FAQs

Based on the top soft skills/essential competencies identified by businesses, the series teaches individuals how to generate a ‘WIN’ for their organization and themselves in key areas: 

• Adapting to change, managing stress, and learning continuously. 

• Communicating well verbally with an array of people (in person and remotely). 

• Managing time and choosing priorities to get the most important work done. 

• Maintaining a positive, productive mindset, making good decisions, and solving problems. 

• Taking care of work and life responsibilities to stay healthy and be excellent at work and life.  

• Understanding the bottom line and ensuring that your organization gets a good return on investment. 

• Fitting into and building the company culture. 

• Promoting the company image and reputation. 

• Collaborating and bringing out the best in multi-generational teams (in person and remotely). 

• Writing well in various professional contexts. 

• ADAPTABILITY: Thriving In Unpredictable Times 

• COMMUNICATIONABILITY: Expressing Yourself Well Verbally & Non-Verbally 

• DEPENDABILITY: Getting The Most Important Things Done On-Time  

• PRESENTABILITY: Displaying the Company Image  

• REASONABILITY: Minding Your Own Outlook  

• RESPECTABILITY: Thriving in the Multi-Generation Workplace  

• SUITABILITY: Fitting Into the Company Culture 

• TRANSITIONABILITY: Making A Smooth Move Into A New Job 

• WORKABILITY: Working So You & Your Organization WIN 

• WRITEABILITY: Communicating Well with Writing & Technology 

The series is designed to benefit the following groups at all levels across all industries: 

• Job seekers and career changers 

• Current or new employees 

• Adults and youth (aged 14+) 

• Students 

The series is: 

• Developed with organizations from across multiple industries that hire people at all levels. 

• Built on proven brain science to increase learner engagement, application, and retention. 

• Evolved to respond to changes in the post-pandemic workforce, such as: 

• • the rapid rise of technology and AI,  

• • next-generation workers and leaders, and 

• • constant uncertainty. 

• Taught by certified facilitators in a live environment (per business's request), to build habits that produce results in the job search and in the workplace. 

The Workplace Excellence Series consists of ten flexible workbooks. You can use all ten or just those you need. 

The series is used in 30+ states across the U.S. by: 

• Businesses - for onboarding, employee/leadership training, and professional development 

• Education/Training institutions - for students and apprentices 

• Workforce development organizations - for job seekers, career changers, students, business services, incumbent worker training, and staff development 

The ten “Workplace Excellence EVOLVED” workbooks are available in English only. 

The evolved workbooks are written at no higher than an 8th-grade reading level with a straight-forward, mature, and approachable tone. As a result, those who read at: 

• a 6th-grade level and above can understand the lessons without feeling overwhelmed. 

• an advanced level can learn the lessons while still feeling engaged. 

No. The ten workbooks function beautifully as a series, as stand-alone modules, or in varied combinations. You may purchase and teach those that work for you. 

Each workbook can be taught over 2-4 hours, depending on the size of the group and the amount of interaction and application you allow. Here are a few options with pros, cons, and recommendations.  

1-week workshop -- 2 topics/workbooks a day for one week  

• Pros: Concise time frame so more people may commit, good momentum.  

• Cons: Very intense, for learners and facilitators, with little time for learners to process and apply lessons between modules.  

• Recommendations: Rather than running the workshops all day, give learners good processing time before, after, and between by scheduling them (something like…) 9:00am-12:00pm and 1:30-4:30pm.  

2-week workshop -- 1 topic/workbook a day for two weeks  

• Pros: Not too long with good time for learners to process and apply lessons and invest in other key activities.  

• Cons: People may not want to commit for 2 weeks, can lose momentum and learners along the way.  

• Recommendations: Keep it very interactive, allowing learners to personalize and apply the lessons during the workshop to create daily value. Maintain a consistent workshop time over the two weeks. 

10-week series: 1 topic/workbook a week for ten weeks  

• Pros: Could allow working people to attend if the hours are right, easy for a facilitator to deliver while doing another full-time job, can take advantage of ‘spaced learning’ as students think about and try lessons between sessions.  

• Cons: May feel too long, loss of momentum, learners may put off processing their lessons due to gap between workshops.  

• Recommendations: Maintain a consistent workshop time, begin each workshop with activities that help them remember and share their lessons from the previous week, encourage them to apply their learning within 48 hours of each workshop, and establish somewhere online they can share their lessons during the week.  

Crash-course -- All 10 modules over 3-4 days  

• Pros: Can create an intensive, retreat-like feel, lots of learning for lots of people quickly.  

• Cons: A lot of information for learners to process in a short time frame, difficult for a single facilitator, may require you to provide at least one meal a day to keep on schedule.  

• Recommendations: Market it as an intensive retreat-like experience, use a more private space, provide at least one meal, run it from 9-4 daily delivering 3-4-3 modules each day, and use 2-3 facilitators.  

Lunch & Learn – 1 topic/workbook over 1-4 lunches  

• Pros: Easier to choose and begin, allows learners to apply lessons on the job between sessions.  

• Cons: Workbooks must be divided and lessons linked together over a several sessions.  

• Recommendations: Organize the content into 45-minute chunks, use the 4-step training map taught the certification training to maximize interaction and learning, link the learning from one session to the next. 

It depends on how many of the ten topics you teach and the volume of your purchase. The cost can range from as little as $6.50 per person if you teach many learners a single module to $100 each if you teach the entire series to a handful of learners. 

Workbooks 
Retail: $10/per 
Volume: $9/per on 100+  |  $8/per on 1,000+  |  $7/per on 5,000+  |  $6.50/per on $10,000+ 

Shipping & Handling: 10%  

Volume: 8% on $1,000+  |  6% on $5,000+  |  4% on $10,000+ 

Once your facilitators are certified (or registered to become certified), complete and submit an order form. The materials will be shipped via UPS Priority from North Carolina to arrive within 10 business days, and you will receive tracking information.  

We would be happy to schedule a call to learn more about your organization so we can make specific recommendations on which workbooks to purchase and teach. 

For each of the EVOLVED workbooks, there is a sleek facilitation guide with ideas for teaching it to a group of learners, a slide deck starter that can be used to build slides that work for you, an info page with links to additional references and research on the topic, plus a “What’s New?” page and video which offer specifics about the updates and distinctions in the evolved versions of the workbooks. These are available in the Evolved WPE Facilitator DropBox available to those who purchase the series. Facilitators are not required to use these resources. 

Yes. Only WPE Certified Facilitators can teach the series. 

To become a WPE Certified Facilitator, a person must: 

• Register and participate in the WPE Certification Event. These are generally virtual events 

• Submit their signed WPE Certified Facilitator Agreement to confirm they will honor the copyright, purchase curriculum for use with their learners, etc. 

• Pay the certification fee. 

The WPE Team and our partners host these events across the country throughout the year. You can also have us host a virtual or on-site event for 10+ individuals. 

Check out our upcoming certification events here. 

It focuses on: 

• Getting familiar with the series content, competencies, and workbooks. 

• Thinking like a business/organization and decision-maker/hiring manager. 

• Using brain science and the accelerated teaching strategies which are embedded in the series. 

• Identifying and working to improve mindsets and skills needed to be effective facilitators of the series. 

• Practicing and demonstrating the WPE competencies and training skills. 

The fee is $500/per person to become a WPE Certified Facilitator. 

This fee covers the training, training materials, certificate, 3-year certification, and ongoing support. Certification must be renewed every 3 years for $250 and 6 hours of continuing education. 

Yes, every three years.  

There are two ways to renew WPE facilitator certification: 

Professional Development Report @ $250. Facilitators can complete a form to report on 6+ hours of WPE-related professional development they have completed since their certification (or last renewal). 

Jump Into An Event @ $250. Throughout the year, the WPE Team offers (generally virtual) training events that contribute to facilitators’ capacity to teach the series. Facilitators can register, pay, and participate in one of these events, which suffices for all the professional development needed for the 3-year renewal. 

Check out our upcoming certification events here. 

The fee is $250/per person to renew the WPE Certified Facilitator designation every three years. 

Yes. An organization that uses The WPE Series extensively may request to have a Master Trainer(s) certified so you can train your own WPE Certified Facilitators. If you are interested in this, please contact us to discuss it.