CALMC Training
CALMC training is custom-designed in partnership with organizations or groups to help meet their needs. All of our training is designed to encourage collaboration.
CALMC can also provide workshops or seminars which can be done at your location. Workshops and seminars are a great way to introduce topics, ideas, or to start new initiatives that will help your organization or group.
We will work with you to develop a training or seminar for your organization or group. Our training and seminars match the learning styles of the participants. They are activity-based to provide hands-on experience with tools and techniques that will enable them to work on issues they may encounter.
CALMC focuses on service instead of profit which allows us to help organizations of all sizes, especially the smallest start-ups.
Some of the types of training we offer are:
Facilitator Training
Labor-Management Committee
Training
Putting a group of people together does not necessarily make them a team. Whether it is a team at a non-union workplace, a labor-management committee, or any organization, we can help with interpersonal and group dynamic skills so members can work more effectively with each other.
In addition, we work with groups to be effective problem-solvers. We help them with data gathering and interpretation tools to resolve workplace issues. We also help increase the opportunity for greater support through consensus decision making.
Contact us for more information about how we can help with teams in your organization.
Leadership Training
CALMC
works with you to design a training process to develop leadership within
your organization. Whether it is for managers, employees, unions, or any
group process, CALMC emphasizes a participative style that focuses on
collaboration and group dynamics.
Contact
us for more information about how we can train your leaders for today's
workplace.
Business as usual isn't
good enough anymore. Organizations must be more adaptable and flexible in
reaction to new environments and demands. This requires sudden changes to be
made. For any type of organizational change to be effective, work system
changes need to happen. Without them, your efforts will be ineffective or
disappear completely. If you are going to make any changes for your organization,
it's critical everyone in the organization be part of the process.
Understanding the need for change and providing necessary support in the change
process will help both managers and employees be more acceptable and reduce
their resistance to change. CALMC can help you by providing the tools essential to
study your system, help you with making effective change, and gain support for
the change.
Contact
us for more information about how we can help you effectively deal with
change.
Problem Solving
CALMC is
ready to help you with problem-solving instruction for your employees or
teams. Our problem-solving training is done through
a practical approach. We use a variety
of problem solving tools and techniques we can adapt to your specific
problem solving needs in order to study, plan, implement, and evaluate
solutions.
Participants will practice skills that provide more effective learning. We
start with techniques to identify root causes of problems and continue by
using specific effective problem solving processes that will help address
issues they face on the job. We also provide training to develop
statistical thinking for leaders of systemic change.
CALMC
staff is also available to facilitate employees or groups once training is
completed to put learned techniques into actual use.
Contact
us to learn more about effective problem solving.
CALMC offers a proven workplace safety process
called Safety Always. The difference between the Safety Always
process and other safety programs is in Safety Always everybody works
together to prevent accidents from occurring. Both employees and managers work proactively
to identify potential hazards and risks. This safety process looks at
why something is occurring and how it can be corrected instead of
relying only on signs, slogans and contests. Workplaces that have used the Safety
Always process have seen significant safety record improvements and
long-term results. It's not just "Safety First", it's Safety Always.
Contact
us for more information about Safety Always.
Trained facilitators help meetings be more
productive. Instead of being involved in the discussion and content of a
meeting, facilitators are neutrals who guide the process. They use
specific tools and techniques to keep people focused and on task to complete
projects and goals. No matter what type of meeting or size of group, good
facilitators add value to organizations because they know what tools and
techniques are needed to lead more effective meetings. Facilitator training can
also be beneficial for supervisors. When trained in the same facilitative
style, the supervisor can act as a coach to help and support individuals with
their jobs. These skills can help employees overcome their weaknesses so both
employees and organizations can be successful. CALMC staff are experienced
facilitators who can train facilitators in your organization to use the tools
and techniques needed to lead productive meetings or to help supervisors work
with their employees. CALMC can help you design the appropriate facilitator
training that will best suit your needs.
Contact
us for more information about training and coaching your facilitator team.
Labor-Management Committee Training
Whether it’s forming a new labor-management committee or enhancing the
effectiveness of an existing group, the training focuses on bringing both sides
together as a leadership team.
In
addition to basic team building skills, our training for labor-management
committees is specifically designed to meet the needs of both labor and
management. It recognizes the differences in working on labor-management
issues, and includes problem solving tools and techniques so each side can
maintain their individual interests but solve problems together using a
cooperative approach.
CALMC has
extensive experience in helping both private and public sector labor-
management committees. Our neutral standpoint and our ability to understand
the opinions and concerns from both parties on the problems they are facing
have helped our training to be successful.
Contact
us for more information about training your labor-management committee.
Conflict is a natural part of any organization.
It’s not if conflict will happen but more about when it happens
and how to deal with it. When organizations grow and change, conflict is likely
to occur. Conflict may not be bad if it is handled properly in order to keep it
constructive. CALMC can assist your
organization with the development and implementation of a process that can
resolve disputes while improving employee morale and saving time and money.
Contact
us for more information about conflict resolution.
The Interest-Based Problem SolvingProcess is a
unique problem-solving process. Interest-Based Problem Solving is based on
Interest-Based Bargaining (sometimes referred to as IBB, win-win, or
principled negotiations), and focuses on the mutual interests of the parties
involved to resolve issues. CALMC recommends this problem-solving process
for any group, not just in labor-management situations. The interest-based process is a very
effective problem solving tool because it is an opportunity for everyone to
have input, and the outcome is determined by objective criteria instead of
one person or a few determining the solution. Everyone can express their
interests or concerns about the problem and they can offer multiple
solutions which will be evaluated by the objective criteria they select. Because the process is an entirely different
method from what many of us are familiar with in problem resolution, CALMC
provides training for those who have never used it or who need a refresher.
In addition, CALMC recommends facilitation after training to help groups put
the process in practice.
Contact
us for more information about interest-based bargaining and problem solving.
The list
on this page is by no means inclusive of all the types of training CALMC can
provide. Other training topics include dispute resolution, improving
communication, or establishing more productive meetings.
We will
work with you and your organization to customize your training needs and
develop a process that will meet your specific circumstances. CALMC will
deliver training in your facility or in your community on a schedule that
meets your needs.
Contact
us for more information about how CALMC can benefit your organization.
Contact
us for more information about how CALMC training will benefit your organization.