Welcome to COMStar
We teach People Skills to "Technology
Professionals"
As a "recovering nerd", Electrical Engineer, and an "enlightened" People Person, I know they don't teach critical people skills in technical schools. And since I didn't come from a "fully functional family" I didn't learn them at home either. Yet in the workplace people skills are the single biggest key to both your success, your team's accomplishments.
Technical skills make you Valuable.
People skills make you Invaluable.
Much of today's business effort
is organized around Project Teams. The team members depend on their
interactions with others to complete projects on target, on time,
and on budget.
| Project Managers | Team Members | Business Analysts | ||||
| Stakeholders | Business Partners | Suppliers |
All of us have some level of people skills. We got to where we are in life some way. The problem is that in the work place we all do not have the same skills and are not all at the same level of ability.
So, we have problems:
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People can't communicate with each other so we waste time, argue, and whine and moan and groan to others.
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We hesitate to confront people when we should because we fear having to deal with conflict.
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The team doesn't have a clear direction so scope creeps, frustration mounts, and schedule and costs suffer.
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We don't get good requirements because we have to interact with people to get them and to keep them current.
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Most of us were trained in a technical discipline. We can give an informative presentation but in the project team environment our success depends on giving great persuasive presentations. We never learned how.
Think how much better and more productive we would be if we had better skills in any of these areas?
At COMStar we have grouped these skills into five different areas. We have developed a series of courses that develop these skills that will leapfrog your abilities to get more results through others.
The skills we teach have been proven over the past 15 years in many different business areas.
Since it is so important to team success. doesn't it make sense to put some energy into giving all team members the same skills and bring them to the same level to insure project and therefore business success?
Here are our five essential skill areas:
Level 5: Thriving on Team Conflict
Level 4: Advanced Presentation Skills
Level 3: Creating High Performing Teams
Level 2: Requirements Gathering With Rapport
Level 1: Secret Fundamental Communications Skills
To attend one our two-day, 14 PDU programs check our schedule.
To bring a program in-house or too your organization contact me Dick
Cochran, and we'll talk.
- Phone: 303 666-4224
- e-mail: dcochran@comstar-online.com