Training
Why | Who | What | How
Our training gives you the knowledge and skills needed to be a competent and caring manager and leader.
We train leaders at every level in Standards-Based Management, applying our standards using 1-page tools. We focus on the manager’s core activities: meeting management, supervision, planning, process improvement, and project oversight.
Leadership and management aren’t easy, but our training is efficient. Contact us to discuss your specific needs. Standards-Based Management is good preparation for the MBA and takes a small fraction of the time.
Three Steps to Being a Better Boss
1: Self-Guided (free)
Orient: Look over the standards triangle and the Toolkit, which have samples, instruction pages, and videos. You can also read this free PDF of Part I of the workbook.
Study: Read our workbook, Atoms & Orchestras: The Case for Standards-Based Management. (You can start with a free PDF of Part I)
Assess: Run through the confidential self-assessment in the Milwaukee Model self-assessment (pages 4-7). Contact us if you’d like help.
Apply: Start by trying the ¼-Page Meeting Planner and then move on to the other 1-page tools. The workbook describes four of them.
2: Individual Coaching or Team Training (can be online)
Get coaching: Receiving confidential advice and encouragement to help you round out your skills, challenge your perspectives, and prepare you for the next career step.
Get trained: Work in small cohorts on “live” projects, in which we minimize theory and maximize applications. We’ll coordinate with your supervisor and training director. See our certificate in general management.
3: On-Going: Making It “Stick”
Stay current: Our blog and monthly newsletter provides success stories from peers, updates to the standards, and purposely provocative observations on the big issues.
Gain peer support: We can help you form a small Workgroup in your area, bringing together like-minded peers to tackle common problems and to share your experience with the world.
