Working with KT

Train-the-Trainer
Leader Development Institute for Program Leader Certification

KT can develop your employees as leaders capable of implementing the KT methods. Program Leaders can lead workshops and facilitate troubleshooting, decision making, planning, and implementation. These leaders can play a critical role in developing and implementing programs that align the organization for success.

Our pioneering "Train-the-Trainer" program has proven to be one of the most effective methods for embedding Kepner-Tregoe rational process skills into an organization. The Leader Development Institute is an intensive skill development experience that provides in-depth concept knowledge, instructor training, and facilitation skills. Commonly referred to as an "LDI," this experience prepares select employees to become KT Program Leaders, certified to teach in-house KT workshops.

KT intentionally uses the term Program Leader rather than instructor or trainer because the responsibilities include activities outside of the typical workshop environment. Program Leaders also serve as rational process consultants, coaches, and facilitators.

In some countries, LDI workshops are available as 10-day public sessions for Problem Solving & Decision Making, Analytic Trouble Shooting®, and Project Management.

LDI program attendees learn to: conduct rational process training workshops in-house; serve as an effective Program Leader and process consultant; and apply rational process concepts to organizational issues. Participants in the Problem Solving & Decision Making and Analytic Trouble Shooting receive an introduction to eThink® software and one copy of eThink desktop (English language only).

WHO SHOULD BECOME A PROGRAM LEADER?
Program Leaders must be selected in consultation with their organization and Kepner-Tregoe. As a prerequisite, participants must complete a Kepner-Tregoe workshop in their chosen program. Functional and project managers, future managers, internal consultants, and facilitators will gain valuable skills.

BENEFITS
Organizational: By embedding and supporting the rational process skills into the culture of an organization, Program Leaders capitalize on their organization's investment and achieve measurable results.

Personal: The LDI can be a life and career changing experience that unleashes new talents, thinking processes, and opportunities.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Following the LDI, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate Rational Process knowledge
• Describe each process in the content area, explain why it is important, and give specific guidelines for its use
• Demonstrate application capability
• Take a results-oriented focus
• Act as a process consultant
• Apply each rational process to real company concerns
• Facilitate others in the use of the skills with real on-the-job issues
• Coach and critique others using process
• Demonstrate teaching capability
  

Program Leaders leave the LDI with an ability to motivate participants at the start of teaching segments, test their understanding at critical junctions of the teach, provide examples to help clarify points, and support case work and job application by responding to questions with key learning points. Program Leaders learn to critique in a positive manner, and respond to different learning styles and paces.

Program Leaders develop an organized presentation style using concise language, clear examples, and non-distracting mannerisms. They demonstrate program materials and administrative knowledge