{"id":40,"date":"2017-07-16T06:16:57","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T06:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panicsquad.com\/corporate-events\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2020-04-14T22:57:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:57:24","slug":"professional-development-training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/panicsquad.com\/corporate-events\/professional-development-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Development Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#242424&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/panicsquad.com\/corporate-events\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/PS-Trust-Fail-With-Text-3.jpg&#8221; src_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; src_phone=&#8221;&#8221; src_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; background_enable_color=&#8221;off&#8221; width=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;80%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; max_height=&#8221;1000px&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; module_alignment_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_phone=&#8221;&#8221; module_alignment_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.22&#8243; min_height=&#8221;1860px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-6px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; min_height=&#8221;557px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-29px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.27.4&#8243; min_height=&#8221;471px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||22px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|||&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"reason-info\" style=\"font-size: 22px; line-height: normal;\">Learning important elements of Leadership and Teamwork should be Fresh, Engaging and Practical.<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Have you ever sat through a session where the presenter sounded like the adults in Charlie Brown movies? &#8220;Wah, wah-wah wah wah.&#8221; The content was there but your mind was somewhere else. 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You&#8217;ve never laughed this hard learning practical, effective leadership and teamwork.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #00a1ff;\">&#8230;And It&#8217;s working.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><strong>\u00a0We\u2019ve been getting <a href=\"https:\/\/panicsquad.com\/corporate-events\/quotes\/\">rave reviews<\/a> from top executives at corporations including Vulcan Inc., The Seattle Seahawks, Netflix, Shell, AECOM, First Data, Texas A&amp;M University, ServiceNow, Evanta Gartner, ScotiaBank and many more.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-75px||||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_testimonial author=&#8221;Sarah Urbanowicz&#8221; job_title=&#8221;CISO&#8221; company_name=&#8221;AECOM&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; width=&#8221;94.6%&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>We come to these conferences and sit through all these sessions. Sometimes they&#8217;re fun, but not so useful. Sometimes they&#8217;re super useful, but put you to sleep. The amazing part about this was, The Panic Squad was hands down the most fun I had at the conference AND it&#8217;s stuff that we can use in real life. Thank you very much. It was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Need a second or third opinion? 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