Business/Learning and Development

Are you ready to become a better leader with our custom training programs?

We believe in learning by doing at Vermont Tech. That’s why we take a hands-on, results-driven approach to our business and leadership trainings.

Whether you’re an experienced leader or learning the ropes, we can help you grow in your career and positively impact your organization. You’ll learn how to:

• Navigate tricky situations
• Communicate effectively
• Quickly apply your new skills at work

See below for examples of trainings we can customize to meet your needs. We serve businesses of all sizes.

Proficiency Based Leadership Series

Gain the skills you need to effectively lead today’s rapidly changing, multi-generational workforce. This one-of-a-kind training combines lively classroom sessions with practical, on-the-job skill application.

Each four-hour session focuses on a specific proficiency:

• Communication
• Conflict
• Feedback
• Coaching
• Team Agreements
• Change

This training includes classroom instruction, group discussions, case studies, professional reading, and other interactive activities. We can customize this training to include return on investment projects.

Great for: leads, supervisors, managers, and upper level leadership teams

The Hard Soft Skills

Learn to effectively manage and motivate teams in a modern workplace. This four-part series emphasizes positive interpersonal growth and social skill development. You’ll learn how to:

• Identify and execute effective communication skills.
• Identify your conflict style and learn conflict management strategies.
• Practice and demonstrate giving positive and developmental feedback.
• Positively coach and motivate employees.

This training includes professional reading, individual assessments, peer coaching, and classroom instruction.

Great for: new or experienced leaders seeking modern, formal leadership training

Check out our current Hard Soft Skills offerings.

Solving the Mystery of Interpersonal Communications

The hardest skills in business (and life) are working with other people because everyone has different beliefs and a different view of how work should be done. It seems like a mystery, but it doesn’t have to be.

You can overcome personality conflicts and dynamics that interfere with productivity by learning how others like to operate and communicate in comparison to you. Using a TTSI DISC assessment, we’ll explore your unique work and communication preferences compared to others. You’ll gain new perspectives and the guidance that will increase your influence and success with others.

Great for: individuals and teams

Train the Trainer

Learn practical teaching skills to become an effective workplace instructor. Designed for employees who need to train others at work (but don’t have a teaching background), this program offers teaching secrets from an instructor with over 30 years of experience. Participants will learn how to:

• Accommodate various adult learning styles.
• Apply at least ten different teaching techniques.
• Engage reluctant or unhappy learners
• Create a mini-lesson using an instructional design model.
• Make continuous improvements to their lessons.

Great for: aspiring workplace instructors