TALENT DEVELOPMENT

Sterling Advising believes that as professionals we are always growing. With the rapidly changing world, we make it easy to align your talent to your strategic goals. We offer career and professional coaching as well as workshops in all of our service areas. Using andragogy, experiential learning, and practical hands-on learning activities, we build skills that can be applied immediately to produce results.

Sterling Advising constructs engagements that target your specific needs. We research your environment to identify current and future skills and develop learning to close skill gaps. We marry the design and facilitation elements with hands-on activities that mirror real life situations. Leveraging projects already on your employee’s desks, we create resources that carry back to the office thus reducing the time away from work.

METHODOLOGY

Workshop Examples

  • Humans and Automation-Are Robots Taking Over the World?

    Learning Outcomes

    -Identify what automation is and why people are hesitant to embrace it.

    -Explore human and non-human efficiencies resulting from automation.

    -Discuss methods and tactics to counter automation misconceptions.

  • Visioning the Future-Challenging the "Now" Mindset to Enable Growth

    Learning Outcomes

    -Explore barriers to creating a future-focused culture.

    -Discuss states of change readiness.

    -Create an actionable strategy for empowering ideation and visioning.

  • Contract Management Basics

    Learning Outcomes

    -Discuss the contract management lifecycle and elements.

    -Explore vendor performance management.

    -Review the elements of a purposed contract management plan.

  • Building the New Procurement Workforce

    Learning Outcomes

    -Identify gaps in the core competencies of the present workforce and future needs of procurement.

    -Discuss strategies for bridging the gaps between current and future state.

    -Explore barriers and opportunities to develop talent.

  • Small Business Basics-Identifying Bid Opportunities

    Learning Outcomes

    -Identify sources of bid opportunities.

    -Discuss pros and cons of each opportunity type.

    -Create a strategy to align business needs and resources to available opportunities.

  • Change is a Part of Life So Why Do We Hate It So Much?

    Learning Outcomes

    -Identify the degrees of change readiness and benefits of a change positive culture.

    -Explore the behavioral causes of change resistance.

    -Discuss strategies for helping embrace change.