Training, Coaching & Consulting
Stay open and willing to learn from everyone and anyone. When you know in your heart that every single person you encounter in your lifetime has something to teach you, you are able to utilize their offerings in profound ways - Dr. Wayne Dyer
Elevate Your Workforce With The Right Skills
Coker Consulting empowers businesses by providing expert training and education tailored to the needs of teams, managers, executives, and supervisors. We focus on critical areas such as soft skills, leadership and management, and computer application skills, ensuring that your workforce is equipped with the vital tools necessary to thrive in today's dynamic competitive landscape.
Achieve Exceptional Outcomes with Services that get RESULTS.
Communication Styles & Team Performance Tools
Our coaching and training services are grounded in data. We have chosen to use Everything DiSC® Workplace and The Five Behaviors assessment tools to train and coach individuals and teams about themselves and others so as to create meaningful, drama-free personal and professional relationships.
Custom Training Solutions That Drive Results
Professional training isn't one-size-fits-all, and a single session won’t lead to real results. True change requires effort and determination. We can develop a tailored program to achieve the necessary improvements and ensure those changes last.
Ready-Made Course Options
Select from various ready-made soft skills courses to boost performance for all staff, including employees, supervisors, new managers, teams, project managers, sales associates, and executives. Let me create a program that connects learned skills to business outcomes.
Creating a Plan for Training
Training new employees and implementing new processes directly impacts retention and productivity. I can assess how well current training programs work and align with business practices, and suggest improvements for any challenges found.
One-on-One Coaching
Group Coaching
Leadership Coaching
Boost training success by including coaching sessions. Research shows that 70% of employees improve their performance and relationships with coaching, becoming better communicators and more confident.
Course Offerings
Live, in-person or virtual facilitation options available.
Communicating through Everything DiSC® Workplace
30 people max.
4 - 6 hours
30 people max.
Contact hours vary; generally 4-6.
An engaging, vibrant workplace possesses the ability to communicate meaningfully and effectively throughout the organization. Everything DiSC Workplace® is a personal assessment tool used by millions of people every year to help improve communication, teamwork, and productivity in the workplace. Using the common language of the model, people can better understand themselves and those they interact with to develop good habits around effective communication.
Developing Emotional Intelligence
30 people max.
4-6 hours
The purpose of the workshop is to teach participants to read the emotional and interpersonal needs of a situation and respond accordingly. Utilizing the Everything DiSC® Agile EQ model, learners will start to understand where personal development may be needed in order to act most productively in different emotional and social situations.
Developing Great Managers
30 people max.
Contact hours vary; generally (2) 4-hour sessions.
The move to management is challenging. Often times, we promote based on someone being great at her current job, not on her ability to manage people. This course is designed to teach those missing or lacking management skills. The foundation of this course is the DiSC® Everything Workplace assessment, but other assessments can be incorporated.
Building and Sustaining a Thriving Team Culture: The Five Behaviors® Personal Development Course
The best solution for creating and scaling a culture of teamwork and collaboration is to instill a mindset of effective teamwork, and The Five Behaviors® Personal Development course has been designed for this purpose. Utilizing the Personal Development assessment, individuals are evaluated on their approaches to the five key behaviors of Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. After taking the assessment, participants receive a personalized report that deepens their understanding of themselves, their work style, and the styles of others in the organization. During our customized training experience, we’ll explore the different styles through various activities and discussions.
Improving Teams to Achieve Greater Results: The Five Behaviors® Team Development Course
12 people max.
Contact hours vary; generally 8-24.
The simple truth is teams rarely hit their collaborative peak and potential without consciously working at it. The Five Behaviors® of a Cohesive Team® combines the power of Everything DiSC® with the influential teamwork model introduced by Patrick Lencioni in his best-selling book, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. This program can help team members learn to work together better to become more effective and engaged. It is appropriate for use with intact teams at all levels of the organization. The Five Behaviors assessment measures how the team is performing in five areas: Trust, Conflict, Commitment, Accountability, and Results. Powered by Everything DiSC®, a research-validated personality tool, this assessment helps participants identify their individual DiSC® style and discover how each style brings value to the team.
Interviewing Skills for Hiring Managers
30 people max.
4-6 hours
This course aims to equip hiring managers with the skills necessary to lead successful interviews and identify the best-fit candidates for their organizations.
From beginners who have never created a spreadsheet before to advanced users looking for nested functions and pivot tables, I can develop a course covering the exact skills you’re looking for.
Microsoft Office Excel Training
15 people max.
Contact hours vary; prefer (2) 4-hour sessions.
Helping organizations build people development strategies tied to business results.
With a career that began in 2005, I embarked on a professional journey focusing on assisting business executives in formulating and implementing tailored talent development strategies for their workforce. One of my early projects involved collaborating with a leading telecom company to design a networking essentials program aimed at upskilling service technicians. This training not only secured their roles but also facilitated seamless transitions into new operational domains. Additionally, I spearheaded a training initiative for a distinguished food manufacturer, equipping over a hundred frontline employees with essential computer literacy, pivotal for the company's digitization in manufacturing.
I have accumulated many success stories over the years, underscoring my commitment to developing individuals and enhancing organizational capabilities. I find immense joy in connecting training and performance solutions with business goals, showing how training investments bring tangible results. As I reflect on nearly two decades of experience in this field, the passion I felt in my early career continues to drive me forward today. As a seasoned workforce development professional, I take pride in my journey, highlighted by a multitude of successful engagements that highlight the transformative power of skills development. In August 2023, fueled by this passion and experience, I took the bold step of launching my own business consulting firm, dedicated entirely to advancing organizations through comprehensive performance development strategies. I would love to help your organization.
Let’s plan your next impactful performance solution.
Every delivered performance solution starts with a plan, and the plan starts with a free one-hour consultation.
Contact me at (417) 343-3017 to get started today.