More value with less of the struggle
We excel in developing learning experiences and engaging workshops for executives and teams.
Welcome to Dr. Thomas Becker Training & Consulting, your global partner in elevating project management excellence and team collaboration. Our customized solutions are specifically designed to empower international corporations with branches and partners across the Middle East and Asia, in international complex projects and supply chains.
Investing in Business Value
We offer premium workshop designs and training solutions tailored to your business needs. Just as your products have value, our services are an investment in developing your project team members and organizations. This strategic investment yields significant returns in the form of project results.
How we like to work
We value collaborative partnerships with our clients. You bring expertise in your project business, while we excel in creating and delivering tailored trainings and workshops that drive tangible improvements in your business outcomes.
We prioritize practical application over theoretical PM guidelines. Our focus is on commitment, clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and providing tailored learning opportunities to achieve these objectives. You can expect immediate, actionable results to enhance collaboration and maximize project profitability in large international and intercultural project settings.
While we appreciate the efficiencies of remote work and learning, we place a strong emphasis on the added value of in-person interactions. Opting for on-site workshops and trainings allows for quicker project initiation, reduced non-conformance costs through enhanced processes and frictionless teamwork, and smoother engagement with essential stakeholders. We develop your projects from managing stakeholders to involving them. Stakeholder involvement is crucial for project success in international, complex projects.
Transparent Communication
We believe that transparent and clear communication is essential for establishing a sustainable business and clarifying mutual expectations right from the beginning.
Success Is Teamwork
You are our customer, we are your supplier, the success nevertheless depends on teamwork. We value transparent communication and frequent feedback.
Iterative Development and Implementation
We refine our solutions through regular updates with you and other stakeholders, ensuring alignment and progress for all parties involved.
Our Services
Our mission is to assist you in optimizing the profitability of your project portfolio. We achieve this by creating professional workshops for your project teams and stakeholders and by cultivating the skills of your project leaders and team members. Let us empower your international and intercultural teams to drive success and maximize project outcomes.
Kick-off Workshops
Empower project teams during the start-up of a project with expert-led workshops for efficient project management, stakeholder engagement, and rapid skill development.
– Accelerate the project start
– Ensure clear responsibilities
– Reduce risks significantly
Recovery & Crisis Workshops
A crisis workshop engages stakeholders to analyze, strategize, and collaboratively implement solutions, restoring project alignment and momentum effectively.
– Clear understanding of crisis causes
– Collaborative action plan creation
– Enhanced stakeholder alignment and commitment
Senior PM Development Training
High-quality, intercultural training for project managers enhances skills, boosts efficiency, ensures successful project delivery, and maximizes ROI on complex projects.
– Improved project planning and execution
– Enhanced risk management capabilities
– Strengthened leadership and team collaboration
PM Team Development
Team development fosters effective communication and collaboration, crucial for navigating complexities and achieving success in large international projects.
– Boosted team productivity and efficiency
– Enhanced cross-cultural collaboration
– Improved project outcomes and stakeholder satisfaction
PM Staff Trainings
High-quality training for project team members enhances skills, fosters collaboration, and ensures successful project delivery in complex projects.
– Boosted contributions to project success
– Increased accountability
– Less non-conformance costs
Organizational Development
Investing in organizational development enhances agility, efficiency, and innovation, crucial for managing a vast and complex project portfolio successfully.
– Streamlined project processes and workflows, clear governance
– Enhanced adaptability to market changes
– Improved project portfolio performance, ROI, and stakeholder satisfaction
Your Partner
Dr. Thomas Becker works together with selected partners to deliver high quality, engaging workshops and training solutions, helping teams and organizations to improve their project work.
Dr. Thomas Becker
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Ask for a free initial consultation
In most cases, you can decide whether you would like to continue working with us after this approximately one-hour call. Even if we decide not to continue, we both may have gained valuable insights, making it a worthwhile investment of time.
Our Projects
We’re excited to demonstrate our work and what we can accomplish together. Perhaps you’d be interested in viewing some of our successfully completed projects.
Slow Start of a Large Infrastructure Project
When a customer asked us to help getting a project on track, we found the root cause in the project initiation: the team of our customer faced unclear goals, leading to misaligned expectations. Inadequate planning caused already delays, and stakeholder disengagement hindered progress. Limited resources strained the team, and frequent scope changes added complexity.
SOLUTION
We designed a project start-up workshop that clarified objectives, created a detailed project plan, engaged stakeholders, allocated resources effectively, and established clear responsibilities. This workshop ensured a solid foundation for project success from the beginning.
– We call this workshop our LEAD|camp
– Client invested 2 days offsite with all important stakeholders
– The start for an improved alignment with the customer
Ineffective Team
A international virtual project team struggled to meet deadlines, members lacked clarity on task ownership due to the project manager’s ineffective alignment efforts. This resulted in confusion, duplicated efforts, missed deadlines, and overall project delays. Together with our customer we identified several flaws in communication processes but also in a limited commitment of the team members.
SOLUTION
In a sequence of there workshops we help the team implementing agile methods to enhance task clarity, promote teamwork, and ensure regular communication. Daily stand-ups, iterative planning, and clear roles and responsibilities had boosted efficiency, adaptability, and on-time delivery in the project:
– 3 one day workshops onsite
– Higher employee satisfaction
– Improved project result
Poorly Managed Project Portfolio
In a project organization lacking prioritization, clear project targets, and skilled team members and project managers, projects consistently missed deadlines and exceeded budgets. This led to client dissatisfaction and financial losses. We identified the lack of clear prioritization und unlimited work in progress to be two areas to improve.
SOLUTION
After our training and workshops, introducing Kanban to the portfolio enabled visual project tracking, improved task prioritization, and enhanced workflow transparency. We delivered workshops cultivating a culture of open communication that fostered collaboration and alignment, leading to better project outcomes and on-time deliveries.
– Engaging the PMO, project managers and team members alike
– Visualized project portfolio with clear priorities
– Supporting management decisions
Lacking Transparency
A department managed its portfolio without a clear evaluation of outcomes or prioritization. Projects were initiated without defined responsibilities, and the budgeting process was overly complex. Additionally, the annual lengthy portfolio planning cycle resulted in unnecessary effort and inefficiencies.
SOLUTION
We developed a clear and streamlined project management process and defined the necessary roles through a participative, design-oriented approach. The entire team took part in engaging and motivating workshops, fostering openness and enthusiasm for the shift in both process and culture. Key outcomes included:
– A clear and simple project and portfolio management process
– A simplified and more agile budgeting approach
– Introduction of a lightweight project and portfolio management tool
– Increased transparency regarding effort, impact, and priorities
What Our Customers say
We deliver high-end trainings and workshops for more than 25 years internationally. Our experience shows in modern and effective training and workshop designs. The impact has been proven by the feedback of your participants and clients.
Can only recommend
It’s a 21st century workshop with state-of-the-art content, instructions, tools and techniques on how we should collaborate and network. I will recommended it for all my fellow team members.
AGILE R&D TRAINING
High quality case studies
The workshop content reflects the current research and real-life information with proper case studies involving stakeholders. The whole content of case study analysis and presentation of participant is highly relevant.
COLLABORATION WORKSHOP
Grateful for my participation
I am very grateful for my participation in this seminar. It was one of the best and most helpful seminars I have been able to attend. Thank you for this opportunity! I wish this for as many other colleagues as possible, as it addresses certain basic structures would enrich our work in many areas.
WORKSHOP PROJECT TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Would definitely recommend
I can highly recommend Thomas Becker as a speaker without reservation.
TRAINING SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
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F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
We understand that selecting an external facilitator and trainer can be challenging, given the often opaque market where budget considerations prevail. However, we firmly believe that your decision should be guided by business needs, not solely by cost concerns. To assist in your decision-making process, we will address some key questions.
We have a long and demonstarted experience in supporting projects to deliver with less effort, avoiding waste and with more fun. Our dedication lies in project business as we believe projects will shape our collective future. Supporting project teams is our passion.
Easy answer: It depends. In most cases, we negotiate a daily rate for our services. The required design time and preparation are calculated transparently upfront, often resulting in lump sum contracts. Please consider necessary travel costs for trainers and participants, taxes and other fees.
Give us a call or send us an email, and we will schedule a short-term Zoom meeting. In most cases, you can decide whether you would like to continue working with us after this approximately one-hour call. Even if we decide not to continue, we both may have gained valuable insights, making it a worthwhile investment of time.
Frankly? No. Success depends not only on our performance but also on factors like commitment, market development, and management support. However, we will define expectations together upfront to prevent disappointments on either side.
As Dr. Thomas Becker collaborates with various experienced partners, you will typically communicate directly with him. Having a single point of contact is essential for building reliable relationships with our customers.
In a nutshell: quite a lot. We strive to minimize our environmental footprint by reducing flights to the maximum extent possible. While we value the benefits of onsite workshops, we offset all our flight emissions. Additionally, we opt for digital materials over paper. We assist our clients in selecting eco-friendly hotels and measure project success not solely based on financial gains (though crucial for sustainability), but also consider environmental and social impacts as significant factors.