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It was a great benefit that I made a commitment right at the beginning of the training to apply the knowledge I had gained to the ongoing project. This commitment motivated me to make the most of the training. The theoretical content provided a solid foundation for subsequent consultations.

Thanks to the long-term mentoring sessions, I gradually changed not only my perspective on project management, but also my approach to work in general.

I consider my greatest benefit to be my personal development - specifically, expanding my comfort zone in agile thinking and acting.

If you are just starting with project management or want to take your project processes to the next level, I recommend the SHINE team. With their support, we conducted a survey to assess the current state, created a project methodology, and trained current and future project managers. With the support of the internal portfolio project manager and the SHINE team, our project mills have started running and are now operating at full capacity. Our employees are actively interested in projects across the company, discuss them, and complement each other. The new style of project management has already gained its supporters, and we believe that more will join them over time. In a recent employee satisfaction survey, the new approach to project management was highlighted as one of the significant achievements of our organization. Maintaining this positive trend requires consistent leadership support, time, patience, continuous learning, and perseverance. 

Excellent experience, pleasant environment, experienced lecturer, lots of examples from practice. Thumbs up!

SHINE Consulting's trainings, workshops and seminars are always professionally prepared with excellent knowledge of the issues and a strong overlap of the latest findings from psychology, sociology and neuroscience. It is this overlap that gives me the most sense and added value for professional training with SHINE Consulting.

I was pleasantly surprised by this training in one thing - I hadn't actually heard the classic project terminology at all, but at the same time I learned much more about project management than from classic training and books. Michael Motal is an amazing trainer and I recommend his training with all ten hands. SHINE exudes confidence in the fact that motivated people and teams determine the success of projects, not project methodologies from textbooks, which is why I chose them.

The training is tailored to my profession as a project manager, it introduced me to project management from a different angle than I was used to dealing with and thinking about. I will definitely use a lot of my newly acquired knowledge.

Perfect approach of the lecturer, great way of conducting the workshop in the online environment, accessibility and clarity of the provided materials (incl. other micro courses)

Very well prepared course, I appreciated especially the practical focus, a lot of tips for daily practice and the willingness of the lecturers to address individual questions of the course participants. I was pleasantly surprised by the online version of the course, it was very contactable, we all actively participated and I did not feel any discomfort compared to the face-to-face form of the course. I can only recommend the course and I believe that I will be using it in practice for a long time to come

I have taken a few courses with SHINE and I am always extremely satisfied with the quality, usability and simplicity of the information delivered. We will not see each other for the last time. Thank you.

Great training, experienced lecturers and most importantly the opportunity to try everything right away and thus fix the acquired knowledge.

Excellent - professional approach, great digitalisation of processes, valuable content, experienced and likeable lecturer. I liked the fact that I had to prepare myself between courses - online content and work on homework independently. The course was well balanced in terms of the balance of theory and practice - information from the lecturer and group work. I liked the extra space for discussion and practice on the second training day. The best training course I have attended so far.

We see specific benefits for our company in the standardization of processes, methodology and project management tools, overall simplification of the project management environment, understanding and, most importantly, adoption of uniform approaches to projects across RWE GS divisions and improved communication in the preparation and implementation of projects.
We can unequivocally recommend cooperation with SHINE Consulting.

SHINE's professionalism has proven itself in the online world. They did a really perfect job and we can highly recommend working with them to anyone who wants to implement project management training for their employees."

I can definitely recommend the training. It was dynamic, fun and beneficial. The rich interaction and discussion kept people engaged and made it a great event.

I take SHINE as a proven brand, which for me is a guarantee of quality.

At SHINE, there are professionals who can really help. They are practitioners, not theorists. And it all fits together, plus it's very simply presented.

A well-prepared course, unique on the Czech market in terms of content.

In a short selection process, SHINE Consulting was a good choice. Already after a short time we are sure that the efforts and costs we have invested are paying off in many ways and will continue to do so in the future.

My experience with SHINE has always been excellent and I recommend it to colleagues. The training greatly exceeded my expectations, it was much more comprehensive than I had anticipated. I also went through the accompanying materials with interest.

The Project Leader 5.0 training shifted my project thinking, gave a clearer structure and view of project leadership from vision to an important part of a successful project and that is motivation. I am a beginner in training activities with SHINE, but I will definitely pursue further learning opportunities.

A big advantage is that the instructor is a certified examiner who can point out the tricky bits during training and also reveals the cards by mentioning what examiners need to watch out for and what is a red rag for them.

The project methodology that I have acquired is well thought out and most importantly extremely practical. I have verified many times on concrete details that it is backed by a huge experience

Each word or model situation accurately describes the idea, so that participants perfectly understand the meaning and significance of what is being said. The instructors are extremely knowledgeable and are great at keeping attention and creative collaboration. It is one of those courses where you are really looking forward to putting the theory you have learned into practice. Even after a long time, much of what was said continues to resonate with me.

The courses are packed not only with knowledge, but also with space for the participants to put their experience into practice.

SHINE will take you further. It will show you how to grasp and realize your goals.

It was very beneficial, and now I will look at projects in a completely different way from the beginning.

Great preparation for certification that declassifies specific steps and practices of the examiners. I believe it will be beneficial to the practical implementation of the exam.

Working with the Talent Dynamics methodology makes sense to me and I would like to possibly establish cooperation for further development. It is a simple system with great depth and applicability in real life.

We would like to thank the SHINE team for their help in creating a process for managing and implementing innovations for our products. The workshop, which we attended among system and module architects, was led by Messrs. Rak and M. Knotek. We greatly appreciated their practical experience as they non-violently stimulated the different aspects of the innovation process and moderated the discussion among all participants. As a result, we came to a consensus on what our most pressing problem is, created the basis for an effective innovation process and proposed a follow-up procedure for its development within our organization. 

We highly recommend working with the consultants Mr Rak and Mr Knotek.

We used the services of the SHINE team in a project to support the modularization and digitalization of teaching at our Vocational School of Mechanical Engineering. A total of 3 online workshops were delivered to a team of key people. What we appreciated most about the collaboration was the ability to perceive well and quickly our specific situation within ŠKODA, to build meaningful scenarios, facilitation skills and the creation of usable minutes. During the execution, it also became clear that moderated online group discussions can be effective. We can recommend working with the consultants and facilitators Mr. Stanicek, Mr. Hajker and Mr. Hoffmann.

We had planned to do the project management training with Shine in June 2021. We had planned it much earlier but kept postponing it due to covid and the fact that it was not possible to organize the training in person. Although we weren't keen on the online version, we were eventually persuaded and I'm glad we did. Apart from the know-how, which the lecturers imparted as bravely as if the training had taken place face-to-face, we picked up a lot of inspiration about how to operate in an online environment, which is very useful nowadays. 

Very well prepared course, I appreciated especially the practical focus, a lot of tips for daily practice and the willingness of the lecturers to address individual questions of the course participants. I was pleasantly surprised by the online version of the course, it was very contactable, we all actively participated and I did not feel any discomfort compared to the face-to-face form of the course. I can only recommend the course and I believe that I will draw from it in practice for a long time to come.

After ten years of business, we were looking for a way to transform the company from a small company, and the associated management processes, into a medium-sized company with further growth opportunities. We knew that a "spring cleaning" was needed, covering all corners of the main production process, project, operational and economic management. The option was to run an internal project or choose external collaboration. In a short tender, betting on SHINE Consulting was a good choice. Very quickly, we and the people of SHINE tuned in to the right note and began to revise, create and consolidate the company into a new vision of operation. After a short time, we are sure that the effort and costs invested in many ways will return to us and will return in the future. Not only in the better functioning of the company but also the simple fact that we are now "sleeping better". We didn't have to go the trial-and-error route. It's great to work with people who understand what they're doing, and it's fun for them.

The training workshop we took part in was aimed at project management within the context of innovation for advanced project leaders and it took place online due to the coronavirus outbreak.
We really wanted to make sure that the workshop happened – the training was intended to help us align our work methods, gain new ideas, and inspire the joy of project work.
We managed to meet these very objectives throughout the session chiefly thanks to the SHINE team, whose professionalism proved all the more important in the online environment.
What we also gained from the experience was a holistic, comprehensive conception of how to implement strategic changes in the era of digitalisation. The course-takers are now well-equipped to create the change intent and knowledgeable about the systematic encouragement and development of worker competences required in the era of digitalisation and Industry 4.0. SHINE Consulting s.r.o. spearheaded by Josef Hajkr did an amazing job.  
I wholeheartedly recommend this team of professionals for anyone seeking training development opportunities for their workers in project management.  
 

I have already taken a number of SHINE-run courses and they have proven to be the best option the market has to offer.

We have been trying to take an agile approach to work for a long time. So far, I have seen it as "notes on a kanban and regular meetings". Now I realize the complexity of this approach, the importance of people, their typology, motivation and gradual implementation. This course will make it clear. I recommend it with all 12 out of 10.

This course is well structured for those who have limited time to study and prefer to learn in shorter, easily digestible blocks. Microlearning allows you to quickly grasp key concepts and immediately apply them in practice, which is great for modern project management where flexibility and quick adaptation is essential. Project Thinking 5.0 focuses on innovative approaches and the integration of new technologies into project management, which is crucial for today's change-filled times. I would particularly recommend the course to those who want to not only improve their existing project management skills, but also learn how to effectively leverage new trends to improve project outcomes.

The training was very beneficial, especially the feedback from the lecturer, which cannot be replaced by a textbook.

I first had an excellent experience with SHINE about 12 years ago when I attended a beneficial training course for Project Managers.
The high quality has obviously not changed over the years - coincidentally, I have now met Michael Motal again during the online training.
For many years I have been regularly following Josef Hajkra's posts and advice and using the new SHINE practical insights in my work.

The lecturers are true professionals in their field. I thank them all for their attitude and guidance in the lessons, I always looked forward to seeing what else I would learn from the best.

The Master Your Project Genius 5.0 is an excellent entry point into the world of project management, even for complete beginners. Its structured approach helped me to get a clear idea of how to effectively initiate and manage projects from the initial stage. The interactive format of the course and the opportunity for practical exercises convinced me of its high quality. The lecturers were not only experts in their field but also great motivators.

The years of experience of the lecturer and the exceptional experience of the entire SHINE team are really evident in the training delivery and content.

A totally unique experience full of support and cooperation. Perfectly structured and meaningful course delivery. The instructor has a great human touch while maintaining professionalism. What he teaches, he also practices himself.

Interesting quick overview of project communication, focused more on soft skills - ideal in combination with the previous Project Master, both courses complement each other nicely

SHINE has very qualified lecturers and strives to constantly improve and modernise its courses.

It allowed me to get a good understanding of the surrounding stakeholder influences on the outcome of the project and how to work with this in practice.

The course is very much focused on top management. SHINE has a very sophisticated training course, visualization and a very comfortable environment (mural, small group discussions, availability of materials, videos).

This was my first experience with SHINE training and unlike other training sessions, this one gave me so much more and I am already looking forward to the next one starting next week.

I was a little skeptical at first. After all, after 15 years on the job, what could they teach me that was new? However, I turned around very quickly and I have to say that this is exactly the project management I missed in my previous job, where I was for 10 years, and where people like me should be sent for such training to learn how it should work. So I will definitely recommend SHINE to my friends and I hope to continue my education.

I like the learning portal, the structuring of the training. The trainers have excellent presentation skills, beautiful pronunciation, not exaggerated training content. Each training area is supported by an example, which is great.

As with the other SHINE training courses I have attended, I particularly appreciate the contemporary information, the focus on practice and the demonstration.

Enjoyable training in a small group, allowing ample space for discussions, sharing experiences and networking.

All positives. Both the lecturers and the entire SHINE company are great professionals and do a great job

One of the best and most beneficial trainings I have taken.

The Master Your Project Genius 5.0 course was not only useful for me and my colleagues to gain knowledge of new project management methods, but also a practical demonstration of how to effectively use the modern online environment. It was a nice surprise ;)

Professional approach, relaxed atmosphere and pleasant pace of SHINE Consulting training.

A very pleasant environment and friendly atmosphere with plenty of useful and insightful information.

Thank you for a useful and worthwhile course! A great opportunity to compare useful theory with our practical daily experience.

Great attitude and training content. It certainly met my expectations.

The instruction was very practical and simple, delivered in a manner that speaks to the team’s professionalism.

A great team of experienced professionals.

I have great experience with SHINE-led training. I have already taken part in a number of workshops – they are always very professional with an engaging style of presentation.

A very well-structured training course combining practical experience with example-based instruction.

Amazing insight into the strategies for management of portfolios, programmes, and projects.

It was a very enjoyable training event in a small group. The size of the group helped provide plenty of space for open group discussion, experience sharing and networking. And the impeccable service was another great benefit!

The whole experience was of great benefit. New valuable experience and knowledge. I appreciate their professionalism with a friendly touch. I can wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone interested in the subject.

I love training events led by professionals with a proven track record – it’s quite rare these days!

SHINE will help you advance yourself :-) They will help you grasp and realise your goals.

A very well-prepared course. Content-wise, this is the only course of its kind on the Czech market.

It was a very enjoyable training event in a small group. The size of the group helped provide plenty of space for open group discussion, experience sharing and networking. And the impeccable service was another great benefit!

An excellent follow-up to the Project Master training.

Michal has a great innovation mindset and spirit and more important he always thinks about value proposition and business impact for his ideas and innovations. We had a chance to work together on some very exciting innovations improving safety and productivity for airlines and pilots. Michal was driving it and from the day one proactively worked with some key customers to both validate the value of these innovations as well as to setup some strategic partnerships.

Michal draws on years of experience in creating innovative-culture environments in a variety of organizations. He has run and led several successful innovative projects from the marketing phase through to actual market launch.

I consider the Project Thinking course to be one of the most useful courses I have ever taken. The content is perfectly polished, each word or model situation accurately captures the idea, so that participants perfectly understand the meaning and significance of what is said. The lecturers are extremely proficient and can perfectly maintain attention and creative cooperation. It is one of those courses where one is explicitly looking forward to being able to start applying the learned theory in practice. Even after a long time, much of what has been said continues to resonate in me.

SHINE invariably helps me find a different way to look at my work.

I had already taken part in a large number of various training sessions. What I particularly liked about SHINE team’s training style was the emphasis on immediate testing of participants’ grasp of the material covered.

One of the best project management courses ever! Lots of practical examples and engaging work with participants.

The right people in the right place. Very engaging and captivating. Lots of practical real-life examples – easy to remember.

What I most appreciate about the workshops is the marriage of theory and practice. It is always more than welcome when trainers have practical real-life experience of their own.

They certainly know their stuff. Realistic and grounded facts – no fluff or ballast.

An extremely well-designed and delivered training workshop helping us to find a shared conception of change management.

Courses extend beyond classroom experience and they are grounded in real-life experience.

Learning by doing is arguably the best method to improve oneself.

The course helped expand my knowledge of the subject matter.

A great experience! Good trainers and amazing real-life lessons and observations.

Great professional performance that speaks volumes about the team’s experience and a great deal of preparation.

I certainly did not expect to chance upon such an engaging and interesting PM workshop. Shine did a good job.

Definitely worth the time spent in class. Very beneficial and useful for project work. There was a practical example demonstrating the management of a project for designing a digger prototype and it was simply awesome.

Přemek is very nice and entertaining and his instruction is both clear and gripping

An amazing experience rich in both theory and practice coupled with plenty of opportunities to learn and share the practical experience of other participants.

A great degree of professionalism translated into a well-delivered training session. The trainer created a warm and relaxed atmosphere. Even though the content was deep and required thinking time, the way the whole training was conducted made it really fun to learn new things and deal with the challenging tasks presented.

An amazing training event. Fascinating trainers. A warm and hospitable environment. Well-researched and well-prepared materials. Interesting workshop segments.

I can wholeheartedly recommend this company. I was absolutely satisfied.

More SHINE-led training please! Not just theory….. every workshop is packed with tons of practice

I very much appreciate the practical examples provided by the trainer and the trainer themselves

Professional and yet warm and friendly. The trainer is clearly an expert with a knack for translating things into layman’s terms. Many thanks.

Another take-home benefit of the course was learning about standardizing the rules and the way conference calls are conducted so that all parties save precious time.

Very beneficial - it was not a "school", but a "training" with practical examples and solutions.

Amazing! Training delivered by true professionals.

The trainer, Zdenko Staníček, absolutely exceeded my expectations.

Thank you for an extremely professional training course.

Motiv-ace is the first solid solution for rewarding. The course teaches you all about it.

The course itself exceeded my expectations.

• Trying to find an ideal tool to make us implement strategic tasks more efficiently, more straightforwardly and faster, our company has tested several management approaches. Last year, we decided to address our specific needs with the latest approaches to project management – and it turned out quickly that the decision was a good one. I can say our collaboration with SHINE Consulting has been perfect. Our joined efforts led to developing an extremely efficient way of managing change within a short span of time, which we integrated into the existing organization structure without difficulty. One great benefit was the transparency of the whole process – all employees understood the nature and purpose of the
• change very fast. This made the launch of the new system of management easier and increased employees’ motivation.
   

“We have co-operated with the team of Ing. Hajkr repeatedly in the past years, namely in the field of competence development of project managers. This co-operation not only helped enormously in the knowledge and skills development of our employees and their subsequent certification, but also better co-operation was established and harmonisation of methodology of project management was achieved within the enlarged implementation teams in all companies within the transport division of ŠKODA. This was all thanks to high level of professionalism, flexibility and customer-oriented approach exhibited by all lecturers and consultants of the provider. We benefitted from the fact that the comprehensive information and education package was “tailor-made” and corresponded with our needs and technical focus. The whole training program was very well prepared, the visual aids were of a high quality and practical exercises were sophisticated, well thought-out and based on concrete project situations.” 

We started searching for a strong and steady partner to help us develop our company´s project culture. Our cooperation with SHINE Consulting proved very effective and I can say after these two years we have found a partner who understands our requirements and needs. The long-term goal of the cooperation was creating a concise and integrated methodology to enable us to meet the wishes and needs of our clients fast and effectively. Another important aspect of our cooperation was training all company employees in project management. This is why we prepared a long-term training programme. It was received by our employees very well and not only has it enabled us to implement an integrated project methodology but it also provides us with a competition advantage as far as our clients are concerned. Not only do I regard the services of SHINE Consulting as very professional, but I also have a high esteem for the individual approach of the whole team. The ability to move from the service provider/client relationship to the partner/client relationship is what makes SHINE Consulting stand out among their competitors.

• “SHINE Consulting has delivered for our company a consulting project focused on project culture improvement. Within the project, the current state of project culture in our company was analysed and a tailor-made solution developed. This solution was implemented under SHINE's guidance, including support in the initial phases of the new system's run. I can only say that cooperation with the team by SHINE, led by Lead Consultant Ing. Michael Motal, was excellent throughout the project. I appreciated especially the highly professional approach: from careful and detailed preparation, through interactive training, to pilot project coaching. My original idea was that we could train our people ourselves as well as introduce project culture into our company on our own. In retrospect, I can see how naive this idea was. The shift in project management our company has undergone last year is incredible. The main benefits we can see after the project has been completed are especially these:
• We are able to distinguish between what is and what is not a project.
• Our employees are able to get ready necessary materials for decisions about projects to be made by the management (why do this, project objectives, benefits etc.).
• We can plan projects better, appoint implementation teams, plan resources.
• Project managers and their teams can manage projects on their own.
• We have learned to manage project portfolios.
• These techniques we have learned help us launch manufacture of new products more effectively. (In shorter times, with less operational management = less stress.) All important change (development) in the company is also managed consistently through individual project phases. I think most of my colleagues can hardly see us doing this in any other way. We do not understand either how we could have been doing things in the "old stupid ways". 

It was better than expected. Even if virtually, it was dynamic, interesting and the length of time + breaks made it better.

Excellent experience in both professional and personal life. I liked practical examples and practical exercises.

Well prepared online training. I want to commend the preparation, the division into teams, and the opportunity to immediately test the theories in practice.

First experience with SHINE training. Well prepared, experienced and empathetic lecturer, fun and helpful. I enjoyed working in a team in an online environment

The best project management training I've ever had. Miles ahead of others.