WHAT
AIA CLIENTS ARE SAYING:
In the 50 years of internal use, the following
comments echo those of Metropolitan Life, 3M, YoungLife, West Point
Pepperell, General Mills, St Cloud Hospital, Abbott Laboratories,
Society for the Blind, US Dept of Housing and Urban Development,
Chrysler Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, IBM,
Honeywell, Department of State International Development, McDonalds,
Whirlpool, Minneapolis Star and Tribune, Raleigh Public Schools,
Farm Bureau Insurance, Northern States Power Company, Sisters of St
Joseph, St Catherine Hospital, AAA, Northwestern Mutual, Amfac,
Adolph Coors Company, Denver Health and Hospitals, and THOUSANDS of
others.
"Unbelievable is the only expression I can use as
to the metamorphoses in our students."
Professor, Lansing College Management and Marketing Department
"This has been good for everyone in the
10-week Leadership Program for teamwork between food service,
retail, and hospitality." Training Coordinator, Regional Hotel
Franchise
"Our employees are now impressed with our
commitment to them as people." HR Director, Radisson Resort
"...Revolutionary teaching approach to
attitudes, business and personal relationships, and learning about
the most complex issue today--ourselves. The 20-week program changed
lives." Personnel Coordinator, Toro
"Imagine participants looking forward to
training, feeling they want to be there!" Green Tree Financial
"We have always talked about improving
interpersonal and problem solving skills, but it took this 10-week
class and its attention to developing these these skills." Manager,
Northwest Natural Gas
"Recommended for supervisors, office
personnel, up to and including all upper management. It is a
semester program at our corporate university." VP, Technology
manufacturing company in PA
"We used a schedule of 1/2 day per week and
the facilitator's manual is well designed and easy to use. We took
the pilot results and have now made it available to our entire
company. "Staff Development, Corporate Transfer
"The combination of teaching, a proven course,
interaction with others during lessons and activities provided an
ideal way to get maximum benefit. The participant manual is still
helpful to all." Brent and Leanney
"AiA provides comprehensive, non-threatening
information and exercises in our school for pregnant teens."
Clinical Social Worker, Catholic Family Service
The results of Adventures in Attitudes were
spectacular! The plant efficiency rose from 59% to 69% the following
week and remained at that level well into the next year. Departments
have learned to work together and many other benefits were noticed.
The plant's on-time delivery percent rose from 65% to 97% in 1 1/2
years. Problems were solved and relationships with internal and
external vendors improved. We improved from last to best of the
plants. Focused Factory Manager, Snyder General Corporation
"Through this program we have noticed a
remarkable change within the organization. Morale, teamwork, and
productivity have increased as a result of this training." OD
Administrator, Dannon Company
"AiA is the most powerful part of our
Leadership Series." HR Director, Kelowna, BC
"AiA helped our employees at both home and
work. It helped with the inter-shift conflicts that we were
experiencing and opened up communications. We are still seeing the
benefits. The program requires top down commitment if it is to be
truly successful. Plant Manager, Rosenberger Cold Storage
"..A
must for every business, especially those dealing with the public.
We made our mediocre company into a stellar performer...and I became
a Stellar performer myself." Administrator, Wyndham Resorts
"We all agreed AiA was the most worthwhile
in-service 10-week program in memory." Mt Sinai Hospital
I highly recommend this approach for
teams who are serious about quality improvement." Center for
Commerce & Economic Development - Dean, Community College
"The evaluations consistently identified the
professional skills development brought to the learning experience."
Director of Training - NASA - Aeronautics and Space Industry
"..Dramatic changes in the abilities of our
supervisors and improved employee relations and productivity. We
continue to facilitate the 6 week series on an ongoing basis."
Production Manager National Newspaper
What makes AiA unique and different?
AiA addresses the thinking and
attitudes beneath personality, behavior, actions,
performance, and results. AiA Classic addresses the
cause underlying the problem. Every successful
leader knows this--they simply seek an effective process
to focus on it. AiA Classic provides that process.
Today AiA Classic reinvented and reengineered takes a
quantum leap into the 21st Century to meet 21st Century
needs.
This
30 hour process with 20 flexible modules has been attended
by over 4 million people! Used
as an off the shelf, Do It Yourself packaged system in organizational
training, corporate leadership development, colleges and continuing
education, employee and human resource development programs,
retreats, employee and corporate settings, it can be adapted to
meet the needs of any group. AiA fixes people
problems.
Participants
Acquire Important Answers because AiA asks Important
Universal Questions.
A profound
strength of the AiA System is the universality of the
topics of the projects and the conversations those
topics evoke. AiA causes the participant to focus on the
“Important Questions”. Some of the Project titles evoke
these questions:
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Who am I?
Where am I going?
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What are my
positive and negative attitudes? Can I change?
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What is my
direction? What are my choices and options?
What are my strengths? My weaknesses? Can I fill the
gap?
Can I
improve my self image, self-esteem, and self confidence?
Can I be a
good leader and manager?
How do I develop leadership
skills? Can people count on me?
How do I
synthesize and report my findings, orally and in writing?
Can I learn
to speak to meet the demands of my workplace?
How can I
get along with people better? How do I come across?
How do I handle
people problems at home, work, in my life?
How can I
develop honesty, integrity, trust and empathy?
What are my
emotions? How do I handle them? How can I better handle the emotions
of others?
How can I be
liked by others? How do I get along with people who bug me?
What are
good relationships? How do I develop better interpersonal
relationships?
How do I
solve my problems? Make decisions?
How do groups make decisions? Get a task done
or choose a leader? How do groups of people work?
How can I
overcome fear, anxiety, worry, and doubt? Am I standing in my own
way?
What is my
work and what are my attitudes toward work? Do they need changed?
How?
How do I
move forward? Setting goals and taking action? Better choices?
What is the
meaning of life? What’s it all about? What is love all about?
Do I need to
take personal responsibility? In what areas?
What about
my day to day living? Time management? My goals? Dreams,
expectations, opportunities?
