| "Who's going to hire someone with an attitude like THAT?" |
Updated July 21, 2010 with details about trainings in Lansing, MI and St. Louis, MO
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Employers frequently state that they would rather hire someone with a good attitude and limited technical skills, than hire someone with good skills but a bad attitude. How can we prepare non-traditional job seekers for workplace success in today's struggling economy? Are you serving:
Dislocated workers.
Welfare-to-workers.
Individuals with disabilities.
TANF recipients.
At-risk youth and young adults.
Former felons.
Immigrants.
People in recovery from addiction.
Why do these individuals make such challenging employees? In part, because they lack an intuitive understanding of their employer's unspoken expectations, and the vital soft skills (or people skills) needed to interact successfully within the social environment of the workplace.
Instead, inexperienced workers often mistakenly use the rules and habits of their personal lives to judge the appropriateness of their workplace behavior. As a result, employers experience costly problems with performance, morale, and retention.
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| Five Versions of "Workin' It Out" |
The "Workin' It Out" program series is classroom-based, cognitive-behavioral instruction designed to help challenging workers succeed in today's workplace. The programs are available ONLY to instructors who complete a 3-day training to become certified as WIO soft skills instructors.
For more information about becoming an instructor, see the "Instructor Certification" page.
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For STRUGGLING SUPERVISORS:
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| Go to Supervisors page |
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For EX-OFFENDERS IN TRANSITION
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| Go to Ex Offender page |
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"Makin' It Work" is a 10-lesson training program designed to help offenders in transition from corrections to the community adjust more successfully to the world of work. (SPANISH translation available by April 1, 2010.)
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| Dr. Steve Parese, author and speaker |
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Interested a dynamic workshop for an upcoming staff development day? We offer innovative and entertaining workshops on a variety of relevant topics:
1. “What Employers REALLY Want: Unspoken Rules of Work”
2. “Motivating Difficult Workers to Succeed”
3. “Handling Disagreements Professionally”
4. "Solving Workplace Problems Logically"
5. "Relieving Stress and Burnout"
6. "Managing Anger - Staying Professional"
7. “Managing Customer Behavior Problems”
8. "On-the-Spot Counseling with Customers"
9. “Code-Switching: Helping Ex-Offenders Transition
For more information, see the "1-Day Workshops" page.
Or click here to download descriptions of these workshops.
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Conferences and Trainings in 2010
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Join us for a dynamic conference workshop or competency-based Training of Trainers around the nation in 2010.
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January 12-14, 2010
Milwaukee, WI
Instructor Certification (successfully completed)
Makin’ It Work (Ex-offender version*)
Jan 26, 28, & Feb 9, 2010
Raleigh, NC
NC Employment Security Commission
Staff development
March 2-4, 2010
Havre, MT
Workin’ with Tradition (Native American version)
March 15, 2010
Chattanooga, TN
SETA Spring Conference
Workshop presentations
March 21, 2010
Cincinnatti, OH
National Correctional Industries Conference
Workshop presentations
March 24-26, 2010 (successfully
completed)
March 29-31, 2010 (successfully
completed)
Greenville, SC
Instructor Certification
Makin’ It Work (Ex-offender version)
April 6-7, 2010
Dallas, TX
Defendant/Offender Workforce Development Conference
Workshop presentations
April 13-15, 2010
Orlando, FL
Instructor Certification (successfully
completed)
Beginning to Work It Out (Youth version*)
April 28-29, 2010
Winston-Salem, NC
NC ETA Conference
Keynote speaker
May 5-7, 2010
Helena, MT (successfully
completed)
Instructor Certification
Workin’ It Out
May 20-21, 2010
Hershey, PA
PA Partners Conference
Keynote speaker
June 2-4,
2010
Portland, OR
Instructor Certification
(successfully completed)
Workin’ It
Out/Makin' It Work
| June 7-9, 2010
Billings, MT
Instructor Certification (completed)
Makin’ It Work
June 21-23, 2010
San Antonio, TX
Instructor Certification (by invitation only)
Makin’ It Work
July 14-16, 2010
Havre, MT
Pilot Testing (by invitation only)
Workin’ with Tradition (Native American version)
July 26-28,
2010
Richmond, VA
Instructor Certification
(by invitation only)
Makin' It Work
August 2-4, 2010
Birmingham, AL
Instructor Certification (3 slots open)
Makin' It Work
September 8-10, 2010
Lansing, MI
Instructor Certification (open enrollment)
Workin It
Out/Makin' It Work
September 13-14, 2010
Mobile, AL
SETA Fall Conference
Workshop presentations
October 19-21, 2010
St. Louis, MO
Instructor Certification (open enrollment)
Makin' It Work
October 26-28, 2010
Havre, MT
Instructor
Certification (by invitation
only)
Workin’ with Tradition (Native American version)
November 8-12, 2010
Singapore
International Conference on At-Risk Populations
Plenary Session Speaker
December 1-3, 2010
Dallas, TX
Instructor Certification (open enrollment)
Makin' It Work
December 13-15, 2010
Raleigh, NC
Instructor Certification
(open enrollment)
Workin It
Out
• Cross training available in all other program versions
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The
registration cost to attend a training of trainers is still just $450/person, plus
$150 materials, which includes a trainer's manual, reproducible
supplements, PowerPoint CD, and a starter set of 10 consumable
workbooks.
For more details about becoming a certified Workin' It Out or Makin' It Work trainer, visit the general "Instructor Certification" page, or go directly to the registration page for the dates you're most interested in by clicking on the links above.
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And by the way... THANK YOU!
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| Thank you to the more than 5,000 people who attended my conference presentations in 2009:
• D/OWD Annual Conference in Pittsburgh, PA (April 2009)
• NAJA Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD (April 2009)
• Pennsylvania Partners State Conference in Hershey, PA (May 2009)
• NAWDP National Conference in Minneapolis, MN (May/June 2009)
• SETA Regional Fall Conference (keynote) in Louisville, KY (Sept 2009)
• Western MI USPO Conference in St. Joseph, MI (Sept 2009)
• NC WDA State Conference in Greensboro, NC (October 2009)
• MO Works! State conference (keynote) in Boonville, MO (October 2009)
Looking for a dynamic, interactive workshop or keynote for YOUR conference or event? See the "1-day workshops" page at left for a list of likely topics, any of which can be adapted to your groups needs.
Dr. Steve Parese
SBP Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 336 Danbury, NC 27016
SBParese@aol.com
office (336) 593-3533 fax (336) 593-2299
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2009-2010 Prices for Workbooks
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| Click here to Order Workbooks |
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[NOTE: Please be aware that ONLY agencies with certified WIO trainers may order workbooks. Interested in becoming certified? See the "Train the Trainer" page for more details!]
Certified Workin' It Out trainers may order workbooks by downloading a workbook order form and emailing or faxing it to Dr. Steve Parese at (336) 593-2299. Please follow with a check within 10 days. Standard UPS Ground delivery requires 7-10 days, although rush delivery is available.
Customers may mix and match titles to reach quantity discounts, but only in programs for which they have certified trainers on staff. Workbook prices are:
10-40 books total: $10.00 each
50 -100 books total: $ 9.00 each
110 -190 books total: $ 8.00 each
200 - 490 books
total: $ 7.00 each
500 or more books: $ 6.00 each
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD 2009-2010 ORDER FORM
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