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What Clients Say About Our Team Building and Leadership Development Programs

2-year Senior Leadership Team Development Program at Management and Functional Team Levels

"Our combined experience with 5.12 Solutions has been very positive. We have been able to utilize the strengths of 5.12 Solutions in order to assess, review, analyze and develop training material to strengthen the Management team and functional teams, and to strengthen the combined output.

The focus was initially on pure team-building within the Management Team; from here, functional team-building was formulated to suit the needs of each team. From this point forward we continued to develop the team based on strengths focused improvement.

The team development, moved from team-building, will continue into 2011 as the functional teams build upon their numbers, their make-up and of course their maturing as they continue their evolution into fully functioning teams."

SVP Operations
Global Manufacturing Organization

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2+-year Senior Leadership Team Development Program at Executive Management and Management Team Levels

"I am the President and CEO and what I and the organization so appreciate in our work with Sal Silvester, 512 Solutions is how Sal helped to improve our team dynamics and understanding of each other.

Sal’s stellar facilitation skills and great tools helped our Strategic, CQI and Leadership teams better understand how to work more constructively and productively with each other. We as individuals know we are different and as such we bring different skills to the team but with Sal’s help we more deeply understand what each other value, how best to communicate with each other, and how our different skills are needed by the organization, and our respective teams.

The most important outcome that resulted from working with Sal these last several years has been increased awareness, more respect, and a better understanding of each other and best to optimize working together. Our teams are using this information and increased awareness by knowing to divide our areas of responsibilities in ways that align our personalities and team dynamics.

Sal and 512 solutions have saved us approximately $75,000 and an immeasurable amount of money has been saved in the investment of human and social capital. Sal has improved our teams’ performance and our time with Sal is always fun and productive. Each time we work with Sal our teammates comment on how much they learned and enjoyed the sessions departing with many valuable lessons learned!

Our organization highly recommends Sal and 512 solutions to every organization who is interested in strengthening their teams, their people, and their performance.

Cheers to Sal and 512 solutions,"

President and CEO
Retirement Community, operating its own medical facility with 108 beds, more than 200 independent-living apartments and 32 assisted-living apartments

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9-month Emerging Leader Program (multiple programs over 3 years)

"I worked with Sal for more than 4 years and for most of that time he had a regular presence in our office. The skills in teambuilding and leadership training that Sal brought to our organization were tremendously valuable. Together we developed curriculum for a leadership development program and he implemented the program twice (9 months long each), and both times with outstanding results. For those that believe in teambuilding and leadership development, you cannot find a better solution than Sal and 5.12."

Chief Operating Officer
Clinical Research Organization

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1+-year Leadership Development Program

“I met Sal in my role as Vice President of Global Services. He helped me to understand team dynamics better and communicate more effectively. The courses were well designed, brought out participants creativity and were easy to follow.”

VP Global Services
Global Automation Software Provider

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Team Development Offsite Combined with Coaching for Primary Leader

"Any organization, staff, or individual that thinks their work experience and productivity can benefit team building should consider 512 Solutions. Our Team was in need of guidance and objective facilitation to help achieve these desires. In 2010, Sal Sylvester (512 Solutions) was awarded a contract to help the our District adapt to a team environment. Sal was instrumental bringing the team together in a way that ensured the teaming environment would continue into the future. Sal’s facilitation skills facilitated an open, trusting environment that helped daylight team members strengths, weaknesses and prompted discussion to help build individual perspectives and their understanding of how working as a team facilitated individual and team empowerment. The process started with much skepticism. It continues now with optimism, trust, and accountability that help achieve team centric goals.

I oversee a diverse team of individuals that have been working independently without collaborative teaming for many years. I place myself in middle management where knowledge and leadership expectations vary day to day. My dedication to the team is unwavering but my equitable commitment to upper management take precedence. How do I balance expectations? How do I meet upper level management expectations? How do I ensure a healthy, productive work environment with trust, commitment and accountability? These and other questions/challenges have been at the root of my frustration for many years. 512 Solutions has been extremely helpful working on these challenges. Sal has been a great mentor, teacher, and peer of sorts to build my confidence and concentrate on leadership strategies that help address these questions. Sal was always available and attentive when these questions and related issues became real life issues.

My personal life and professional reputation have benefitted from the experience. My wife and daughter now see me as available and responsive to their needs. I’m genuinely interested and make time to be with my family. My staff and supervisor see me as compassionate and responsive to their needs/requests. My actions are all within reason, well thought through, tactful, diplomatic and helpful to others. My personal needs and professional life require balance, but more importantly, harmony. The overall outcome of the team building effort was positive, invigorating, and provides me tools necessary to address the next challenge that comes along."

Manager
Federal Government Agency

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2-day Team Development Offsite

"Very positive experience. Good coaching throughout the session to get folks talking, listening, and working together. My team needed those 2 days together without the distraction of work to get to know each other, learn about behavioral characteristics, work preferences and styles. I can see specific examples of cooperation from the team during some very demanding times at work. They have embraced the challenges and performed as a unit rather than a group of individuals in certain situations."

Director of Sourcing
Global Manufacturing Organization

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1-day Experiential Team Building Combined with DiSC Behavioral Style Profile

"Based on the feedback from employee’s on the evaluations the majority felt extremely satisfied with the pace, organization, leadership and active participation of the workshop as well as the relevancy and application to their roles. Andy (VP, Technology and Resources) developed a greater understanding of his team and how he can adjust his style to meet their needs. He really detailed in our conversation how he plans on using this material to continue developing, aligning the work, motivating and engaging employees. The results will most likely show in employee development and their contributions to the financial results of the company through the new ideas and work they generate as a team."

Organizational Development and Training Manager
Global Renewable Energy Organization

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1/2-day Experiential Team Building Combined with DiSC Behavioral Style Profile

"It was nice to get to know other Project Managers outside of the immediate team when we were split up in groups. Taught us how to relate better to our coworkers and clients. I have already found myself using this information when approaching others or having group discussions."

Program Manager
Global Information Management Organization