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Developing Your Direct Reports Developing Your Direct Reports A main goal of managing is developing your direct reports. This involves not only coordinating their work in a way so your organization's business objectives are met, but also empowering them and providing opportunities for them to meet their own professional development objectives. This course provides an overview of the importance and benefits of developing  more...

Leading with Emotional Intelligence ...g the capacity for developing relationships. All of these abilities distinguish individuals with high emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is a more reliable predictor of success than intellect Leaders with a strong mixture of emotional awareness, self-management, and social skills navigate relationships more effectively and are more likely to be successful in their personal and  more...

Becoming a Manager Responsibilities and Fears ...ome time to consider how you can best direct your current abilities toward the new task will be time well spent. It is inevitable that your co-workers' expectations of you will change. It may be hard for some of your former colleagues to accept your promotion. Your new fellow managers, who were once senior to you, may also take some time to adjust. Again, thinking through some of the  more...

Human Resources Fundamentals HRCI PHR Human Resources Fundamentals (HRCI/PHR) HRCI Professional in Human Resources (PHR) Professional in Human Resources (PHR) The Human Resource Certification Institute's (HRCI) certification examinations cover a broad range of workforce planning and employment issues, including core knowledge and concepts fundamental to the field of human resources. The HRCI certification examinations are widely  more...

Developing Employees HRCI PHR ...r company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and future needs of the company. This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the areas of employee training and development. In the area of employee training, you will learn methods for effectively training adult learners and techniques for aligning all training programs with  more...

Compensating Employees HRCI PHR ...r company's workforce possesses the skills, knowledge and abilities to meet the current and future needs of the company. This course will help you prepare for the HRCI certification examinations in the area of employee compensation. You will learn methods for effective total compensation.This course will also help you understand the necessary steps for aligning existing compensation methods to  more...

Strategic Approaches to Human Resource Development HRCI SPHR ...ource development (HRD) aligns the skills, knowledge, and abilities of staff to future organization and individual needs. In addition, the course looks at how an understanding of adult learning and organizational development can assist in staff development. Finally, the course covers some organizational development initiatives that are now seen as an integral part of HRD. This course prepares  more...

Goals and Setting Goals ...is challenging, yet achievable. It takes into account the abilities and resources available and requires the goal seeker to make the best use of both. In this course, you'll examine the types of goals you can use to advance your career and personal life, learn to construct goals that are both challenging and achievable, discover how to embed the seeds of success within your goals, and explore  more...

Customer Service in the Field ...forms the basis for their overall impression of you, your abilities, and your company. You can enhance the impressions you make in the field by using a few tried-and-true techniques, including being prepared, practicing customer recognition, and employing active listening so the customer feels reassured by your presence. To kick off your face-to-face service meeting, you should try to start on  more...

Risk Basics Risk Basics In today's management revolution, risk is an inherent factor. Your success depends upon an ability to understand and operate in a mine field where opportunities abound, but disaster could strike at any moment. Avoiding disaster is no longer left to luck, but is carefully controlled through risk management. The information presented in this course on risk and hedging techniques  more...

Motivating a Winning Sales Team ... to make a difference in how your team members' use their abilities? How can you increase their level of motivation and create positive attitudes? In this course, you'll learn how to keep sales teams motivated by creating a team identity, building team morale, and rewarding your team. You'll discover how to set sales team goals, help individual team members create performance-development plans,  more...

Managerial Skills and Abilities ...Abilities ASQ Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence Manager of Quality / Organizational Excellence Quality management is an important factor in the success of today's organizations. Leading organizational thinkers have gone to the extent of saying that quality in an organization is determined by the quality of its management. In order to bring quality and excellence to an  more...

Professional Networking Essentials Developing Confidence Professional Networking Essentials: Developing Confidence Why can some people walk into a room and start making new acquaintances almost immediately? It's as if they're hardwired to know how to introduce themselves and establish a relationship with everyone they meet. Wouldn't it be great to have that kind of finesse with people and be able to network with ease? The reality is that while  more...

Porfessionalism Business Etiquette Personal Accountability Porfessionalism, Business Etiquette & Personal Accountability Taking responsibility for meeting your objectives, including deadlines and work targets, is an important component of good business etiquette and demonstrates your attitude of professionalism. While it can be difficult at times, being accountable for delivering on your objectives shows you are reliable, organized, and dedicated to  more...

Network Access in MS Win Server 2008 ... access strategy. Included is a look at the remote access abilities provided by Windows Server 2008's Network Policy and Access Services role, which consist of the Routing and Remote Access, Network Policy Server, and Network Access Protection role services. The course discusses recommendations for Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections, such as authentication protocols, tunnel types, and  more...

Key Strategies for Managing Cross Functional Teams Key Strategies for Managing Cross Functional Teams Managing cross-functional teams can be challenging because you have to unite individuals from different departments and different levels of the organization around a common goal. Each phase of a cross-functional team's development has associated risks, and steering the team through these phases requires special leadership characteristics and  more...

A Essentials 2009 Installing Windows Operating Systems Windows 7 Update ...ersions of Windows over the years, and each has added new abilities and components. Each new version of the Windows operating system provides better and more efficient features to improve the user's interaction with the operating system and computer. This course compares Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7 as well as 32-bit vs. 64-bit operating systems. It will also demonstrate how to  more...

HR as Business Partner Managing Talent for Organizational Success ...nd engaging employees to use their knowledge, skills, and abilities to support the organization's goals and objectives. This course covers ways in which transformational HR can direct all its talent management processes toward driving performance and achieving high-level business goals. In transformational HR, talent management must be flexible, tailored to the business strategy, entrenched in  more...

Write a Marketable Script in 10 Weeks with Final Draft (Latest Release) ... and through your diligent rewrites you will enhance your abilities to expand and improve upon story lines and the creation of believable characters that dynamically interact with each other. Final Draft Software automates and enhances the scriptwriting process. S/H charge of $10.00 Domestic is included in the cost of the course. $40.00 International to be paid in addition to course tuition.  more...

Poetry For Profit and Play This course is designed to help the inexperienced poet write for profit or pleasure. This course is primarily designed to help the inexperienced poet write for profit or pleasure. Students learn basic forms of poetry such as: metrical, sonnet, rhyme, haiku and free verse. They are then given exercises designed to help them learn the various forms. Each student hands in samples of their work and  more...

Teaching Math: An Individual Thing Puts forth a sequence of strategies which will provide teachers with an orderly plan for approaching the learning problems learners bring to the classroom that significantly impede their abilities to have successful experiences in mathematics.  more...

Moving from Trainer to Performance Consultant ...ow is your chance to help your clients with their overall abilities, not just a few key skills. The move from being a trainer to becoming a performance consultant can be difficult if you aren ™t aware of certain strategies and tips. This course will help you identify the steps to gaining the skills you need while building your client base. There are job aids, tools, and methods to help  more...

Building Self Confidence For Women Learn to free yourself from doubt and enjoy all life has to offer. Whether you feel shy, have fears giving presentations or lack the success you want in life it could be your self-confidence that needs a boost. With a belief in yourself and your abilities overcoming obstacles is enhanced. ?If you think you can you can, and if you think you can?t you can?t.? Highly recommend 1 to 2 online chats  more...

Turn Your Life Experience Into College Credit Did you know that your knowledge and life experience may be sufficient to earn you legitimate college credit from an Accredited U.S. College or University? Learn from a Life Experience and Adult Education Expert. This course will teach you how to earn College Credit for what know through a series of 6 dynamic lessons. 90 day access to course content. Work at your own pace. Earn College Credit For  more...

Accounting In An Hour ...s suggested that the student realistically consider their abilities and knowledge in the subject area and review the course description before enrolling. This course is self-directed and should not be considered as a replacement for a 15 week face-to-face instructor-led accounting course. It does however have great value in teaching the basics in a very meaningful way. Accounting In An Hour  more...

Problem Solving Through Productive Thinking ...abilities of leaders - whether in management positions or on the front line - is the ability to see the root of problems and quickly enact effective solutions. This series will pass on some of the skills and tips that will help you to better identify problems, find their causes, and get their solutions under way.The student will have access to this course for 1 year. This self-directed course  more...

Financial Management in Organizations ...ge of business. People who have strong financial analysis abilities can enhance their organization's value in the marketplace. Our finance programs focus on the principles and strategies of finance and how you can help support the financial goals of your organization. We recommend study commence and be completed within 90 days or less. The course may be accessed up to 1 year. Financial  more...

Leadership Development for Technical Professionals Managers must direct the activities of workers to address tactical or short-term issues while still maintaining a vision of the strategic or long-term goal. Therefore, the skills needed for an effective leader are varied and complex.For you, the technical professional, this means evaluating your current leadership skills. It also includes the development of more refined managerial skills such as  more...

Communicating for Results ...or many people, success in the workplace depends on their abilities to influence others to take a particular course of action. This course gives a practical demonstration of how to communicate for best results in three common, but sometimes difficult, situations. Firstly, you will learn the communication skills required to ensure the collaboration and cooperation of your colleagues and  more...

Internal Consulting Skills ... course gives you the opportunity to review your existing abilities and ways of improving your current performance. Internal consulting is not only about your specialist or technical knowledge. It's about your ability to communicate. If you fail to get your message across to other people, your ideas will be lost, and even your best plans will fail. Fundamentally important are your abilities to  more...

Brand Management Branding on the Web ... your company. Select Internet abilities that you can leverage to strengthen your brand. Use the abilities of the Internet to strengthen your brand. Create an online vision for your company. Audience The target audience for this series is brand managers, product managers, and marketing personnel who wish to  more...

Consulting Skills The Consulting Process ...ist. You have met with Cynthia previously to evaluate her abilities, discuss the consulting relationship, and begin developing a working contract. In this simulation, you will introduce her to Pam amd RJ in order to make them aware of the benefits the company will reap from making ergonomics and safety improvements, and keep them informed about the consulting process. During the course of the  more...

Consulting Skills Serving as an Internal Consultant ... convince her of the merits of your proposal and your own abilities. Next, you will meet with your supervisor to discuss redistribution of your duties. Unit 2: Improving Internal Consulting Abilities (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the guidelines for establishing credibility as an internal consultant. Identify the steps for accepting feedback.  more...

Emotional Intelligence Developing Emotional Intelligence Skills ...Learn To Identify the five abilities of Emotional Intelligence. Identify the benefits of Emotional Intelligence at work. Apply guidelines that will enable you to be assertive. Apply the LISTEN process when providing constructive feedback. Follow the  more...

Leadership Development Leading the Way ...stand how your attitude and values affect your leadership abilities. Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you are meeting with the heads of the Operations, Marketing, and Production Departments to discuss the company's mission statement and vision. Unit 3: Communicating with Followers (0.5 - 1 hour) Understand why the  more...

Leading the Way Learning to Lead ...ions can affect leadership. You will learn the traits and abilities that make individuals effective leaders, as well as leadership pitfalls to avoid. In addition, you will learn interpersonal skills that can help you motivate and empower your followers. You will also learn different types of power strategies, how to set attainable goals, and strategies for resolving conflict. Learn To  more...

Project Management Human Resource Management ...within a project, including how to utilize the skills and abilities of each project team member and the characteristics and qualifications that effective project managers possess. You will also learn about the importance of proper planning before assembling a project team, as well as the process for acquiring effective team members. Finally, you will learn how to develop and manage a project  more...

Project Leadership Leading the Project Team ...the team. In order to gain a better understanding of your abilities and your readiness as a team leader, Ronald will ask you a series of questions designed to test your knowledge and understanding of how to prioritize and complete projects effectively. Unit 3: Overcoming Project Management Challenges (1 - 2 hours) Identify the challenges of leading project teams.  more...

Team Management High Performance Teams ...e team leadership. Your goal is to adjust your leadership abilities to meet the needs of a diverse collection of individuals as you lead them through a team project. If you are a strong team leader, you will successfully release your company's product before the competition and save your company. Learn To Set challenging, but achievable, team goals.  more...

Virtual Team Mgmt Managing Virtual Team Relationships ...the new product line. In the meeting, you need to display abilities needed for effective virtual team management while avoiding things that will hamper effectiveness. Unit 2: The Role of the Virtual Team Manager (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the difference between boundary management and supervision. Match boundary management and supervisory  more...

Ethics and Professional Knowledge What does being ethical mean? How does one make the best ethical choice in a complex project management environment? What are legal requirements, and how can you spot the moment when conflict of interest has occurred? In today's world, project managers must have a clear comprehension of these ethical responsibilities.Project managers must also be aware of their professional duty to contribute to  more...

The EXCEL Acronym Instilling Service Excellence ...elp and knowing where to find it can improve your service abilities. That's why E, for "Enlist Help", is the first concept in the EXCEL acronym. X is for X-Ray questions, developing the skills to "read" your customers by asking the right questions in the right way. It's a great relief to be able to say, "Case Closed" when there's a problem area with a customer. But it takes planning and  more...