Why Things Go Right - Why Things Go Wrong 4 hours
Civil Liability for Public or Private Sector Operations 2 hours
Ethical Decision Making 1 hour
How to Develop an SROVT Program for Any Organization 1 hour
Maximizing the Effectiveness of Performance Evaluations 1 hour
5 Concurrent Themes to Success 2 hours
Non Punitive Close Call Reporting 1 hour
Tactical Reporting Writing for Public Safety Personnel 2 hours
Resume Preparation and Maintenance 2 hours
Threshold Incident Tracking 2 hours
Effective Courtroom Testimony 2 hours
Progressive Discipline - What Supervisors Need to Know 1 hour
Customer Service - Creating WOW 1hour

Some of the above menu items overlap with each other, however each can be delivered standing solo. All programs are customized for any single agency, with sufficient time spent in advance to learn organizational issues involved. Programs can be reduced in time to fit into a single training day. A detailed customized set of notes will be provided to the involved agency for duplication prior to the class date. Call for more details regarding any of the above programs, or a customized program for your organization.

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Why Things Go Right — Why Things Go Wrong:
An organizational risk management look inside any organization to show what can be done today to avoid/minimize incidents form going wrong. It focuses on the 5 Pillars of a succesful organization, and gives the informed listener ideas that can be initiated in the workplace immediately upon return to improve performance. Included in this class are a series of Rules to prevent incidents from going wrong. It runs one to four hours in length, and it is recommended that it be followed by operational risk management classes specific to the involved organization.

Civil Liability for Public or Private Sector Organizations:
A legal/risk management approach to the elimination of civil liability through pre incident planning and post incident documentation. It also contains a section on recognizing incidents that regularly end up in litigation, and what management and supervision needs to do before our lawyers get the case. The attendees will receive a copy of GRECL, Graham's Rules for the Elimination of Civil Liability. It runs four hours in length, and can be combined with other classes or stand alone.

Ethical Decision Making:
An overview on the decision making process. Many people have never been taught how to make a decision, and what needs to be considered in the decision making process. In this presentation a ten step process, GRIDM, is covered to demonstrate a technique to make better, ethical decisions.

How to develop and SROVT program for any organization:
A risk management presentation on how to recognize the high risk, low frequency tasks in any organization, and how to train appropriately so that performance during such task is maximized. It is incorporated in both the "Why..." class and the Civil Liability class or it can stand alone where it runs 2 hours in length.

Maximizing the Effectiveness of Performance Evaluation:
An operational risk management approach to this most important document. From analyzing the job description and setting goals to interim feedback and preparation of the document, this two hour block is an excellent wake up call to prevent the common problems caused by not taking the process seriously. Attendees will receive a copy of GRIPE, Graham's Rules for the Improvement of Performance Evaluations.

5 Concurrent Themes to Success:
Your job is getting more and more complex. In fact, the more complex it gets, the more you need a systematic approach to getting things done right. This block, "The Five Concurrent Themes for Success" is essential for everyone in the workplace, regardless of position, job description or type of organization. In this program, Mr. Graham shows you how the discipline of Risk Management, coupled with an understanding of "systems" and complemented with Customer Service, Accountability and Integrity all can work together to better assure that things get done right. It is chuck full of information, and coupled with Gordon's insight and humor is a must see for all of your personnel. This program also makes a dynamic keynote address for any and all conventions and other important gatherings.

Non Punitive Close Call Reporting:
Mr. Graham's approach to sharing close calls with co-workers prior to someone being seriously hurt. When employees get injured, the incident that caused the injury has occured before to others, but no one reported close calls is a very popular topic in public safety operations. It runs one hour in length.

Tactical Report Writing for Public Safety Personnel:
Tactical Report Writing focuses on the common errors and omissions public safety personnel make in incident documentation. These mistakes are not only embarrassing, but also can be very costly in terms of civil liability. The attendee will receive a copy of GRIID, Graham's Rules for the Improvement of Incident Documentation. It runs two hours in length.

Resume Preparation and Maintenance:
A block on the importance of documenting who you are in terms of education, training, experience, readings, writings, prior court qualifications and professional contacts so that you will be able to maintain consistency in trials, maximizing your impact on a jury, and prepare for the future. It runs two hours in length.

Threshold Incident Tracking:
An in depth look at how plaintiff lawyers use the gap between date of an incident and the service of a lawsuit on us to hurt us in court. It also shows the role of management, supervision and line personnel in preventing this harm. It runs two hours in length.

Effective Courtroom Testimony:
A block of instruction designed to give either the veteran or novice additional information on how to improve performance in this critical task. Attendee will receive a copy of GRECT, Graham's Rules for the Enhancment of Courtroom Testimong. It runs two hours in length.

Progressive Discipline:
A block of instruction designed for the line level supervisor. Failure to adequately discipline can cause a host of problems, both internal and external. This block identifies the problems with discipline in an organization, and why supervisors must work together to have an effective program of discipline. Attendees will receive a copy of GRAED, Graham's Rules for the Application of Effective Discipline.

Customer Service - The 5W's and the 2H's:
As we approach the 21st century, public sector is being analyzed like never before. Customer service has always been important, but now the survival of any public sector organization is dependent on the maximization of this concept on each and every contact made. Who, What, Why, When, Where, How and How Often is a symmetric approach to this important topic. Attendees will receive a copy of GRECS, Graham's Rules for Enhancing Customer Service.

 

   
 

 
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