We design and deliver quality, high-energy, activity-based classroom and virtual learning programs that build skills and change attitudes.
Laurel and Associates, Ltd. can help you build managerial, employee development and technical skills through the design and delivery of participatory classroom and virtual training programs. We can also teach your trainers how to quickly design and then effectively facilitate high quality skill-building and attitude-changing training programs.
Employees don’t leave companies, they leave managers. And if the employees are unhappy and don’t leave, their morale and productivity plummet. You know you have a problem if your customer complaints have increased, more production deadlines aren’t being met, and your revenue is down. Can you afford for this to continue?
My name is Deborah Laurel and I’m the President of Laurel and Associates, Ltd. If your managers are struggling and your employees are thinking of jumping ship, it will cost you 6 to 9 months of the employee’s salary to fill each vacancy.
Isn’t it time to see that your managers have the managerial and interpersonal skills they need to create a positive and productive work environment, so employees want to stay and, even better, do their best?
I bring practical experience with developing managers in a variety of different industries, based on my years as a management consultant and as an adjunct instructor in the Executive Management Institute in the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Five added values of training your managers include:
When we have worked together, you will have identified the specific concerns you have regarding your managers’ skillsets, and the results you desire. Your managers will have participated in the workshops, developed the desired skills, and used them to create an engaged and productive workforce. They will have been held accountable for increasing employee morale, productivity, and retention.
Managers are not born, they’re made. If they’re not made well, your entire company suffers the cost. You can’t afford that. Avoid having to let them go. Give them the training they need.
Contact me for a white paper on Why Managers Don’t Manage- and How to Help Them.
Does your organization have new trainers, solo trainers, or accidental trainers (subject matter experts who now have training responsibilities)? Are the participants in their training programs actively engaged in their programs, or are they bored and tuned out? Sometimes these trainers aren’t as effective as they could be, because they lack the necessary training skills.
This Training Mastery Series has been designed to help them learn how to design and deliver training programs that make a positive difference in their participants’ behavior.
I’ve been a trainer for over 35 years. I’ve designed and delivered highly rated skill-building training programs for managers, employees, and trainers in federal, state, and local government agencies, international agencies, private corporations, and nonprofit organizations.
Linda Jackson, Senior Client Manager/Automation & Training Specialist, had this to say about our program: “These training sessions are worth the time and money. Deborah is a wealth of knowledge and I left her training session feeling excited and encouraged.”
Please invite them to my weekly Zoom sessions on Wednesdays from 3-4 pm CST.
The first half hour focuses on a key training subject or challenge and the second half hour is open to discuss any of their training-related questions. The weekly course schedule for the year can be found below.
Watch an interview with Deborah by BJ Stephens on First Aid for Trainers.
Recordings of past Training Mastery Series will be available via Vimeo in late Spring ’23. Sign up to be notified when they are available.
Training Mastery Series – Video Archive
How do you get past participant resistance, including discussion of the importance of discovering and validating participant concerns and designing an effective skill-building and engaging
Our first meeting focused on how to get participant buy-in to your training program, with additional discussion regarding the importance of chunking information…
Presentation Skills: Come to this one-day skill-building workshop to boost your persuasive presentation skills and better inform your audiences, regardless of your field or industry. You will be engaged with interactive activities and gain insight into successful strategies for an effective presentation. Join us on April 26th for this virtual event and take your public speaking to the next level.
Location: Virtual training
Time and Date: 8:30-4pm, April 26th
Cost: $275.00
You know that you need to make your training more interactive and participatory. You have seen or experienced wonderful learning games and activities that cost
There are seven factors that increase learner motivation: Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation. When a participant approaches learning to achieve some result (such as a grade
It seems like it would be a slam dunk- take high performing staff and put them into management roles. But it’s not. Sixty percent of
Thank you Deb for all the great learning!!!
We help managers, employees, and trainers develop the skills that will ensure their greater engagement, performance, and retention.
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