Solving People Problems To Grow Your Business
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
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Feel confident in yourself, your skills, and your abilities.
Lifelong learning has become an essential reality. In today’s dynamic world, where technology evolves rapidly and job requirements shift, the traditional model of education—where learning primarily occurs before entering the job market—no longer guarantees career success. Instead, lifelong learning is crucial for staying relevant in the workplace and job market. And the new generations of working-age adults place a high value on lifelong learning opportunities, ranking these benefits just as important as pay and healthcare benefits.
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Performance & Team Assessments
Coker Consulting is an authorized partner for both Everything DiSC® and The Five Behaviors, which means you can purchase your assessments directly from me. Look for a “Store” tab in the next few months or contact me directly to purchase.
Leadership Meetings or Team Workshops Facilitation
Meetings that are expertly facilitated are more likely to achieve their goals and create a safe space for groups to explore topics, get aligned and make progress. As meeting facilitator, I will help plan the session effectively, keep the meeting on time and set clear follow-up actions for participants.
Pre-Built Course Selections
Choose from a number of pre-built soft skills courses designed to improve the performance of everyone in your organization: all employees, frontline supervisors and leads, new managers, existing teams, project managers, sales associates, or executive leadership. Let me build a program designed to achieve your organizational goals.
Training Strategy Development
From onboarding new hires to rolling out new processes, training ties directly to retention rates and productivity. I can evaluate the efficiency, effectiveness, and alignment of existing training programs with current business practices recommend solutions to identified challenges.
One-on-One Coaching
Group Coaching
Leadership Coaching
Significantly enhance the effectiveness of training by adding coaching sessions to your training programs. When employees receive coaching, studies show that 70% improve their performance and relationships, they become better communicators, and their confidence increases.
Custom Training Packages
One size does not fit all when it comes to professional training; nor does one-and-done training achieve the desired outcomes. Real change takes real work and pig-headed discipline (thanks for the phrase, Chet Holmes.) Together, we can create a package that addresses the needed performance change and makes sure the change happens and sticks.
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.