Training and Executive Workshops

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Training

Strategic Sourcing Training

We provide basic and advanced training in Strategic Sourcing, Negotiations Management, and many other topics. From a one-hour executive briefing to a multi-day training course, Greybeard can deliver the right training format and content for your organization. Principal offerings include:

• Our highly-rated one-and-a-half-day program in Strategic Sourcing and Negotiations Management (SSNM), which earns 11 Continuing Education credits from the Institute for Supply Management (ISM)
• A four-hour or one-hour version of the course above, built specifically for the executive audience
• Negotiations Management seminar — a 3 hour workshop

Team Leader Training

We provide a 3-hour training program for the employees you have selected to lead sourcing teams. This program can dramatically enhance the effectiveness of your team leaders.

Speaking Engagements and Executive Workshops

Famed TV chef Emeril Lagasse coined the phrase "Kick it up a notch." You can do the same in your organization with a professional presentation or an executive workshop. Our presentations and executive workshops are management sessions tailored to the unique challenges and situation within your organization. From a one to two hour executive briefing to a half-day executive workshop, personalized format and content is available to address your organization's pressing needs.

In a recent speaking engagement, Greybeard's president addressed 180 senior managers at the annual management meeting of a Fortune 150 company. The topic was "An Executive Roadmap to Improving Profitability and Shareholder Value."

For Senior Executives and General Management Audiences:

• "Avoid Corporate Death & Build a Resilient Enterprise" (based on the book Beat the Odds). Available as a 60 - 90 minute presentation, or a half-day executive workshop. This session is included in a Beat the Odds Assessment & Diagnosis, or it can be scheduled as a standalone presentation.
• "An Executive Roadmap to Improving Profitability and Shareholder Value" (based on the book Straight to the Bottom Line^TM). Available as a 60 - 90 minute presentation, or a half-day executive workshop tailored to your organization's challenges and objectives.

For Procurement and Supply Chain Leadership Audiences:

•  "Transforming Procurement Into a Driver of Shareholder Value." Available as a 60 - 90 minute presentation, or a half-day roll-up-the-sleeves workshop.
• "Speaking Like a CFO." Available as a 60 minute presentation.

• "Leading Edge Trends in Supply Management." Available as a 60 - 90 minute presentation.
  

For Sales and Marketing Management Audiences:

• "Selling Strategically: How to Win in a World of Strategic Sourcing and Reverse Auctions." Available as a 60 - 90 minute presentation, or a half-day roll-up-the-sleeves workshop.

If you wish to learn more about arranging an executive workshop for your senior team, please fill out our Information Request form.