We offer customized training and workshop sessions for Teams, Leaders, and HR Professionals. Our training sessions are live and interactive, with plenty of practice time for learning new skills.
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Frequently asked Questions about Training
What can we do if we don’t have the time for training?
Training does take time, and in order to be effective teams need time to talk and learn together. We do offer a special lunchtime program for organizations that have significant time barriers.
The “lunch and learn” program is for employers who cannot afford to pull employees away from customers or off the production floor. This form of training consists of very short sessions spread out over a longer time period. Alternately, evening or weekend training is an option.
How many hours are the training sessions?
It depends. We customize our training to the needs of each client. Many of our clients appreciate that we can break a day of training into smaller segments, so that employees are not away from work for a full day. Clients who fly us in to train may prefer full day segments to minimize costs. And some of our workshops can be completed in as little as two or three hours.
How many people can you train in each session?
Again, it depends. When feasible, we prefer smaller groups (8-15 people) to maximize participation, but we’ll design an event appropriate to the situation.
Where is your training facility?
We use a variety of high quality training facilities around the country, and we often train on site at our client’s location. By not maintaining a permanent training facility at our headquarters, we have lower overhead and higher flexibility.
Can I send an individual to a class?
We don’t train random groups of individuals, preferring instead to work with entire groups within organizations. If you have a manager in need of intensive one-on-one development, please request information on our coaching program.
What are the qualifications of your trainers?
Our trainers actually are not ‘trainers’ in the traditional sense of the word, they are highly experienced facilitators and consultants with an uncanny ability to bring groups towards action in a training context. Most of our consultants have advanced degrees in Organizational Development and/or experience in Fortune 500 organizations.
How effective are your training courses?
Our training courses are more effective than “canned” workshops for a few reasons. First of all, we customize the content to your needs. Second, we prefer to work with “real work teams” so that the discussion can focus on real life issues instead of examples. Thirdly, we try to spend at least 50% of the training time in exercises and practice to help the content stick. Lastly, we try to break the training into smaller chunks over a longer timeframe to increase the impact. Even with these benefits, there are situations where training doesn’t work well in isolation. When this happens, we will offer you options (such as adding on a coaching package) to help the concepts learned in training really “stick” over the long haul. Training is often best when it is one part of a comprehensive employee development strategy.
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What locations do you serve?
We train across North America. Our headquarters is located near Seattle, WA.
How much does training cost?
It depends on what your needs are! Send us a quick note to info@emergenceconsulting.net with the issue(s) you’re looking to resolve through training, the number of participants, your approximate timeline, and your location. We’ll reply back with a no-pressure quote.
