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ELITE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
ELITE Professional Development provides consulting services to units, departments, and groups so they may become more effective and productive. Staff members partner with each client to customize the approach to help clients respond to current challenges and set specific goals for future direction and action.
Services
- Individual Consulting
- Retreat Design for Team and Group Development
- Meeting Facilitation
- Strategic Planning
- Assessments
- Referral Services
Our Process
How we collaborate and lead processes:
1. Initial conversation. When you contact us, we will discuss your current situation and your desired outcome. That is, what do you want to achieve or walk away with when our service is provided? We will also ask you to share any data (qualitative or quantitative) that will help us to understand the current situation’s effectiveness and function.
2. Diagnosis and discussion. Either during or after the initial conversation, suggestions may be offered for your consideration and feedback. We will design a plan that will meet your needs within the time, space, and budget you have. Depending on the diagnosis, additional conversations may occur to ensure planning is meeting the desired outcome.
3. Planned event. The plan is implemented and may consist of meetings or activities for individuals, teams, or multiple groups.
4. Closing conversation. A final discussion allows both parties to evaluate the process and outcome and if it met your goal.
Individual Consulting
We meet with individual employees who seek our subject matter expertise. Faculty members usually seek help with instructional design, pedagogical assistance, online teaching, instructional technology, current trends in classroom methodologies, and student needs. Staff members and administrators seek help with skill building in personal development, interpersonal matters, management approaches, and team building. We are available to meet and discuss your needs and help you meet your goals.
Retreat Design for Team and Group Development
We will help plan and lead retreats for leaders who want a customized learning or team-building experience for their department or unit. Retreats provide a space where people removed from their day-to-day work can focus deeply on issues and develop appropriate strategies to address them.
Retreat design is a science and an art and we have experience and an understanding of group behavior and dynamics. We partner through the design process and during the retreat facilitation to ensure we are arriving at the desired outcome. We recognize the time and resources that a department invests into a retreat and ask for at least two months’ notice when requesting our service.
Meeting facilitation
Our experience designing meeting agendas ensures your meeting time is used efficiently; the group stays focused and higher quality decisions are made. We can help to design your agenda and, if