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With rising fixed costs and pricing pressure, companies are putting more focus on the team skills and efficiencies that maintain healthy profit margins. The Durham Group can help your team build and sustain top performance with the following custom services:

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Executive Coaching

Learn to build ownership, clarity, accountability, and trust that yield predictable, repeatable outcomes.

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Team Building

Achieve consistent performance by
combining system, talent, and winning attitudes.

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Presentations

Make your event memorable with workshops and presentations that inspire immediate action with measurable results.

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Strong coaching includes managing pushback

“My name is Lisl, I’m 16, and I don’t need a governess!” Movie:  “Sound of Music” Have you ever tried to help someone, and the person you are trying to help totally rejected you?  Did you think you were wasting your time?  In some cases, maybe you weren’t. Many years ago I learned a lesson that Continue…

Understanding Generation “X”

Were you born between 1965 – 1980?  If not, you quite likely have worked with someone born in that time frame.  It is called Generation “X”. Last week I was clearing out some old files and I came across some notes I had scribbled down in the fall of 1997.  The notes pertained to things Continue…

Make managing a two-way street

“Don’t say yes until I’m finished talking…” -Daryl Zanuck Have you heard the term “managing up”?  It means that even though bosses manage us, sometimes we need to manage the boss.  There are so many inspiring examples of positive change occurring when subordinates respectfully disagree with the boss.  I have a favourite example to demonstrate: Continue…

Asking good “check questions” can avoid misunderstanding

This message is only taught to sales professionals, but it applies to all of us.  If we want to be in step with someone, always check our assumptions to see if they are correct. Here is a painful example:  Many years ago I was facilitating a sales training session and we were covering the part Continue…