Posts Tagged ‘one-on-one’

Taking Risks

July 11th, 2011 - by Angela

taking-risksI must admit, I am pretty conservative in most decisions in my life.  I do not try too many crazy things, except white water rafting on vacation and playing in traffic on the freeway daily.  I prefer to make stable, solid investments and considerate, reliable lifestyle choices. 

So, I had to do some re-evaluating of my risk aversive lifestyle when I recently ran across a quote by Erica Jong.  She said,  “The trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.”  I realized that I might need to adjust a few things.  I know that in some parts of my life, I could probably reap much greater rewards by taking a few more risks. 

In my worklife, I am extremely conservative.  I do not try anything too crazy or outside the box because I want to make sure that I do not get on anyone’s “bad list”.  I know that many of my friends and family are still hunkering down and trying to stay under the radar so that they can keep their jobs.  With the state of the economy right now, some of us just want to do anything to be able to not lose our jobs. 

However, I am not sure that is the best approach.  I think it might be better to take a few risks in my job.  I could at least try to learn something new and get more creative and inventive in how I do my work.  That is a calculated risk that might pay off in the long run.  Even just learning how to use my current tools better could help. 

So, let me know if you would like to set up a one-on-one session or even a class at your organization.  You could learn something new or just improve on your current knowledge.  It could end up being a small risk with a big payoff!  If you mention this blog, you can get $50 off your next training class.  You can click here to contact me:  http://www.versitas.com/contact.php

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Downsizing and Training

March 2nd, 2010 - by Angela

downsizing1I know, downsizing and training aren’t usually put together. Most corporations do not invest the extra money in training workers they are letting go. That is why I was surprised to be talking to my clients during a recent morning training session and find out that their whole department will not exist in a couple of months. 

A few of the employees will be relocated to other parts of the corporation. Most will be laid off with a severance package, the length depending on their years of service. Surprisingly, the employees do not have a bad view of their current employer, even though they are being laid off. They even commented on how much they appreciated everything their employer is doing to help them during this transition.

The corporation is investing in getting these displaced workers special training to help them find new jobs. The company believes in helping them succeed, even if they are not employed there anymore. What a great concept! I really like that they are having training sessions for these workers before the department is dissolved in a couple of months.

The training sessions cover Microsoft Office topics like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. During the morning training, we have customized a class to help them fill in the gaps in their knowledge of the software application. In the afternoon we have hour long one-on-one or one-on-two sessions to go over specific questions or target areas in the same software application that we covered in the morning.

This past week the training was on Excel. We had great sessions in the morning and afternoon! All of the students said that they really understood Excel better. They all had great attitudes and really dug in deep to understand all of the formulas, which was of primary concern to many of them.

I am looking forward to my Word sessions with them soon! It is so refreshing to see a corporation who cares about their employees, even during tough economic times like we have experienced the past couple of years.

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