Training Is Fun!

Over the past four decades, ESF's clients have been many and varied. Although some of the projects have been comparatively simple, most have been stimulating and intellectually challenging because they required not only training skills, but also considerable creativity.

Below, is a select list of some of the different types of projects, we have developed for our clients. For your convenience, they are further divided into ten categories. You can visit the Projects and Portfolios to know in detail more about individual projects.

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ProTrainer Fun through the Years

During the past many decades, ESF has worked with a variety of Clients in many diverse and challenging areas. Some of them are listed below.

Click on the link to go to a summary of the work ESF did for that Client.

• AT&T Projects
• • PhoneCenter Store Start Up Training Programs
  • Revision of AT&T's Training Guidelines
  • Five-Year Plan for Computer-Based Training
  • NAPLPS Videotex Sales Training Program
  • NAPLPS Videotex Troubleshooting Training Program

• Dow Chemical Projects
• • Dow Corporate Training: ESF ProTrainer Series
  • Dow Chemical Diamond Service Training Program (SAP)
  • Dow Chemical Dow Customer Service Representative (CSR) Training Program
  • ESF ProTrainer: Instructor Certification
  • Accounting Training Program
  • Dow Chemical Capital Project Manager Training Program

• Exxon Projects
• • Exxon: Skills Training Improvement Program (STIP)
  • Exxon: Baytown Staff Training: ESF IDLS-ProTrainer 1
  • ESSO (Eastern) Australia and Southeast Asia Staff Training: ESF IDLS-ProTrainer 1
  • Exxon: Monterey Coal/Carter Oil Company: ESF IDLS-ProTrainer 1

• FedEx Projects
• • FedEx Company Start Up Training
  • Sandvik: FedEx Hub, Newark
  • Sandvik: FedEx Hub, Dallas/Fort Worth

• General Motors Projects
• • GM Education & Training: Corporate-wide ESF ProTrainer Series of Workshops
  • GM Corporate: Secretarial/Clerical Orientation Program
  • GM Education & Training: Instructor Certification in ESF ProTrainer Series of Workshops
  • GM: Saturn
  • GM Knowledge Center: Focus Hope

• The Kohler Company Projects
• • Kohler: Staff Training: ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1, Monterrey, Mexico
  • Kohler: Canac Kitchens. Statesville, NC Plant Development Project
  • Kohler: Workshops & Instructor Certification

• Merck & Co. Projects
• • Merck: ESF's ProTrainer Series of Workshops
  • Merck: SOP Survey
  • Merck: Fluid Manufacturing Training Program
  • Merck: Sampling Raw Material in the Warehouse Training Program
  • Merck: ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1 Instructor Certification

• Navy Projects
• • Joint Uniform Military Pay System (JUMPS)
  • Navy Industrial Fund (NIF)
  • Research, Development, Training & Evaluation (RDT&EN) Activities
  • Shipyard Activities
  • Ordnance Activities
  • Navy Entry Level Financial Management

• Police Training Projects
• • D.C. Metropolitan Police Academy Training
  • D.C. Metropolitan Police Staff Training
  • D.C. Police: Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
  • Maryland Police Training Commission (MPTC)

• The Rouse Company Projects
• • Rouse Mall Management Training Programs

• R. R. Donnelley Projects
• • RRD Staff Training: ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1 Workshops

• Schering-Plough Projects
• • SP Global Staff Training
  • • IDLS: New Jersey
    • IDLS: Brinny, Ireland
    • IDLS: Singapore
    • IDLS: Bray, Ireland
  • SP Global: ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1 Instructor Certification
  • • North America: Kenilworth, NJ
    • Europe: Brinny, Ireland
    • South America: Bogotá, Colombia
• • Schering-Plough Research Institute (SPRI): IDLS-ProTrainer 1: Staff Training

• Schools
• • Aquinas College
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities
  • Institute for Priestly Formation (IPF)
  • Maryland Community Colleges
  • St. Gertrude School
  • Victor Cullen Center
  • WCPS: Smithsburg Middle School

• Shell Oil Company Projects
• • Shell: Financial Management
  • Shell: AutoCare Training Programs
  • Shell: Staff Training: ESF's IDLS-ProTrainer 1
  • Shell Oil Refineries

• United Auto Workers/General Motors (UAW/GM) Projects
• • UAW/GM: ESF's ProTrainer Series of Workshops
  • UAW/GM: Instructor Certification in ESF's ProTrainer Series of Workshops
  • UAW/GM: Rochester Products

• Miscellaneous
• • 3M (Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company)
  • Alliance of Supplier Diversity Professionals (ASDP) Curriculum Design
  • American Association of Colleges of Pharmacies (AACP)
  • American Correctional Association (ACA)
  • Amtrak Conductor Training
  • Automobile Club (AAA) of Southern California
  • Clark Construction Group
  • Eyre Bus Company
  • Family Search: Genealogical Society
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Goodyear Tire and Rubber
  • HMS Host
  • Hoffman-La Roche Laboratories
  • IBM (International Business Machines)
  • Illinois State Department of Corrections (ISDC)
  • International Union of Electrical Workers (IUE)
  • James River Corporation
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ma'aden: Gold Mine Needs Analysis
  • Maryland Adult Corrections
  • Maryland Juvenile Corrections: Victor Cullen Academy
  • Metro Transit Police Department (MTPD)
  • National Apartment Association
  • National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
  • Ortho-McNeil
  • The Prime Time Sister Circles^® Curriculum Design
  • Public Broadcasting System (PBS)
  • The Timken Company
  • Union Oil Company of California (Unocal)
  • Unisys
  • United States Capitol Police
  • United Way
  • Warner Lambert Pharmaceutical

Life is Messy... It's how you clean it up that matters!

Over the past forty years, ESF has helped its clients through many situations: some clear cut; others truly messy. Although some of the projects have been comparatively simple, most have been stimulating and intellectually challenging because they required not only training skills, but also considerable creativity.

Below is a list of eight categories of Projects we have completed over the years. You will find additional ESF Client Projects listed in each Portfolio.

Click on a link below (opens in new window) to go to a summary of the work ESF did in the following categories:

"I first hired Mary, Peter, and their company, ESF, in 1982. They have provided excellent service and expert consulting in each of the four companies into which I've brought them. ESF's concepts for training development and execution are thoroughly tested, honed to their core elements, and tremendously effective.

They have both led project teams to produce whole training curriculums, and also effectively trained and certified others to use ESF's methods and tools.

I have been very pleased with the results of each engagement, and would not hesitate to call again on ESF."

Cathy Edwards, Director of Human Resources, The Kohler Company, WI