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Conducting Performance Reviews Course description -- Performance reviews are one of the most challenging responsibilities that leaders have, and this course will walk you through the process step by step and help you avoid many common pitfalls. There are ways to get the employee involved in the review process, and techniques to use in the performance discussion itself. Youa ll be given techniques for dealing with challenging more...

Dealing with Difficult Customers Course description -- Today's information-age customers are the most informed and demanding shoppers ever. For a service representative, meeting the demands of one of these savvy customers can be a customer service nightmare! Taking this course will wake you from the nightmare and show you how to calm angry customers and resolve their complaints while keeping your cool. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET more...

Dealing With Violence In The Workplace Course description -- More often than we care to admit, society and the workplace are becoming more violent. This course has tools and methods to help the manager or supervisor recognize potentially violent situations before they need attention, and then to take positive action to avoid or eliminate the potential problem. There is a wide array of techniques to help leaders use communication, more...

How To Master Staying Positive Course description -- Today's fast-paced and competitive work environment is loaded with inconvenience, frustration, and even chaos. Maintaining a positive attitude and outlook has never been toughera or more important. The How to Master Staying Positive bundle is first aid for the stressed and stretched. Its courses provide guidance on managing stress, dealing with burnout and anger, time more...

Managing Change Course description -- Poorly managed change can account for a huge amount of lost productivity. This course covers the most essential elements of living with and managing continual change. There are simple and straightforward techniques for dealing with the inevitable resistance, methods for setting goals and developing a plan, tools for understanding the personal and professional stresses that more...

Basics of Effective Selling Course description -- Selling is a complex and sophisticated process, but successful sales begin and end with the basic essentials. This course includes an overview of the selling process, and provides worksheets and checklists to take you from contact list through sales call and on to follow-up and referrals. There are tools for identifying the features and benefits of your product and service, more...

How To Master Customer Service Course description -- Customer service personnel are the frontline in making your customers happy and developing your reputation as a quality company. The How to Master Customer Service bundle addresses three vital aspects of customer servicea developing a customer-oriented culture, using effective telephone skills for quality customer service, and dealing with those occasional, but very more...

Identifying Budget Variancies ...dealing with colleagues or members of your team, do you ever feel like a judge, a nursery teacher or even a simpering child? This course will help you to analyse your behaviour and that of your team. It will help you to understand how to adjust your approach to each person to gain maximum response. And it will help you work towards achieving the benefits of an adult/adult relationship, more...

Managing People : Improving Working Relationships ...dealing with colleagues or members of your team, do you ever feel like a judge, a nursery teacher or even a simpering child? This course will help you to analyse your behaviour and that of your team. It will help you to understand how to adjust your approach to each person to gain maximum response. And it will help you work towards achieving the benefits of an adult/adult relationship, more...

Managing Yourself : Dealing with Stress Today's manager needs leadership skills. Today's manager must be able to shape people into effective working units ...called teams ...and lead them to success. However leading a team of people and juggling priorities and deadlines can cause you stress. As a leader you need to recognise whether you or your team are suffering from stress, identify what's causing that stress and take action to reduce more...

Phone Skills : Transferring Calls In today's world the phone dominates business communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It encourages consideration of both the caller and your colleague when you take messages in your workplace. It also gives valuable tips and hints on more...

Phone Skills : Handling Angry Callers In today's world the phone dominates business communications. You can buy, sell, research new markets, provide quality customer service and make impressions that last using the telephone. This course will help you use the phone naturally and well. It will help you stay in control and reduce your stress levels when you're dealing with angry callers over the phone, through effective communication more...

Face to Face Communications : Making a Contribution to a Meeting Communicating clearly is an essential business skill. The best ideas in the world can only be transformed into realities when they're shared and understood. Meetings are the primary tool businesses use for group communication. This course shows you how to make meetings as productive as possible. It demonstrates how careful preparation ensures you get the best out of meetings and shows how you can more...

Organisational Communication : Dealing with Authorities Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether its simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, your responsibility is defined by law. This course will help more...

Linux Administration Part 3: Networking and Security The fifth and final course in the Linux Essentials series covers how to create network connections and provide network services. It begins by examining basic protocols and how to create LAN and WAN connections. The course then introduces routing before dealing with a number of network services. These services include NFS, DNS, NIS, DHCP, and basic security. more...

Dealing with Emergancies Working safely has to be everyone's priority, but safe working isn't always a case of common sense. To be really sure you need to develop safety sense. Whatever your job you'll have some responsibility for health and safety. Whether it's simply to report potential hazards or to decide how to avoid a dangerous situation in the first place, the law defines your responsibility. This course will more...

Royce Hotel Case Study 1: Understanding the Business ...w an operation works is to understand the business you're dealing with. In this course you can take a hands-on approach to understanding operations management by examining the practical day-to-day problems facing a fictitious business, the Royce Hotel. Through the case study you will examine the particular challenges facing the operations function of high contact service organisations and the more...

Recruitment & Selection Series: Dealing with Applications If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to hire the best people for the job. But when you're sifting through those promising job applications, how do you know if the person who seems so ideal will actually deliver? Sifting through applications can be a daunting task. However many you have, deciding which candidates to accept and which to reject is often a problem. But more...

Personal Effectiveness - Teamworking: Handling Difficult Team Members Where people are working together, two plus two can equal more than four. People can achieve more than they would on their own as part of a cohesive and effective team, capitalising on each other's skills, experience and strengths. But working together isn't always sweetness and light. This course will show you how to take power by taking action and gain control in difficult situations. You can more...

Coping with Stress Series: Dealing With Stress in Others People are working under more and more pressure... whether the cause is difficult colleagues, priorities and deadlines, or just life in general. Stress can cause serious problems at work when work is disrupted due to sickness, or people pass their stress around the office. Stress in one person can lead to stress in other staff who then have to cover for their colleague. more...

Framing the Problem When you frame a picture, you intend for the viewer to examine everything within that border. Problem framing is similar in that you must not only consider what objectively makes up the problem itself but also what subjective tendencies influence your view of the situation. This course is designed to help you effectively frame problems so that you're sure your line of sight is aimed straight more...

Preparing for the Executive-level Sale Simulation You are a regional account representative with DME Corporation, a national direct mail service provider. Your company has recently made a large investment toward the goal of becoming a "one-stop" shop with its new Fulfillment Division. You are charged with selling the new fulfillment service to your existing client base, as well as prospecting for new accounts. As you begin preparing to sell the more...

Working with Your Customer s Key Players Strong customer relationships are essential for long-term sales success. In this course, you'll learn about the second major component of the Strategic Account Sales (SAS) approach--communication. You'll start by learning about developing coach relationships in your target account. A vital part of your sales effectiveness depends on finding contacts at target accounts that can become part of an more...

Strategic Account Sales Skills Simulation ...sion maker, you will need to use effective strategies for dealing with a gatekeeper and emphasize the business fit between your company and the store. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Strategic Account Sales Skills" and contains links to the following courses: SALE0131, SALE0132, SALE0133, and SALE0134. Individuals responsible for sales, sales support, business or account more...

Gaining Access to Key Personnel at Your Target Accounts In this course, you'll learn about the second major component of the territorial account sales approach: communication. You'll start by learning about coaching relationships. A vital part of your sales effectiveness depends on finding a key contact in each target account that can become your internal coach for the sales process. Then, you'll learn about gaining access to the right level at your more...

Territorial Account Sales Skills Simulation You're a salesperson for Soft Hands Shipping Company, a San Francisco, California based firm that specializes in the ground transportation of fragile items. You sell the company s shipping services to all types of organizations. Wine Cellar of California sells wine to restaurants throughout the state, and it becomes one of your target accounts. You will do some preliminary research on this company more...

Sales Buyer Reactions Concluding the Sale: Buyer Reactions, is the fifteenth of sixteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to identify the steps involved in supporting a favorable reaction, identify guidelines for dealing with low reactors, list the steps in handling objections, and manage objections using a five-step approach. The PrimeSales curriculum engages sales more...

Applying Your Field Sales Approach A unique quality of effective field sales representatives is their ability to assess their customers' needs, determine sales opportunities, and access the decision makers--often in one or two sales calls. Sound impossible? It's not if the sales professional applies the essentials presented in Applying Your Field Sales Approach. This course provides sales strategies to change your customers' more...

Federal Government Industry Overview Version 1 The Federal Government is the largest contractor and buyer of services and products in the U.S., spending over $200 billion annually. Regardless of what business you are in, chances are there is a government agency in need of your product or service. Winning a government contract can be challenging, and millions of dollars in potential contracts are lost to companies who do not understand more...

Field Sales Skills Simulation You are a salesperson for a wholesale supplier of natural herbs and remedies called Vita-Boost. With allergy season right around the corner, Vita-Boost's latest product, Ally-Tabs, looks to be a promising product. These tablets are just as effective as a preventative measure as they are at treating symptoms. Since they are all natural, there are no side effects associated with taking the pills. more...

Initiating Outbound Sales Calls ...uccess. In this course, you will learn the strategies for dealing with voice mail and call screeners and for making a successful initial contact with a customer. You will also learn the four profile types and strategies for creating account profiles. In this course, you will learn how to assess a sales opportunity, the four factors used to qualify an outbound sales opportunity, and strategies more...

Completing Outbound Sales Calls ...earn strategies for contacting the decision maker and for dealing with gatekeepers. You will learn the steps involved in a sales presentation, how to determine the most effective sales strategy for your sales call, and how to determine the customer's valuation of your product or service. In this course, you will learn the seven characteristics of effective sales presentations, the steps for more...

Inside Sales Skills Simulation You are an inside sales representative for Muscle-Bound Fitness, a franchise of fitness facilities with a unique corporate wellness offering. In this simulation, your boss has asked you to contact a potential new customer. This new lead, a network television station known as TV-22, is a perfect candidate for Muscle-Bound's corporate wellness program, and your job is to convince them of such by more...

Sales Negotiations Negotiation Execution ...otiation. Additionally, this course covers guidelines for dealing with difficult people and strategies for dealing with less-than-ideal scenarios and outcomes. After completing this course, you will be prepared to negotiate successfully with people in a variety of roles. The target audience for this course is experienced sales professionals and sales managers with a fundamental understanding of more...

Telecommunications Industry Overview Version 1 Connecting the world, the telecommunications industry stands as one of the most essential elements of the business world. It is also one of the most volatile. Plagued by regulatory discord and economic uncertainty, telecom carriers have struggled to maintain sound footing and a competitive edge, all the while endeavoring to provide crucial, uninterrupted service to their customers. In an age of more...

ITIL Continuity and Availability Management ...ement. IT service continuity management is the process of dealing with disasters affecting IT services and maintaining services to allow the business to continue to operate. Availability management works closely with IT service continuity management; it allows IT services to plan for availability and recovery. IT managers and support personnel who seek to improve and streamline the processes more...

Assessing Customer Behavior ...dealing with all customers in a positive and efficient manner is paramount. But this goal can become daunting to a TSA who has not developed the ability to identify various behavior types and apply appropriate techniques to deal with them in a way that builds a positive relationship between the customer and the company. This course instructs agents in how to identify customer behavior, and more...

Technical Support Agent Skills Simulation Having evolved far beyond the "break-fix" model, today's technical support centers are staffed with TSA professionals who must add to their technical repertoire a high standard of customer-relations management, sales skills, and keen problem-solving ability. To test these skills, you will assume the role of a Level-1 TSA for Masterson Tool and Equipment. Through its catalog and web site, Masterson more...

Overcoming Internal Customer Service Problems Managing relationships with your internal customers isn't always smooth sailing. When internal customer service does not go according to plan, problems occur, or communication breaks down, what can you do to get your plans back on track, and break down barriers? At times like these, you and your employees need to act swiftly and proactively to solve the problem, and regain the customer's trust. In more...

Managing Challenges in Customer Service During an average working day in a call center, customer service agents (CSAs) handle dozens of customer calls. The calls may range from simple requests for product information to urgent demands for solutions to complex problems. The callers may range from quiet, logical, and professional in their manner to noisy, impatient, and infuriated. CSAs are expected to meet the challenges of handling all more...

Bridge The Expectations Gap ...oing exactly that, and you'll be shown how to find out if dealing with your company is a delight or a disappointment. The first lesson describes the common causes of the gaps between what customers want, and what they receive from your company. Perhaps policies that impact on customer service are set without input from either the customers themselves, or the frontline employees who are the best more...

Measuring Customer Satisfaction Simulation Stratoscape Creations is an industry-leading producer of multimedia and gaming products. They are responsible for bringing to the market some of the most popular flight simulators and first-person adventure games of the last decade. But competition has grown increasingly fierce in the industry, and Stratoscape is starting to feel the bite of an up-and-coming company, Tempest's Core. It's game time more...

Information Technology IT Industry Overview Version 1 Though estimates on global spending for information and communications technologies run in the trillions of dollars, this giant industry continues to struggle through fluctuating markets and must concentrate on continuous improvement to survive. Most agree that the demand for IT products and services will continue to increase, but at the same time, the customer is demanding more value per dollar more...

Call Center Customer Service ...ety, as do many novice agents. You may be concerned about dealing with customers' issues one-on-one. Fortunately, there is a comprehensive training course for people in your situation. This course will help you overcome reservations about customer service in a call center setting. This course for potential or new call center agents is designed to introduce the learner to the necessary more...

Evaluating Internal Assignments So, is it success or failure? It's crucial that you take time to review your project and confirm outcomes on completion. What has been achieved, and what didn't go as planned? And how have you performed personally? Of course, success depends on your ability as an internal consultant to continually develop in the role, increase your skills, and make overall improvements in your performance. This more...

Essentials of Internal Consulting You may already have a reputation as something of an area specialist. Perhaps you've now been asked to deploy your knowledge in an internal consulting role. Or maybe you've always been attracted to this role and you would now like to find out more? What will it mean for you? What does an internal consultant do? How do you become one? And if you have just become one, what is expected of you? This more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients ...erstanding what it is they require from you. When you are dealing with internal clients, there may be a temptation to think you know everything about them, and about the project. This course will stop you from making that mistake. It will enable you to understand your clients' needs clearly, in terms of project requirements and the way they work. By understanding your clients, you will be able more...

Managing Conflict Stress and Time Each customer wants her problem to be the most important problem to the Customer Support Specialist (CSS). For the CSS, adapting to each customer's communication style, understanding each customer's emotional response, and solving each customer's problem can be an enormously stressful and time-consuming process. This course is intended to show the proper methods needed to resolve conflicts, manage more...

Customer Support Specialist Simulation ...yard shift. Your challenge is to figure out how to handle dealing with angry, difficult, and demanding phone customers before stress gets the best of you. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "HDI - Customer Support Specialist" and contains links to the following courses: cust_02_a02_bs_enus and cust_02_a03_bs_enus. Individuals interested in the Help Desk Institute's (HDI) Customer more...

Customer Service Procedures Failing to realize the importance of customer service and effective complaints handling leads to increasingly dissatisfied customers. Organizations need to be able to address the needs of customers in an effective and efficient manner. This course is intended to show the proper procedures and processes needed to provide effective customer service: how to properly support a customer, how to provide more...

Management Tools and Metrics ...surement tools a professional CSS is expected to use when dealing with individual customers and participating in the overall operation of the Support Center. The skills and knowledge required include how to use tools associated with problem, change, knowledge, and security management. This course helps to prepare learners interested in the HDI Customer Support Specialist (CSS) Certification, more...

Stakeholder Interests and Cultural Diversity PMBOK aligned As the project manager, you're in the center of the storm. The competing interests of stakeholders--including those of the client, the company, the legal and social environment, and the team itself--are your responsibility. Weighing these interests in the most fair and productive manner is an acquired art you can't afford to neglect. But that's not all. In an increasingly global network, project more...

Monitoring Controlling and Closing Programs Monitoring and controlling is an essential feature of program management, which allows you to ascertain the current benefit delivery status, ensure adequate resources are in place, and that changes are properly managed. Closing a program is a time for celebration. However, to be successful and ensure program benefits are achieved, monitoring, controlling, and closing processes must be followed. more...

Working with Difficult People Cope With Continued Conflict Working with Difficult People: Cope with Continued Conflict, is the last of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to sequence the steps of a conflict resolution effort, select the most appropriate action to handle a difficult situation, based on the specific circumstances and identify options available to you if you are unable to resolve an more...

Accepting the Decision Implement Decisions This course helps learners to identify progress points and areas for future improvement at the conclusion of the problem resolution process. Professionals who want to resolve workplace challenges more effectively. more...

Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace Simulation ...d change to your organization? No matter your answer, the Dealing with Conflict in the Workplace Simulation will provide you with the opportunity to practice skills for coping with conflict and putting it to work for good. Conflict is inevitable in the workplace. Everybody has their own ideas about how things should run. Eventually, these ideas will collide. When they do, you don't need to be more...

Managing Conflict in the Workplace Simulation Conflict is inevitable in the workplace. Everybody has their own ideas about how things should run. Eventually, these ideas will collide. When they do, you don't need to be unprepared to manage the fallout. Above and beyond all the skills you can possibly learn for managing conflict, effective communication skills will prove to be the most beneficial. Without open lines of honest communication in more...

Presentation Resources Available to You This course is about making effective use of resources that can take the pressure off you--visual aids, questions, and making a team presentation. Visual aids are overused, and presenters are overdependent on them. You need to know what visuals are available to you, and be able to determine which one suits a particular need. You need to know what makes a successful visual. Finally, you need to be more...

Listening for Higher Purposes Do you sometimes have difficulty using your listening skills to effectively evaluate arguments or appreciate complex ideas and emotions? This course teaches you how to listen more effectively for critical and empathic purposes to maximize your understanding. Persons at all levels of an organization. It is particularly useful to those who need strong listening skills, such as managers and team more...

Effective Listening Skills Simulation Although relatively straightforward in theory, the process that transforms effective listening into successful communication requires great skill, awareness and practice. In the course of this simulation, you will attend a day-long seminar, studying the topic of Effective Listening Skills through various exercises, lectures, quizzes and small-group activities. The day's events will be guided by an more...

An Essential Guide to Giving Feedback The performance of any business depends upon the performance of everyone within the organization. To ensure that all staff are meeting their potential it is essential that there is a culture which enables feedback to be given and received. This course enables you to become familiar with the key aspects of giving candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to more...

Giving Feedback to Colleagues Everyone needs good quality feedback in order to improve performance at work. In this course, you will discover how to provide effective feedback to colleagues at the same level as yourself, and to those above you, in the hierarchy of the organization. You will also learn how to deal effectively with challenging situations. In addition to considering the effectiveness of feedback, you will learn a more...

What Is Emotional Intelligence Does IQ determine your destiny? For years, that was an overriding belief. However, new behavioral research shows that IQ provides, at best, a narrow view of human intelligence. Factors such as self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, zeal, self-motivation, empathy, and social deftness contribute greatly to an individual's success. These qualities, termed "emotional intelligence," often more...

Building Relationships to Get Results You are not the boss. You've been called "peer," "esteemed colleague," "invaluable staff member," and "friend," but no one's even come close to calling you "boss." When you stop to think about it, you realize you have no real authority whatsoever. In fact, you have much more power than you think, even if you are on the bottom rung of the corporate ladder. As Jack London said, "Life is not always a more...

Getting Results from the Boss What does the word "boss" mean to you? Does it stand for Big Old Stubborn Sourpuss? Or does "boss" conjure an image of a level-headed, flexible, and thoughtful co-worker? Whatever the case, as an employee working in a subordinate role, it's up to you to learn how to get the results you desire. That means knowing how to do everything from building a relationship with your boss to dealing more...

Cross-cultural Communications Simulation You're the newly hired general manager of the Springfield Strikers, a women's professional soccer team. The team had a mediocre record over the past season and did not draw as many fans as the more successful teams in the league. Now it's the off-season, and your job is to make changes to improve the team's on-field performance without going over budget. First, you'll meet with Maria Adalberto, more...

Strategies for Transitioning into Management Making a smooth transition from technical professional to management is critical to your success as a manager. You've already demonstrated your technical expertise; now you're ready to take that next step. In your new role as a manager, you'll use technology in different ways -- focusing on managing production, not production itself. This course outlines management tactics for becoming an more...

Moving into Management Simulation You work for The Electric Car Company. Recently your boss, Sonya Black, promoted you to Marketing Manager. Your main focus is now on managing the activities of others. You'll initially find that some of your coworkers' expectations of you have changed. Some of your former colleagues will have trouble accepting your promotion, and you will need to respond appropriately to their negative reactions. more...

Leading from the Front Line Simulation ...mulation, you will be tasked with serving as a networker, dealing with the issues that arise when informal leaders take the initiative and lead from the front line. As the Manager for the Customer Service Team for Cross & Witherson, Unlimited, you have been made aware of a growing problem with product returns. Using your management and persuasive skills, you must convince both your manager and more...

Cross-generational Workers in the 21st Century This course deals with preparing the work force generations (silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Next) for the workplace of the 21st century. The course's first lesson identifies the contributions each generational group makes to the workplace today. Contributions will center on the concepts of outlook, work ethic, and preferred leadership style. The second lesson in the more...

Behavior Putting Your Best Foot Forward Are you interested in taking charge of your career? Would you like your job to be more interesting, to offer you more challenges? Today's workplace offers more opportunities than ever for administrative support professionals to assume more responsibility and be more active in office decision-making. This course will show you some ways to assess yourself to ensure you're ready to work towards a new more...

Managing Yourself and Those Around You Successful administrative support professionals must be good managers. This means managing their own time and energies, as well as cooperatively working with their boss and co-workers. This course teaches successful strategies for dealing with the myriad demands on the time, resources, communication skills, and organizational powers of administrative assistants. Administrative support more...

Advanced Administrative Support Simulation You're an administrative assistant at the corporate headquarters of King's Stores Company, a chain of retail stores, and report to Maxine Washington, Merchandising Manager. Recently, you were disappointed when Maxine turned you down for a promotion. During a meeting with Maxine, you'll have the opportunity to find out to why she didn't promote you. You'll need to listen actively and effectively to more...

Effective Administrative Support Professional Simulation Today's office setting is high-tech and fast-paced. Successful administrative support professionals must keep up with the requirements of the modern-day office environment, and this simulation tests the skills and procedures that will help you do just that. As administrative assistant to the VP of Sales for the Northeast Division of BMS Printed Circuits, you'll experience the full spectrum of more...

International Finance ...rofits while effectively minimizing risk when it comes to dealing on the global level? This course will demonstrate why you would want to transform your purely domestic firm into a multinational corporation; how you decide which financial products and instruments will allow you to manage your cash flows from international business operations; and, finally, the important steps to take toward more...

Measurement Assessment and Metrics Were you ever in a situation where you started a new project and weren't sure of its effectiveness? Is your new process trending toward success or failure? These are questions that should be on the mind of every manager. An effective manager is continuously gathering, monitoring, and analyzing information as it relates to organizational performance.This course explores data analysis techniques more...

Supply Chain Management At what level are your suppliers performing? Are the relationships with your suppliers benefiting the organization? A quality-centered relationship with a supplier can play a vital role in the success of organizations, providing a competitive advantage in today's aggressive global marketplace. Without sound performance measurement and communication strategies, the relationship between you and your more...

Scoping Your Internet Project Select Your Web Team This course demonstrates how to select and work effectively with the right people to create and maintain a Web presence. Professionals who want to create and promote an online marketing strategy more...

Insider Trading Illegal insider trading is harmful to the marketplace. The ethical arguments against insider trading draw attention to the disparity of information between the two parties to the transaction, the violation of property rights, and the undermining of investors' confidence in the market. This course will provide examples of illegal insider trading and list the main provisions under law governing more...

Supervisor and Manager Sexual Harassment Awareness Sexual harassment can have a very negative impact on victims, offenders, and the company in which the offense occurs. There are many forms of prohibited conduct that can create a hostile working environment. Training managers and supervisors about the areas of prohibited conduct is an important part of reducing liability. Company managers have an additional responsibility to both their employees more...

Dealing with Sexual Harassment Simulation You're a junior underwriter at HWCK Insurance Company. The company has over 20,000 employees, and you began working there just ten months ago. Sexual harassment training was an element of your new employee orientation. Your boss, the life underwriting manager, has always been nice to you, but lately has begun complimenting your appearance in ways that you feel are inappropriate. When your boss more...

Managing Workplace Harrassment Complaints ...ail interviewing Violet to take her complaint, as well as dealing effectively with the ramifications of what she tells you. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Harassment" and contains links to the following course: LCO0203. Note that the intent of this simulation is to illustrate ways of responding to harassing behavior in the workplace. The types of responses the simulation more...

Supervisor and Manager Sexual Harassment Awareness Multi-State Edition Sexual harassment can have a very negative impact on an organization's work environment. Managers and supervisors have a responsibility to both their employees and their company to know their role in preventing and responding to sexual harassment. This role includes knowing the laws, guidelines, policies, and resources for correcting, preventing, and investigating sexual harassment complaints. more...

PCs to Supercomputers I Introduces students to the world of computers and information systems, dealing with both hardware and software components. Anyone interested in data processing basics. more...

PCs to Supercomputers II Introduces students to the world of computers and information systems, dealing with both hardware and software components. Anyone interested in data processing basics. more...

Troubleshooting Wireless LAN Installations In this module, we discuss the more common obstacles to successful implementation of a wireless LAN, and how to troubleshoot them. Wireless LANs have their own set of challenges, mainly dealing with the behavior of RF signals. There are different methods of discovering when these challenges exist and each of the challenges discussed has its remedies and workarounds. more...

Information Security and Risk Management To identify the security requirements associated with identifying and protecting organizational information assets, perform the analysis techniques used in risk management, and recognize the responsibilities associated with different roles in an organization Mid-level and senior-level managers who are working toward or have already attained positions as CISOs, CSOs or Senior Security Engineers more...

Workplace Security Awareness ...luding encountering trespassers, receiving phone threats, dealing with workplace violence incidents, evacuating during an emergency, and protecting against various types of terrorist acts. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify general security guidelines and best practices recall how to deal with trespassers and more...

First Aid--Basic First aid is the immediate care for victims of injuries or sudden illness, before professional medical treatment is available. It not only involves the victim's physical condition and emotional state, but the entire emergency situation. This one-hour training course will focus on how to use a systematic approach to evaluate an emergency situation and respond to basic first aid situations prior more...

Food Safety and Handling Each year, bacteria in food cause millions of illnesses in the US. According to the Food and Drug Administration, between 2 and 3 of all foodborne illnesses result in secondary long-term illnesses. Some strains of E. coli can cause kidney failure in infants, and salmonella can lead to reactive arthritis and serious infections. In addition to the risks from badly prepared or handled food, there is more...

Hazard Communication HAZWOPER ...dealing with chemical hazards as stated in OSHA Regulation, 29 CFR 1910.1200, the Hazard Communication Standard. This training is geared toward employees who are actively involved in cleanup activities. The content in this course is designed to comply with the intent of the applicable regulatory requirements. identify employer responsibilities and employee responsibilities under the Hazard more...

SAP R 3 4 6 CO Cost Object Controlling ...ting, an overview of tasks within cost element accounting dealing with all the costs related to the production process and important for the product cost calculation. The initial unit provides an introduction to SAP R/3 4.6 s fundamental features; explaining how to log on to the system as well as navigating around the screen by using the various menus and pushbuttons available on the screen. more...

Safety - Driver Safety Safety: Driver Safety will cover driving safely as part of the work in normal as well as special situations and dealing with accidents.  more...

Telephone Skills: Handling Difficult Calls This course stresses the importance of politeness and identifies the service that callers expect over the phone. The learner is guided through the steps to handle difficult calls including angry callers and abusive callers. Dealing with complaints is also covered. Techniques for effective call time management are explained. Call time can be considerably reduced through effective questioning and more...

Excelling at Customer Care: Recognize Critical Moments Excelling at Customer Care: Recognize Critical Moments is the fifth of eleven courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the guidelines for dealing with moments of truth and analyze the moments of truth in a real-life situation. The PrimeCustomer Care curriculum offers a useful toolkit of practical customer care techniques and job aids for today's more...

Time Management: Overcoming Challenges Time Management: Overcoming Challenges gives students an overall view of how to control time in order to improve productivity. The program covers how to control productivity by dealing with people and managing information and offers the student techniques to overcome time management challenges. The program also covers handling interruptions keeping meetings productive and organizing paperwork more...

Administrative Assistant Skills: Enhancing Your Skills In Administrative Assistant Skills: Enhancing Your Skills you will learn how to communicate effectively be a team player and encourage cooperation when you do not have formal authority over others. You will also learn how to project a professional image dress professionally and practice effective conflict resolution when dealing with difficult people. In addition you will learn how to manage more...

IBM Implementing Wireless LANs Part 4 - Site Design and Installation This course provides an understanding of how to assess the customer's needs for an enterprise-wide WLAN implementation and how to perform a site survey. It addresses preparation infrastructure awareness site survey methods and the Cisco ACU site survey utility. The WLAN installation section provides guidelines for mounting access points and antennas. The troubleshooting section provides more...

SAP Retail Order Management in the Wholesale Sector The purpose of this course is to give users working in retail companies dealing with orders an overview of the possible processes of customer order processing. This course illustrates the training knowledge using an example of a possible process chain between a retail company and its clients.  more...

SAP R/3 CO Cost Object Controlling This course is designed to show how Cost Object Controlling is carried out in SAP R/3. It provides a general introduction to the theory of Cost Object Controlling and introduces the relevant menus and screens. The course shows where direct costs and overheads are entered and covers aspects of bills of materials and routings. The steps involved in processing an order as well as the associated more...

PCs to Supercomputers Introduces students to the world of computers and information systems, dealing withboth hardware and software components. more...