Career
Development
Consulting
Innovative, Tactical, Customizable
We help clients build and enhance their career development programs
using our proprietary questions-first approach.
Career-Lasting Development
We believe development is ongoing throughout every career.
Questions-First
Our founding principle and the source of our development approach.
The habits we seek to instill and refine in response to everyday situations.
The origin of our “Ask Before Acting” motto.
Scalable
Our approach teaches question-asking skills that are right-sized for the situations and audiences to which they apply.
Our resources appeal to all audiences, with format designs which are upgradable to any sophistication level.
Time-Tested
Tested, revised, and refined over 30+ years.
Adapted routinely according to the changing needs of clients.
The QFM Career Development Framework
We organize our development program according to 5 skill categories:
Technical Skills
Technical skills vary widely between companies and industries.
But one common and much-needed technical skill of all aspiring managers is knowing how to read and, effectively use financial statements and management reports.
Our unique teaching approach and accompanying user-directed software will get you to the competency level you need to succeed!
Communication Skills
Communication skills are the foundation and prerequisite for any successful career.
We offer programs to promote daily development with the following communications skills:
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• Listening • Verbal • Written |
• Impromptu • Informative • Persuasive |
Leadership Skills
Leadership skills are essential to career success, yet they are often least emphasized in terms of training and development.
We’ll customize our daily leadership development program to streamline and maximize results for your employees.
Management Skills
Management skills are the backbone of successful business operations and the key to sustainable achievement of organization objectives.
We’ll help you organize at the individual, team, and organization levels to deliver efficient, productive, and value-added results.
Our programs will facilitate daily development in the following management skills:
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• Self • Personnel • Organization |
• Change • Project • Conflict Management |
Critical Thinking Skills
Critical thinking skills separate the extraordinary from the ordinary, the innovative from the conventional, and the value-added from the basic.
We will assist you in increasing the range and depth of employee development with the following critical thinking skills:
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• Analytical • Deductive • Evaluative |
• Interpretive • Problem-Solving |
Our Recommendations – Additional Resources
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Please contact us anytime with questions and we’re here to assist you every step of the way.
Why QFM?
We are a boutique firm, small but large in experience. You will enjoy services customized to your needs but with the range, depth, and staying power of a world-class organization.
The QFM Principle
We will introduce and help you master our Ask Before Acting approach to self- and people management. The results will be difference-makers in career development and success across all skill categories.
Our Program
Dual-Purpose Benefit
Our Resources
QFM: Test Your Skills
SITUATION:
You are preparing to lease a property which will involve significant construction to ready it for use. The landlord offers to reduce your lease payments during the lease term by $360,000 if you will contribute $250,000 towards the construction costs.
1. What are the first questions you should ask in this situation?
2. What are the first steps you should take?
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