A key factor to succeed in today's globally competitive marketplace is leadership. At all levels, leadership skills need to be developed in order to position your organization for tomorrow while delivering results today.

For the last twelve years, Synko and Associates has been working with our clients to develop leadership programs that are practical, concise, apply to real world day-to-day situations and, most importantly, deliver results.

Whether you want us to design a complete leadership development curriculum or are simply looking for proven programs to integrate into your existing curriculum, we deliver the practical results you are seeking. We will customize any of our programs to meet your specific needs.

Managed meetings -- perhaps, that is a bit of an oxymoron, isn't it? More often, these get-togethers should be called just that. Want to eliminate waste and improve productivity in yet another way? Clients say, that by using these straightforward meetings skills and processes they are getting twice as much done in half-the-time.

This program clearly defines and demonstrates the core leadership competencies found in globally competitive leaders and companies. Participants not only learn what is absolutely required of them -- they also get direct feedback from others as to how they are currently doing in each area measured. Connected. Real. And, most importantly, the research clearly demonstrates how higher leadership scores in the areas measured directly correspond with business performance. Simple. Concise. Gets the job done in a non-theoretical way.

Situational leadership takes the basic concepts of leadership one-step further. This process demonstrates how one-size really does not fit all and how true leaders adjust their style to the person and his/her developmental level. Many leaders communicate how they want to treat all employees the same and remain consistent. Sounds good -- doesn't work -- here is why.

Just Do It really doesn't work, does it? Are there productive processes at both the individual and corporate level that make for effective change? Yes. Does change come easy? No, but we can make it easier and more productive.

This two-part course covers the foundations of performance management.

Part One of this performance-improvement process begins with how to construct meaningful goals and objectives and ends with a feedback session that is conversational -- not confrontational.

Part Two of this process uses a wide-variety of tools and approaches to diagnose and improve those situations that take a little extra effort. Giving it some more thought becomes a series of specific process steps -- and like all processes -- continuously improves.

If workplace organization is absolutely critical to your daily routines and to continuos improvement activities, then the 5S process of: SORT - SET - SHINE - STANDARDIZE & SUSTAIN will make a measurable difference in your waste reduction and productivity improvement efforts. Like all our other programs, we show participants how 5S connects to all your continuous improvement activities.

Over the years, we have defined this course in a variety of ways -- often using components of the other programs listed above and then adding modules to meet the unique developmental needs of each situation. Having been there and done that -- our instructors are credible with your employees who confront real-world situations on a daily basis.