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See what people I've worked with are saying...
Michael L. Page, AICP
Senior Vice President RECON Environmental |
“The key take-away messages aligned with RECON’s culture, values, and mission. Employee response was overwhelmingly positive.”
The RECON Management Team was looking to develop an employee training and engagement program but was not sure where to start. Kirstin made sure that the program’s key take-away messages aligned with RECON’s culture, values, and mission. Employee response was overwhelmingly positive. Kirstin took the time to understand RECON’s goals for the training program and created a program unique to RECON. Her passion for teaching and her ability to facilitate the delivery of key points and engage the participants through a series of interactive exercises was impressive. And she worked with our team to create a training program that can be modified and presented by RECON staff as future needs arise. I highly recommend that you engage Kirstin’s services to create or improve your firm’s employee training and engagement programs. Kirstin will guide and support the development of your staff into trusted consultants who provide amazing customer service to your clients |
Cailin Lyons
Director, Biology Group RECON Environmental |
“Not only did the training receive overwhelmingly positive feedback, but I immediately saw team members apply the tools discussed in the training in their day-to-day work!”
I had the privilege of working with Kirstin in developing the Consulting101 training program at RECON Environmental. The training program targeted developing core consulting skills in a group of biologists, environmental planners, and archaeologists with varying levels of experience. Kirstin's background as both a consultant and educator was invaluable in helping us focus our ideas into an easily digestible and engaging 2-hour training. Not only did the training receive overwhelmingly positive feedback, but I immediately saw team members apply the tools discussed in the training in their day-to-day work! Being engaged in the development of the training was also valuable to me as a manager and has provided me with tools to further support our team in developing new skills and growing as consultants. We've already used the training program as a jumping off point to develop a curriculum of trainings, and I am excited to work with Kirstin again in the future! |
Jennifer Campos
Principal RECON Environmental |
"She not only helped us deliver our training program but has provided us with simple tools that we can use to develop future trainings."
Kirstin’s guidance in helping our team to develop a focused and meaningful training program was extremely valuable and efficient of our time. She was able to provide key guidance and parameters to quickly define the scope of our training and help us refine our content in a short period of time. Kirstin’s true excitement for teaching and training was infectious! I am pleased to say that our training program was a huge success with a focus on participant interaction. She not only helped us deliver our training program but has provided us with simple tools that we can use to develop future trainings. I highly recommend Kirstin! |
Meagan Olson
Restoration Project Director RECON Environmental |
"I went into this thinking about what my team would be getting out of the training, but it turned out to be the whole process that presented me with a huge opportunity for growth."
The process of developing the training with Kirstin was a completely different exercise than I’ve ever experienced, it was collaborative and thoughtful and really allowed us to think and consider what our employees wanted. I went into this thinking about what my team would be getting out of the training, but it turned out to be the whole process that presented me with a huge opportunity for growth. |
William Duvall
Senior Air Quality Engineer ECORP Consulting |
"I am already applying principles I learned during the training and it has inspired me to engage with other staff on projects I generally wouldn’t."
Kirstin’s training really opened my eyes on how to efficiently teach people and what makes a training useful. I generally spend my development time on technical trainings, but the time I spent in this class definitely had a larger impact than leaning a cool new graphing library. I am already applying principles I learned during the training and it has inspired me to engage with other staff on projects I generally wouldn’t. Thank you Kirstin! |
Stacie Wissler
President Element Consulting Services |
“We were able to develop a highly technical training module that received very positive results. And the client requested we do additional training sessions!”
Before working with Kirstin, our team was limited in our ability to develop and create robust and engaging training programs. Our goal was to create fun, informative, and interesting training modules that would keep attendees engaged. Kirstin has that skill set and is very talented at her craft. Kirstin is also fun, passionate, and her communication skills when working with clients or team members is very respectful, inviting, and empowering. She helps makes the work fun. We were able to develop a highly technical training module that received very positive results. And the client requested we do additional training sessions! Based on the successful training event we developed, our team is now considered a qualified and creative training development team in our own right. I have personally gained confidence in developing and teaching which I will use on other training projects. |
Sunnie House, PE
Principle/Founder Sunnie House Strategies |
“Anyone can deliver a PowerPoint presentation, but to truly provide an interesting, engaging, actionable, and relevant presentation to connect with the audience, takes special skills and understanding…Kirstin offers such guidance.”
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Kirstin Skadberg to develop the outline of a project management training program and I tremendously enjoyed her guidance and expertise. Anyone can deliver a PowerPoint presentation, but to truly provide an interesting, engaging, actionable, and relevant presentation to connect with the audience, takes special skills and understanding. As a course designer and long-time trainer/professor herself, Kirstin offers such guidance. I truly appreciated her feedback and look forward to working with her on my next project. |