About
Us
TrainingWorks Corporation® is an international
training and consulting firm specializing in team training, trainer training, team
facilitator training and custom designed management training.
Robert F. Riesett is a team performance specialist. He is
President of TrainingWorks® Corporation and has taught group dynamics, team building, and
trainer training for 17 years at Georgetown University and the University of Maryland.
3M has been using Group Process Skills for Work Teams ® in
many of its leading divisions (COSD, Dental Products, Logistics, Corporate Quality
Services, Specialty Chemicals) over the last 14 years.
Clients who have successfully used Group Process Skills for
Work Teams ® include the most successful divisions of 3M, including the Malcolm Baldridge
National Quality Award winner, Dental Products Division; the Tennant Company; five
divisions of Honeywell; Cowles Media; H.B. Fuller Company; Citicorp; Akzo-Nobel; and
Specialty Minerals, Inc. The TrainingWorks® Training Certificate Program at Georgetown
University and the University of Maryland has graduated over 250 training specialists
representing all types of organizations.
International clients include SITA (Society International
Telecommunications), Saudi European Petrochemical Company, Exxon Chemical, Akzo-Nobel and
the Panama Canal Commission.
Bob has worked closely with 3M Corporate Quality Services to
develop the Managing Total Quality training design and materials, as well as the You Role
in Quality Program. He helped to pilot test most of the MTQ courses now in use by 3M
clients. 3M has singled out our Team Process Training, Facilitator Presentation Skills,
and Datatrain® workshops for recommendation to its clients.
Together with Karen Riesett, his business partner and
co-trainer, they have provided specialized MTQ Facilitator Skills Training for many 3M MTQ
clients. Karen has been a faculty member of the Training Specialist Certificate
Program for eight years. She has worked as a hospital training manager and has received an
International Society for Performance and Instruction (ISPI) award for Outstanding
Instructional Design.
TrainingWorks® is proud to have had its programs and
services sought after and implemented by many Fortune 500 organizations over the past 25
years. These programs include the Training Specialist Certificate Program, Linking
Training to Business Needs - The Datatrain® Model for Instructional Design, Instructional
Facilitator Skills, Managers Group Presentation Skills, and Team Process Training
for team facilitators, leaders, members, and sponsors. |