Having a competent workforce and talented, creative leadership is paramount to the long-term success of any organization. WorkShaper can assess the talents of the leadership, technical and administrative staff and develop solutions that create an effective, participative learning environment.

Creative Problem Solving

Doing things the same way they've always been done is not an effective growth strategy in light of the changes taking place today in all aspects of our lives - political, economic and social. WorkShaper's consultants use a variety of tried and true as well as unusual techniques to stimulate the creative energy of management and staff to focus on key problem areas and to devise and implement effective solutions.

Skills for New Managers or Supervisors

In today's work environment, people have to do more with less. In many cases, the individuals who are managing the work of others have had little or no formal training on what knowledge and skills are required in order to be effective as a manager or supervisor. Effective managers and supervisors need to be good at many different things. Our programs are tailored to meet your specific needs and therefore address your most critical management and supervisory issues.

Train-the-Trainer

Give your staff the confidence to be effective in front of groups and the skills to design and develop an educationally sound training program. Our Train-the-Trainer programs are tailored to meet your needs and can range from an overview of training fundamentals to comprehensive skill building and presentation analysis.

Some of the topics that are addressed during the program are:

1. Conducting a training needs assessment
2. Making effective use of various instructional techniques
3. Techniques for designing, developing and using visual aids
4. Designing and developing effective training programs
5. Techniques for evaluating the success of training
6. Presentation skills practice and critique

WorkKeys©

WorkShaper is also a certified WorkKeys© job profiler. WorkKeys© is a nationally recognized system and provides a complete program of job analysis, assessment, instructional support, reporting and training services. The program is built around a common skill scale that accurately measures both the skills of individuals and the skills required for successful job performance.

WorkKeys© measures eight foundational workplace skills:

1. Applied mathematics
2. Applied technology
3. Listening
4. Locating information
5. Observation
6. Reading for information
7. Teamwork
8. Writing/Business Writing

As a certified job profiler, we help employers identify the levels of skills current and prospective employees need in order to be successful on the job. These job profiles also provide individuals with a clear picture of the skill levels they need to qualify for and be successful in the jobs they want.