three-step process of goal-setting, coaching, and conducting the annual performance interview. The course emphasizes effective communication skills to clarify goals, provide positive and negative feedback, ensure collaboration, and hold difficult conversations so that continued personal development can occur.

ProcessWORKS™ Mapping and Designing Processes for Results™ - Participants examine and analyze the effectiveness of current work processes, identify frequent task failures, clarify customer expectations, generate strategies for improvement, identify measurement criteria, and design implementation plans. Participants map processes, explore relationship and cross-functional process maps, identify loss, and redesign processes for maximum efficiency.

ChangeWORKS™ Leading Change for Results™ - For leaders at any level who want to execute successful change. The course introduces a step-by-step change model that creates a map for leading change. Participants learn to build the case for change, develop a strategic plan, handle resistance, maintain momentum, and formulate a communication plan that achieves results

Custom Training Development - "Off-the-shelf" training solutions often don't
fit every situation or even every organization's specific needs. Because we
possess strong instructional design resources, we are often called upon to
provide built-for-use training products for client firms..