Dale Syrota

I help people to make better decisions

I am a semi-retired training specialist, specialising in innovative training that helps to resolve the production problems that may plague a business when an employee leaves. I do hands on training for the ‘train the task-writer,’ and ‘train the task-trainer’ sessions.

Those courses represent a current century revision, of the 1940s version of Job Instruction Training, that still used to teach Lean's world class TPS system. Tap the 15 Reasons tab to see what results my training might create.

Want to know more about me. Check out my answers to the most important interview question of all time, or tap my resume tab.

What if you could be interviewed by the recruiter’s recruiter?

By a recruiter who has had more than 20,000 recruiters and hiring managers attended his ground-breaking workshops?

By a recruiter who is a LinkedIn InFluencer that had his last article read by over 280,000 readers and received over 1000 comments?

What if he asked you what he considers to be the most important interview question of all time?

That question was, “What single project or task would you consider the most significant accomplishment in your career so far?”  This was followed by 19 other exploratory questions.

It came out of a post  on LinkedIn by LinkedIn InFluencer and HR Guru, Lou Alder. Please read his post called, “The most important interview question of all time.”

How would you answer? I wanted to know how I would answer. When I found out just what I had accomplished, I was astonished. My answers unraveled the complexity of my accomplishment laying it out in a very simple and powerful way. This soul searching soul caused me to refocus my life mission.

Take Lou Alder's advise and ask these same questions if you want to hire the right employee or contractor.

I have had the privilege of leading a number of  significant projects and tasks over the last few years. What follows are of few of them. Please enjoy my answers to his very powerful questions.

Just click on the 20 INTERVIEW QUESTIONS tab above.

Significant Projects and Tasks 

I n my spare time I am working to create cross department employee engagement programs as I did for my last employer. A few examples of significant projects and tasks from my past include:

  • A new worker induction and engagement program that I created, lead to employees learning basic HSE situational awareness and skills mastery and also reduced employee turnover saving almost $20M in employee turnover costs.
  • I led a corporate senior management team that acquired, revised and implemented BP International's 360 degree Safety Leadership Skills Assessment. We gave it to 325 managers completing 3000 assessments the first year. It became the standard for all Supply-Chain and Manufacturing Managers and Leadership. I also created a Supply-Chain and Manufacturing SharePoint website that recorded leadership coaching to support the Safety Leadership Skills Assessment.
  • I also introduced a Lean training methodology that drove the creation and use of 32 down-hole tool build-manuals rather than building from drawings. The availability of these manuals helped to secure contracts in the multi-million dollar range.

Availability 

Training is easy to justify but it is hard to afford a full-time trainer.

Due to restructuring, my recent employment came to an end. I just moved to Prince George, BC, and I am looking to work part-time, and provide training related programs, so that I may build my freelance training services during the remainder of the day. 

If you think you might wish to have me lead a project, similar to those mentioned in my resume, then please contact me, through the contact page.

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