Sheryl A. Koning

www.koningassociates.com

Specialities

Sales Training
Competency/Skill Identification
Management Training
Business Planning/Organization Development
Process Improvement
Business Coaching

Industries

Consumer Package Goods
Food & Beverage
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Food Service
Most Industries

Client Benefits

Koning Associates committed to being the business solution for their clients. Koning Associates specializes in management and sales training design and delivery; business planning and organizational development; competency and skill identification, definition and assessment; and coaching.

Our main goal is to enable clients to execute and deliver their unique business objectives and improve their bottom line. We first listen and then act with a customized approach, a focused strategy, and made-to-order delivery. Looking from the outside in offers fresh insight, impartiality and a bit of candor to address your needs. And our 20 years of experience looking from the inside out adds wisdom, insight and savvy. We don't just point you in the right direction, we equip you with the tools to stay the course on your own.

In training design and delivery, we use action learning with real-life case and assignments. Some examples of Sales Training are Selling Skills (basic to advanced), Negotiation Skills, and Customer Strategic Planning. Examples of Management Training are Leadership Skills, Performance Management, Team Building.

Business Planning and Organizational Development examples are process improvement, GE Workout, organization assessment design and strategic planning.

Competency and skills are identified using your strategic plan, customer feedback both internally and externally and benchmarking with other key companies. The competencies and skills are then defined using behavioral benchmarks and a process is developed to assess each employee. Competencies and skills are critical in recruitment and selection, performance management, development and succession planning.

We work with clients in individual and executive coaching and development and business coaching.

Professional Background

Sheryl A. Koning, President, founded Koning Associates in 1999. Ms. Koning has over 25 years experience as a consultant and a manager. She knows the inner workings of corporate America and she knows corporate America's customer.

Ms. Koning worked in Human Resource Recruiting, Corporate Training, Human Resource Development and Sales at The Quaker Oats Company. She has worked with all Functions in an organization as well as Corporate, Broker, Distributor, and Customer personnel from senior management to entry level employees.

Sheryl holds a Bachelors Degree in Organization Behavior and Personnel from Northwestern University and is certified in Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.

Ms. Koning is a member of Institute of Management Consultants, Human Resources Management Association of Chicago, Organization Development Network, National Association of Women Business Owners, Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, Northbrook Chamber of Commerce, and US Women's Chamber of Commerce. She is also Chair of the Board of The Josselyn Center.

Testimonials

"Sheryl was extremely helpful in our redesign of the Product Development Process for Gatorade. She was well organized, totally involved, and enthusiastic throughout the exercise. The result was an improved flow in our product development process and better alignment of the functions involved."
Vice President of Research & Development, Fortune 500 Food and Beverage Manufacturer.

"Sheryl Koning is highly self-disciplined and dedicated to her work. Additionally, she always supports the goals and principles of the organization. Under Sheryl's leadership and direction, several training programs have been substantially improved despite limited resources."
National Director, Foodservice Sales

"I have known Sheryl Koning of Koning Associates for a number of years on a business level. She has always been very professional and great to do business with. Over the past couple of years she has delivered several sales training workshops to my Key Account Sales Force. These workshops were extremely well done and have improved the productivity of my sales organization. I would highly recommend Sheryl to anyone needing sales training or human resource development consulting."
Senior Vice President Sales , Foodservice Manufacturer