Management is the constant pursue of improving communication and interpersonal skills. Especially the lack of understanding or sympathy between co-workers, and failing in relationship skills are a common complication for management. Studies also show that managing your own work can be a challenge. Constant practice of leadership and management skills is the core of workplace wellbeing and results in the improved cooperation of an organisation.

Our range of training service are staff, management and leadership trainings. All these courses are tailored to suite your requirements.

We also offer development consultation services for organizations, e.g. to support the process of a change in management structure. For more information, please look at Development processes and project services.

KoulutusAvain ltd. offers development and consultation services according to customer needs in the private, public and 3rd sector. Our strength is in multidisciplinary experts and we have a wide expert network.

The main services are:
· Organisational development services, e.g. change processes
· Services for internal work process and procedure development
· Project services (see description below)

Project services

We offer training and consultation services for organizational, regional, national and international project work. Our experts have long and extensive experience of programme and project development work both on national and international level.

The target groups of our project services are project developers as well as financial authorities and sponsors. The training services are tailored according to customer's need and are available also in English.

Contents of the project services, e.g.:
· project design and implementation trainings; project management trainings
· project guidance
· training services for quality work in projects
· evaluation services for project plans and applications
· project evaluation services
· training services for partnership and multi-professional network development
· training services for best practices development process and productization in project work

We have also our own development projects.

We offer training and consultation services for organizational, regional, national and international project work. Our experts have long and extensive experience of programme and project development work both on national and international level.

The target groups of our project services are project actors as well as financial authorities and sponsors. The trainings are tailored according to customers‘ need and are available also in English.

Contents of the project services, e.g.:
- project design and implementation trainings; project management trainings
- project guidance
- trainings for quality work in projects
- evaluation services for project plans and applications
- project evaluation services
- trainings for partnership and multi-professional network development
- trainings for best practices development process and productisation in project work

We have also our own development projects.

KoulutusAvain ltd. offers versatile, long-lasting and reliable psychology and therapy services. Our psychologists and psychotherapists help and support customers in different and sometimes very difficult life situations, to cope and deal with their situation as well as structure it from new point of views. Our services are for individuals, couples, families as well as for work communities. We have a wide network of experts available for your support.

We offer:
· Occupational health psychology services
· Family counselling services
· Individual, couple and family therapy services
· Psychological examinations
· Neuropsychiatric coaching

Hiring new employees is a big investment for the employer. We offer high-skilled professionals to support and implement recruitment process in order to reduce unsuccessful recruitment risk.

Recruitment and assessment services include e.g.:
· evaluation of the job applications
· assessment of the compatibility of the applicants which include interviews, psychological tests and if necessary, work situation simulations, group work simulations, language proficiency tests etc.

Acknowledging, encountering and leading diversity (gender, age, ethnic and religious background, and social status) among personnel is a significant part of creating a positive, motivating and supportive work environment as well as of improving operations and services quality.

Our equality and diversity experts have a noteworthy experience in equality promotion work, gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessment especially in governmental and local administration as well as in EU-funded development work in project and programme level. Additionally promotion of productivity, competitiveness and welfare in companies via diversity management is one of our core competences.
KoulutusAvain ltd. is one of the leading private gender equality and diversity expert organisations in Finland. We work both on national and international level.
Our training and consultations services include e.g. following topics:
· diversity management
· gender equality, diversity and multiculturalism in organizational development
• personnel policy and operational gender equality and diversity planning
• gender equality and diversity trainings for development project and programme work
• development of immigration work
• gender equality and diversity in multicultural customer work
• gender equality and diversity in promoting employment, in the promotion of social inclusion and in guidance
• gender equality and diversity in education, teaching and training
• gender mainstreaming and gender impact assessment
Our work includes methodological development work, material production as well as surveys. Gender equality and diversity services are available also in English.
Materials in English

For 20 years, we have delved into promoting of the functioning of the labor market. We have a strong experience of labor education and training and coaching for work life. We implement different kinds of career and job seeker trainings in order to promote customers‘ career planning and getting employed, including change situations in companies. We also do competence evaluations and competence development plans.