Managing People : Practical Coaching Situations 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. In this course you'll investigate how you can use coaching in a variety of more...
Completing Inbound Sales Calls ...leads up to the completion of the sale. A successful inside sales consultant knows how to keep a customer's attention all the way through the close of the sale. In this course, you will learn the process for assessing a sales opportunity, the four factors used to qualify a sales opportunity, and strategies for qualifying a sales opportunity. You will also learn the steps for making the more...
Interacting with the Customer ...ance of customer service and effective complaint 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 overcome communication problems, more...
Customer Service Procedures ...nce 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 accurate documentation, more...
Team Feedback A guide ...es. 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 performance, and how the team is being managed, are all vital. Managing team performance is more...
Attracting Developing and Retaining Generations How can you create a work force that blends the skills and knowledge of all four contemporary generations? Members of the silent generation, baby boomers, Generation X, and Generation Next are attracted to companies for different reasons. They have a variety of developmental needs and are loyal for a variety of reasons. Managers, HR professionals, team leaders, department leads, and company more...
Leading Silent Generation and Baby Boom Workers The two eldest generations of employees working today have unique needs and habits. Their experience and value sets are markedly different. Silent and baby boom generation workers cooperate well in some respects, but are capable of taking very different approaches to work-related issues. This course covers definitional material and applied management techniques concerning members of the silent and more...
Leading Generations X and Next This course deals with the characteristics and needs of the two youngest generations in the work force--Generations X and Next. These two generations have quite different attitudes toward work and career development. The first lesson identifies the needs of younger people with regard to their unique position in modern markets, desire for flexibility, desired work rewards, and career development 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...
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...
Knowledge as Strategy Performance Improvement In the 21st century--the Knowledge Age--corporations will see workers as intellectual capital. Workers themselves, rather than just information, will become the resources that allow organizations to respond quickly and effectively to rapid change. Learning is at the core of these demands--whether it's learning a new skill, knowing how to manage existing and new knowledge, or creating more...
Quality Management The Quality Management Process Quality Management: The Quality Management Process offers the student an overview of the fundamentals of quality management, the costs of quality, and how to achieve quality through customer orientation. The program also outlines how to achieve daily quality management, identify variation in processes, and control costs. Managers, supervisors, or team leaders who need to learn how to implement more...
Evaluating Brand Effectiveness ...et's knowledge structures. Measuring knowledge structures leads to the unveiling of where your brand ranks in the consumer's mind. You will apply qualitative research methods and evaluate quantitative research methods that will test brand awareness, brand image, low and high level brand associations, brand recall, and brand recognition. All of these tests reveal motivation as to why consumers more...
Building a Quality Management System This course introduces the Quality Management System (QMS) model which is a conceptual framework for the ISO 9001:2000 standard requirements. The QMS model emphasizes ISO 9001:2000's new focus on a process approach to quality, continual improvement, and customer satisfaction. In addition, this course describes the important role that documentation plays in building a quality management system and 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...
OS 390 MVS ESA Fundamentals of VSAM Part I This course covers the concepts needed to design, or code, applications that use the Virtual Access Storage Method (VSAM). It begins with an overview of VSAM, describes what VSAM does for application programs that request its services, the four types of VSAM datasets, followed by a detailed explanation of the VSAM entry-sequenced dataset. The course then examines the physical organization of a more...
Brand Management Integrated Marketing ..., and encourage Susan to comply with that strategy as she leads the online commerce effort. Unit 2: Brand Driven Marketing (0.5 - 1 hour) Identify the three parts of an organization that should be aligned through an integrated brand proposal. Select ways to educate employees on the integrated brand. Identify which driver more...
Quality Management The Quality Management Process ... Identify the ways in which variation leads to loss. Identify the common categories of the costs of quality. Identify benefits of establishing quality requirements for products and services. Identify the frequently overlooked costs of customer dissatisfaction. Identify more...
NEBOSH National General Certificate e-Learning The ability to learn remotely is one of the real advantages of modern technology. RRC s e-Zone is a unique
e-learning system which gives you access to a real tutor and fellow students in a virtual classroom. This two-way
online relationship with your tutor is why RRC leads the way in online learning.The NEBOSH National General Certificate provides a sound introduction to the basics of occupational more...
Cold Calling with Confidence Brush up on successful methods for cold calling to market products or services. Learn effective techniques for landing that first appointment, turning rejection into a potential sale, and building strategies for maintaining contact over time. Whether you are a beginner in sales, or in need of a refresher, developing a wide array of skills and strategies helps build confidence throughout the sales more...
AutoCAD 2006 for Architects AutoCAD is the most popular tool for Architectural drawing and CAD productivity. This practical "how to" course by Ivanhoe Tejeda introduces AutoCAD to first-time users who want to learn basic 2D CAD drawing skills. The tutorial begins with basic drawing examples and leads the user towards an example of a typical construction drawing. Special attention is given to fundamental concepts that will more...
ACT by Sage 2006 VTC author, Bill Ferguson, has used and taught others to use, contact management software for more than 10 years. This tutorial provides detailed information needed to make the most out of ACT! by Sage 2006. Ferguson demonstrates how contact management software can efficiently and effectively increase user productivity. Learn to track contacts, follow leads, create reports, write letters and more...
Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft Word 2000 provides powerful tools for creating and sharing professional documents that anyone with a Web browser can view- making it easy for team members to collaborate online. In Virtual Training Company's tutorial, author Angie Rawlings shows you how to use this powerful application, covering the basics of the interface, menu bar, and tool bars. She then leads you into creating and more...
Adobe Illustrator 9 Offering an unparalleled combination of creative freedom and productivity, Adobe Illustrator is preferred by designers, graphic artists, technical illustrators, and business professionals. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Rachel Caplan guides you through the basics of Illustrator 9, then leads you into the more technical territory by showing you how to modify objects, the use of more...
Adobe Photoshop for the Web Virtual Training Company's Photoshop for the Web tutorial is designed for the user who has a basic comprehension of Photoshop and would like to brush up on the skills required for effective web design. Each of Rick Martin's lessons builds on the previous one, as he leads you through an example work project. He uses this project to show you how to format, slice, and save your work for the Web. You more...
Wavelength's Online Certificate Course In Instructional Design And Content Writing (IDCWC Online) ...==================
1. Use of semi-formal language, which leads to an amicable learning space.
2. Contextual examples present instructional concepts and their application in a practical hue (of the eLearning & training industry.)
3. More than 150 learning interactions and activities guide learning by engaging your mind.
4. Case-based activities and exercises help reinforce the learning at more...
Negotiation Skills Too often a group will meet to negotiate an arrangement and fail to come to a reasonable position - entrenched positions will stop useful negotiation and poor use of interpersonal skills leads to " off positions and win-lose type situations. Aggressive behavior wins out and the result is not implemented. Win-lose can lead to a future of even less useful meetings. This Course offers the opportunity more...