larry wagner
Communication Skills Training

LWSN Consulting offers customized Communications Skills Training.   We can tailor classes to the current state of communications skills and time availability.  Skills to communicate effectively make employees more effective and efficient. Listening is a particularly important skill for success. Look at what Tom Peters has to say about strategic listening.  This training is focused on actionable skills:

Training options includes:

  • Active Listen Skills
  • Presentations, Telecoms, Email
  • Giving and Receiving Feedback
  • Influence Skills
  • Conflict Management
  • Presentation and Other Communication Methods

Skill practices are geared to the specific workplace in order to make them more realistic and useful.

NEW!!!! We have a one day program developed for ASM which is scheduled as a short course after ISTFA. 

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The Trainer 

Larry Wagner coordinated a focused training activity for the world wide Quality Organization of Texas Instruments.  This training included Communication Skills Training as well as technical material.  His activities included elements of the development and delivery of the Communications Skills materials.  This included development and delivery of materials for Asia.  This training has improved the effectiveness of Quality Professionals at Texas Instruments.

Larry has been in many leadership roles:

  • President of ASM International
  • Founder and First President of the Electronic Device Failure Analysis Society
  • First Editor of EDFAN (Electronic Device Failure Analysis Newsletter, now a Magazine)
  • Two time chairperson of the Sematech Product Analysis Forum
  • Member of the Sematech Quality Council
  • Chair of the 1995 International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis

Rates for the half day class are $200 per attendee plus travel and room expense if required.  No travel charge applies in the Dallas area.  Room requirement is typical training room appropriate to class size with computer compatible projector and flip chart (back up computer is helpful in case of projector compatibility issue or other computer issue).  For a limited time, we have reduced the per attendee rate by 20% to $160 and will absorb travel expenses except airfare.  Room expenses still apply if needed.   Minimum of 10 attendees.  Maximum class size is 25 but separate classes can be run for bigger groups.