WRITING CONSULTING

In our posture as writing consultants, our central focus rests on providing structured insight on how to expand the writing skills on the graduate level. The Writing Success Workshop series provides structured insight on the importance of developing a vision for an academic career and how to fulfill it as an academic writer.

• Capture strategic support to overcome a plethora of complexities introduced in the writing process.
• Participate in independent consulting sessions and/or workshops that create an atmosphere to promote discussion on topics that will provide tools to properly cope with distractions and foster working solutions to problems.
• Secure sound opportunities to introduce and advance successful writing strategies, while constricting negative opinions regarding graduate-level writing.

Participants are armed with straight-forward academic knowledge providing a more systemic approach to how to remove barriers to success in academic writing.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

• Examine the characteristics of a leader
• Learn how leadership exposes hidden organizational talent
• Find out how leadership impacts the workplace and the community

WORK/LIFE BALANCE

• Discover strategies on how to create balance in your professional and personal life
• Find out the importance of “Time-Out”
• Explore strategies on how to create balance

ASSERTIVENESS DEVELOPMENT

• Learn three methods of behavior
• Learn the benefits of communicating assertively
• Discover the difference between aggressive and assertive behaviors

CAREER DEVELOPMENT

• Learn interviewing strategies for immediate application
• Learn the unspoken codes of conduct during an interview
• Find out what factual development is and its importance during the application process

STRESS MANAGEMENT

• Gain an understanding of stress
• Uncover stressors
• Explore techniques to successfully mange stress

CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Learn the importance of internal and external customers
• Utilize techniques that will heighten customer interactions
• Discover strategies that promote customer loyalty

DIVERSITY TRAINING

• Find out what makes us diverse
• Gain an understanding of generalizing and stereotyping
• Find out how to create and promote change in your organization

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

• Utilize strategies that develop a winning management style
• Learn how to create an excellent rapport between management and non-management team members
• Gain insight on how to be an effective motivator

MANAGING CHANGE IN THE WORKPLACE

• Identify personal reactions change
• Learn the phases of workplace change
• Find out how change can promote growth

CONFLICT/RESOLUTION

• Discover what defines conflict
• Learn how conflict can be used to accomplish organizational goals
• Apply strategies on how to successfully manage conflict

SEXUAL HARASSMENT TRAINING

• Gain an understanding of what really defines harassment
• Learn the different types of sexual harassment
• Find out what step to take when dealing with harassment

TEAM BUILDING

• Discover the benefits of working harmoniously
• Learn how to be an effective team player
• Explore team building strategies

SETBACK MANAGEMENT

• Gain an understanding of what really defines failure
• Discover how obstacles can be utilized as growth opportunities
• Apply strategies on how to manage setbacks

MASTERING PHONE ETIQUETTE

• Gain insight on how to properly initiate and terminate calls
• Learn the necessary steps to take when transferring calls
• Discover the important questions to ask when placing a caller on hold

CREATING AN INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

• Examine competencies that aid in developing a personal vision statement and an individual development plan
• Discover how to assemble an individual development plan
• Gain insight on tools that will assist clients and direct reports on how to assemble an individual development plan

PROFESSIONALISM IN THE WORKPLACE

• Discover the importance of operating within a professional decorum in the workplace
• Gain insight on the importance of abiding by organizational policies and procedures
• Explore how professionalism sets a tone for the workplace