Business Presentation Skills

The goal of this workshop is to introduce verbal communication tools that will enhance entering Executive MBA candidates’ confidence, and ability to deliver a compelling, persuasiveness presentation. The workshop has participants applying these tools in a recorded presentation that they deliver to their peers. The tape is debriefed and areas for improvement are identified.

Presenting a Winning Business Plan

The goal of this workshop is to help students refine team business plans before participation in the program’s Business Plan Competition.  Provide feedback and direction to help students prove out business concept, to develop physical presentation materials corresponding to business concept, and to deliver and respond to potential questions from judging panel.

Leadership and Team Building

The goal of this workshop is to assist returning executive level students with the transition back to an academic environment that will rely heavily upon a team-oriented learning approach. The workshop introduces different dimensions of leadership and team building. It then utilizes these dimensions in a hands-on team building exercise from which relevant lessons are identified and debriefed.

Succeeding Together

The goal of this workshop is to assist returning executive level students with the transition back to an academic environment that will rely heavily upon a team-oriented learning approach. The workshop identifies critical skills that will yield optimal team performance in an educational setting such as decision making, time management, critical thinking, active listening, conflict management, and group support behaviors.  It then utilizes these dimensions in a hands-on team building exercise from which relevant lessons are identified and debriefed.

Microsoft Project for Project Managers

The goal of this workshop is to introduce basic concepts and tools of Microsoft Project for Project Managers who are already familiar with the underlying methodologies of formal project management as outlined in the Project Management Institutes PM-BOK. The hands-on workshop trains participants from information technology, construction, and real estate fields using these tools in a series of exercises that are relevant to the needs of their respective professions.

Excel Skills for the Business Professional

The goal of this workshop is to introduce basic concepts and tools of Microsoft Excel to business professionals who want to better use the capabilities of Excel. The workshop has participants using these tools in a series of exercises that are relevant to the needs of their business.

Parameter-Based Modeling Techniques for Business Planning

The goal of this workshop is to enable participants to construct a parameter-driven financial model that incorporates decisions and uncertainties facing managers who are building a business case for either an entity or a project. During the workshop, participants build a series of tools in Microsoft Excel that they can then take with them to apply on existing business plans they are writing.