Get a head start in a workshop and turn yourself into a Job hero

These are just two lines of feedback from my workshops. The workshops are from reality for real-life jobs - tangible and applicable.

In my experience most trainings suck. Sorry for being that harsh. The mechanics are always the same: You talk to your local leader, some training is picked from a catalog, and agree that it somehow fits. But fit to what? It fits to the demand that the employee gets a training. It doesn't mean that there is a benefit for you.

10% of the learning happens in formal training.

What happens with the other 90%? This part is split into two parts 70% and 20%. This is called the famous 70-20-10 rule of learning:

• 70% of learning happens on the job.
• 20% of learning happens with friends and peers.
• 10% through formal training.

What if you can't apply the formal part with your peers or on the job? Exactly 90% is lost. It's not only about the knowledge - Your time is wasted!

The difference in my workshops is:

Start with the pain on the job and work backward to the training.

My training and exercises are based on the pain we have all experienced in our daily job life. Questions like:

• When is the best moment to ask for a raise and how?
• Why is the other person promoted and me?
• What does career mean and how to plan it?
• How can I stand out in a team meeting?
• How do we create and nurture a network?
• Why you should never apply for a job?
• Why is this call escalating?
• How do we talk to a leader?
• etc.

Depending on the participants' focus, I create an outline for the workshop. As plenty of topics are covered it is a full-day workshop.

Here are some topics covered in prior workshops:

Basics of Effective Communication I (spoken)
Understand the four-ear model and use it for de-escalation, use active listening to conduct conversations

Basics of Effective Communication II (written)
Write clear-concise-punchy emails that are read.
Write meaningful applications and describe your CV vividly.

Presentation
Prepare presentations for the top management level using the pyramidal principle and/or the situation-complication-resolution framework

Professional Social Networks
Recognize and handle social professional networks and their benefits for personal brand opportunities on LinkedIn

Personal Development
Personality types are the basis for personality development. Determine your strengths and weaknesses for personality development.

Work Ethics
A source of conflict is a different understanding of work ethics like responsibility, reliability, a sense of urgency, quality, and integrity. Apply it to stand out.

How to participate in a workshop?

I organize workshops for organizations or companies. These workshops take place in person in Europe. At the moment I am planning online/virtual workshops.

Feel free to contact me for an individual offer for your company.