For more than 20 years, Dr. Deepak Dogra (www.drdeepakdogra.com) and associates have specialized in assisting organizations with management and leadership development,  organizational development and change, Cross-cultural Management, Diversity Management, Leadership and Team Development, Human Resource Development and consultant (internal and external). As management professionals we offer expertise through tailored on-site and public (open enrollment) training programs, consulting services and extensive resource offerings in the following areas:

Effective Team Building

This three-day workshop is designed to help Organization increase or develop their knowledge of the concepts underlying team building. The workshop is designed for those individuals who are not members of the team with which they are trying to do the team building. Participants will focus on the skills necessary to help a team develop clarity about how well it is functioning and what it needs to increase its effectiveness. They will learn key concepts and models relating to team building as a consultative process. Among the topics covered in this workshop:

·         Managerial Effectiveness and Team Building

·         Effective Communication in a Team

·         Identifying a model for team building

·         team building vs. team building as a training intervention

·         Orienting the team for team building

Organizational Development

This two-day workshop on Advanced Organizational Development builds on the Essentials of Organizational Development workshop to get to the "nitty-gritty" of designing organizational development interventions. This two-day workshop is designed primarily for trainers and facilitators to further strengthen an understanding of successful organization development interventions and to provide an actual opportunity to learn how to design such interventions. Participants will learn:

·         How to select OD interventions that create "win/win" situations for you and client

·         How to identify what type of Needs Assessment is best and how to design, structure, and conduct it

·         How to create an Intervention Strategy that will enable you and the client to succeed

·         What are the elements for successful OD design? And How to weave those design elements into an ongoing successful intervention

Facilitating Organizational Change

This two-day workshop is designed to provide consultants and trainers the principles and techniques that will enhance their ability to facilitate organizational change efforts. The reasons most change efforts fail are identified and discussed in the training program. Participants will learn to develop strategies to better ensure the success of the change effort. Participants will learn to:

·         Examine how their own attitude toward change can impact their ability to implement change efforts

·         Understand the roles of a facilitator of change

·         Anticipate, reduce, and manage resistance to change efforts by individuals and teams within organizations

·         Examine change strategies to ensure better success of the change effort

·         Discuss and understand techniques to manage the organization during intermediate stages of the change implementation

Training & Development

This two-day workshop on Understanding & Facilitating Effective Groups lays emphasis on how to keep your group functioning smoothly and efficiently. If you have the responsibility of leading groups as a formal leader or process consultant, this workshop was designed with you in mind. Learn to recognize the phases of group development, select appropriate models for observing group dynamics, and practice proven facilitation skills. Participants will learn:

·         What to look for in groups: distinction between content (the task the group is working on) and process (how the group works on that task)

·         Facilitation Models

·         Group-member roles. Explore roles related both to task and group maintenance. Are the roles helpful or are they hindering group work?

·         Intervention Theory

·         Developmental stages of groups: understand the phases that groups go through as they move from start-up to maturity

·         Group member style: how personal orientations affect the over-all personality of the group

o    Traps and pitfalls

o    Facilitator "friends"

o    Management of meetings

o    Problem-solving in groups

Enhancing Presentation Skills

This one-day workshop is designed for those individuals wanting to enhance their personal presentation skills, training skills, and ability to work with groups to improve overall "on-the-job" performance. Participants in this workshop will conduct in depth interviews and critiques for each presentation performance to help that individual identify preferred presentation methods and build on strengths. Presentation skills such as: timing; sequencing; involvement; and pacing will be evaluated by the trainer and peer group. Learning objectives for this course include:

·         Discovery of preferred presentation styles, and maximizing those qualities

·         Exploration of new presentation styles, particularly as they relate to differing learner styles

·         Testing a variety of presentation method

Diversity Management

This two-day interactive and experiential workshop combines an interactive and experiential approach with lectures, videos, small group discussion and problem solving activities. For various reasons, the management of diversity has become critical in all organizations. The changing reality demands the inclusion and the development of all people. Therefore it becomes imperative that issues of diversity (e.g. Race, Gender, Class, and Culture) be addressed in a productive way. The content of this workshop will include: 

·         An understanding of diversity and multi-cultural issues 

·         Identification of critical diversity challenges and issues that affect personal and

·         organizational effectiveness 

·         An understanding that the restructuring of productive mindsets can be achieved through

·         empathic ways 

Cross Cultural Training and Intercultural Communication

This workshop can be customized as per the client need either one-day or two-day. We know that effective cross-cultural management requires more than cultural awareness training. We are all aware of cultural diversity in the workplace, but what do we do about it? The Global Integration approach to cross cultural training or intercultural training, gives participants practical tools for diagnosing cultural differences at work and strategies for dealing with these differences. The workshop will answer the following questions:

How can we build good working relationships across cultures?

How can I avoid offending people from a different culture?

When I travel abroad, should I adapt to 'their' culture? If so, how far?

Why do different nationalities seem to behave differently in meetings?

Is cultural stereotyping or cultural generalization harmful, or helpful?

How can I get different cultures to work to a common deadline?

Why do some cultures always seem to want to rush in to things?

Would we be more effective, or less, if our team were all the same nationality?

How can I best influence someone from another culture?

How can we improve the effectiveness of our business as we face increasing "global" challenges, which require international co-operation?