Getting Things Done: Train-the-Trainer

Complete Seminar Details

Offered in exclusive partnership with The David Allen Company

This four-day Train-The-Trainer program offers corporate trainers a unique opportunity to become certified and licensed to teach Linkage's one-day workshop, Getting Things Done®: A Path to Personal Productivity. Getting Things Done is a powerful methodology, designed by David Allen to transform personal overload into stress-free productivity through the use of proven tools.

The curriculum teaches you how to provide an in-depth review of the five phases of the Mastering Workflow model to improve current levels of productivity. During the Train-The-Trainer, you will experience the full-day workshop, then will spend extensive time reviewing the curriculum, debriefing key concepts, and directly facilitating to prepare for your deliveries. You will also receive a comprehensive toolkit of resources to master the content and enable successful in-house delivery of workshops.

Who Should Attend

Note This Train-The-Trainer program is not open to independent consultants

Benefits and Outcomes

• Equip your organization to excel through results-based training.
• Provide practical tools and a proven methodology to drive productivity and practices.
• Build your personal credentials while building GTD culture.
• Become part of a new, active network of certified trainers-offered exclusively through Linkage
• Receive a free copy of David Allen's book, Getting Things Done

Program Curriculum

Participants who successfully complete The Getting Things Done: Train-The-Trainer Program and post-work process are qualified to deliver the 1-day workshop, Getting Things Done: A Path to Productivity. Participants also receive the following trainer's toolkit package:

• On-line access to David Allen's Video Anthology to prepare for your in-house training sessions
• Microsoft PowerPoint Slides with embedded training videos to emphasize critical concepts -- delivered by David Allen himself

Pre-work

• Review Video Anthology which provides useful information that will be used during The Train-The-Trainer Program
• Participate in a telephone conversation a GTD facilitator
• Read specific chapters from Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Post-work

• Participate in two coaching tele-conferences before and after the delivery of your first session

Complimentary Ongoing Resources

• Attend free quarterly tele-conferences to expand your knowledge.
• Access to the GTD video anthology to reinforce your knowledge.
• Order comprehensive training and program delivery materials online.

Mastering Workflow

GTD uses an easy, step-by-step method for achieving a relaxed, productive state. The five phases of the Master Workflow model will improve your current level of productivity and help you reach a relaxed focus control in your daily life:

• Collect -- capture anything and everything that has your attention.
• Process -- transform unclear "stuff" into defined work.
• Organize -- group the results of your processing into retrievable categories.
• Review -- review calendar and action lists daily; conduct a weekly review of your entire inventory of commitments.
• Do -- make trusted choices based on context, time, resources, and priorities.

Earning Your Certification

Certification will be awarded based upon successful completion of pre- and post-work requirements, the ability to apply the GTD® methodology and to demonstrate competence in facilitating this session. After Certification has been awarded, materials for in-house deliveries are available for purchase through Linkage.

Registration and Cancellation Policy

A credit card number is required at the time of registration to process the registration. If full payment is not received four weeks prior to the program, the credit card will be charged at that time. Full payment is required upon registration for any registrations received within four weeks of the program.

All workshop registration fees include a non-refundable processing fee of $100 except in the case of Leading Through Communication: The Linkage Communication Clinic, Pathways: The Linkage Leadership Program, and The Crisis Leadership Certification Program (where such fee equals $200) and The Coaching Leaders Certification Program (where such fee equals $400). The processing fee will be charged for any cancellation made at any time or for rescheduling requests made within three weeks prior to the workshop date. Please note that registration fees and workshop schedules are subject to change without notice.

We encourage participants to arrive at 8:00AM for sign-in on the first day of the program they are scheduled to attend. All workshops are scheduled to begin at 8:30AM, and end at approximately 4:30PM. The exceptions are the programs offered in The Organizational Development Certificate Program held at DePaul University in Chicago which begin at 9:00AM, and end at approximately 5:00PM. For these programs only, please arrive at 8:30AM for sign in.

Workshop Admissions and Cancellation Policy: Cancellations made within three weeks prior to the program will receive a courtesy transfer to an upcoming workshop, within one year of the originally scheduled workshop, for the amount of the registration fee minus the $100-$400 processing fee per session. Alternatively, you can send someone in your place to the original event to avoid such fee. All cancellations and substitutions must be made in writing. Program registrants who fail to attend without notification will be charged the full attendance fee.

Linkage reserves the right to cancel or reschedule any event. In the event of program cancellation, we make every effort to notify participants 3-5 weeks prior to the event. Therefore, we recommend purchasing a refundable airfare. Please be advised that Linkage is not responsible for any airfare penalties, travel, or hotel charges that may be incurred due to cancelled or rescheduled events.

Workshop Prohibitions: Any unauthorized use of the copyrighted Linkage materials that participants receive at any Linkage training program is strictly prohibited. Solicitation of business from fellow workshop participants is also strictly prohibited. External consultants will be asked to sign a nondisclosure form indicating their agreement with the above.

Sponsor Background:

As leaders in human resources, organizational development, and training, people look to you to help them advance in their careers. It's your job to help them drive organizational performance through human performance.

At Linkage, the mission of our public workshops is to provide training that helps you perform better in your jobs so you, in turn, can help others do the same. Our workshop leaders are human resource experts and seasoned trainers. They spend most of their time in industry working with the same HRD and OD issues that you face every day. We are passionate about developing HR performance in the workplace, and we'd like to share what we've learned with you.

Through our skill-building workshops, we can help you develop your ability to:

• Design, manage, and participate in your company's competency efforts
• Develop and manage leadership programs for your organization
• Develop yourself and others as internal champions of coaching and mentoring
• Develop yourself, others, and an organizational capacity for internal consulting
• Assess, measure, and evaluate the performance of your people and your organization