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This section contains detailed descriptions of our 28 Talks, 23 Work-
shops, 4 Skill-Building Programs, and Executive Coaching. They are introduced in the first paper, “General Information.”

These Talks, Workshops, and Skill-Building Programs are designed for owners, directors, executives, managers, project-managers, and supervisors of all levels of experience, in all parts of all organizations of every size within any industry, both for profit and not-for-profit. All the topics except the first two (see below) are also suitable for employees.

Those fairly new to management will find excellent introductions to the key areas they need to master. More experienced managers will gain advanced ideas and methods they are unlikely to find anywhere else.

Please read the “General Information” paper first. It will make the other papers much more understandable. It also fills in the rest of the information that is common to all our Talks, Workshops, and Skill-Building Programs.

Contents of This Section

Here are the papers containing the material for this section of the website. Each Talk, Workshop, and Skill-Building Program is described in detail in its respective paper. The papers are in pdf format for convenience in printing. Please press the View button next to the title of each paper to view and print it. We suggest printing, rather than reading on the screen.

“General Information about Our Talks, Workshops,
& Programs”

• Who They Are For

• The Seven Topics They Are Organized In

• What They Are Like: Their Focus, Format, Style, & Customization

• Evidence of Their Quality, What the Materials Are Based On

• A Holonarchy of Learning: Knowledge, Skill, & Development

• The Differences Between a Talk, a Workshop, & a Skill Program

• Formats: Group Size, Length, Components of a Skill-Program

“Talks”

Topic A. Managers & Management

1. The Root Dilemma for Managers & How to Resolve It
2. Understanding the Job of Management: A New, Complete Map
3. Developmental Stages of Management
4. Being an Effective Change-Agent: The Key Interpersonal Skill
5. What to Focus Your Efforts On: A Short List for Managers

Topic B. Organizational Issues in General

6. What Do Organizations Really Want & What Should They Want?
7. What it Takes to Be a Real Organization
8. Planning, Forming, & Launching a New Organization or Project
9. Who Are Your Stakeholders, & What Do They Really Want?

Topic C. Organizational Design & Structure

10. Introduction to Organizational Design & Structure
11. Coordination in Organizations: Linking Pins

Topic D. Information & Communication

12. Information Quality
13. The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Disasters in Listening
14. The Truth about Feedback & its Applications in Organizations
15. The Right Media to Use for Messages
16. Information Theory

Topic E. Planning

17. Problem Solving
18. Goals: Planning & Achieving
19. MBO: Management by Objective & Self-Control
20. Strategic Planning
21. Environmental Strategic-Planning

Topic F. Improving the Quality of Your Thinking

22. Knowledge versus Skill versus Development
23. General Systems Theory for Management & Organizations
24. Holonarchies & Logical Class: Tools for Clear Thinking
25. Evaluating and Improving Your Cognitive Maps
26. Bewitched by Language

Topic G. Emotional Skills

27. Coping with Overwhelm
28. Understanding, Recognizing, Expressing, & Improving Feelings

“Workshops”

Topic A. Managers & Management

1. A Managerial Tuneup
2. The Root Dilemma for Managers & How to Resolve It
3. Understanding the Job of Management: A Complete Map
4. Developmental Stages of Management
5. Being an Effective Change-Agent: The Key Interpersonal Skill

Topic B. Organizational Issues in General

6. Developmental Stages of Organizations

Topic C. Organizational Design & Structure

7. Introduction to Organizational Design & Structure

Topic D. Collaboration & Relationships

8. How to Plan & Conduct Effective Meetings

Topic E. Information & Communication

9. Introduction to the Art of Communication
10. Information Quality
11. The Dirty Dozen: Twelve Disasters in Listening
12. Nonverbal Communication
13. Feedback & its Applications in Organizations

Topic F. Planning

14. Problems, Goals, & Decisions: Critical Skills
15. Problem Solving
16. Goals: Planning & Achieving
17. Assessing the Quality of Your Objectives
18. MBO: Management by Objective & Self-Control
19. Environmental Strategic-Planning

Topic G. Improving the Quality of Your Thinking

20. Evaluating and Improving Your Cognitive Maps

Topic H. Emotional Skills

21. Coping with Overwhelm
22. Anger: The Unnecessary Emotion
23. Beyond Self-Esteem: Dissolving Self-Image Problems

“Skill-Building Programs”

1. Developing Managers & Building Core Skills
2. Skills to Plan & Conduct Effective Meetings
3. The Art of Communication
4. Planning, Problem Solving, & Decision-Making

“Executive Coaching”

    • The benefits and value of having an Executive Coach
    • The 4 separate services we include in our Executive Coaching
    • My qualifications as an Executive Coach

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