Employers and governmental organizations have a dual role to play in the education and training of employees to help them become better-qualified for jobs at all skill levels. In addition, equipping valuable yet vulnerable populations with the skills they need to become gainfully employed will improve their quality of life, grow the U.S. pool of skilled talent and increase the national workforce’s earning potential of the U.S. workforce.
Are you looking to upskill or reskill your workforce?
Customized training will enhance employee productivity and give your organization a competitive advantage. Training is available anytime, anywhere, in any format, including interactive conferences or small group classroom settings.
Virginia Peninsula Community College is dedicated to building high-performance teams and will make it happen for you. We can design short-term training to help your employees earn certificates, Continuing Education Units (CEU), or sponsor classes through the contract credit program.
Our team consults with your company’s leadership to identify workplace skill needs and provide customized training to meet your strategic goals delivering short-term instructor-led training locally or virtually. From product design software applications to frontline customer connection skills, our state-of-the-art curriculum, expert instruction, facilities, and technology deliver practical training efficiently and affordably anytime, anywhere.
Featured Customized Training Programs
Successful companies invest in their employees by providing the skills and business solutions they need. This preparation empowers teams to handle future challenges effectively. By offering high-quality training in key areas, these companies position themselves for long-term success. The following are some of what we have — and can — offer your company or organization:
DiSC®: Personality assessment in Communication skills training
Dealing with others is an excellent skill for individuals and managers, enhancing personal relationships and team performance. This course develops individuals in leadership, management training, supervisory, and team building, the knowledge and skills to understand better your work style, and how to build more effective personal relations. You will identify and understand your behavioral style and the other three behavioral styles and apply various interpersonal skills to work effectively with others to help improve teamwork, communication, and productivity in the workplace.
Leadership Institute
Effective leaders face complex challenges in today’s constantly changing 21st century industry-defined needs. The Leadership Institute is a “Leadership Series for emerging leaders!” to help develop skills essential for effective leadership. Even if you don’t yet hold a leadership position, you can begin learning the principles leaders use to achieve success and prepare yourself for the future. This special program of stackable modules focuses on a Leadership Certificate.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People®
Helping People Change from the Inside Out — For 25 years, FranklinCovey has helped millions become more effective in their work and personal lives. Based on the proven principles in Stephen R. Covey’s best-selling book, “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” From part-time receptionists to top-level executives, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Signature Program breaks down barriers to success while laying a foundation of effectiveness for individuals, employees, and leaders.
Team Building
We deliver custom team-building events focused on four team-building components (goal setting, interpersonal relations, problem solving, and role clarification) and on cognitive, affective, process, and performance outcomes. The training is interactive and experiential, where the learner will be exposed to the four stages of a team’s development (forming, storming, norming, and performing). The interactive team-building training program encourages individuals to learn more about each other and the skills needed to effectively manage projects, make decisions, and solve problems in a team setting.
Workshop Topics
- CANVA Graphic Design
- Change management / leadership
- Changing work behaviors / habits
- Coaching / solutions – based coaching
- Cognitive bias: Identifying and overcoming bias for decisions
- Communication techniques that take your TEAM to a new level
- Conflict Resolution/ collaborative negotiation
- Contract Negotiation Skills
- Critical thinking
- Creative Problem Solving
- Customer service
- Customer service recovery
- Communication essentials
- Dealing with Change/Stress
- Decision Making
- Diversity – Unconscious Bias
- DISC – Communication skills for Leaders
- Emerging Leaders Academy
- Emotional intelligence
- Empowerment and Trust
- FranklinCovey- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
- Financial Management/Budgeting
- Generational differences / working in a multi-generational team
- Group Dynamics
- Goal setting
- Industry Certified Credentials
- Leadership development
- Leadership Institute
- Managing Millennial Teams
- Meetings: Managing, facilitating, running effectively
- Microsoft Training
- Motivating Employees
- Performance management
- Performance reviews
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving
- Public Speaking & Presentation skills
- Relationship Management
- Remote Teams: Management of remote teams
- Resilience: Bouncing back after change or negative events
- Sales Training
- Shaping a Motivational Workplace
- Supervisory Development
- Team building
- Team engagement / workforce engagement
- Teamwork / for team members
- Technical Training
- Time management / managing multiple priorities
- Transition to Supervisor or Manager
- Train the Trainer