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Career Management
Restructuring an organization or terminating an individual can be a difficult challenge. Career Management assistance offers significant benefits both to the individual and the organization. It helps the affected employee focus on achieving future success. Outplacement is a sound business practice for the company allowing them to maintain positive community relations.
We have helped thousands locally, nationally and internationally restore self worth and re-energize their careers with our Career Management Programs. Our program is based on a coaching model which is tailored to each organization and individual's needs and includes our lifetime commitment guarantee; unique in the industry.
Individual Career Transition
Our detailed and individualized career management coaching process helps the separated employee identify and achieve important career and life goals.
"Choose a job you love, and you never have to work a day in your life." —Confucius
Varga Associates' targeted approach encompasses:
Group Transition Program
Each program is geared to the particular level and needs of the participants and encompasses either a two day or three day format. Subjects covered include:
Separation Planning
Varga Associates has worked with managers and human resource professionals from businesses in all industries, both public and private, as well as non-profits in the successful implementation of reductions in workforce. We help clients:
Succession Planning
Succession Planning is increasingly being considered a key factor in determining the continued success of business. Succession Planning is:
Why do it?
Our Succession Planning Process is aimed at organizational and individual peak performance. We work with your management team to build the right plan for your organization. Whether it is planning the process, identifying position deficiencies, determining ready replacements, assessing managers and leader’s competencies or coaching for improvement, we can help in one or all phases of implementation.
Team Building
Our Team Building process is designed to help team members gain greater insight into their own special talents, the talents of fellow team members and how to utilize these to form a cohesive and productive team. This approach allows all to build upon and leverage their strengths to take better advantage of business opportunities. The process encompasses three phases:
Climate Surveys
Employees today expect the management of their organization to solicit, listen and respect their opinions. If an organization fails to listen or chooses to ignore the signs of discontent and disharmony, frustration can erupt leading to the possible loss of good employees and/or customer displeasure. By surveying current employees, you provide a method for employees to contribute valuable information in a confidential manner. This information with proper analysis can stimulate meaningful actions for improvement. Whether your needs are for a company wide survey or a single department, we can help:
360°/720° Development Program
People want to perform at their best and if given the right information they will strive to improve. Competency based development programs contribute to change and improvement in management, leadership, team activities, sales relations, and overall quality in the organization. Participants often learn and change from feedback alone, but feedback combined with coaching has greater lasting positive effects.
From the sales associate to the CEO, from the manager to a team member, we produce meaningful results. We use some of the most well researched tools available today combined with individual feedback to build confidence and productivity. Our process is based upon practical managerial work issues and focuses upon specific, observable, and operational behaviors for developing goal oriented improvement plans for lasting change. There are four basic steps to the process:
Our process draws upon theories of learning, cognition, and motivation and applies them to real business applications with individual coaching keeping the lens of change clear and sharp.
Conflict Resolution
"Difficult people", "personality clashes", and "not seeing eye to eye" are symptoms of conflict. Conflict whether within business, home or social environments can be counter-productive if not handled properly. Successful conflict management can result in greater productivity and improved employee retention. Our process looks at the following issues:
Supervisory Training
Supervisory Skills Training Program while covering theory gives each participant meaningful management tools that can be applied at the work site. It combines lecture, case studies, exercises and assessments designed to maximize learning. These topics are typically covered:
Coaching with Confidence©
Coaching is not just for executives. Everyone from supervisor to team member; from project manager to foremen can and should be a coach. Sometimes the only difference between a mediocre and a stellar employee is a great coach!
Our Coaching with Confidence Program is focused on solutions rather than problems. It is a practical, no-nonsense approach that diffuses confrontation while getting results. This hands-on workshop provides specific strategies and skills that can be applied immediately; helping to build, motivate, develop, and retain your best talent. It is a flexible program that can be integrated into other training programs. At this seminar participants learn:
With any initiative, follow-up is critical; therefore, we provide monthly emails for a year that support and reinforce the coaching skills learned in the seminar.
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