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Managing Stress Course description -- The tools and techniques in this course will help you understand and diagnose the stress in your life, identify the stressors you can and cannot control, and assess your readiness to make changes. There are methods to help you develop a systematic approach to eliminate stressors, manage your time, and implement short-term and long-term coping mechanisms. Youa ll develop a  more...

Motivating Employees Course description -- The difference between a just surviving business and a thriving one is the energy and commitment of its people. A motivated and dedicated workforce is the formula for long-term success. This course gives practical suggestions for identifying group and individual motivating factors and mobilizing them to energize employees. There are tools, techniques, and methods for  more...

Personal Financial Planning Course description -- Without wise financial planning, the future may not be what most of us hope for, and even the present may be less that comfortable. This course contains the essential principles of planning for both short- and long-term needs and has many tools and references to provide guidance for planning and using personal financial resources. It gives tips and worksheets for setting  more...

Training and Facilitation: Setting Objectives MAXIM TRAINING Objectives form a crucial part of every manager's job. They guide everything important we do at work. If we are trying to achieve the wrong objectives, we can't possibly perform well. Yet setting good, clear objectives is difficult to do. The course's overall aim is to show you how to set effective objectives. These could be objectives for yourself, other individuals, your team or  more...

Colt and Winchester Case Study 3: Mature Businesses In business making the right financial decisions can mean the difference between win or lose, success or failure. Successful organisations rarely win by accident. They manage their financial strategy and decisions -- balancing risks and rewards -- satisfying the financial needs of the business as well as the expectations of investors. This course explores the typical financial strategy issues for  more...

Coping with Stress Series: Long-Term Coping Strategies Stress management requires commitment. You will need time, discipline and willpower to succeed; and it comes with a health warning - it may change you for good, into a better, more confident person with a new outlook on life. While you may have coping skills to manage low or average levels of pressure, when the pressure starts rising and you feel that stress is taking a toll on your life, it's  more...

Negotiating to Mutual Benefit The key to being a skilled negotiator is understanding the difference between negotiating and giving money away. This course demonstrates the stages and rules that will gain you a win/win solution, and with it long-term business. If you follow the guidelines set out here, you will be able to handle customer strategies and still close the deal on terms that keep both your company and your customer  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...

Relationship Management Maintaining the Client Relationship In Relationship Management - Maintaining the Client Relationship, you will learn about the differences between short-term and long-term customer relationships, as well as the causes and advantages of these relationships. You will also identify methods of keeping and extending the client relationship into future endeavors. Finally, you will learn about techniques for measuring success in the client  more...

Call Center Structures Customer Relationships This course defines the long-term value of a customer and illustrates how CRM (Customer Relationship Management) principles are applied to recognize, prize and respond preferentially to high-value customers. Agents who need an understanding of the fundamental structures and relationships in the call center profession.  more...

Transitioning into a Project Management Role Many people find themselves thrust into a project management role with no formal training or experience. When this occurs, it is important to be prepared to deal with the significant changes in your role. Your responsibilities broaden from managing yourself to managing others, from short-term to long-term goals, and from tangible to intangible issues. Time and experience will develop and refine  more...

Personal Accountability Working for Your Inner Boss Most employees in business organizations must answer to someone else. From the top of the organization chart to the bottom, nearly every manager and employee must look to a supervisor, a director, or even a customer to establish priorities, assign tasks, set deadlines, and evaluate results. Whoever gives this direction is called the boss. On one level, the boss decides how employees will perform  more...

Goals and Goal Setting Most achievements, great or small, begin with an important first step: setting a goal. A clearly defined, attainable goal embodies a vision of what is possible. It's a guide star for those who navigate a course through obstacles to a desired accomplishment. However, the process of setting appropriate goals is often oversimplified or overlooked entirely. A well-constructed goal is challenging, yet  more...

Business Professionalism Simulation Everyday business activities require a determined effort to fulfill. Schedules must be kept; deadlines must be met. To ensure productivity remains on target, business professionals must possess refined skills in setting priorities, managing daily tasks, and maintaining personal accountability. The Business Professionalism Simulation is designed to enable participants to develop the skills  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...

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

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...

PrimeFinance Making Investment Decisions This course describes the decision points that support capital budgeting within an organization, and continues to explore how a range of techniques (including CVP, NPV, payback, IRR, and ARR) can be used to conduct short- and long-term project evaluations within this process. Department managers who need to take on budgetary responsibilities, input into business decisions and participate  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...

Analyzing Process Capability Process capability is determined by a range of variables including people, machines, materials and measurements. The cumulative result must be quantified numerically to determine current performance and project future potential. To do so requires a knowledge of control limits, specification limits, capability indices, and the difference between short- and long-term variability. This course teaches  more...

Code of Conduct - The Work Place This course enables you to identify guidelines for working in a secure and healthy environment and to recognize the importance of clear boundaries and effective communication both internal and external to the company. Compliance areas covered include discrimination and harassment, EEO, violence, safety and health, environmental safety, political activities, quality communications, and crisis  more...

Code of Conduct - Doing Business This course enables you to identify areas of importance in business ethics and identify the topics of importance in data security. Compliance areas covered include honesty and fairness, anticompetitive conduct, insider trading, conflicts of interest, sanctions and trade embargoes, bribery, trade secrets, e-mail and Internet use, consumer data privacy, and record retention. All employees within an  more...

Business Ethics - How We Do Business This course teaches you the ethical standards that govern honest and fair business conduct, the different types of anticompetitive conduct that violate US antitrust law, the guidelines for avoiding insider trading, and the rules to which management and employees must adhere to avoid conflicts of interest with the company. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher  more...

Business Ethics Foreign Trade This course covers the compliance areas of sanctions and trade embargoes, and bribery and kickbacks.You will learn the principles of US sanctions and trade embargoes and the history and importance of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). You will also be able to identify conduct that violates the FCPA. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for  more...

Workplace E - Workplace Attitudes This course presents the employee perspective on discrimination and harassment.You will learn which aspects of employment are influenced by an equal opportunities policy; how to recognize, respond to, and avoid discrimination and harassment; and the warning signs of and responses to violent behavior. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term  more...

Workplace E - Political Activities This course teaches you the regulations on political activity in the workplace. These regulations govern political contributions, fundraising, PAC activities, and lobbying. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Workplace E - Quality Communication This course teaches you the guidelines for successful communication in the workplace, and emphasises the importance of following company guidelines during a crisis. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees  more...

Workplace Manager Workplace Attitudes This course describes your role, as a manager, in carrying out the company's legal responsibilities and policies relating to discrimination and harassment. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Workplace Manager Political Activities This course teaches you the regulations on political activity in the workplace. These regulations govern political contributions, fundraising, PAC activities, and lobbying. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Workplace Manager Quality Communication This course teaches you the guidelines for successful communication in the workplace, and emphasises the importance of following company guidelines during a crisis. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Safety Health Safety This course explains the regulations that you and your company must comply with to ensure the health and safety of everyone. It also teaches you the negative effects of alcohol and drug abuse and how to respond to warning signs. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Safety Handling Hazardous Waste This course covers the different types of hazardous waste, the relevant laws and restrictions, and the regulations for the storage and disposal of hazardous waste. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Data Security Company Information This course explains the guidelines a company must follow to protect its trade secrets and to avoid misappropriating the trade secrets of others. It also details the guidelines and restrictions for the use of e-mail and Internet services provided by your company. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  more...

Data Security Record Keeping This course teaches you how your company's privacy policy affects the way you handle customer data, and explains the elements of a record retention policy. All employees within an organization, whether new hires or as a refresher program for long-term employees.  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...

Lead and Cadmium Failure to understand the dangers of cadmium and lead, and the correct practices that should be followed when working with them, can leave you exposed to long-term health risks. Lead and cadmium have a number of industrial applications. This course provides an understanding of the basic health effects, routes of entry, methods of compliance and prevention, and regulatory requirements for both  more...

Business Accounting: Accounting for Assets Business Accounting: Accounting for Assets offers the student an overview of the types of assets an organization may encounter as well as how to manage those assets. The program details the characteristics of current assets long-term assets intangible assets and natural resources.  more...

Business Accounting: Accounting for Liabilities Business Accounting: Accounting for Liabilities offers the student an overview of the types of liabilities a company may accrue when conducting business activities how to manage those liabilities and how to calculate the time value of money. The program details types of current and long-term liabilities and how they are accounted for on financial statements as well as how to calculate the present  more...

Business Accounting: Accounting for Stockholders' Equity Business Accounting: Accounting for Stockholders' Equity offers the student an overview of the information contained in a company's statement of stockholders' equity and in the stockholders' equity portion of the balance sheet. The program details components of stockholders' equity stock transactions and financial analysis ratios used to evaluate a company's long-term solvency.  more...

Brand Management: Managing Brand Equity Brand Management: Managing Brand Equity explains how to manage a brand name measure brand equity and manage a brand on a long-term basis. The program also details the steps for creating brand extensions the techniques for measuring brand equity and the options for reviving brand equity.  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...