“One of the most skilled group facilitators I’ve ever had the opportunity and privilege to watch. I’ve watched her quickly sense the mood of her audience and with humor, knowledge and a positive attitude lead them through the learning process.

Give her a challenging topic and a difficult group and her group facilitation skills and common sense just naturally take over. Linda is a master and a real pleasure to watch! Everyone ends up a winner by the time she finishes a presentation or workshop.”    

Patricia List
    State of Oregon Seniors & People With Disabilities

“Excellent two-day workshop. Your candor and professionalism was well received by all in attendance, and should add new insight to their endeavors.”                                                                                       

 Larry Crecy, Executive Vice President
National Caucus & Center on Black Aged

“We appreciated your contribution to the training of the managers of our company about Management of Human Resources. The knowledge and experience we acquired in the process of training are very valuable for successful development of our company as they opened us [to] the new ways of running business.”

Svetlana Shulga, President
UkrEst InterCom Ltd.
Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

“Linda did a remarkable job training personnel of the Business Center and students who seek jobs. Due to the outline of seminars developed by Linda we’ll be able to conduct (our own) seminars.”

Alexander Sharov, Director
Dnepropetrovsk Business Center
Ukraine

“Your presentation covered some areas of real concern and you did so in such a manner that I think everyone could relate to what you were saying-but in a positive, upbeat way.

It was an excellent presentation and really helped set the tone of the rest of the conference. Many people commented on how much they enjoyed you and what you had to say.”

Lana Christensen
Oregon Corrections Division

“Interesting and fun.”

“Was not sure if this class was what I needed, but it progressed into a very informative and insightful class. I enjoyed myself and I learned to smile and laugh more.”

“Awesome! She needs to come back!”

“Good teaching techniques.”

 ”I really enjoyed your style of teaching. Thanks!”

Attendees 
Southern Oregon Safety & Health Conference

“Wow, what enthusiasm, what energy.”

Vickie Edwards, RSVP Director
Clackamas County

“Always so positive and resourceful.”

Joan Smith, Executive Director
Loaves & Fishes

“Excellent public speaker”

Bernard J. Fox, Area Supervisor
AARP SCSEP

Wiener Training and Consulting Group has provided quality workplace consulting and assessment services to the employment community for over 20 years. Linda Wiener and her Associates are accomplished trainers and draw upon extensive first hand experience gleaned from wide ranging national and international assignments.

Specialists in the development of the 21st Century workforce Linda and her Associates excel in the development of training specific to an organization’s needs. Through program design, training and coaching they help business and public sector employers develop and retain a quality workforce and improve their bottom line and market position.

Linda and her Associates also work with non-profit groups and other civic organizations to train and develop their boards and advisory councils, build and sustain membership, manage volunteers and enhance their community presence.

Exciting presenters, Linda and her Associates love what they do and are passionate about their work.

For Conferences, Annual Meetings, Corporate & Organizational Retreats Linda and her Associates are accomplished trainers and exciting presenters.      

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Exciting presenters, Linda and her Associates love what they do and are passionate about their work.

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Board Training and Development
A well-trained and highly functioning Board is necessary to the success of any organization. Linda and her Associates are well qualified to design and deliver custom training to your board members that addresses key issues such as mission and vision statements, personal development and team building, performance standards and accountability and strategic action planning.

Corporate and Group Retreats
Well-planned and thoughtfully orchestrated group gatherings are proven tools for effective team building. Linda and other professional facilitators can help you develop appropriate agendas and select the right processes to maximize the investment in your offsite group meetings.

Developing a Corporate Citizenship Program
Corporate Citizenship is a 21st century name for Community Public Relations but today’s community can be the world and it’s not just for big companies anymore. Let Linda and her Associates help you evaluate corporate philanthropic opportunities and develop innovative service programs that engage your workforce to make a positive difference in the communities where you do business.

Employee and Executive Coaching
Coaching has become a key management tool for developing employee and management potential and achieving top performance. Let Linda and her Associates work with you to develop key personnel for increased productivity, to improve business relationships and reduce turnover.

Job Design and Work-Station Assessment
A prevention-oriented approach to risk management not only promotes workplace safety but also enhances productivity. Matching a job’s design and its work station to your employees is an integral element of such success.  Let Linda and her Associates evaluate your worksite, recommend cost-appropriate modifications and coach your employees about proper ergonomics.

Lean Management Best Practices
Let Linda and her Associates evaluate your production process and service delivery mechanisms to reduce cost and improve quality.

Training Design
Let Linda and her Associates develop training modules specifically tailored to your current business and management needs and design a process for their in-house sustainability.

Exciting presenters, Linda and her Associates love what they do and are passionate about their work.

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An expert in the development of the 21st Century workforce, for over 20 years Linda Wiener has been helping employers develop and retain a quality workforce. She has extensive national and international business consulting and training experience including teaching at the university level here and abroad.

Working with businesses and organizations to manage their human capital Linda excels in the development of training specifically tailored to employers’ needs. She has led workshops and made presentations in all areas of management and supervision and her Adapting to an Aging Workforce© workshops present cutting edge tools and techniques for managing the emerging global aging workforce.

Seasoned in recruitment and retention practices Linda has helped companies and organizations develop human resources policies and methodologies and trained managers in their application. Her work includes extensive communications training.

An AARP employee for 15 years Linda was a Senior Employment Program director and was also instrumental in establishing the AARP Oregon state office. In addition to project management and development she trained other national employment program directors and managers. In 1995 she was honored with national recognition when she received the prestigious Dorothy Bauer award for “exemplary service to older workers” from the National Council on the Aging.

With years of hands-on experience Linda has helped thousands of career changers and job seekers successfully navigate the job market. In her ninth year as Monster.com’s Age Issues expert she hosts an ongoing message board and writes online job search articles for mid-life and mid-career job seekers. She is the creator of the go-to website for Exploring Careers in Aging and author of its accompanying workbook which is used by university gerontology programs nation-wide. These ongoing exchanges allow her to provide valuable input to employers.

Acknowledged for her expertise Linda is regularly called on as a professional speaker and is frequently interviewed and often quoted by the press (AARP Bulletin, New York Times, US World & News Report, Wall Street Journal, HR Executive, etc.). She is also a regular contributor to business publications concerning workplace issues.

Linda is currently a member of the American Society on Aging, National Association of Workforce Development Professionals, and the NextAge Speakers Bureau.

The following is a partial list of Clients and Events.

• AARP
• American Association of Community Colleges
• American Society on Aging
• Association for Gerontology in Higher Education
• Christian Labour Association of Canada
• Dun & Bradstreet
• First Allied Securities
• International Executive Service Corps
• Living Enrichment Center
• Multnomah County Citizen Involvement Committee
• National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
• National Council on the Aging
• National Mining University of Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
• Ohio Governor’s Conference on Aging
• Oregon Association of Credit Management
• Oregon Business & Aging Coalition
• Oregon Corrections Division
• Oregon Employment Department
• Oregon Gerontological Association
• Oregon Governor’s Conference on Aging
• Oregon Seniors & People With Disabilities
• Pacific Northwest Public Policy Institute
• Portland General Electric
• Providence Health System
• Sacramento County Health/Human Services
• Society of Computer Users
• Southern Oregon Occupational Safety & Health Conference
• Tektronix
• UkrEst InterCom Ltd. (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
• University of California - Berkeley
• University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community
• US Department of Labor
• US Forest Service
• US Small Business Administration
• Women and Healthy Aging Conference

Adapting to an Aging Workforce™
In this module Linda and her Associates will discuss critical workforce demographic projections and provide you with specific tools to recruit and retain those mid-life and older workers necessary for your successful ongoing operations. Program content includes modules on managing talent and performance, communications and supervision across generations, retention strategies and succession planning, coaching/mentoring and risk management.

Strategic Workforce Planning
Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) is an approach to managing human capital that involves focused analysis and evaluation and targeted business forecasting to ensure that you have the right people in the right place at the right time. With SWP forward-thinking employers can stay ahead of the curve and positively influence their organization’s bottom line. 

In this module Linda and her Associates will guide you through a focused analysis and evaluation process to assess your current bench strength, identify potential staffing vulnerabilities and help you create a tactical plan of action to enhance and protect your market position.

Change Management
Keeping up with the ever-changing realities of the today’s workplace can be challenging and disorienting. In this module Linda and her Associates will teach you and your employees how to focus on the opportunities for growth inherent with change, and how to minimize the perceived threats. They will help you to identify behaviors commonly adopted to cope with the stress of constant change and to develop effective communications and relationship tools that will keep your company on the fast track intrinsic to the successful 21st century business.  

Customer Service
Every aspect of a successful operation is reliant on excellent customer service. In this module Linda and her Associates will lead you through the process of defining your total customer base, develop action plans and conduct personalized customer service training to implement customer friendly processes throughout your organization. They will also help you create a sustainability model for ongoing training.

Managing a Diversity
American workers, for the most part, have been sensitized to differences in the workplace. While most companies have presented basic diversity training surveys indicate that many supervisors are still uncertain how to effectively and appropriately manage workgroups whose members represent multiple generations, ethnicities and career stages.

In this module Linda and her Associates will help you identify the challenges specific to your organization and its hands-on activities will give participants the chance to identify and practice productive problem solving and communication skills. 

Managing Talent and Performance
This module is geared to build core team relationships and to develop a strong foundation to promote effective communications, creativity and employee engagement. Linda and her Associates will coach your supervisors and managers in ways to use interactive performance management tools to stimulate employee ownership for developing their careers within your company.

Recruitment for Retention
Members of all segments of today’s workforce seek opportunity for professional development, flexibility and benefits reflective of their lifestyle needs. In this module Linda and her Associates will help you identify supportive and innovative HR policies and practices appropriate to your bottom line concerns. They will also help you develop creative strategies to locate and attract a steady stream of competitive applicants.

Succession Planning
Find out why some companies are modifying their retirement policies to solve recruitment problems and to improve retention. In this module Linda and her Associates will introduce you to options such as phased retirement and help you design a flexible program unique to your company’s changing workforce needs.

Exciting presenters, Linda and her Associates love what they do and are passionate about their work.