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Leadership Without Authority Lily Tomlin said, "I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody." Tomlin could have been speaking on behalf of many employees in the corporate world who, despite having little authority, take it upon themselves to become leaders nonetheless. Becoming a leader, and getting results, without authority is especially important in today's corporate  more...

Understanding Technical Professionals As a manager, have you felt that technical professionals are sometimes difficult to understand? Do you find that the usual management models are not as effective as they could be? This course explains the ways in which these employees differ from other workers and how you can apply more appropriate and effective management techniques. You will also learn how business has responded with new  more...

Attracting Motivating and Retaining Technical Professionals If you're having problems finding and keeping technical professionals, you're not alone. In our financially competitive and technologically advanced business world, technical professionals are in great demand. Managers need to find ways to attract top-performing technical employees and keep them once they're on the job. In fact, surveys show that managers list attracting, motivating, and retaining  more...

Models for Managing Technical Professionals Because technical professionals set a high value on autonomy, managing their time and resources can be a difficult task. But, since it's your job to supervise this often-frustrating yet extremely valuable group of employees, you need to figure out the best way to do it. And this "best way" may vary from company to company and from individual to individual. In this course you'll learn a variety of  more...

Developing Career Plans for Your Technical Professionals Why should you be interested in career development for the technical professionals you supervise? Because it's good for them, good for your company, and good for you. One of your major challenges as a manager of technical people is retaining them. And you may also need to recruit technical people to fill higher-level positions in your company. This course will help you use career development as a  more...

Mentoring Strategies in the 21st Century Current business trends--including acquisitions and reorganizations, emerging technology needs, and a changing work force--are all creating unique mentoring needs. This course addresses how mentoring strategies can benefit your organization in the current business climate. It explores the ways that mentoring can capitalize on gender, age, and cultural issues. Finally, it provides instruction on  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...

Managing High Performers Talent Retention Strategy Managing High Performers: Creating a Retention Strategy asks what a company needs to do to attract and then retain high performers. It assists learners in developing an effective retention strategy by creating an awareness of the importance of managing organizational talent and by teaching strategies for retaining this talent. The audience for this curriculum is anyone in middle/ senior  more...

Managing High Performers Identifying Competencies and Interviewing Managing High Performers: Defining and Finding High Performers, helps the learner to better identify high performers and, having recruited them, monitor and meet their needs. High performers must be motivated, and this course includes practical guidelines for establishing trust and building rapport with them. It also offers advice on how to successfully recruit high performers. The audience for  more...

Managing High Performers Training Career and Rewards Managing High Performers: Implementing Recognition Programs, takes the learner through the importance of developing effective recognition programs which will ensure the retention of your company s high performers. Effective coaching, mentoring, and feedback delivered in tandem with a recognition program are the focus in this course, and learners will find invaluable guidelines for each. The  more...

Energizing and Empowering Employees Energy. Without it, the wheels and gigabytes of industry come to a screeching halt. And without energized, empowered employees, your part of global industry will make far less progress. This course introduces you to the importance of energizing and empowering employees. By doing so, you multiply the benefits to your department, team, and organization. The course begins by showing you ways to  more...

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

Oracle Application Server 10g Introduction To provide an introduction to OracleAS architecture, components, and installation options DBAs, developers, and other IT professionals planning to take Oracle Application Server 10g certification examinations; anyone interested in the technical aspects of Oracle Application Server 10g  more...

Oracle Application Server 10g Infrastructure and Middle Tier Installation To demonstrate how to prepare for, execute, and verify OracleAS Infrastructure and Middle Tier installation DBAs, developers, and other IT professionals planning to take Oracle Application Server 10g certification examinations; anyone interested in the technical aspects of Oracle Application Server 10g  more...

Oracle Application Server 10g - Advanced Administration II Part 4 This course covers how to monitor the OracleAS components and processes. It also covers tuning the various components of the OracleAS as well as backup and recovery of OracleAS. Finally it provides guidance on reconfiguring the OracleAS middle-tier components.  more...

Introduction to ASP.NET Part 2: ADO.NET, Partitioning, and Tracing The is the second course in a three part series that provides the learner with instruction on using ADO.NET to access data, on separating code from content, and on using the ASP.NET trace feature. The course will cover using ADO.NET to access data from various data sources and allows the learner to practice displaying and customizing data display. The course then describes the different methods of  more...

Introduction to ASP.NET Part 2: ADO.NET, Partitioning, and Tracing The is the second course in a three part series that provides the learner with instruction on using ADO.NET to access data on separating code from content and on using the ASP.NET trace feature. The course will cover using ADO.NET to access data from various data sources and allows the learner to practice displaying and customizing data display. The course then describes the different methods of  more...

International Business Essentials: The Global Business Environment International Business Essentials: The Global Business Environment gives students an overall view of how the global environment operates how culture affects international business and helps students become familiar with foreign exchange. The program covers various cultural orientations teaches students how to apply foreign exchange rate equations and offers cultural overviews of Africa Asia  more...