A Career-Changing Certification


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The Performance Thinking® Practitioner Certification Program


Starts January 26 – Enroll before January 2

Conduct Performance Analyses – Create Actionable Reports


You'll learn to produce insightful, actionable analyses, reports & Improvement Plans.


  • Accomplishment-based descriptions of employee performance and work processes
  • Links from day-to-day employee activity via accomplishments to business results
  • Descriptions of current and exemplary behavior for producing desired accomplishments
  • Findings from analysis of current performance, identifying enablers and obstructions
  • Plans for establishing or improving performance, anchored to valuable accomplishments
  • Balanced, systemic interventions for optimal ROI, often at lower cost than training-only
  • A methodology based on Behavior Science and Design Thinking
  • Findings & Recommendations Reports following a flexible document outline


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For Anyone Engaged in Performance Improvement & Support


Those who report that this program empowered their professional practice include:

  • Training & Development Professionals seeking greater impact and sustainment
  • HR and OD Professionals focused on continuous improvement of people performance
  • Performance Consultants inside companies, and those who serve external clients
  • Sales Enablement & Sales Training Pros to drive continuous performance improvement
  • Process & Quality Improvement Specialists seeking to optimize people performance
  • Senior Executive Staff who conduct high-impact performance improvement projects
  • Senior Leaders themselves to learn and partner with their senior staff members
  • and more...

Examples of Certification Projects with High ROI


Participants have created Findings & Recommendations for 100s of projects, including:


  • Improving contract fulfillment in a behavioral health company
  • Defining and supporting roles in accomplishment-based career paths
  • Implementing and supporting Treatment Planning and revision
  • Optimizing usage of a Learning Management System at a large corporation
  • Accelerating retail store manager onboarding with a focus on accomplishments
  • Improving driver safety practices for delivery drivers at a major delivery company
  • Ensuring accurate and complete data entry in a medical records system
  • Improving event planning and execution for a volunteer-based nonprofit
  • Ensuring consistent execution of project management for large projects


Our experience is that if we help you select your first project well, the return on investment will be many times the cost of the program. Your ROI will multiply, project-by-project.


We Also Offer In-House Programs for Groups of 8 to 12


If you're interested in learning more, Carl would like to talk, to be sure the program is a good fit for your needs and priorities.


Dr. Carl Binder, our CEO, who has been conducting performance improvement projects for nearly five decades, delivers our quarterly Open Performance Thinking® Practitioner Program. He enjoy working with people on their projects, and is a life-long learner himself. He likes to talk with colleagues considering the program, to ensure it's a good fit, answer any questions, and connect with them.


What Performance Thinking® Program Participants Say


Director of Performance Improvement: "Becoming a Performance Thinking® Practitioner was a career changer for me. Using this approach gave me a systematic, credible, and easily explainable way to help my clients optimize performance in their teams, processes, and organizations."


Principal Consultant: "The models and language have led to interventions that long outperformed my previous efforts to help performers and leaders. I have been able to have meaningful conversations, design strategic initiatives, and measure progress with professionals in a way that increased my engagement and success."


Director of Performance & Learning Strategies: "We have adopted Performance Thinking as a foundational element in our overall performance development approach. We recommend it to any organization interested in developing a performance-driven business culture."


Chief Learning Officer: "I think the power of the Six Boxes is, among other things, its ability to name, categorize, and make visible the required elements to success."


Manager of Performance Improvement: "The Practitioner Program is rigorous. What a feeling of accomplishment when you get certified! It is achieved by deep thinking and application. Performance Thinking® is the foundational approach I use with every client when diagnosing and discussing problems and solutions. I wouldn't do it any other way. This approach yields measurable results every time as well as satisfied clients."


Performance Specialist: "The Performance Thinking® Practitioner Program added to my confidence that no matter what kind of problem my C-Suite leaders bring to me, I can help—both meaningfully and quickly. I have an easily explainable methodology, using specific tools, that will uncover the root causes of their problems. That, in turn, allows us to create together a prioritized list of solutions that will generate measurable change."


Senior VP of Sales (to whom Practitioners report): "If I can’t fit what I’m about to do as an executive or manager into the Six Boxes Model, then I don’t do it. This model, and the understanding I’ve gained about the factors that drive successful performance, are central to my management and leadership approach."


Owner of a Behavioral Health Company: "Performance Thinking helped us move from being a struggling company to one with the tools to overcome any performance obstacle successfully. Our staff retention rate has increased immensely. New applicants report to us that they hear we are a preferred place to work. Employee satisfaction and engagement have increased as well."


These are real people, and the job titles are real. Not all of our clients, however, especially the large global corporations, give us permission to use their names in our outreach. So we don't list them. But Carl can tell you more about these individuals and their work, if you'd like to know.


Can you identify with any of these professionals?