Are You Tired of Training That Doesn’t Maximize Talent and Deliver Lasting Results? Performance and hiring problems are growing every year.  If you have retention and productivity problems, you’re not alone.  A Gallup survey recently stated that 75 percent of employees are not fully engaged on their jobs.  Most companies are not integrating their smart, talented people with their business strategies. You can’t afford to continue to buy training that doesn’t work.  One study shows that organizations lose around $25 billion dollars a year on training that isn’t fully utilized.  Your talented employees are likely to jump ship to your competitors if they don’t feel like their skills are improving and fully utilized. You need a training solutions expert with a track record who knows how to create engagement, cause cultural change, build loyalty, retain winning talent, and improve productivity.  You need a training solutions team who will roll up their sleeves, get to know your business, build the trust of your employees and management team, and create lasting behavioral change.
	“Since the inception of your training program, we have had less turnover and 33 percent less human relations incidents.  Supervisors have learned the skill of recognizing employee problems and dealing with those problems appropriately.  Managing turnover saves time, money, resources, and helps maintain quality.  We are operating with the same deadline structure of The Dallas Morning News but we have added about 40 percent more pages every night, and instead of printing one paper, we are now printing five unique products every night.” The Dallas Morning News
At Trade Secrets, we offer several training options:  Want the most dramatic training results?  Ask us about our comprehensive turn-key training solutions that include a detailed diagnostic needs assessment, a line-of-sight to your strategic plan,  pre- and post- training surveys, training courses, and follow-up that is guaranteed to improve production and meet your other specific organization needs.  Read more or call us to discuss your training needs. Is talent leaving your company?  We can develop a talent management strategy that will sustain your organization and an action plan that will guarantee your future.  Read more or call us for your talent management needs. Have a limited budget, or need a spot solution? Check out our full selection of training courses that cover a variety of soft skills, including our most popular topics, supervision and leadership, that can be taught by our staff or yours.  Visit our training section. Need help delivering effective feedback?  We have the most powerful feedback tool on the market.  We offer survey design, extensive resources, and impressive reporting capabilities.  View our 360 feedback and survey metrics solutions page. Are you a do-it-yourselfer, or do you have a fully staffed HR department?  Help yourself to our large line of off-the shelf training products designed to solve your human relations issues, including 360 feedback survey solutions and standardized training.  You’ll be able to fully administer these training solutions yourself.  Visit our training store. To get started, call Barb at 972-442-9000 or email her at Barb@TradeSecrets-Training.com

Our Most Popular Training Courses

Whether your organization is a start-up operation, a multinational firm or a mid-sized company, we deliver training when and where it is needed most.  Our custom instructional design and comprehensive library of resources allows you to target specific improvement areas and build employee skills and productivity.

Our training curricula address critical performance issues and provide flexibility, reliability, relevance, and of course, results.  Our training capabilities include programs and services in the areas most relevant to today’s business strategies. 
For a free consultation on training course selection, call Barb at 972-578-9000 or email her at Barb@TradeSecrets-Training.com.  You can also view our huge selection of training courses and products in our training catalog. 

Our Clients’ Top Five Business Issues and Training Solutions

We love helping our clients with their business issues and questions.  Call us with your question today, and we’ll suggest a custom, comprehensive training solution to meet your group’s needs.   Or browse the list of our most common questions below:

Client training issue #1:  Help us measure our success.  We need a flexible survey platform that can do a variety of surveys such as: organizational survey,  team surveys, individual feedback surveys, customer satisfaction surveys, employee satisfaction surveys. 

Our Training Solution:  20/20 Insight Software

"Thank you. Your 20/20 Insight gap analysis you recently performed for our credit union was outstanding. The depth and the timeliness of the report were a clear indication of the commitment you have to this project.
The gap analysis gives us a solid foundation of the strong and weak points in our organization. We will use the information to evaluate where we need to make improvements."
President and CEO - Credit Union

Client training issue #2:  We need a program that will foster collaborative team work and help our people become more accountable for their actions.  We want them to understand their limited beliefs and how they impact the company.

Our Training Solution:  Adventures in Attitudes

"The Adventures-in-Attitudes training was one of the best training sessions I have ever participated in.
Because of this program, we have noticed a remarkable change within the organization. Morale, teamwork, and productivity have increased as a result of AIA. Because of the noticeable differences in the individuals that have participated in AIA we are recommending you conduct future courses for the entire plant.
Thank you for your professional guidance and making this class just down right fun!"
Organizational Development Administrator - Dairy Manufacturing

Client training issue #3:  We need supervisory/leadership training that is more practical than theoretical.  We want our supervisors and managers to know the best way to correct performance problems, resolve conflict, hire the best candidates, and retain winning talent.

Our Training Solution:  Supervision Series & Supervision Series Plus

"Selecting Trade Secrets as a management training partner was an excellent decision for our production team. The materials covered during these sessions were both practical and comprehensive. Barb Ashbaugh’s facilitation and exercises were just what our team needed. Our managers and supervisors were able to assimilate this training into the work environment immediately by directing the performance of their team members in a constructive and positive way."
Rita Olivarez
Human Resources Site Manager
The Dallas Morning News – North Plant

Client training issue #4:  We need our meetings to be more productive, creative and to take less time. We seem to talk in circles and never solve problems. 

Our Training Solution:  Six Thinking Hats

“On behalf of the Frisco Association for the Arts, I would like to thank you for the great planning session you conducted for our Board of Directors.  Your expert use of the “Thinking Hats” made short work of what otherwise would have been a long drawn out process.  As a facilitator you were fun and engaging, which helped ignite a new and fresh approach for us.  Thank you!” 
- Amy Hardin, President-Frisco Association for the Arts.

Client training issue #5:  We need to reduce conflict among our team members and help them understand others as well as themselves. 

For a free consultation on training course selection, call Barb at 972-442-9000 or email her at Barb@TradeSecrets-Training.com.  You can also view our catalog of training courses and training products.