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Negotiating for the Sales Professional Course description -- An effective sales professional knows how to meet customer needs while assuring reasonable terms and profit for his or her own company. This course has techniques for identifying customer expectations and determining how to meet them in a way that both parties are satisfied by the results. There are checklists and discussion guidelines to help a sales professional master this more...

Setting Performance Goals and Expectations Course description -- Productive and motivated employees are those who clearly understand what is expected of them in terms of performance and behavior. This course has tools and methods for collaboratively establishing goals and specific performance criteria for all employees. There are tips to help you obtain commitment to the goals and methods to help you review performance goals regularly. It more...

Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout ...ate, locate the stressors in your life, and evaluate your expectations, a major contributor to burnout. You will be given guidelines to identify the various stages of burnout and methods to recognize where you are in the process. The course focuses on giving you practical techniques for managing your own frustrations and anger and getting back on track. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) more...

Customer Service : Why Care for Customers? In today's volatile business environment organisations recognise that customer service is the key differentiator that makes their products and services tower above the competition. They also recognise that it's no longer enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course will help you more...

Customer Service : Who are your Customers? In today's volatile business environment organisations recognise that customer service is the key differentiator that makes their products and services tower above the competition. They also recognise that it's no longer enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course will help you more...

Customer Service : Preparing for Customer Contact In today's volatile business environment organisations recognise that customer service is the key differentiator that makes their products and services tower above the competition. They also recognise that it's no longer enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course will help you more...

Customer Service : First Impressions ...enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. First impressions last...and last and last. And it's an uphill struggle to beat customer's expectations when they've had a poor first impression of either your workplace or you. This course will help you take a flying start to beating customers more...

Customer Service : CARE Brain-teasers In today's volatile business environment organisations recognise that customer service is the key differentiator that makes their products and services tower above the competition. They also recognise that it's no longer enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course provides an more...

Customer Service : CARE for your Customers ...enough to give satisfactory service that meets customers' expectations. To get customers coming back time after time, you must beat their expectations. This course introduces the mnemonic CARE - make Contact, Analyse, Respond and Exceed. It will help you enhance your communication skills and develop the confidence to analyse your customer needs and respond with energy. It will enable you to more...

Giving Presentations Learn how to give successful presentations Presentations may be formal presentations to your team, senior managers or clients. They can also be informal. For instance, presenting some new ideas for discussion with your peers. If you are skilled at giving presentations, then you can persuade, influence and convince others. Getting your points across in a structured and interesting manner is more...

The Eurocamp Case Study 1: Overview ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores some of the key concepts of financial strategy and applies them to Eurocamp, a UK-based travel company. It will: Provide you with an overview of some of the key concepts required to develop an understanding of an organisation's financial strategy Examine how financial strategy more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 1: Start-up Businesses ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the start-up phase. The course covers: The financial characteristics of a start-up business The appropriate financial strategy for a start-up business Appropriate sources of finance, dividend policy and business control systems more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 2: Growth Businesses ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the growth phase. The course covers: The financial characteristics and strategic emphasis of a business in the growth phase The appropriate financial strategy for a growth business Appropriate sources of finance, dividend policy more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 3: Mature Businesses ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the maturity phase. The course covers: The financial characteristics and strategic emphasis of a business in the maturity phase The appropriate financial strategy for a mature business The shift in focus from generating long-term more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 4: Accounting for Competitors ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the relevance of competitor activity to an organisation's ability to grow and develop a competitive advantage. The course covers: The deficiencies of traditional information systems in monitoring competitor activities Identifying who competition are and what strategies they're pursuing more...

Colt and WInchester Case Study 5: Accounting for Customers ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the growth strategies of Product Development and Market Development and the role of customer information in pursuing them. The course covers: What the growth strategies of Product Development and Market Development involve The relevance of Customer Account Profitability to a Product more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 6: The Dynamic Growth Option ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the financial issues involved with diversifying and growing through acquisition. The course covers: What the growth strategy of Diversification involves The benefits of growth by acquisition versus organic growth How acquisition creates value for the new owners- and why it sometimes more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 7: Declining Businesses ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for businesses in the decline phase. The course covers: The financial characteristics of a business in the decline phase The strategic options open to a business in the decline phase The importance of its dividend policy Throughout the course the more...

Applying Financial Strategy: The Moore Corporation Case Study ...sfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores how the principles of financial strategy apply in a real life scenario- the Moore Corporation, based in Toronto, Canada. The course covers: How Moore's financial executives use financial strategy to address strategic issues facing the business How Moore applies the principles of more...

Royce Hotel Case Study 1: Understanding the Business Operations planning and Operations Management has never been more sophisticated, nor more demanding. The pressure to improve quality; the need to manage materials and people more cost effectively; the drive to manage capacity more flexibly; and develop control systems which highlight problems while there's still time to do something about them, conspire to make the role of Operations Manager one more...

Excellence in Service: Fundamentals for Employees Excellence in Service: Fundamentals for Employees helps learners develop the skills needed to effectively relate to customers and exceed their expectations. They learn to differentiate between internal and external customers and make sure their customers are completely satisfied. more...

Implementing an Organization-wide Mentoring Program Would a mentoring program give your employees the extra edge they need to succeed? In this course, you'll learn about the purposes, advantages, and procedures involved in developing a mentoring program. You'll examine the program coordinator's role and the guidelines that should be in place before the program begins. You'll learn about selecting and matching mentors and proteges and motivating more...

Relationship Management Building the Client Relationship In Relationship Management - Building the Client Relationship, you will learn about the importance of developing a relationship with a client in which you serve not as a salesperson, but as a trusted advisor. You will learn how to create and conduct an effective needs assessment and how to turn this needs assessment into a shared vision with your client. You will also learn specific action items more...

Working With Internal Customers ...ould not overlook the importance of meeting the needs and expectations of your fellow employees, your internal customers. By helping other people within your organization, you enable it to succeed. Great internal customer service improves people's morale, productivity, and external customer service, and ultimately makes your organization more financially secure. Giving great service to your more...

The Customer Service Agent in Action There are now some 7 million customer service agents (CSAs) working in nearly 80,000 call centers in the United States. Call centers are burgeoning in Europe and the Pacific Rim as well, and experts predict that the number of CSAs will grow by 20 percent each year. Worldwide, revenues for the call center industry could soon reach almost $60 billion. The magnitude of these numbers suggests the more...

Identifying Your Customer s Expectations ...expectations of all the companies with which they transact business. These expectations may be predominantly unspoken but, all the same, they have a strong influence on how your company, its employees, products, and services are perceived. In the first lesson of this course, you'll be shown what characteristics customers want to see demonstrated, what external influences generate customers' more...

Bridge The Expectations Gap You have to be prepared to walk a mile in their shoes to understand more fully what customers experience when they deal with your company. There's nothing more effective in emphasizing the gap between what you believe their experiences to be and their realities than thinking and acting like a customer. This course takes you through several processes for doing exactly that, and you'll be shown how more...

Leading A Customer-Focused Team ...e a customer-focused environment that fulfills customers' expectations while still achieving corporate goals. The first lesson explains how to work together to set the parameters for what has to be accomplished by creating a Statement of Purpose and effective team goals. Once these have been established, your role as leader becomes that of enabler and the rest of the course is devoted to more...

Discovering What Your Customers Want The data are in, and there's no doubt about it: The return on customer loyalty goes directly to your company's bottom line. Too often, however, organizations seeking to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty begin with a survey. To build a successful customer satisfaction system, you have to begin with the basics. When customer satisfaction programs begin with a survey, and not a plan, the more...

Developing Customer Satisfaction Surveys By the time most people have the chance to develop their first survey, they've seen so many that it seems like developing one will be a piece of cake. To an extent, they're right. Developing a GIGO (Garbage In/Garbage Out) survey is a no-brainer. Developing a survey that gets valid, reliable data, however, is both science and art. In this course, you'll learn to use the principles of survey design more...

The Client-Consultant Relationship Getting to know your clients and their needs are the vital first steps to establishing productive working relationships. Understanding more about their organizations and what they expect from you will be essential if you are to provide a high-quality service that will excite them. You will also need to know how to recognize all the stakeholders and the real decision makers within an organization, more...

Call Center Customer Service Have you just become a call center customer service representative? Maybe you are experiencing some feelings of anxiety, 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. more...

Consulting with the External Client Simulation Modern corporations employ consultants for their experience, knowledge, and skills. The primary responsibility of these consultants is to facilitate decision making for senior management. To do this, external consultants gather information using proven techniques, analyze current business situations with specific diagnostic methods, and make recommendations based on those processes. In this more...

Establishing a Relationship with Internal Clients Even if your clients are internal to your organization, you still need to spend time getting to know them, and understanding 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 more...

Creating Effective Contracts When you hear the word "contract", you may think of a written, legal document. However, when it comes to consulting relationships, contracts are more about setting expectations and involving the right people instead of setting legal parameters. In this course, you'll examine how to approach contracting, the considerations that are most important, and how you should approach the contracting more...

Estimating Activity Costs ...the sinking feeling that occurs when project costs exceed expectations. Project cost management is concerned with estimating and controlling the cost resources used to complete different project activities. This course will highlight the importance of project cost management to project performance. It will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs involved in the Project Cost more...

Project Management Government This course focuses on project management for Federal Government agencies. Specifically, the course focuses on the differences between project management in a private organization and in the federal government This course series is designed for project managers who have a fundamental understanding of project management concepts, but are looking to apply these concepts within their government more...

An Introduction to Project Management PMBOK-Third Edition aligned ...s in such a way that you meet the cost, quality, and time expectations of all invested parties in order to accomplish a temporary endeavor. This is the mission of project management. Challenging? Yes. Impossible? No. All industries employ project managers to implement processes as a way to control business. In fact, the field of project management is rapidly expanding, as more companies become more...

Project Planning In the early planning phases, project managers and team members have the most potential influence on the outcomes of a project. Yet, lots of planning does not guarantee successful planning. Just as project success can be planned, project disasters can be predestined if team members are not careful about the assumptions they make. A project management team that can balance the need for more...

Project Management for Non-Project Managers Simulation ...come to master if they hope to fulfill upper management's expectations. The simulation Project Management for Non-project Managers is designed to provide participants with the opportunity to practice project management skills in a secure, virtual environment before facing the challenge of an actual, real-world project. Over the course of the simulation, participants will be tested on the more...

Advanced Project Management Building Productive Stakeholder Relationships ...onal sponsors and how to determine stakeholders needs and expectations. It covers how to create a formal communication plan, how to resolve conflict with stakeholders, and what steps are commonly used to control change. Finally, it teaches questions to ask stakeholders to learn their definition of quality and guidelines for discussing costs of quality with stakeholders. Project managers who are more...

Successful Lifelong Learning Today's successful individual understands that the business world is constantly changing the way people work and the way work is accomplished. How often have you heard these terms: lifelong learning, self-directed learning, continuous learning, and knowledge worker? If you wonder what these terms really mean, why they are important, and how you rate as a worker and learner for the 21st century, more...

Virtual Team Management Managing Virtual Team Relationships In Virtual Team Management: Managing Virtual Team Relationships, you will learn how to be an effective virtual team manager. You will learn the seven functions that virtual team managers must perform and the four factors that can hamper a virtual team manager's success. In addition, you will learn about the importance of boundary management and how virtual team managers can be effective boundary more...

Effective Mentoring Perhaps your organization has asked you to help induct a new employee. Maybe a junior colleague has approached you for guidance. Or perhaps you want to "fast track" a rising star into a particular leadership position. Whatever the case, before you sign on as a mentor you'll want to learn all you can about the process, from how mentoring benefits you and your career to how you can best assist your more...

Achieving Success with the help of a Mentor Perhaps you want to ask an expert in your field or organization to mentor you. Maybe a manager has offered to guide you up the organization ladder. Or perhaps you're participating in an organizationwide mentoring program. Whatever the case, you'll want to make the most of having a mentor in your corner. In "Achieving Success with the Help of a Mentor," you'll learn how a mentor can help you guide more...

e-Mentoring Rapid changes in the way organizations look and do business have generated a new business tool: e-Mentoring. Here's an opportunity to examine the challenges and advantages of e-Mentoring and explore how to adapt communication skills to electronic media. Learn how to grow and manage e-Mentoring relationships by effectively selecting and matching e-Mentors and proteges, developing trust, using more...

A New Manager s Responsibilities and Fears ...e 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 possible scenarios you may face will help you to be better prepared. Anyone who is about to be promoted more...

Moving into Management Simulation ...thers. 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. This will involve confronting and overcoming their concerns and behaviors. You will also need to resolve conflict between team members. As a new manager, you more...

Preventing Problem Performance Obviously, one of the starting points for managing problem performance is to prevent it from becoming so. This is a general part of effective management, focusing on those aspects of the managerial task specific to preventing problem performance. This means employing an effective selection procedure that is based on an accurate identification of the job requirements, and then using the first more...

Elements of a 360-degree Performance Review Are you familiar with the elements of the 360-degree performance review process? Are your participants familiar with them? Implementing a 360-degree performance review within your organization is a large undertaking; however, with proper preparation of your participants, the resulting feedback is far more likely to be accurate and useful. Failure to consider the crucial elements of the review more...

360-Degree Performance Appraisal Simulation In this simulation, you will assume the role of Northeast Regional Director of Sales for IpSwitch Components, a seller and service provider of computer networking hardware. Recently, the company decided to experiment with a 360-degree performance feedback system, hoping to replace the traditional manager-level review process. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series 360-Degree Performance more...

Managing Upward Relationships Managing upward relationships is the art of consciously improving collaboration with superiors so that subordinate managers can reap the best personal and organizational results. Managers share the responsibility for managing the relationship with the top management and Board of Directors of the company. Taking advantage of that responsibility will strengthen motivation, productivity, and overall more...

Analyzing Cash Flow Statements Have you ever had to make a really tough business decision? They can be hard to make, especially since a bad decision can ruin a company. Fortunately there is a way to make a more informed and better business decision; by analyzing your company's financial statements. They contain information that can help you improve your company's efficiency and overall effectiveness. Cash flow statement more...

Design of Experiments DOE ...ng of how and why their processes fail to meet customers' expectations. Organizations use the Design of Experiments (DOE), a key methodology of the Six Sigma Improve phase, to quantify with statistical precision the factors that are causing this gap. Well-designed experiments result in effective process redesign, and ultimately, improved organizations. This course explains how to design and more...

Competitive Factors in Strategic Marketing You've got a great idea for a new product or service for your organization, or a major enhancement for an existing one. Now you've got to present the case to the decision-makers to go forward. What kinds of topics should you include in your strategic marketing plan? In this course you'll learn exactly what to consider as you develop and present your plan, including market data and competitor more...

Marketing Management ...expectations you and others have of this position? What skills do you need? How do you put together a marketing team? How do you lead that team to success? How can you tell if you're doing a good job? In this course you'll look at marketing management from top to bottom--starting from the basic skills you need as a marketing manager, through creating a multifunctional marketing team, more...

Customer Focused Management ... enterprises to accurately identify the wants, needs, and expectations of their customers.This course explores the relationship between the treatment of internal customers and the impact on external customers. It examines techniques used to identify and segment external customers, while anticipating customer priorities, needs, and expectations. Strategies for incorporating customer service more...

Quality-minded Management The ISO 9000:2000 family of standards structures its Quality Management System (QMS) model into four major clauses: Management Responsibility, Resource Management, Product Realization, and Measurement, Analysis, and Improvement. This course provides an overview of the clause "Management Responsibility." It details management's role in establishing a quality policy and its responsibility to support more...

Inventory Management In today's economy, companies must be able to move large quantities of product quickly to locations across the globe. Overnight delivery methods have drastically altered customers' expectations regarding delivery times. Lead times of four to six weeks are no longer acceptable. In light of these changes, effective Inventory Management is no longer static- the emphasis is on movement, and quick more...

Introduction to Product Management Do you have an abiding interest in planning, forecasting, and marketing a product or product line? Are you new to the field of product management? Or have you just been hired as a product manager? In this course, you'll learn strategies and techniques to help you build a foundation for understanding product management. First, you will explore the fundamentals of product management. Specifically, more...

Rightful Termination One of the most difficult things you will do as a manager is to tell an employee that his or her working relationship with the company must end. When you take this course, you will learn specific steps to follow when terminating someone's employment due to layoffs, performance problems or misconduct. You will then have the opportunity to apply what you've learned in a role play. Of course, the more...

Excellence in Service - Fundamentals for Employees In Excellence in Service: Fundamentals for Employees you will learn how to develop the skills needed to effectively relate to customers fulfill their needs and develop a positive customer service attitude. You will understand the importance of going beyond just satisfying customers. You will also differentiate between internal and external customer needs and understand the relationship between more...

Excellence in Service - Establishing Service Standards ...Service Standards you will learn how to identify customer expectations by evaluating the criteria customers use to assess the quality of your company's service. You will learn how to set develop and implement service standards. You will also understand the importance of surveying customers and incorporating their feedback into service standards. Finally you will learn how to monitor performance more...

Call Center Management: Measuring Quality and Performance ...erformance teaches the student information about customer expectations and how to reduce the percentage of a call center's lost calls. The program also teaches students about various staffing tactics provides a process for calculating staff levels and identifies the types of reports that call center managers use to evaluate a call center's performance. Additionally the program provides students more...

Coaching: Applying the Coaching Process In Coaching: Applying the Coaching Process you will learn how to establish coaching objectives identify the best opportunities to coach and communicate your goals and expectations to your employees in a clear and effective manner. You will also learn how to differentiate between performance goals and long-term goals implement an appropriate reward system and monitor your employees' performance.  more...