This course delivers an in-depth review of organizational mission, vision, and goals, along with customer relationship management principles, problem-solving and decision-making strategies, and the distinction between efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace. Participants gain the skills to evaluate organizational priorities, strengthen customer relationships, make sound decisions, and improve operational processes.
What You Will Learn
- Evaluate an organization’s mission, vision, and goals
- Apply essential principles of customer relationship management
- Assess approaches to problem-solving and decision-making
- Differentiate between efficiency and overall work effectiveness
Course Outline
Module 1: Creating Results Through the Mission, Vision, and Goals
- Differentiate mission, vision, and goals and how each guides organizational direction.
- Examine the impact of clear purpose statements on employee motivation and engagement.
- Analyze real agency examples to connect goals with daily decisions and strategic plans.
- Practice strategies to communicate mission, vision, and goals to internal and external stakeholders.
Module 2: Creating Results Through Customer Relationship Management
- Define internal vs. external customers and map key stakeholders you serve.
- Identify customer behavior types (new, impulse, angry, insistent, loyal) and match responses to needs.
- Build customer profiles to personalize service and improve consistency across channels.
- Apply tactics that strengthen trust, responsiveness, and service quality across the organization.
Module 3: Creating Results Through Problem Solving and Decision Making
- Distinguish problem solving from decision making and when to use each.
- Use root-cause tools (5 Whys, Fishbone, Problem Tree) to analyze complex issues.
- Generate solutions with SCAMPER, mind mapping, and reverse thinking.
- Select options with decision tools (Decision Matrix, Pugh Matrix, Decision Tree) and plan implementation.
Module 4: Creating Results Through Efficiency and Effectiveness
- Contrast efficiency (doing things right) and effectiveness (doing the right things).
- Prioritize work with Covey’s Priority Matrix, Ivy Lee, ABCDE, and the 80/20 rule.
- Improve personal productivity (Pomodoro, time tracking, automation, focused workflows).
- Adopt team practices that reduce waste: clearer agendas, fewer meetings, and better tool use.
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.