If business success is dependent on people and being prepared for fast-paced change, it is critical that the enterprise, and every associate, be aware and embracing of continuous skill development.

Evolution Management assists clients as they target areas of development necessary for survival in the future.  Training areas focus on but are not limited to:

• Management and Supervisory Skills
• Team Building and Facilitation
• Project Management
  
• Leadership Skills and Executive Coaching
• Harassment-Free Workplace
• Stress and Time Management Skills
  
• Outplacement / Career Transitions
• Personal Identity Theft

Click here to browse a selection of training topics.

We approach training as we do any other consulting experience:

• Assess and understand the culture and the business needs driving the need for changing or improving workplace behaviors
• Raise awareness of the relationship between organization development and training critical to creating cultural transformation that encourages, motivates and rewards behavioral change
• Identify existing organizational barriers that may prevent individuals from being successful practicing the new behaviors learned through the training experience
• Facilitate educational and fun learning experiences based on adult-learning concepts, experiential and interactive formats, with the right balance of sharing knowledge and practicing new skills
• Evaluate the reaction of participants and our clients to the learning experience
• Follow up and assess the impact the training experience had on the individual and the organization to determine next steps

"I just got done looking at the draft training manual.  Wow!  I'm sure there will be a few tweaks, but I really think you "hit it out of the park" - transitioning us to a competency-based learning system. Thanks."

Nancy M. Vepraskas, SPHR, CCP, Vice President of Human Resources,
U.S. Automotive Parts Group, Genuine Parts Company

Why Training Executives Call Us:

• Excellent training track record for over 14 years, to a variety of clients
• Customized training vs. “off-the-shelf”, because we believe your situation is not like everyone else’s – your business is different, so why wouldn’t your culture, values, mission, vision, goals and other training relevant elements be unique?
• Subject matter experts as facilitators vs “platform” trainers who can just read the slides.  We pride ourselves on being able to relate the materials to stories, situations, and examples that help your employees better assimilate the lessons to their specific circumstances
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills that allows us to combine transferring knowledge with coaching individual and team change.
• Excellent training results at the individual and team levels
• Outstanding executive leadership coaching and development

Examples of Training Topics

The Effective Team

Improve team performance and productivity. Two day workshop addressing stages of team development, communications and role clarification, conflict resolution, personal style, and efficient meetings. Help employees enhance their understanding of the dynamics of teamwork.

Sexual Harassment? Not in this Office

Raise awareness and sensitivity to issues of harassment while promoting a professional environment. Be proactive, provide all employees education on how their behavior impacts others.  With more diversity in the workplace, a little education goes a long way in helping to reduce your liability.

Hiring the Best! 

With today’s employment market you may only get one chance to hire that qualified candidate. Don’t miss it! Provide hiring managers with training addressing preparation for recruitment, interviewing and hiring. Includes job analysis, interviewing techniques, reference checks, selection criteria, job offers, and orientation. Get the most for your hiring dollar.

Coaching Winners

Everyone wants to do a great job – help your managers learn how to make that happen. This workshop addresses performance management processes, coaching and feedback skills, performance evaluations, performance problems, and documentation.

It All Starts with Communication

Improve performance and employee relations by building employee capabilities to incorporate the key factors in the communications process in their day-to-day interactions. Using the Communication Wheel, this workshop explores the relationship between how we talk and effective communications.

Remember - The Customer Has a Choice

What grade would your give your organization for customer service? What would your customers give? With an increasingly competitive market, customers are no longer tolerating poor customer service. Build your competitive advantage through training on how to manage customer service.

The Road to the Future is Paved with Change 

Change seems to be constant in the business world today. Help employees and managers learn to effectively manage change through increased knowledge of motivation, communications, resistance, and change management interventions.

Don't Let Stress Get the Best of You 

Reduce the day-to-day stress levels of employees by helping them understand how to better manage the stress they face at home and at work. This workshop addresses the impact time management skills have on managing stress, in addition to a variety of exercises to reduce stress.

Building a Bridge to Tomorrow 

The author of Learning To Live With Downsizing presents a two-day workshop on how to manage significant change within an organization in a manner that addresses the needs of those employees leaving the organization – as well as those employees who are remaining. Recognize that it is just as difficult for the employees who stay after a downsizing, as it is for the employees that leave. Learn to address their issues in order to quickly move the organization to a new level of effectiveness.

Drug-Free Workplace

Ensure a safe working environment for your employees and your clients by implementing a drug-free workplace. This training addresses what is involved in a drug-free program, how to address incidents of suspicion, documentation, and assisting employees with drug related issues. This is a must for federal contractors.

Think of It As a State of Mind Discovery

Build an awareness and understanding of the implications of thinking preferences. This is a tremendous opportunity to leverage the potential of individuals and teams to enhance the effectiveness of the organization. Using the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument, (HBDI), employees learn how to step into a less developed thinking preference to strengthen strategic and creative thinking, action planning and problem solving.

Basic Project Management Skills

This workshop is a “must” for improving the working relationship between project managers and their support team, as well as introducing solid project management concepts to individuals moving into project manager roles.  Workshop topics include: 

• Elements of a Successful Project
• Principles of Good Project Management
• How to Lay Out a Project to Meet Time, Resource, and Budget Constraints
• Tips and Techniques including Gantt and CPM Charts
• Necessary PM Skills and Competencies
• PM Roles and Responsibilities
• Key Project Management Terminology

Brain Tools – Unlock the Power of Your Brain:  Keys to Improving Your Membory

Are you constantly writing reminders on Post-It Notes, programming reminders into your PDA or would like to increase your ability to retain more information? 

This fun and interactive workshop is designed to provide you with keys to improve your memory by showing you how to use memory and retention techniques. 

Specifically you will leave the workshop with the tools to help you:

• organize information for more efficient retention and recall
• improve your ability to retain information with memory “tricks” such as visualization, organization and mnemonic devices
• discover reasons why you forget some information due to environment or physical conditions

Intergenerational

Different generations can collide at work, but if you understand the different values and needs of each generation, cooperating with different people becomes much easier.  Stimulating research and discussion will identify generational differences and similarities to help you effectively work with and manage different generations. 

You will leave this workshop energized with insights to help you focus on what is important to positive and cohesive intergenerational work teams:

• work-life balance
• workplace culture
• varied jobs and roles
• management style
• training and development
  

Discover Your Strengths

According to over 40 years of research by the Gallup Organization, truly great performance comes from developing and honing our strengths—not trying to fix our weaknesses.  Yet most people have difficulty identifying and building upon their strengths! 

This insightful workshop will not only help you identify your strengths but will help you develop an individualized plan to capitalize on them at work and in your personal life.
This encouraging workshop will include pre-work including taking an on-line assessment to allow your time in the workshop to be focused on developing your strengths action plan.

Career Transition

This dynamic, interactive workshop provides insights and expertise from career and executive coaches to help you transition to the career of your dreams by:

• developing a career strategy
• developing a personal brand
• improving self-awareness
• creating an attention-getting resume
• fine tuning your networking skills
• building skills to interview with confidence
• understand and prepare for the nuances of moving from government and military careers to private sector positions

Participants receive a copy of our new book Position Your Next Move For A Successful Job Search, a self-paced workbook to assist you with understanding  corporate recruiting strategies and preparing you for different transitions in your career lifecycle.

The Value of Continuous Learning

Evolution Management practices what we preach.  Our consultants continuously participate in training events and certification programs.  In addition to an active membership in the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), we are also members of the Training Officers Conference (TOC) and the Organization Change Alliance (OCA).  Through these organizations and their associated events, we consistently strive for maintaining our awareness and knowledge of leading edge topics and “hot” issues.

Professionalism

Creating a fun and professional workplace will help organizations attract and retain top talent.  This can be a challenge with six different nationalities, four different generations, two different languages and genders making up your workforce.  Everyone may have a different opinion and definition of what professionalism looks like.  As a part of new employee orientation or a separate training initiative, professionalism training customized to your organization’s unique culture and values is important to employee development, as well as creating a safe environment. 

Professional behavior and communication, courtesy, respect and ethics are key components of EMI’s interactive professionalism workshop.  Employees need to have a clear understanding of the type of behavior that is expected of them. This is not something they should just be expected to know or learn by osmosis.  Our training provides a road map for desired behaviors and allows managers to hold employees accountable. 

Participants in this workshop will gain the following insights on the following topics:

• how to recognize and manage discomfort and biases
• how to identify common ground
• professional presence
• thinking before speaking
• what is appropriate office conversation
• perceived intent vs. actual impact

Your Next Step

• Call us at 770.587.9032 to discuss your specific situation and allow us the privilege of suggesting what a training design might look like to address your specific needs.
• Fill out our Services form to explore how one of these topics might be customized for your situation and to request references.