Testimonies

We found Celemi Decision Base® to be profoundly valuable. By experiencing the positions of senior management, our sales people gained a newfound appreciation for what our customers experience in their jobs and developed a greater ability to talk the customer's language. We required every Oracle USA sales representative to take this training. It was exceptional." Sales manager, Oracle

"I better understand my personal impact on financial results and hope to find ways to make things better... I hope everyone takes this. It's good material for developing increased understanding of financial terms and interactions in the business environment. I learned the importance of adapting to market changes... and the need for different functions to work towards the same overall strategy." Participant, Hewlett Packard

You know the program is effective when people from manufacturing, sales and marketing become sensitive to each other's needs and understand how the other operation works." Manager, 3M

"Celemi Decision Base® is truly a unique tool for teaching basic business concepts from strategic planning through marketing, manufacturing and finance - including learning to measure results of the various business decisions you make in the simulation." Vice president, SKF Inc.

"We found that we could identify and manage the highly critical success factors in a knowledge company and actually quantify the results of our decisions. Celemi Tango™ is a great learning laboratory that had a very positive impact on our business management." Worldwide General Manager, Hewlett Packard

"It was great to see so many of our managers engaged in Celemi Tango™. The key issues that Tango focuses on are so real in our business today." CEO, Cap Gemini UK

“Celemi Tango™ is having a major impact on attrition in a short time. On-time performance appraisal and salary action figures are improving. Managers are now more cognizant of who they need to develop and promote, and they understand the impact of losing people through attrition." Training Manager, Thomas & Betts

"During the seminar I spent all night stressing and worrying about how I could keep my simulated staff…from being headhunted - then I realised I had never spent five minutes worrying about my real people. I'm going home and writing a retention plan." Participant, ClubCorp

“We have more positive and pro-active relationships with our customers, and our increased lines of communication and knowledge sharing allow us to develop and introduce new products well ahead of the competition." VP Human Resources, MTN

"On an average it takes 5-6 years of hard work to win a client over, but by using the insights and understanding we gained from Celemi Tango™, we can develop new business relationships much faster, an important edge in keeping up with today's rapid pace of change." Manager, FöreningsSparbanken

"This was the best training my company has ever provided. I was hesitant coming in, but then I was surprised at how engaging Celemi Livon™ was. It really worked well." Marketing Manager, Global diversified industrial manufacturer

“I believe it was a useful reminder to all of us that every customer represents many years of business. It is in fact both simpler and less costly to keep a customer than to replace one that has gone somewhere else. Thank you for an interesting and useful experience." Participant, IBM Australia

“We can count on success only if our dealers earn money, so it makes sense for us to help them to do a good job in their local markets, and to make good use of the things we do at headquarters, like marketing campaigns, etc. For work of this kind, Celemi Livon™ is an outstanding tool." Sales Manager, Toyota Sweden

“Everyone is thinking like business owners. That means future decisions will be made based on sound business thinking, which should improve the financial picture much quicker." Internal consultant, Principal Financial Group

"In one of our factories we came up with £1 million worth of potential improvements as a direct result of the Celemi business simulation." Manager, SmithKline Beecham

"If you work in a truly goal oriented way, you also have to know you can trust one another. With Celemi's tools we help everyone know what his or her job is so they can do it." Manager, SSAB

"Our top priority for our sales associates is to understand our customers' businesses. Celemi Apples & Oranges® has given our associates a learning tool to visualize the impact our products and services have on our customers' life blood - cash flow." Vice President, Dunn & Bradstreet

“Celemi Apples & Oranges® surpassed our expectations by a wide margin. It not only gives us a foundation to build on - it also creates enthusiasm and gets people involved. These are essential components for us as we launch our development program." Personnel Manager, Volvo Bus Corporation

"You know the program is effective when people from manufacturing, sales and marketing become sensitive to each other's needs and understand how the operation works. …But the exciting part is that they actually begin to apply their new knowledge on the job, which in turn helps them remember it. Months later retention is still high." Manager, Sales & Marketing Learning Programs, 3M

"Celemi's learning process communicates the basics of business management as well as important background information unique to DaimlerChrysler. It also makes the financial numbers real and helps everyone to understand how they can be used on a regular basis for planning and management." Project Manager, DaimlerChrysler

“I always felt I'd done a good job if the delivery was made to the right place at the right time. Now I understand that the job is not done until the money is in the bank." Freight Clerk participant, Kühne & Nagel

"Put into a nutshell, Celemi Apples & Oranges® demystifies finance: complex principles are clarified within one day without previous knowledge being required. But more important, our people are highly enthusiastic about the program and the gut-feel understanding it provides, especially when transferring the key learning points into the daily business." Business Services Consultant, Siemens

"The participants see the flow of goods and services through the company for themselves, how costs and revenue are generated, and particularly, exactly how different measures taken will affect company results." Managing Director, ESAB Welding Equipment