professional development series

Goal-Setting for Sustainable Success

In this session, Shaina will talk about the barriers to achieving your most important goals and how you can overcome those barriers to redefine what is possible at work and in your personal life. Learn how to draft a SMART goal, create a roadmap to achieve it, and the six things that you need to consider before setting that goal.

Shaina is a best-selling author who has over 20 ears of professional experience in various industries. She describers herself as a goal setting nerd and loves to help others achieve the things most important to them.

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technical development series

PowerPoint: Basic to Intermediate

Just as we did in Excel, we will be hosting a series of PowerPoint training sessions. This session will be a basic to intermediate session that will build upon our last PowerPoint session from last year!  

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Professional Development series

Delivering Effective Criticism

Constructive feedback is difficult to receive, perhaps even more challenging to deliver and a requirement of the ever-evolving workforce. Researchers have found that we crave feedback but are uncomfortable or unwilling to deliver it. Yet the better feedback we provide, the more successful our organizations can become. In this session we will discuss how to recognize the challenges of providing constructive criticism, learn techniques for giving constructive criticism, and how to develop and action plan for present or future opportunities for giving feedback.

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Technical development series

Macros and Form Controls

In this session Tom will continue training on Macros and will also be presenting on Form Controls.

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professional development series

Motivating Change in Others

Join Bob Anderson in this session focusing on Motivating Change in Others. Bob Anderson has over 40 years of experience in human resources,  in corporate as well as consultant roles, where he has primarily worked with manufacturing companies. In this session, Bob will discuss how using empathy corelates with motivating change and how involving individuals at all levels can make them feel valued and active participants in the change process.
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Technical Development series

Excel Power Pivot and Macros

Tom Fragle is a Microsoft certified trainer and certified expert in Excel. He has over 30 years of professional experience in training in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training. Tom has trained over 30,000 business participants including Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and military basis In this session Tom will be focusing this training session on Power Pivot and Macros.
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Professional Development Series

Bringing out the Best in others through Coaching for Success

Please join Rebecca Huesman as she shares with us how to bring out the best in others through Coaching for Success.

Rebecca is a senior trainer and development consultant that has provided training to companies like Citi and Alliance Data. This topic received the 2nd highest amount of votes as a result from our survey last month. Learning how to bring out the best in others is one of the most significant things you will do as a leader.

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TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Excel Training

In today’s session, Tom will focus on training on how to import data from websites and a PDF, how to use the advanced filter, and how to use X lookup.

See the student file below, which he will be utilizing during the presentation if you would like to practice along.

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TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Excel Training Part III

Tom Fragle is a Microsoft certified trainer and certified expert in Excel. He has over 30 years of professional experience in training in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training. Tom has trained over 30,000 business participants including fortune 500 companies, government agencies and military bases.
In this session, Tom will be focusing on Importing data with CSV (power query), pivot tables using more than one sheet, what if analysis, and the Solver tool.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Stress Management

From time to time, we all experience increased levels of stress. In this session Chris will help us understand the impact of different types of stress and provide tactical tools and information regarding healthy habits and coping skills that you can begin to use today to help manage the stress that you face in your day-to-day life at work as well as your personal lives. Chris is a certified life coach and is passionate about helping people to become the people that they want to be.

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Excel- Charts and Pivot Tables

Tom Fragale is a Microsoft certified trainer, and certified expert in Excel. He has over 30 years of professional experience in training in online webinars, public seminars, and on-site training Tom has trained over 30,000 business participants including fortune 500 companies, government agencies and military basis. In this session, Tom will be presenting on the Charts and Pivot Tables.

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Managing Change

Embrace the opportunity to soar through the winds of change with confidence and grace! This session will include case studies on managing change, how to unlock the power of the 4 T's, the 7 steps of change, and how to gain practical insight on how to lead and manage change effectively with our organization. Bob has over 40 years of experience both in corporate as well as consultant roles where he has worked primarily in manufacturing.

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TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Basics of Excel

Tom Fragale is a Microsoft certified trainer, and certified expert in Excel. He has over 30 years of professional experience in training in on line webinars, public seminars, and on site training. Tom has trained over 30,000 business participants including fortune 500 companies, government agencies and military basis. In this session Tom will be presenting on the Basics of Excel for Beginners. This will include auto and speed fills, auto sum, conditional formatting, sorting and filtering, as well as some simple formulas

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Delivering Effective Business Presentations

Rick Fiest is Revolution's Vice President of Sales and Marketing and will be presenting on how to deliver an effective business presentation. A well-crafted presentation demonstrates professionalism and helps reinforce an organization's image, as well as provides an opportunity for the presenter to convey a message to the audience. Rick will share how to recognize and address fears while presenting, as well as tips on planning and creating structure for your own presentations to be successful.

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PowerPoint Presentation Basics

Dana Dowdy is Revolution's Director of Marketing and will be presenting the basics of creating a PowerPoint Presentation to include creating new presentations, saving templates, formatting and basic design tips. Dana will also share the Revolution branded templates that are accessible to everyone which will save you some time when developing your own presentations for Revolution.

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How to Increase Trust in Your Professional Relationships

Both employers and employees benefit when there is a feeling of trust at work. Not only can trust help to build and maintain strong working relationships, but it can set a good precedent for many aspects of a workday, from teamwork and collaboration to employee performance. Please join Geoff Snavely as he provides us with how to improve trust in the workplace. Geoff published a book, Disruptive Discovery: Uncovering the Stuff That Really Matters, and has a passion for helping others develop skills to achieve success.

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Professional Development Series

Situational Leadership

Situational Leadership is a leadership style that requires leaders to adjust their management style to ensure they are leading in the most appropriate and successful way by assessing their team and providing each team member the leadership style they need to be successful. Bob Anderson will join us in presenting how to apply situational leadership in our manufacturing environment effectively. Bob has over 40 years of experience both in corporate as well as consultant roles where he has worked primarily in manufacturing.

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Technical DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Teams Training Part II

This training session will be a deeper look into our Teams application. Matt and Cherish will be presenting to provide a more in-depth overview and highlighting additional features that can be utilized within the application- including how to create a "Team" within Teams, how to access Teams that you already have access to, how to use the phone feature, how to share files, utilize the calendar, some fun features, and more!

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Creative Problem Solving

Every problem has a solution. In this seminar, we will explore some techniques to help us get to the solution sooner rather than later. Jesse Favre is a professional trainer that enjoys empowering individuals to function at their best. This training is designed to show you how to define a problem differentiate problems from conflicts, understand your role, as well as understand how to discover alternate solutions.

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Technical DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Power BI Part 2

This part Il training on Power BI is designed with advanced users in mind. Ryan will be building upon Part I and will include introduction to the concept of relational databases, followed by instructions on crafting simple data queriers using SQL as well as demonstrating how to establish a connection between Power BI and SQL database. This comprehensive training will ensure a deeper understanding of Power BI's capabilities and how to leverage them for your data analysis needs.

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Dealing with Difficult People

We all must deal with difficult people from time to time. Dealing with challenging customers, bullies, complainers, and silent types. It is easier when we learn to understand some common personality types to begin to develop the necessary skills to cope. Michelle is a health and happiness strategist that helps people be better one habit at a time. She will be teaching how to recognize the verbal and non-verbal cues that indicate hostility so that you are better able to deal with a difficult person.

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Excel Basics

We all deal with numbers in one way or the other. Microsoft Excel comes in handy when we want to record, analyze, and store such numeric data. Please join Darin in learning the Basics of Excel. Darin has been learning and utilizing Excel cross functionally for the past 30 years and will be presenting us with the Basics of Excel as well as providing real-word use scenarios.

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Preventing Burnout

Jesse Favre is a professional trainer that enjoys empowering individuals to function at their best. Jesse will be sharing with our team how to identify the root causes of burnout, understand the negative consequences of leaving burnout unaddressed, as well as learn effective strategies for preventing and overcoming burnout by learning how to take charge and make changes to become empowered to overcome burnout to ultimately create balance in our busy lives.

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Technical Development Series

Introduction to Power BI

Power BI is an essential tool for data visualization and reporting, and becoming more popular in enterprise environments today. Ryan Du is the Director of Operations for our Continuous Improvement team and will be providing an introductory lecture that will cover the basic concepts of Power BI including how to create and navigate a report. Ryan is a data driven professional with a passion for process improvement and is excited to share how to uncover insights that help drive business decisions.

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Power BI Tutorial

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Professional Development series

Becoming An Effective Listener

Effective listening is actively absorbing the information given to you by a speaker, showing that you are listening and interested, and being able to provide feedback to the speaker so that he or she knows the message was received. Please join Kay in presenting on how to become a more effective listener. Kay Christian is a Senior Organizational Development Professional and Human Resources Leader with long emphasis in creating management and leadership development, along with extensive work in building associate relations programs.

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Technical development series

Windows and Teams

Matt will be reviewing the basics of Windows Computing, as well as the suite software used by Revolution to increase your productivity including Cato VPN, TeamViewer, Admin by Request. Also tune in for an overview of Teams, this application is so much more than simply Instant Messaging. from making calls, to organizing your Team and sharing vital inf. We will look at some of the ways to better facilitate our business needs.

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Time Management

Wednesday, February 1st, 2023, 11:00am-12:00pm CST
Virtual event 

 

Please join us to help us develop a sense of purpose, overcome negative behavior patterns, and leverage practical strategies, tools, and techniques to develop better time management skills. These techniques are designed to help make better decisions, meet deadlines, and achieve your goals both professionally and personally by learning how to better manage your time.

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Technical Development Series

Microsoft Outlook Tips & Tricks

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023, 11:00am-12:00pm CST
Virtual event 

 

This training will be hosted by our IT team. Outlook - one of the world's most popular desktop email clients for communication, scheduling, and general collaboration. Matt Slovak will be presenting tips, tricks to save time, increase productivity, and ways to organize your inbox.

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Professional Development Series

Resolving Conflict

Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, 11:00am-12:00pm CST
Virtual event  

 

Conflict resolution skills are essential for forging and stewarding successful relationships between people, communities, and organizations. Bob Anderson will join us to discuss how we can all hone our ability to resolve conflict by focusing on developing self-awareness, tenacity, and interpersonal competency; building common ground; opening lines of communication; ensuring representation and recognition; and building sustainable possibilities for resolution.

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Windows and Teams Overview

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