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Working With Digital Pictures Level 2 ...give home and business users with basic digital imaging skills a closer look at what you can do with digital cameras and image editing software. To accomplish this, students will look at advanced camera features, lenses, automatic and creative controls, accessories, and basic color concepts. Using a camera, students will also zoom, record dates and times, and use red-eye reduction. Then, using more...

Applying Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace ...give you a good start in succeeding in your job. But to be more effective you must also develop your emotional intelligence. Using the two together, you will get along much better with your colleagues and know how to get ahead at work. You will learn how to handle your emotions and gear them towards a positive outcome. This course will teach you how to respond proactively, communicate more more...

Preventing Sexual Harassment for Employees Course description -- Preventing sexual harassment is everyonea s responsibility, but employees may not know exactly what to do unless things are spelled out fairly clearly. This course addresses the issues related to sexual harassment: how the law applies to employees, things to avoid in the work environment, and specific employee responsibilities. There are tips to help employees examine their more...

The Trump Way to Wealth A Trump U Course- It`s a fact: today, anyone can become a millionaire a or even a billionaire. In the history of the world, there has never been a better time to create wealth than right here, right now. The Trump Way to Wealth will give you the coaching, training, skills and tactics you need to build wealth every single day.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. more...

Career Assessment Profile A Trump U Course- Do you know what you are best suited to do? So much of our success depends on matching what we do with what we do best. The Career Profile indicates how your personality can affect your potential. The online assessment can predict your job performance and will point you to the areas you need to work on to increase the likelihood of your success.Students may complete this course more...

Entrepreneur Assessment Profile A Trump U Course- Have you ever wanted to strike out on your own in business and wondered if you have what it takes? The Entrepreneur Profile indicates your potential for satisfaction and success as an entrepreneur. The online assessment tells you if you are ready to make the leap, and points to the areas you need to work on to increase the likelihood of success. Students may complete this course more...

Leadership Assessment Profile A Trump U Course- Do you have the personality and style to be a leader? The Leadership Profile indicates your potential to handle the challenges of responsibility. Your online assessment tells you if you are likely to achieve what you want, and points to the areas you need to work on to increase the likelihood of success.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact more...

Significantly Increase the Value of Any Property--Instructor-Led A Trump U Course- Improving your property can do more than just pay for itself -- it can increase your resale value higher than you might imagine. But the wrong change is like throwing money away. This course shows how to get the biggest possible financial benefit from every dollar spent on property improvements. You`ll even learn to grow value by improving the neighborhood!Students may complete more...

What Inexperienced Homebuyers MUST Know Before They Buy a Home ...an save you money, time and aggravation. This course will give you expert instruction, including video tutorials that can save you thousands and position you for success and security in your personal real estate investments. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how much time is needed to take this class. As an extra added more...

Building a Successful Team Course description -- Your team may just be forming, or you may be renewing your goals for the coming year. You may have just gotten a new team member or even lost a few. This course will take you through the various stages of a teama s development and give you Strategies and Tips for guiding your team successfully through the process. You will learn how to recognize and respond to your teama s more...

Financial Basics for Non-financial Managers Course description -- This course helps a non-financial manager make sense of the terms and concepts that are used in managing the financial aspects of a business. It explains basic financial structure and discusses the financial information you must have to run a business. You will learn how to read financial reports and understand the purpose and limitations of each. You will also get tools and more...

How To Master Personal And Family ...t wasn't so long ago that companies expected employees to give their all to the job and sacrifice their lives in order to get ahead. Now most organizations understand that employees are whole people who show up for work each day, people who want to be effective not just on the job, but in their personal lives as well. This bundle helps employees deal with some of the thorny issues facing people more...

Recognizing and Managing Anger ...g to identify the different sources of anger, you will be given tools and methods to help you determine the emotional roots of your own anger and recognize how it manifests in your life. Tips will help you recognize your responses to anger, and give you tools to manage it. You will also be given powerful techniques that will help you use your anger to gain positive outcomes. IMPORTANT NOTE: more...

Successful Negotiation Course description -- Negotiating is a thread woven through not just your time in the work environment, but also in daily living. Knowing how to negotiate successfully will improve your interactions with customers, coworkers, and even family members. This course will give you the strategies and techniques you will need to help you define opportunities in which negotiating would be appropriate and more...

Telephone Skills for Quality Customer Service Course description -- Telephones are an everyday part of business and often aid in your customersa first impression of your company. This course identifies telephone skills needed to be successful and more professional. It provides strategies to enable you to give your callers the quality service they deserve. You will learn tips for handling the telephone, ways to manage the discussions, and more...

Understanding and Using Contracts Course description -- In almost every business transaction a contract is made. This course will tell you how to know when a true contract has been made, identify when it is binding, and determine the limitations and scope of the agreements. It will also give you information and guidelines on how and when to sever the contract, how to modify it, and how to circumvent potential problems. IMPORTANT more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Instructor-Led A Trump U Course- Without great marketing, your businesses can fail. With the right marketing strategy, you gain a big edge over your competition. In this course, learn to increase your sales through marketing. Professor Don Sexton of Columbia University Business School will show you how -- with real-world examples and video tutorials. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period more...

Build a Powerful Marketing Strategy--Self-Directed A Trump U Course- Without great marketing, your businesses can fail. With the right marketing strategy, you gain a big edge over your competition. In this course, learn to increase your sales through marketing. Professor Don Sexton of Columbia University Business School will show you how -- with real-world examples and video tutorials.Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of more...

Negotiate to Win A Trump U Course- The most critical skill in business is negotiation. It`s all about getting what you want, every time. The responsibility to learn how to negotiate is all yours. It`s not up to your boss or colleagues or spouse or customers. So get started!Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how much time is needed to take this more...

How to Critically Evaluate Your Business Plan A Trump U Course- Thinking like an entrepreneur means making the most of your opportunities. To achieve your dreams, you must know how to examine your plans critically. And you must learn to set milestone goals that you can count on. With this course, you will develop the vision and analytic skills you need. Learn how to create the business plan that will change everything for you. Students may more...

The Entrepreneurship Certificate in Marketing Mastery Program ...it into a real and sustainable business. Students will be given an opportunity to work on their own business concepts. Students may complete this course within a reasonable period of time. Contact Hours give an indication of how much time is needed to take this class. As an extra added value, registered students will have unlimited access to course materials for 12 months from the day of more...

Organizing Your Workspace Course description -- The stacks, books, and little pieces of paper can seem overwhelming. Disorganization hinders work performance and creates feelings of stress and anxiety. By learning to organize your workspace, you can reach better levels of performance. This course will identify techniques for organizing your work areas, shelves, drawers, and files. It will also give you tips for maintaining more...

Recognizing and Avoiding Burnout ...escription -- The Strategies and Tips in this course will give you the tools to assess your own emotional state, 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 more...

Introduction to Complex Arithemetic The purpose of this course is to give a rudimentary explanation of complex numbers and how you manipulate them. Complex numbers arise in many applications, and quite often in electrical engineering and measurement. more...

Linux Operating System Linux Operating System will get you started in the Linux world of networking and administration. This is a basic course to give you a good foundation from which to build on that will lead to certification and more. more...

Theorists and Instruction Other theories of learning are explored to give a diverse perspective of educational theories and gain a better understanding of how people learn. more...

C Programming - Part 1 ...give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course will give students a basic understanding of some of the fundamental constructs of C. In addition to learning about the history of C, more...

C Programming - Part 2 This course is the second in a four-part series that will give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. In this course, students will learn about arrays, pointers, and user-defined data types. more...

C Programming - Part 3 ...give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course begins to introduce some more advanced topics. Students will learn about some of the more advanced uses for pointers, explore the collection more...

C Programming - Part 4 ...give students the fundamental skills and knowledge necessary to be able to write syntactically correct C code, using the facilities of a standard ANSI C library, to create basic applications. This series is not environment or vendor-specific. This course will teach students the skills and knowledge necessary to perform some more advanced tasks with the C language. Students will learn some 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 ...tition. 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 prepare for contact with customers so you're ready to beat those expectations. You can explore your role and responsibility in delivering excellent customer service and more...

Customer Service : First Impressions ...tition. 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. 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 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...

Face to Face Communications : Active Listening 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. This course will help you sharpen up your active listening skills. It will help you give and receive the right message and make the most of every conversation you're involved in. Developing excellent communication skills requires investment, more...

Finance for the Non Financial : Allocating Indirect Costs From the corporate world to the corner shop, from running a restaurant to controlling a production line -- you just can't avoid the need to understand money. This course simplifies the problem of managing a wide variety of indirect costs in a business by following the 3 simple steps of allocation, apportionment and absorption. It will help you to understand how indirect costs affect the income of more...

Managing People: Motivating your Team ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. This course will help you understand what motivates members of your team. It will help you analyse how to work with each person to improve their performance and realise their full potential. And it will give you the opportunity to test your skills with some challenging leadership situations. Effective staff more...

Managing People : Delegation When it comes to delegation, nearly everyone is the managerial equivalent of a sinner. Delegation practised well puts you on an upward spiral to the boardroom. Delegation practised poorly or not at all is the downward road to the mailroom. This course outlines the 7 deadly 'sins' of delegation: hogging the trough, dumping the trash, passing the buck, temporary paralysis, inadequate briefing, more...

Managing People : Agreeing Objectives ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. But if you think objective setting means handing down targets from above ...think again! This course will help you understand what makes a powerful objective. It will help you master the art of setting realistic, measurable objectives that produce results and motivate your team. Setting effective objectives more...

Managing People: Giving Feedback and Praise to your Team ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. This course will help you understand why timely feedback is vital. It stresses the importance of praise and gives tips and hints on how to deliver constructive criticism and reprimands. It will help you use questioning techniques to focus on the problem, not the person so that your feedback is precise, more...

Managing People : Resolving Team Conflicts The last few decades have seen a revolution in the way businesses operate. Companies now recognise that their people are their most precious asset. Today's manager needs leadership skills to shape people into effective working units ...called teams ...and lead them to success. Conflict between team members is inevitable as a team forms and grows. This course helps you act to resolve conflict more...

Managing People : What's behind Appraisal? ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. But if you think appraisal is about handing down judgements from above ...think again. This course will help you understand how the appraisal process works, and how to involve people in it. It will help you analyse how to work with each person to improve their performance and realise their full potential. more...

Managing People : Preparing for a Formal Appraisal ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. This course will help you understand how to prepare for appraisal. It will show you how to get team members in the right frame of mind for their appraisal, and to get the stage set for a productive exchange. It will give you practical tips and hints for doing your homework so that you're fully prepared for more...

Managing People : Questioning Techniques for Appraisals If you are judged on the success of your team, it's in your interest to ensure that they are operating at their peak. Effective appraisal is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance and the questioning techniques used by the appraiser are key to its success. This course will help you analyse different question types and the responses they encourage. It will more...

Managing People : When to Coach ...the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. You'll find out how to spot coaching opportunities and decide when coaching can make the difference. You'll examine the role of coaching in more...

Managing People : Practical Coaching Situations ...the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. In this course you'll investigate how you can use coaching in a variety of different situations: changing jobs, generating sales leads, time more...

Managing People : Selecting a Coaching Candidate ...the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. You may have someone in mind that you want to coach. In this course you'll use a set of questions to help you decide whether they're the best more...

Managing People : Reviewing a Coaching Experience ...the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. If you have recently coached a person the experience may have been positive or not so positive. In this course you'll examine a set of questions more...

Phone Skills : Taking and Leaving Phone Messages 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 identify what makes an effective phone message and give you guidance on giving and taking messages that people can act on successfully. more...

Phone Skills : Giving & Getting Information by Phone 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 to prepare to give or receive information by phone and give you some practical tips and hints for communicating information well. It more...

Presentation Skills : Writing your Presentation The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in structuring and writing a presentation, more...

Presentation Skills : Visual Aids The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you develop a presentation with impact that makes the most of these opportunities. It will guide you in designing and creating visual aids that more...

Presentation Skills : Your Delivery The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! This course will help you overcome your nerves and grasp these opportunities to shine. It will give you tips and techniques on managing the way you look and the way more...

Presentation Skills : Handling Questions The thought of giving a presentation can turn the most rational person into a nervous wreck. But in business, presentations are superb opportunities to put your point across, to get people on your side, and to persuade people to act! Question sessions are often your final opportunity to grasp these opportunities to shine. This course will give you the skills and confidence you need for handling more...

Writing Skills : Writing Business Letters Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for wording and structuring business letters and on shaping powerful paragraphs. Whether more...

Writing Skills : Writing Long Documents Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for outlining and structuring longer documents and for creating that vital executive more...

Writing Skills : Editing your Writing Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will outline the value of spending quality edit time and give you practical tips and hints for editing objectively and more...

Writing Skills : Introduction to Clear Layout Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating documents that are attractive, to-the-point and easy to read. Whether you're more...

Writing Skills : Sales Letters and Proposals Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing sales follow-up letters and proposals that meet the customer's needs and get more...

Writing Skills : Resolving Written Complaints Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for replying to written complaints assertively, to win the customer back onto your side more...

Writing Skills : Inter-Office Communications Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints on creating concise, powerful memos, emails and other inter-office communications that more...

Writing Skills : Credit Control Letters Clear writing demonstrates clear thinking and in business writing can be one of the most powerful and persuasive tools for getting things done. This course focuses on helping you achieve results with written communication and on increasing your effectiveness in black and white. It will give you tips and hints for writing credit control letters that work - that get your company's money back without more...

Managing People : Your Coaching Style ...the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. When you coach you'll adopt a particular coaching style: you'll use different behaviours, techniques and actions to help the person you're more...

Managing People : How to Coach If you're a manager, .... or a specialist .... or just good at your job, the chances are that at some time, you'll be called on to give your colleagues a helping hand, to pass on your skills .... to become a coach. This course will show you how to improve the results of the people you work with through effective coaching. more...

Measuring and Recording Performance ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. But if you think appraisal is about handing down judgements from above ...think again. Giving feedback & appraising people is fraught with potential pitfalls. This course is packed full of valuable information to help you avoid them. The course explores what you can appraise, what you can realistically hope more...

The Appraisal Interview ... is one of the most powerful ways of motivating people to give their best performance. But if you think appraisal is about handing down judgements from above... think again. This course will help you for when you're in the hot seat. It will show how to structure the interview, keep tabs on your relationship and concentrate on your main aim, improving performance. Following up doesn't just mean more...

Customer Service : CARE for your Customers ...tition. 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 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 more...

One to One Training Learn how to be a successful one-to-one trainer This course shows you how to teach as a one-to-one trainer, passing on your skills and knowledge to someone new to the job. Rather than an in-depth look at training theory, we'll show you a range of simple techniques and give you some practical tips for an effective one-to-one training session. This involves guiding you through the whole training more...

Giving Presentations ...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 paramount for more...

Health and Safety Adopting safe and healthy practices at work makes good business sense. An unsafe, unhealthy work environment is dangerous, unpleasant and unproductive. It is important that employees should be aware that is their duty to: Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and the people who may be affected by what they do and don't do. Comply with health and safety regulations more...

Assertivness Skills Series: What is Assertiveness ...tion skills that lead to peak performance; aggression can give way to healthy, co-operative Teamworking; high self-esteem and high levels of achievement can replace passive behaviour. This course introduces various definitions of assertiveness and gives examples of using assertiveness to counter passive and aggressive behaviour. It will help you identify the benefits of assertiveness and gives more...

SAS Programming This course is aimed at computer novices and experienced personnel alike to give a sound platform for SAS applications development. Most SAS programming concepts are explored with instructional text, diagrams, examples, and simulations as well as numerous question and answer sessions. more...

CA OS/390 TCP/IP Network Management NetMaster/NetSpy OS/390 TCP/IP Management looks at the following products: Unicenter NetSpy Network Performance V6.0 Unicenter NetMaster Network Management for TCP/IP v6.2 Unicenter NetMaster Network Operations v6.2 This Course will give the student working knowledge of managing an OS/390 TCP/IP network using the above products. It takes the student through Installation and Configuration, to more...

ACF2 Overview and Identifying Users In this course we will give you a general overview of ACF2 and show you the User Interfaces that can be used with ACF2. We will also tell you how Users are identified to ACF2 and explain the fields that make up the Logonid record. more...

Employee Performance: Providing Feedback Employee Performance: Providing Feedback helps managers and employees develop the skills needed to give constructive feedback-both praise and criticism-to subordinates or peers. They learn the role feedback plays in improving performance and when and how to deliver feedback so that it can be 'heard' by the recipient. more...

Oracle Applications Release 11i: FlexFields ...give end users and technical personnel the ability to customize an Oracle Application to meet their business requirements without programming. Key FlexFields enable multi-segment, intelligent keys, and allow segment validation and security. Descriptive FlexFields provide users custom expansion space on forms. This course introduces the learner to different types of FlexFields and their various more...

Java 2 Programming Part 1: The Java Language This is the first course in a five-part series on Java 2 Programming. The Java platform is based on the idea that the same software should run on many different kinds of computers, consumer products, and other devices. Java software works on any device from mobile phones to supercomputers and is incorporated into all major Web browsers. This first course in the series is designed to give students more...

Implementing an Organization-wide 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 their progress. Finally, more...

The OSI Model Upon completing this WestNet e-Learning module, you will be able to explain why the OSI model was created; name and understand the layers of the OSI reference model; and, describe what an open standard is and why it benefits both vendors and customers. more...

Call Center Components This WestNet e-Learning module discusses the features, benefits, and integration issues of each one of a call center's basic tools. more...

From Executive-level Sale to Strategic Partnership Selling at an executive level doesn't stop when the contract is signed. To develop the business and prevent attack from the competition, major accounts need nurturing. This course illustrates how knowledge of various corporate cultures will give you a customer compatible approach that safeguards and maximizes your account revenue. Salespeople who sell at an executive level and obtain and maintain 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...

Preparing for Inbound Sales Calls ...inking ahead on customer inquiries and responses you will give. This course identifies the common perceptions that customers have of salespeople. In the course, you will learn the three premises of the inside sales approach, the structure of this approach, and the six buying roles. The course outlines the steps involved in maintaining a superior level of call readiness, including recognizing more...

The Inbound Call Center Inbound call center managers of this century will face many of the same challenges that their counterparts faced in the 20th century. The emphasis will still be on the development and acquisition of cost-effective methods to provide customers with the service they demand. By ensuring that you have a good knowledge base of the inbound call center industry, you are establishing a sturdy framework more...

Using Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction ...mer satisfaction on a regular basis, and this course will give you the tools to do this. Once you have established the attributes of your service that customers value the most, by gathering their qualitative feedback, you need to gauge how they rate your company's ability to deliver them. This course concentrates on the techniques required to do this accurately and appropriately with the more...

Leading A Customer-Focused Team ...o deliver it. As their leader it's your responsibility to give them the direction, resources, and support they need to succeed. This course shows you how to work with them to create 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 more...

Working Collaboratively Communicate Your Goals Working Collaboratively: Communicate Your Goals, is the tenth of fourteen courses in this curriculum. After the completion of this course you will be able to list the guidelines for communicating your needs and identify guidelines on how to give and receive feedback. The Stress Management curriculum presents easily adopted techniques for today's busy professionals to increase productivity by more...

The Technical Professional as Internal Consultant Traditionally, consultants have been seen as experts outside an organization who are hired to appraise a situation and recommend paths toward improvement. These agents of change may be brought in to downsize a company, recommend efficiency improvements, recommend ways to improve employee morale, or facilitate other changes. Today, companies are selecting technical professionals within the more...

Project Team Management Team Building Techniques Project Team Management: Team Building Techniques offers the student information required to improve communication in a project team setting. The program covers guidelines for expressing yourself assertively, identifies team roles, and explains how to avoid common pitfalls in project team meetings. Project team members, team members, and team leaders who are interested in learning more about how more...

The Life Cycle of an IT Project ...uccessful project. "The Life Cycle of an IT Project" will give you the knowledge and skills you need to define the activities involved in your project's development process. You'll learn how to determine whether each phase of development meets the requirements of the life cycle structure. You'll also learn what you can do to manage these activities and what steps you can take to increase more...

Program Management Processes and the Initiating Process Group ...give program managers a set of processes for program management. These processes are very similar to the processes you can find in the PMBOK Guide Third edition; however, they are intended to deal with issues between projects and to offer a coordinated effort to ensure program benefits.This course is designed to help program managers describe the processes that support the program management more...

Advanced Project Management Managing Accelerated Projects Advanced Project Management: Managing Accelerated Projects teaches learners the limitations of project management scheduling packages, schedule compression techniques, and the risks of using the different techniques. It also covers how ERP benefits project management, how to calculate the percent efficiency of resources, and what elements project managers should consider when planning for more...

An Essential Guide to Giving Feedback ...tial 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 enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the more...

Coping with Criticism and Feedback ... and improve. What we often get is criticism, or feedback given to us in such a way that we feel defensive or angry. When your emotions get involved, it is difficult to be objective and to use the feedback effectively. This course links the concept of emotional intelligence, and EQ, to the practice of receiving feedback. By doing this, it provides you with a powerful approach that enables you more...

Team Feedback A guide Teamwork is playing an increasingly significant role in the majority of today's top companies. This is based on the assumption that working in teams leads to better business performance. In that case, you must ensure that team performance is managed effectively--feedback being of crucial importance. Feedback about how the team is performing, how individuals are contributing to the team's more...

Giving Feedback A Manager s Guide The performance of your business depends upon the performance of every member of your staff. Thus a key skill for all who manage staff is the ability to provide candid, constructive feedback about performance. The purpose of this course is to enable you to enhance your skills in giving feedback. The course starts by exploring the nature of feedback, and it then develops a practical approach to the more...

Effective Feedback for Employees and Colleagues Simulation ..., germane feedback. But feedback is a double-edged sword. Given thoughtlessly, without proper preparation and consideration, it is likely to be ignored by the recipient or worse yet, give offense. On the other hand, when given properly, feedback is a powerful tool for improving performance and increasing productivity. In order to achieve such positive results and avoid negative reactions, more...

Effective Use of Feedback for Teams Simulation ... perform at peak level. As a team leader, your ability to give and receive feedback will seriously impact the effectiveness and success of your team. Without a clear understanding of team dynamics and how to communicate feedback effectively to inspire and motivate, your efforts to manage your team could flounder. The Effective Use of Feedback for Teams Simulation will provide you with the more...

Gaining Allies Creating Change If you scratch my back, I'll scratch yours. Is this an effective strategy for gaining allies to create change? How about, "If you do it my way, you'll feel better about yourself"? Finding and winning partners for the purpose of creating change is not easy in the intensely competitive and harried environment of the corporate world. It's especially difficult when you lack authority. The people whose more...

The Process of Interpersonal Communications It is almost impossible to be productive in today's business environment without being an effective communicator. This is particularly true if achievement of your goals depends on your ability to influence others. You need to be able to communicate your ideas, instructions, thoughts, and feelings accurately. This is not as easy as it may seem, and ineffective communication is often at the core of more...

Performance Appraisal Simulation ...rformance appraisal. Was it a positive experience? Did it give you a clear idea of which areas you performed well in and which areas required more attention? And what about afterward? Did your manager continue to provide you with feedback all throughout the year? Or are you still waiting until your next evaluation to see how you've performed? Contrary to the experience of many employees, more...

Lead and Communicate Effectively as a New Manager Employees want decisive leadership from their managers. Organizations, too, need their managers to be clear about their objectives, and how their teams can achieve them. As a new manager, it is important that you understand that leadership is about giving direction, but it is also crucial that you realize that it also involves trusting and empowering your staff. You will undoubtedly have been very more...

Averting Problem Performance Simulation ...urces in order to enable achievement. You'll also need to give the new writer performance feedback, and inform him or her of any problem performance issues. This simulation is based on the SkillSoft series "Managing Problem Performance" and contains links to the following courses: MGMT0161, MGMT0162, and MGMT0163. Managers, supervisors, project team leaders, and human resource professionals who more...

Delivering 360-Degree Performance Feedback ...give 360-degree performance feedback? Do you know how to make 360-degree feedback meaningful? The effective delivery of 360-degree performance feedback can make or break your performance review program. You can ensure that performance feedback is effective when you, or your company, use good interviewing techniques, conduct an effective performance interview, and maintain the 360-degree more...

Coaching Trends When is a good time to coach? And what is the business case for coaching? Is coaching just another popular fad, or can organizations really benefit from it? Every coach should be aware of the strategic uses of coaching: the organizational benefits that are offered, how coaching can be used to help coachees deal with positive and negative change, and ways of coaching innovators and mavericks. What more...

Hiring Considerations ...amaging to the good name of the company. This course will give you a brief overview of the major employment legislation that affects recruitment. Then the course will explore the options that any manager has when faced with hiring a new employee. Hiring is an expensive process, so the course explores a cost-benefit analysis of the various hiring methods, examining in detail internal hiring and more...

Strategic Approaches to Labor Relations HRCI SPHR HR professionals develop organizational strategies to secure and develop a company's successful and profitable operations. The employee plays a central role in such operations. As such it has become essential for HR professionals to constantly be on the lookout for strategies that allow them to develop a good working relationship between the employee and employer. This course covers strategies 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...

Accounting Fundamentals ...rms, and common accounting records. This practical course gives you the why's and how's to accurately conduct accounting activities. "Accounting Fundamentals" examines the theories of accounting, how to maintain accounting records, and how to generate financial statements. A business deals with many transactions in a single day, so it's important to keep up-to-date records of its finances. more...

Six Sigma and the Voice of the Customer