Some colleges and companies have asked me to develop interactive presentations and workshops based on the advice on these web pages.  For colleges like UC-Berkeley, NYU and Michigan, I have addressed graduating seniors, graduate students and post-docs who will shortly be starting their first jobs.  For companies, I can talk to your incoming employees during induction or orientation programs (you do have one, don't you?), or as part of professional development for existing staff.

The standard length of the workshops is 90 min, including Q&A, but I can customize a half-day or longer program if you like.  Some homogenity in the audience is helpful.  For colleges, a good workshop would target underclassmen or upperclassmen or grad students and postdocs (although I have successfully presented to a mixture of undergraduates ranging from freshmen to seniors).   For companies, it's better to build a workshop for either new hires or experienced hires and avoid mixing.  If you have a special audience concern, then let's talk.

The workshops are highly interactive, and they work well in group sizes from 10-200+.

Here are some of the dougsguides presentations and workshops I've given:

• Finding the Right First Job (undergraduates)
• Finding Your First Real Job (graduate students and post-docs)
• Handling Difficult People and Situations
• Business Bootcamp for Liberal Arts Majors
• Business Bootcamp for Creative People
• Making Meetings and Projects Productive
• Working with Your PI (graduate students and post-docs)
• What to Expect in Biotech

If you are interested in a workshop for your organization, please contact me.

If you are introducing me as a speaker at an event, here's a start.

Video Clips

Agree-Empathize-Inquire 

This link directs you to some clips on handling difficult people that I did at UC-Berkeley.

Business Cultures

At the University of Michigan I discussed what business cultures are and described five of them.